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ezFolk Forums > Ukulele > Beginner Questions - Ukulele > Strum Patterns (other than the ones in the uke section) |
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jordan0309 Approved
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Hi. Would like to know where I can find some more stum patterns. I really like and appreciate the strum pattern section on this site. It is very helpful. Howerver, I would like to learn some different strums. I am really interested in learning reggae style strums as it is my fav type of music. If you can help me, I would be thankful.
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1four5 Approved 
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I can't remember where I read the idea, but recently someone wrote about how to improvise strum patterns, and I think it's an awesome idea and I'm starting to use it. Listen to the music you are wanting to play. Turn your uke over in your lap and try to copy the rhythm by tapping it out with your fingertips on your uke. Once you have it in your brain, flip the uke over and copy your tapping pattern in a strumming pattern. I would like to thank whoever came up with the idea, and if you read this board, please speak up and take credit!!! 
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gbu Approved 
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Cool idea, 1four5! The only thing I remember reading in the boards like that was something Ray Shakeshaft said over in 4thpeg recently (I think it was him, anyway) about learning to strum by playing along with the radio with the strings muted. Anyway, this one isn't so creative (as usual with me -- I'm a book larnin' kind of guy and not particularly good at experimenting or coming up with things on my own, at least not yet), but there are a bunch of strumming patterns in the Mel Bay book "Fun With Strums", including some they claim are "Calypso" strums (although they seem a bit different from the Calypso strums I learned for guitar earlier). The book is pretty basic, but I like it. There are also some strumming patterns in the intro to "Famous Ukulele Solos & Duets", and the Ralph Shaw DVD has quite a few as well.
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Tonya Approved 
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At the 2004 Santa Cruz festival, Dan "Soybean": Sawyer did a fantastic workshop on strumming--and he worked out the pattern for a typical reggae beat at a participant's request. I didn't write it down (at least I don't think I did--I'll go home tonight and check) but if you look Soybean up on the Flea Market Music bulletin board and contact him via e-mail I bet he'd help you out.
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jgoreham Approved 
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I have "Teach Yourself to Play Ukulele" by Morty and Ron Manus (Alfred Publishing, no date), and it has a pretty good section on strum patterns- not as much as a book dedicated to strummin's, but as a complete and utter n00b, I've found it pretty useful.
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Kimbo Approved
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The book "The best of Bob Marley : Easy Guitar" published by H. Leonard has a great page on strums. There are ten different strum patterns and for each of the 30 or so tunes in the book you are told which strum to use. Most of the songs which interested me were also in the correct key for my meager collection of Marley CDs. The uke sounds great with reagge. Must be an island thing. Of course some of the songs are only two chords (or even one, "Get Up Stand Up" is Cm) which makes it easy to concentrate on the strum.
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Jake from Jersey Approved
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I think that Ralph Shaw's new DVD, 'Essential Strums for the Ukulele' is a terrific learning tool, and it does have a reggae strum in it. You might want to check it out. Considering the information in it, it's a bargain.
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