Rock and Pop
The pattern most typical of rock and related styles would be written:
- / /\ \/\
Patterns may alternate or vary through one song.
Examples of primary strumming patterns in songs :
- single down strum: / / / /
- Elvis' "Burning Love"
- down-up: /\/\/\/\
- Billy Ray Cyrus' "Achy Breaky Heart"
- Kathy Mattea's "What Could Have Been"
- boom-chicka: / /\/ /\
- Merle Haggard's "Silver Wings"
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Famous quotes containing the words rock and/or pop:
“My spirit looks to God alone,
My rock and refuge is His throne,
In all my fears, in all my straits,
My soul on His salvation waits.”
—Isaac Watts (1674–1748)
“I don’t pop my cork for ev’ry guy I see.”
—Dorothy Fields (1904–1974)