Hello Martin - thanks to dlwalke for chiming in here with more explanation.

When we say it's a "sixteenth note" strum, that doesn't mean we strum every subdivision. All it means is that we've divided the beat into 16th notes. So there are 4 subdivisions per quarter note.

I apologize for not being more clear, but dlwalke has the correct, more thorough explanation.

If you think of each quarter note, there are 4 subdvisions (1 - e - and - a). Each subdvision gets assigned a strum. So the motion of your strumming arm will be Down Up Down Up. That doesn't mean you're striking the strings each time.

For example - when I said DD (down, down) -- it means to strike the strings on the "1" and the "and" but the upstrokes do not strike the strings there.

Does this make sense? Let me know!

Mike