STRUMMING IS DRUMMING: Learn 32 Easy Guitar Strum Patterns

Master the downstroke with a relaxed wrist curve and gravity drop, turning strumming into drumming by synchronizing rhythm with chords and achieving a crisp, percussive sound.

Learn relaxed downstroke technique by shaping the wrist bend and opening the elbow to create a big, loose six-string strum for beginners.

Practice downstrokes with a steady metronome to build consistent tone. Then insert silent upstrokes between each downstroke, timing them as one-and-two-and-three-and-four with a relaxed wrist curve.

Explore how to use the pro metronome app to master tempo, time signatures (4/4 and 6/8), quarter and eighth notes, and practice down/up strums for rhythm theory.

Practice upstrokes after downstrokes with a metronome at 60 bpm. Hit only G, B, and E strings on the upstroke, with muted other strings, and maintain volume consistency.

Explore variations of the easy listening groove by mastering down and up strums, beat two and four accents, and selective string accents across tempos from 62 to 144 bpm.

Learn pattern #3, the skip beat three: keep upstrokes on eighth notes, soft downstroke on beat one, and accents on beat two and the ends of three and four.

Master eighth note strum patterns by practicing with the PDF, metronome, and drum tracks at multiple tempos—80, 106, 126, and 140—focusing on rhythm, chord cues, and pattern variation.

Learn 32 easy guitar strum patterns and practice them with a 126 bpm track to improve rhythm and timing.

Explore variations of easy listening swing strums, featuring left-hand mutes and improvisational upstrokes, and practice grooves like riding home, sunny afternoon, and whiskey bin on a g chord.

Practice eight-note swing patterns from the downloadable pdf, focusing on main patterns and variations, with backing tracks and metronome to build consistent strumming.

Learn 32 easy guitar strum patterns and practice with a 72 bpm 3/4 swing track to build rhythm, timing, and groove.

Practice all-down six-eight swing strums with 16th-note accents, counting six-eight and emphasizing beats one and four, using Faraway and Rock n Roll Suicide patterns to build tempo at 195 bpm.

Learn pattern #14 dudu 6/8: a fast six eight strum with down on low strings and up on high strings, accented beats one and three, muting during chord changes.

Learn 32 easy guitar strum patterns through a practice track at 216 bpm in 6/8 time to build rhythmic accuracy and groove.

Master the 16th-note easy listening groove, practicing down-up strums, eight downs and ups, and counting one e and a two and a three and four to sharpen accent timing.

Explore six variations of the three into four strum pattern to build control. Apply these with Radiohead's high and dry and Hank Williams Jr.'s dinosaur, focusing on tempo and accents.

Master three strum patterns from three songs, including boom-chick skip 2 and 4 variations, with tempo guidance from 90 to 110 bpm and G to A minor changes.

Practice pattern #26 ups by counting e a e a with a light touch, noting Freebird’s beat one and three and the G to D over F sharp change.

Learn ups variations and 16th-note up patterns, refine up-stroke technique by angling the pick for better accuracy, and master muting, chord changes, and capo three arrangements.

Learn 16th note guitar strum patterns with a downloadable pdf, practice with Spotify tracks and tempo benchmarks, and build rhythm through rock patterns, down-punch, boom-chick, and swing.

Learn 16th note swing with the boom chick groove, using Wagon Wheel as an example; explore improvised upstrokes and how swing differs from straight time.

Master the 16th note easy listening groove with a swing feel, using a C add9 shape and muting the low E, while refining hand angle for sharp downstrokes and upstrokes.