The backbeat brings your strumming to life and adds a lot of possibility to your guitar playing. 
Full lesson here.
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I immediately tried to apply this to other strumming patterns and that was a bit of a mess. I wonder if mastering it on the basic eight note strumming is the key before moving on. Curious what others are up to?
Ronda @rondaryan
Welcome to the community 
I am only on grade 1 strumming so not able to help I am sure others in the community will.
Michael
Yeah, I did the same thing. Got it going pretty good for basic eight note strumming but struggled to make it work for other strumming patterns