Originally Posted by: hsnoeckx

The notes on the 5 lines are the melody notes, not the strumming pattern so use the strumming pattern provided. Hopes that clears it.

I know that, the point is that the sheet I was reading had both and the discussion I was... trying to have here is that it seems to me kinda incoherent

I mean, if you are told to do one down, then down, up, down. I will think that the second and third notes have different duration than the first one since there is a silent up after it, but notes on the staff are all eights and have no breaks