Strumming Patterns (4 beats to the bar) - Marlow Ukulele Group

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

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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 -

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