Lesson 3: Down-Up Strumming

🕸Loose Wrist3 min

1. Strum muted strings (rest your fretting hand lightly across them) in steady quarters.
2. All motion from the wrist and forearm — shoulder stays quiet.
3. Add a gentle down-up: down on the beat, up on the 'and'.

✋The Up-Strum5 min

1. Your arm swings down-up constantly like a pendulum — even when not hitting strings.
2. Down-strums land on beats; up-strums catch the 'and' on the way back.
3. Up-strums only need the top 3-4 strings. Light and easy.

🥁Count It3 min

1. Count the rhythm out loud before you play.
2. Turn on Counts or the metronome and lock in with it.
3. Loop it slowly first; speed comes on its own.

📖Play It7 min

1. Read it slowly and cleanly the first time through.
2. Drag-select any tricky spot and loop it.
3. Use the tempo slider — move up only when it's clean.

🎵Steady Rolling7 min

1. Play 'Steady Rolling' — pendulum never stops, even during changes.
2. If a change is late, keep strumming open strings and land the next bar.

👂Train Your Ear2 min

1. Press play on any line above, look away, and listen once through.
2. Hum the first bar back, then find it on the guitar by ear.

✨Make It Yours3 min

1. Take one idea from this lesson and bend it — change a rhythm, reorder the chords.
2. Play your version twice so it sticks.

MY ENDING (write or describe it):

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★ Check off each day you play — ten focused minutes counts. Consistency beats marathon sessions.