Time to check out our 7 strum patterns! We’ll start off with some basic patterns and slowly make things more challenging. Each pattern comes with a few song examples so you can hear how it’s used in ‘real’ music. Of course, I also want you to dive right in and start practicing. So I’ve included the chord progression for each song, so you have everything you need to learn.

• STRUM PATTERN #1 – DOWNSTRUM ON EVERY BEAT
• STRUM PATTERN #2 – ADDING TWO UPSTRUMS
• STRUM PATTERN #3 – ADDING THREE UPSTRUMS
• STRUM PATTERN #4 – DOWNSTRUM ON THE BEAT, UPSTRUM OFF THE BEAT
• STRUM PATTERN #5 – TWO UPSTRUMS FOLLOWING EACH OTHER
• STRUM PATTERN #6 – TWO UPSTRUMS FOLLOW EACH OTHER TWICE IN ONE BAR
• STRUM PATTERN #7 – AN UPSTRUM FOLLOWS A DOWNSTRUM AND A PAUSE

Out of these 3 strumming patterns are extremely important which are explained in the video below: