Originally Posted by: djlawrence1988I have been counting the strum pattern as:

1 2+ +4+ placing the down strokes of the pattern on the down beat.

1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a

Strum on the beats in parenthesis:

(1) e (&) (a) 2 (e) (&) (a) (3) e (&) (a) 4(e) (&) (a)

So essentially you have the pattern right, but just twice as slow as it should be counted.

Hope that helps!