0.2 · Island strum

Down, down-up, up-down-up: the strum behind countless campfire and ukulele songs. The hand keeps going down on every beat and up on every "&"; it just misses the strings on the "&" of 1 and on beat 3.

That missed strum is what makes it swing. Don't stop the hand to skip it; swing past the strings.

Island strum

G C D

1&2&3&4&↓D·↓D↑U·↑U↓D↑U

D · D U · U D U. The arrows are where the pick hits; the hand moves on every box.

Try this

Play it on G for a whole minute before adding chord changes. Then two bars each of G, C, D, G.

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