Document 90163

Strumming Patterns (4 beats to the bar)
1
1
Basic Strum
2
'Skip' Strum
3
Basic Shuffle
3a
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Variation 1
3b
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Variation 2
3c
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Variation 3
-
Swing
Shuffle
4
5
Country strum/
church lick
6
Calypso Strum
6a
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Variation 1
6b
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Variation 2
7
Reggae
7a
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Variation 1
7b
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Variation 2
7c
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Variation 3
7d
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Variation 4
8
8a
9
Chunk strum
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Variation 1
'Hawaiian' strum
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
d
d
d
d
d
Extra up-stroke
d u (try other positions)
d
d
Just down -strokes
All down + up
d u d u d u d u strokes
d
d
1 missing upstroke
d u d u d u at start
d
1 & 2 missing upd u d u strokes
d u d u d u d
Missing upstroke at
the end
Du Du Du Du
Longer down:
'Bri-an' 'Bri-an'
d
d u d
d
d u
u
d
d u
u
1 & 3 missing up
d u strokes
A missing downstroke on the third
d
beat so that 2 upstrokes come
d u together with a
d u d u
u
d u
Like a country
d
DU d
D U strum or shuffle but
with a
characteristic
d u D U d u D U Stronger off-beat
- d - d - d - d
- u - u - u - u
- u d u - u d u
d u Xu d u Xu
d
Xu
d
du
d u du
Marlow Ukulele Group
u Xu
u
Dampen a downstrum with the
fleshy part of the
right hand.
Faster 3rd beat - 2
ups at the end
Brian Ward