STRUM

Strum

In music, strumming is way of playing a stringed instrument such as a guitar. A strum or stroke is a sweeping action where a fingernail or plectrum brushes past several strings in order to set them all into motion and thereby play a chord.

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strum

Noun

  1. The sound made by playing various strings of a stringed instrument simultaneously.
  2. The act of strumming.

Verb

  1. To play a guitar or other stringed instrument using various strings simultaneously.


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