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
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
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 continued to strum her ukulele and sing “Happy Birthday” to people.
From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli
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