Strumming patterns trainer
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Presets
Pick a preset, or hit Custom and click any slot to build your own 8-slot pattern.
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Making a strum pattern automatic
Every pattern has eight slots, one per eighth note, so a full cycle is one bar of 4/4. Down-strums sound lower and up-strums higher, and a rest stays silent while the highlight keeps moving. Choose a preset, or press Custom and click any slot to cycle it through down, up, and rest. Tempo runs from 40 to 220 BPM.
The habit that fixes most shaky strumming is a hand that never stops. Keep it moving down and up on every eighth note, rests included, and simply miss the strings when the pattern calls for silence. Lock the motion in with D-U alternating first, then switch to D-DU-UDU without changing what your arm is doing.
Then add the left hand. Pick two chords you change between often and find the tempo where you can hold the pattern for a full minute while switching every bar. Raise it by 5 BPM only after the changes stop breaking the pattern. When a song uses a pattern that is not in the presets, build it in Custom and get it steady here before you take it back to the song.