Strumming is one of the most popular guitar technique along with fingerstyle. With the strumming, you can brush the strings rhythmically to play chords. 

It’s a very intuitive technique, and so many of us started playing the guitar by strumming simple chords. 

When we start learning guitar, we are told to strum the strings with a guitar pick. You hold it between the thumb and index, and you strum up and down. 

Using the pick is fantastic, and it works all the time. However, today I want to show you how to diversify this technique by strumming with the fingers. 

The sound and tone of your fingers are very different than a guitar pick, so once you master this technique, you can decide when and in which song use it. 

This lesson aims to show you how to get started with strumming without a guitar pick. 

We will be mainly using six strings chords so that we can control the strings better. 

OPTION 1. STRUMMING WITH THE THUMB. 

OPTION 2. STRUMMING WITH THE INDEX FINGER. 

OPTION 3. COMBINE THUMB AND INDEX FINGER.  

OPTION 4. DIVERSIFY THE STRUMMING.

Enjoy this lesson.