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ℹ️ About this Pattern

Probably one of the most common parents to play on acoustic guitar. Pattern is most common with folk oldies and country music. You can also find this pattern in a couple of modern pop songs.

This pattern is essential for beginners to master so take your time learning the pattern and playing it slow and fast as well as adding some of the variations.

d Du.uD

📝 Variations

1 d D d D (Core Pattern)

2 d Du . uDu

3 Dudu . udu

Related hybrid picking pattern

(Pi) du P ud

🎧 Listen

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📺 Video Lesson

https://www.loom.com/share/c60d76740f784815b1b740a9810968c2?sid=f3b5ce5f-bb3e-4a5f-a013-61b862cd25ba

🥁 Drum Grooves

Practicing with these grooves is the BEST thing you can do to improve your strumming.

Straight Feel

Slow

d D d D Straight 60bpm.m4a

Mid

d D d D Straight 75bpm.m4a

Fast

d D d D Straight 90bpm.m4a

Shuffle Feel

Slow

d D d D Shuffle 80bpm.m4a

d D d D Shuffle 95bpm.m4a

Mid

d D d D Shuffle 115bpm.m4a

Fast

d D d D Shuffle 130bpm.m4a

d D d D Shuffle 150bpm.m4a