What’s on the Guitar: Strumming poster
A 6-row table: Pattern · Strokes · Suits.
D = down, U = up, – = miss the strings but keep the hand moving. Counted 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &.
- All down — D D D D — Anything, to start
- Basic eight — D U D U D U D U — Steady pop
- The standard — D – D U – U D U — Most acoustic songs
- Folk — D D U – U D U — Folk, country
- Waltz (3/4) — D – U D U — Ballads in 3
- Sixteenths — D U D U ×2 per beat — Funk, faster tempos
Downstrokes land on numbers, upstrokes on 'ands'. The constant hand motion is what keeps time.
Questions about the Guitar: Strumming poster
- What’s on the Guitar: Strumming poster?
- A 6-row table: Pattern · Strokes · Suits. D = down, U = up, – = miss the strings but keep the hand moving. Counted 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &. All down — D D D D — Anything, to start; Basic eight — D U D U D U D U — Steady pop; The standard — D – D U – U D U — Most acoustic songs; Folk — D D U – U D U — Folk, country; Waltz (3/4) — D – U D U — Ballads in 3; Sixteenths — D U D U ×2 per beat — Funk, faster tempos. Downstrokes land on numbers, upstrokes on 'ands'. The constant hand motion is what keeps time.
- Who is the Guitar: Strumming poster for?
- Guitar: Strumming belongs to the Music section rather than to a school year, because music is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning instruments can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
- When should you use the Guitar: Strumming poster?
- Keep the strumming hand moving constantly. Miss the strings on the beats you do not play. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Guitar: Strumming belongs on the wall where that music work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
- What other posters go with Guitar: Strumming?
- Bass Guitar, The Brass Family and Cello Basics sit alongside Guitar: Strumming in the Music section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Bass GuitarThe Brass FamilyCello Basics
- Is the Guitar: Strumming poster free to download and print?
- Yes. Guitar: Strumming downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Music section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
- What size does the Guitar: Strumming poster print at?
- Guitar: Strumming is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Guitar: Strumming loses nothing.Printing guide
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