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Thread #67788 Message #1135000
Posted By: Barbara Shaw
12-Mar-04 - 02:41 PM
Thread Name: Why 'boom chuck' on guitar
Subject: RE: Why 'boom chuck' on guitar
I in fact use a flat pick and two downstrokes for the boom-chuck, all done with the pick, not fingers. Sometimes there's an upstroke on one of the high strings after the chuck, making it more of a boom-chuck-a, boom-chuck-a. The first downstroke (boom)can be done on alternating bass notes on the lower strings, and sometimes there are bass runs of 2 notes on the lower strings replacing one set of boom-chucks. All are downstrokes except the little tag after the "chuck."
This is how I've always seen it done in bluegrass for rhythm guitar. No doubt there are different methods for other styles.