You can accompany songs in compound meter by playing a 3/4 pattern twice per measure, or use 3/4 patterns in 6/8, 9/8 or 12/8 songs. For songs in cut time, you can double the time values of 4/4 patterns so each lasts two measures. This document provides a chart of numbered strum and pick patterns referred to in the book, indicating fingering and down/up strokes.

1. For example, you can accompany a song in 6/8 by playing the 3/4 pattern twice in each measure.
You can use the 3/4 Strum and Pick Patterns in songs written in compound meter (6/8, 9/8, 12/8, etc.).
The 4/4 Strum and Pick Patterns can be used for songs written in cut time ( ) by doubling the note
time values in the patterns. Each pattern would therefore last two measures in cut time.
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9 9
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8 8
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7 7
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6 6
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p
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5 5
4 4
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3 3
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2 2
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Strum Patterns
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Pick Patterns
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This chart contains the suggested strum and pick patterns that are referred to by number at the beginning
of each song in this book.
The letters in the pick patterns indicate which right-hand fingers play which strings.
For example; Pick Pattern 2
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i
m
a
is played: thumb - index - middle - ring
= thumb
= index finger
= middle finger
= ring finger
STRUM AND PICK PATTERNS
The symbols and in the strum patterns refer to down and up strokes, respectively.
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