Strumming 2 or 3 strings only

[macdog]

Working on Blackbird.. .(novice still). When strumming just strings 4+3 or 4+3+2…. Can someone talk about the technique you use to avoid strumming the one(s) we’re not supposed to hit. (or point me to an existing note/lesson). I had gone through Matt’s strumming lessons which I’m getting. But it’s hard for me to just use my index and get good clear tone on the 2 or 3 strings without crashing headlong into the remainder. Or I back off and the last string is very thin. I feel I’m missing something technique-wise.

Any help is very much appreciated, ..Greg

[Andrew]

Hi Greg, give this exercise a try and let me know if you have any ?’s 🙂

[macdog]

Cool thank you! that’s great. Appreciate the quick response.

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