Missing Up Strums With 8th Strumming

This pattern is used in many pop songs old and new. It’s a crucial stepping stone to mastering which strums you want to play and learning the control needed to miss out specific strums. This skill among a handful of others will enable you to nail the strumming patterns in the songs you love!

NEW interactive TAB!

Set tempo to 80bpm (start slower if you need to), hit 'Loop', and jam along! 

On mobile, double tap TAB to loop and click the 'cog' symbol to set bpm.

All the following songs use this down and up strumming pattern or a very similar variation; 

• ‘Songbird’ by Oasis 
• ‘Cheerleader’ by OMI 
• ‘Wake Me Up’ by Avicii (Very fast!)