Downward stroke can mean:
- In handwriting, a downward stroke or downstroke is a ballistic stroke having a direction toward the feet and/or torso of the person.
- In guitar terminology, a downward stroke or downstroke (better known as downpicking) is a stroke moved in a downward motion, relative to the position of the instrument, against one or more of the strings to make them vibrate.
Famous quotes containing the words downward and/or stroke:
“A woman drew her long black hair out tight
And fiddled whisper music on those strings
And bats with baby faces in the violet light
Whistled, and beat their wings
And crawled head downward down a blackened wall....”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)
“Just at the stroke when my veins start and spread,
Set on my soul an everlasting head.
Then am I ready, like a palmer fit,
To tread those blest paths which before I writ.”
—Sir Walter Raleigh (1552?–1618)