Hello everyone,

I'm a little confused about which strings to strum with a downstroke. Do I include the bass note or only the strings below the bass note?

I believe that a downstroke without any bass note in the strumming pattern would include the bass note, but that the bass note would NOT be included when doing a downstroke where one of the beats is simply playing the bass note. Is that correct?

For example, in B-DU-U-DU, would only the first one include the bass note?