The meaning of STRUM is an act, instance, or sound of strumming. How to use strum in a sentence.

When you press on the fretboard of a real guitar, you feel the tension further down the strings, which signals where you're supposed to strum.

Compared to other plucking techniques, any group of strings brushed in a single sweep by a plectrum could be considered a strum due to the plectrum's less precise string group targeting …

STRUM definition: a strainer, as at the inlet of a system of tubing. See examples of strum used in a sentence.

If you strum a stringed instrument such as a guitar, you play it by moving your fingers backwards and forwards across the strings. In the corner, one youth sat alone, softly strumming a guitar.

1. To play (a stringed musical instrument) by stroking or brushing the strings: strum a banjo. 2. To play (music) on a stringed instrument in this way: strum chords on a guitar.

Definition of strum verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.