Bass and chord strumming (thick and thin strings)

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I am trying to get in the habit of keeping my arm moving up and down smoothly when strumming. When playing chords straight on it is fairly easy.

The challenge I have is when strumming the bass note (thicker strings) and then the chord thinner strings on the 2& of the bar with the D chord. I find I almost have to just pick the bass string which I count as 1& and then strum through the thinner strings.

With chords like G, C, E etc easy to move your arm the whole way down after strumming the bass strings but with D, D minor and other chords I don’t play as of yet much harder to do this. I try and works sometimes but other times I catch too many notes.

Any suggestions on this? Should I keep practicing to move my arm all the way down on bass note strum?

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Hi Attila,

You could try and mute some of the other strings. Then it doesn’t matter if you catch them.

Don’t stress too much accuracy will come with time and practice