Basic Strum Patterns
Most of these patterns are ‘stolen’ from Mike Lynch’s YouTube workshops.
For a whole lot of
Mike’s Beatles collection and other lessons, check out ‘Ukulele Mike’ (formally known as ‘MusicTeacher2010’).
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Strums
Shuffle strum:
> D 1
Swing strum:
> D 1
Church Lick:
> D 1
> D U D 2 & 3
Calypso:
D 1
D U 2 &
U &
D 2
UD &2
U &
D 3
UD &3
U &
UD &4
D 4
U &
Accent options: 1 and 3 2 and 4
U D U & 4 &
D 1
Play The Calypso strum with these chords 2 measures each (total 8 counts)
C -- Em
F -- C
F -- E7
Baritone
C
C
Em
Em
F
F
E7
E7
Am
Am
UD &1
> D U D 4 & 1
3
Soprano
Am -- F
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Strums
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Shuffle strum:
> D 1
U &
Swing strum:
> D 1
UD &2
Church Lick:
> D 1
D 2
U &
D 3
U &
UD &3
D U 2 &
D U 3 & UKULELE-WIKIWIKI.BLOGSPOT.COM
Standard 3/4:
> D 1
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U U 2 & 3
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