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One technique on guitar involves strumming palm muted power chords in an up-and-down motion with a pick, thereby creating an ostinato. [3] [4] Variations include the triplet gallop [5] and the reverse gallop. [6] On drums, the technique often uses a double kick pedal. A typical drum gallop is formed around this skeleton:
Rasgueado (also called Golpeado, [1] Rageo (spelled so or Rajeo), Rasgueo or Rasgeo in Andalusian dialect and flamenco jargon, or even occasionally Rasqueado) is a guitar finger strumming technique commonly associated with flamenco guitar music.
The pattern most typical of rock and related styles is: 1&2&3&4& d du udu. The final upstroke is sometimes omitted altering the strumming pattern slightly to d du ud. This pattern is often called "Old Faithful", [7] or when played on ukulele, the "Island Strum". Examples of other strumming patterns include: [8] Single down strum: d d d d
Using p to indicate the thumb, i the index finger, m the middle finger and a the ring finger, common alternation patterns include: i-m-i-m Basic melody line on the treble strings. Has the appearance of "walking along the strings". i-m-a-i-m-a Tremolo pattern with a triplet feel (i.e. the same note is repeated three times)
The ska stroke up or ska upstroke, skank or bang, is a guitar strumming technique that is used mostly in the performance of ska, rocksteady, and reggae music. [5] It is derived from a form of rhythm and blues arrangement called the shuffle, a popular style in Jamaican blues parties of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
A block chord is a chord or voicing built directly below the melody either on the strong beats or to create a four-part harmonized melody line in "locked-hands" [1] rhythmic unison with the melody, as opposed to broken chords.
An example of this might be when the index finger (or the thumb) is used to play one melody line on the 3rd string while the annular finger might be used for a melody on the first string. A melody line can move over various strings, so a flexible approach is needed, experimentation and development of patterns that suit individual preference.
Carter-style lick. [1] Play ⓘ. Carter Family picking, also known as the thumb brush, the Carter lick, the church lick, or the Carter scratch, [2] is a style of fingerstyle guitar named after Maybelle Carter of the Carter Family.