The word 'strum' is a correct and commonly used word in written English.
It can be used as both a verb and a noun, and refers to the action of playing a stringed instrument, such as a guitar or ukulele, by sweeping or stroking the strings with one's fingers or a pick. Example as a verb: She strummed a few chords on her guitar, trying to come up with a melody for her new song. Example as a noun: The musician's strumming was mesmerizing, as he effortlessly moved his fingers across the strings of his acoustic guitar.
In honor of his son's guests, the lawyer had a big bonfire built in the yard that night, and sent for the foremost of Capitán Jourdan's guitar-strumming gauchos, warning him beforehand that he was to do strictly that: strum, without playing any song in particular, in accordance with the country way.
In the vast church hall, two young guys with ponytails begin to strum old guitars: time for vespers.
Surely it's no longer acceptable to have a Mexican character in a luchador mask whose onscreen appearances are announced by a strum of flamenco guitar.It would be tempting to call "Planes" the worst ever Pixar cartoon by a country mile, except that it isn't officially a Pixar cartoon.
He has the eccentric habit of slipping off to bed early (even during his own dinner parties) and rising in the small hours to strum the classical guitar or pore over Russian verse; but he eschews the nervy, self-conscious workaholism of ambitious Washington politicians.Recently, his belief in Russia has undergone a severe test.
Hillary's granddad was a factory-worker (strum, strum, strum).
These had paid out rope in long loops, taking the strain; had dressed a hay-ruck and combed it down; had felt the tug and strum of a fishing line in a river.
A churchgoin' man (strum, strum, strum).
While other banjo-picking techniques involve the upward plucking of individual strings with the fingernails or with a plectrum, clawhammer players use a consistent downward stroke to strum the strings with the backs of the fingers.
With home videos from his youth playing on the shards of video screen in the background, Stevens continued on his own with the whispering guitar strum of 'Death With Dignity', the tone of forlorn resignation in his voice palpable as he breathes out the line "you'll never see us again" repeatedly.
Tonight, they embrace their heavier prog-rock side with the guitars to match: bassist Chris Wolstenholme's futuristic bass guitar – a double-necked beast that is played by stroking a lit-up screen, while Bellamy brandishes a shiny silver guitar and another with a changing-coloured light, which he wields dramatically as he falls to his knees, at one point allowing the fans to strum.
I'm unapologetically right-handed when I write, strum a guitar or whack a tennis ball into a net, but I've only ever held my phone in my left hand, and my left thumb is the one that's been seeing all the action.
