Strumming

How to use it

Pick a pattern and press Play. The arrow that sounds lights up. Slow the tempo until your hand keeps up, then bring it back up.

Tap a chord to add it to your song, or drag it where it belongs. Tap a progression to use it, or drag it in to add it where you let go. Drag a chord in your song to move it, or out of the line to take it out; its × does the same. Dm, G7 and Cmaj7 are understood. Turn on Swing so the eighths between the beats arrive a little late, as in blues and country.

Each pattern shows its time signature. Six strokes to a bar can be felt as three beats of two (3/4) or as two beats of three (6/8); many Latin American rhythms, like the vals criollo, live between the two, so try both. The first beat of each bar sounds a little stronger, and in a bar of four the third beat too. Two a bar gives each chord half a bar.

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