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It’s also true that Don is rock’s first great rhythm guitarist, his strident acoustic strum powering ”Wake Up Little Susie” and others.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 18, 2025

Ever since a couple of bandmates were late to rehearsal a decade earlier, when DeBardi first realized he could strum a guitar and strike a drum in the same motion, he’d occasionally performed solo.

From Seattle Times ● Jan. 16, 2024

They strum and sing together in her kitchen and in the park, and she offers frank notes on his songs, the shared experience of making music allowing them to somehow traverse oceans and continents.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2023

She doesn’t want a rupture; as the production ascends from a modest folk-rock strum to a big harmony chorus, she only hopes honesty will clear the air, so “I can love you better.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 2, 2023

His brother begins to strum the guitar with what looks like skill but sounds to Cullen like nothing but silence.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

“I did that yesterday, when I was a kid,” he sings over hectic guitar strums, and his trilling digital falsetto, warped to maximize irritation, makes clear that those days are far behind him.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 28, 2026

And with the fluttering strums of a cuatro venezolano in “Joropo,” she called attention to the South American folkloric genre of the same name.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 11, 2025

Her raspy but commanding voice is one you cannot miss when she strums her guitar or banjo.

From Salon ● May 19, 2024

“It’s a lot of talking going on while I sing my song,” she observes in “Ameriican Requiem” over guitar strums and electric sitar, adding, “It’s a lot of chatter in here.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 31, 2024

He grabs the guitar and strums out a tune and, just like that, starts singing.

From "All The Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven

Advance single “The Cure” is another highlight, with a rapidly strummed acoustic guitar and steady build that brings to mind Smashing Pumpkins.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026

String quartets strummed their way through classical covers of pop hits.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2026

Instead, a good 50% of the tracks retreat to safer ground - slowly strummed songs of devotion, packed with valentine card sentiments.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2025

It’s a song about surrender and, most importantly, hope, that rests entirely on his strummed acoustic guitar and determined, dusty voice.

From New York Times ● Mar. 6, 2024

Sure of everyone’s attention, he cocked his head and strummed, pausing to listen to the sound.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

As they shot the breeze, McCartney started strumming.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

“Too many people that don’t know Mississippi think of it as a river, steamboats and some old guy strumming a banjo on a broken porch,” says Mr. Carswell.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025

Women wearing long wigs and ornate traditional dresses milled around a pebbled courtyard, stopping to snap photos under a pavilion, as the melodious strumming of the Chinese zither played in the background.

From Barron's ● Nov. 14, 2025

But a video featuring him strumming a guitar with his young castmate Ezra Agbonkhese, who plays Tommy’s son Benjamin, is one of the sweetest.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 23, 2025

The old woman advanced through the field, hands up and strumming the threads of magic in the air.

From Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternack