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Strum-Believable Workshop:
“STRUM STYLES I”
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Ukulele Strum Patterns
1. All downbeats – Single strum
1
D
2
D
3
D
4
D
1
D
2
D
3
D
4
D
1
D
2
D
3
D
4
D
1
D
2
D
3
D
4
D
2.Downbeats and upbeats – Double strum
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U D U
3. One measure downbeats, one measure up and downbeats
1
D
2
D
3
D
4
D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1
D U D U D U D U D
2
D
3
D
4
D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
D U D U D U D U
2
D
3 + 4 + 1
D U D U D
4.Split the measure
1
D
2
D
3 + 4 + 1
D U D U D
2
D
3 + 4 + 1
D U D U D
2
D
3 + 4 +
D U D U
5. Emphasize the 1 downbeat
1
D
2 + 3 + 4 + 1
d u d u d u D
2 + 3 + 4 + 1
d u d u d u D
2 + 3 + 4 + 1
d u d u d u D
2 + 3 + 4 +
d u d u d u
6. Emphasize the 2 downbeat
1 + 2
d u D
3 + 4 + 1 + 2
d u d u d u D
3 + 4 + 1 + 2
d u d u d u D
3 + 4 + 1 + 2
d u d u d u D
3 + 4 +
d u d u
7. Latin strum
1
D
2 +
D u
+ 4 + 1
u d u D
2 +
D u
+ 4 + 1
u d u D
2 +
D u
+ 4 + 1
u d u D
2 +
D u
+ 4 +
u d u
+ 4
u d
2 +
D u
+ 4
u d
2 +
D u
+ 4
u d
8. Variation on #7 – syncopated strum
1
D
2 +
D u
+ 4
u d
1
D
2 +
D u
1
D
1
D
9. Another variation on #7
1 + 2 +
D u d u
+ 4 + 1 + 2 +
u d u D u d u
+ 4 + 1 + 2 +
u d u D u d u
+ 4 + 1 + 2 +
u d u D u d u
+ 4 +
u d u
10. Country strum
1
D
2 + 3
D U D
4 + 1
D U D
2 + 3
D U D
4 + 1
D U D
2 + 3
D U D
4 + 1
D U D
2 + 3
D U D
4 +
D U
11. Offbeat single strum
+
U
+
U
+
U
+
U
+
U
+
U
+
U
+
U
+
U
+
U
+
U
+
U
+
U
+
U
+
U
+
U
+
U
+
U
+ 1 +
U D U
+
U
+
U
+ 1 +
U D U
+
U
+
U
+
U
12. Offbeat single strum - variation
1 +
D U
+
U
+
U
+ 1 +
U D U
13. Bo Diddley strum – 2 measures
1
D
+ 3
U D
4
D
2
D
3
D
1
D
+ 3
U D
4
D
2
D
3
D
14. Brazillian strum – 2 measures
1
D
2
D
3 +
D U
16. Make your own.
+
U
+
U
+ 3
U D
4
D
1
D
2
D
3 +
D U
+
U
+
U
+ 3
U D
4
D
you in my arms,
can’t do no wrong
old you in my arms,
do you no harm
hat I would
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knew that
hat would G7
knew that would
G7
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in my arms,
no harm
hat I would
G7
hat would
C7
G7
D7
Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz
January 2007
5th Anniversary Celebration Night
G7
G7
I feel good, I knew that I would
C7
G7
I feel good, I knew that would
D7
So good
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So good
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you
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Brown
1933-2006
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G7
I feel nice, like sugar and spice
C7
G7
I feel nice, like sugar and spice
D7
So nice
C7
So nice
Tacit
G7
I got you
C7
G7 in my
D7arms,
When IC7
hold you
G7
I know that I can’t do no wrong
C7
Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz
And when
IJanuary
hold2007
you in my arms,
5th Anniversary Celebration Night
D7
my love won’t do you no harm
G7
G7
I feel good, I knew that I would
C7
G7
I feel good, I knew that would
D7
So good
C7
So good
Tacit
G7
I got you Owwww!
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on the
1&3
Downstrokes
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sing!
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1933-2006
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Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz
January 2007
5th Anniversary Celebration Night
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The Rose
Bette Midler
Hear this song at: http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=c LmduNlqBE (play along in this key)
From: Richard G’s Ukulele Songbook www.scorpex.net/uke.htm
#1: Softly
2-string
single
DOWN - strum
#2: Medium
all-strings
single
DOWN - strum
#3: Strong
all-strings
DOWN-(w/ emphasis)
DOWN-UP-DOWN
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#1
Some say [C] love it is a [G7] river
That [F]drowns the [G] tender [C] reed
Some say [C] love it is a [G7] razor
That [F] leads your [G] soul to [C] bleed
Some say [Em7] love it is a [Am] hunger [Am7]
An [F] endless aching [G7] need
I say [C] love it is a [G7] flower
And [F] you [G7] its only [C]seed
It's the [C] heart afraid of [G7] breaking
That [F] never [G7] learns to [C] dance
It's the [C] dream afraid of [G7] waking
That [F] never [G7] takes a [C] chance
It's the [Em7] one who won't be [Am] taken [Am7]
Who [F] cannot seem to [G7] give
And the [C] soul afraid of [G7] dying
That [F] never [G7] learns to [C] live
When the [C] night has been too [G7] lonely
And the [F] road has [G7] been too [C] long
And you [C] find that love is [G7] only
For the [F] lucky [G7] and the [C] strong
Just re[Em7]member in the [Am] winter [Am7]
For be[F]neath the bitter [G7] snow
Lies the [C] seed that with the [G7] sun's love
In the [F] spring [G7] becomes the [C] rose
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of Santa ÓÌ
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Oh when the sun beats down and burns the tar upon the roof
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And your shoes get so hot you wish your tired feet were fire-proof
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Under the boardwalk, down by the sea
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On a blanket with my baby is where I'll be
Chorus
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Under the boardwalk,
.....out of the sun
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Under the boardwalk,
....we'll be having some fun
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Under the boardwalk,
....people walking above
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Under the boardwalk,
.....we'll be making love
Under the
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Boardwalk
Under the board-walk, board-walk
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From a park you hear the happy sounds of a carousel
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You can almost taste the hotdogs and french fries they sell
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Under the boardwalk, down by the sea
C
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On a blanket with my baby is where I'll be (Repeat Chorus)
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Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
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Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
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......... Rawhide!
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin • Lyrics by Ned Washington (they also wrote High Noon)
Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
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Rollin' Rollin' Rollin', though the streams are swollen, keep them doggies rollin', Rawhide!
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Rain and wind and weather, hell bent for leather,
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Wishin' my gal was by my side
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All the things I'm missin', good vittles, lovin', kissin',
Are waitin' at the end of my ride
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Move em' on, head em' up, head em' up, move em' on, move em' on, head em' up, Rawhide!
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Cut em' out, ride em' in, ride em' in, cut em' out, cut em' out, ride em' in, Raw..hide!
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Ukulele Club of Santa Cruz
"Cowboy Songs"
April 2005
Keep movin', movin', movin', though they're dissaprovin', keep them doggies movin', Rawhide!
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...... Rawhide!
Don't try to understand them, just rope, throw and brand em',
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Soon we'll be livin' high and wide
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My heart's calculatin', my true love will be waitin',
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Be waitin' at the end of my ride
Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'
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Three Little Birds
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out a thing
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by Bob Marley
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ttle thing is gonna be alright
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Don’t worry about a thing
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Cause every little thing is gonna be alright
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by Bob Marley
singing don’t worry about a thing
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cause every little thing is gonna be alright
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Rise up this morning, smile with the rising sun
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three little birds, sit by me doorstep
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singing sweet songs of melodies pure and true
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Singin’ this is my message to you-ou-ou
Three Little Birds
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Cause every little thing is gonna be alright
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singing
don’t worry about a thing
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cause every little thing is gonna be alright
songs of melodies pure and true
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my message
to you-ou-ou
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three little birds, sit by me doorstep
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singing sweet songs of melodies pure and true
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Singin’ this is my message to you-ou-ou
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