Hey there - yes try following what the kick drum does in the drum beat.

It's a sixteenth note pattern, mixing downstrokes and upstrokes. It would go like this:

1 e and a 2 e and a 3 e and a 4 e and a

The accents in bold italic are the strums. The first 2 strums are right on the first 2 beats of the count with downstrokes. Then, right before the 3rd beat of the bar, play an upstroke, followed by the next upstroke. Then it's back to a downstroke on the 4th beat of the bar.

These strums follow the kick drum - so focus on that when playing with the backing track.

Hopefully this helps - let me know how it goes!!

[br]Mike

Originally Posted by: nima.jabery

Hey Mike, i wanna play " it must have been love" by roxette , and the strumming is so simple , is there any other strumming apporoch you would suggest , a more challenging one ?