Lesson about a specific up strum

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Helloo,

I am not sure if this is the right subcategory, it’s quite a specific question.

I am looking for a lesson I once watched from Justin (I’m pretty sure it was him). It was about a strum. I think it was a well-timed up strum. You have to count and stuff to do it. I can’t explain it very well. It can really stand out of a song when done well, but I have no exampes.
Edit: it is like a slower rolling strum upwards. I think it is mainly used for acoustic folk kinda music.

Edit 2: I am not sure if I can post links here, but I found an example. This was once recorded on a tv show in Holland but it was removed. I found this obscure audio version of that recording: https://youtu.be/7TocVH0qWCo?feature=shared
You can hear the strum I mean on 40 seconds and on 55 seconds. I think you can hear the ‘rolling strings’ I mean.

Can someone help me find the video of Justin’s lesson? I took some time to look for it, but no luck yet.

Thanks in advance,

Greetings from The Netherlands

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Hi Sjors @Sjorske, welcome to the community! Are you thinking about “pushed” chords? That’s where you change the chord on the “and”" of beat 4 (often an upstrum) rather than on beat 1. The lesson is called “The ‘Push’ Strumming Technique”. If that’s not it, hopefully someone has another idea!

Judi

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Hey Judi,

Thanks for your reaction! A good sugesstion after my description. It isn’t the strum I am looking for though.

When I think about it now: it is more like rolling strum over the chords upwards.

I’ll keep waiting and looking :slight_smile:

Have a nice eve.

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Can you remember what grade the lesson was in? Justin has strumming lesson in almost every grade.

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Actually no. I wasn’t structured at all at some points through the years, so I clicked the video’s I thought I would like or need.

I have gone through all the grades again a moment ago. Also through the strumming course, but I can’t find anything that seems to be the one I mean. It could be that the technique is in a video with other specific guitar techniques and it isn’t mentioned in the title.

The other option is that I made a mistake and that it wasn’t Justin who taught it.

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Justin touches briefly on a slow upstrum on his acoustic lesson for Pink Floyd’s Breathe. Is this maybe what you’re thinking about?

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Hey Rider,

Yes, this looks totally it! He doesn’t refer to a lesson or does any explaination of the technique… Looks like I’m totally wrong then? I don’t know.

I’m going to try it this evening. Maybe it’s as easy as can be.

Thanks for your reply!

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This one?

The was also one in the Technique section…search for “rolling chords”

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This is as close as it gets for me. I came across this video yesterday also, but I think it is not the lesson I meant (although it is years ago I saw it).

Justin himself uses the technique in the following vid. It is the first strum and the one at like 8 seconds:

Thanks to @Rider2040

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Hello @Sjorske and welcome to the Community.

There is a lesson but it is in the subscription only Strumming SOS course (it is called rake strumming).

I briefly demonstrated this in a Vintage Club session several months ago.
It was further discussed in the topic and people gave a few examples (including Breath). Vintage Club #8 with Richard | Rhythm For Advancing Beginners - #10 by Richard_close2u