strum
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"I've wanted to take up the guitar ever since I seen my granda play. I was only six or seven when I started trying to strum his guitar."
From BBC • Nov. 14, 2025
She looked so at ease, and she was, cracking jokes with the moms in her native language and letting the kids strum on her guitar.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024
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
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
Awesiinh taps his snare and I strum my guitar.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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