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Starting from when he was 11 years old, Armenta would write lyrics in journals and strum along to the guitar his brother bought him.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026

And because the musicians play so precisely onstage — each strum in place, each groove just right — the songs differed little from the versions permanently stored in your head.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 6, 2024

At the 1969 Montreal recording of “Give Peace a Chance,” only two acoustic guitars strum along.

From New York Times ● Dec. 28, 2023

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 traverse oceans and continents.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 28, 2023

They beat the drums and strum the mandolins while their feet tap the ground.

From "First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers" by Loung Ung

Except that there aren’t any Ed Sheeran things like this: a single, unbroken camera shot of the ginger-haired English songwriter as he walks, runs, sings and strums his way around New York.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025

“KPop Demon Hunters” strums some the same chords in a more innocent key, swapping in a K-pop trio for Delta blues masters.

From Salon ● Jul. 11, 2025

On X, images that appear to be AI-generated depict Swift hugging Trump, holding his hand or singing a duet as the Republican strums a guitar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2024

He strums the guitar and softly delivers the lines:

From BBC ● Jan. 1, 2024

Leaning against a wall of the colmado, he strums the stock with eyes shut, singing songs to himself under his breath.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple

She persuaded me to play a cajón for the first time as she strummed her guitar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 3, 2026

“Oganesson” is constructed around his delicate strummed riff, which recalls the ease of bossa nova, and it has an airiness and jazziness not found elsewhere on the record.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2025

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

Chalamet abandoned the Bob Dylan impression heard in the film but still strummed away at the guitar.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2025

It included brass and wind instruments, percussion, and a whole gallimau&y of types of strings: plucked, stroked, strummed, keyed and bowed.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

It shows relatives outside a cabin, including her grandfather—a movie-star-handsome man strumming a guitar.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

As they shot the breeze, McCartney started strumming.

From BBC ● May 27, 2026

A man mourns the loss of his dead celebrity mom, who unexpectedly appears before him as a hologram in his childhood home, singing and strumming a guitar.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 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

I could picture him singing his heart out, strumming the guitar, with Mr. Bowles rocking out behind him on the keyboards.

From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio