I saw a video recently saying to strum 6/8 a certain way, but it seems really messed up to my brain. I've always done it DOWN-up-down-DOWN-up-down, but the video was saying to do it DOWN-up-down-UP-down-up. Now I never thought of doing like this before, and I understand keeping a constant up-down-up-down, but at the same time I don't think as far as phrasing and emphasis it makes sense to have an upstroke on the second "1" of a "1-2-3-1-2-3" feel. I've tried playing along to the other one like this and it's really hard to get used to. Is it advantageous in the long run to practice the DOWN-up-down-UP-down-up?
Stevo123 wrote:I saw a video recently saying to strum 6/8 a certain way, but it seems really messed up to my brain. I've always done it DOWN-up-down-DOWN-up-down, but the video was saying to do it DOWN-up-down-UP-down-up. Now I never thought of doing like this before, and I understand keeping a constant up-down-up-down, but at the same time I don't think as far as phrasing and emphasis it makes sense to have an upstroke on the second "1" of a "1-2-3-1-2-3" feel. I've tried playing along to the other one like this and it's really hard to get used to. Is it advantageous in the long run to practice the DOWN-up-down-UP-down-up?In a band setting I mostly just strum the 1 and 4 like |DOWN-0-0-DOWN-0-0| or maybe |DOWN-0-0-DOWN-up-down|