Ukulele for Guitar Players

Song Rhythm

Strum to the Drums

"I play guitar and ukulele like a drummer — it's all about rhythm and feel."

Turn that idea around and you get the core principle of this technique: "When you play rhythm you are effectively playing the drums on a stringed instrument".

Used in these songs

In Beat Basics, we focused on recognising and interpreting the beat. Here, we take the next step — mapping your strumming hand directly to the drums.

In this video, I use If Tomorrow Never Comes by Garth Brooks to demonstrate how strumming locks in with the drummer to create a tight performance.