This week's tip is about strumming — specifically, why you don't need to hit every string on every strum.
Most people think a good strum means hitting all six strings every time. But the real trick is knowing when to. Beat one is where it counts — that's your full chord, all the strings ringing out. After that, you're basically playing percussion, since those notes are already sustaining. So the rest of the strum can live mostly on the high strings.
All strings, then high strings. All strings, high strings.
It's a small shift, but it's the difference between a strum that sounds a little muddy and one that sounds clean and controlled.
See you next Thursday with another Morning Pick - Dustin
P.S. - If today's tip clicked for you, this is exactly the kind of thing the Essential Strumming & Rhythm Course dives deeper into — real songs, real backing tracks, and practice studios built around exactly this kind of decision-making.