Strum

In Strum mode th' pads don't drop th' chord as a block — they rake across it th' way a hand crosses th' strings, Arrr!, and they keep strummin' a repeatin' pattern fer as long as th' chord be held. Touch and hold th' Strum button t' configure it, matey.

Pattern

Th' pattern be one bar, read as sixteenths, savvy? A down stroke rakes from th' low note upward, an up stroke rakes back down from th' top, and empty cells be rests.

• Whole — a single down-stroke at th' top o' th' bar. Th' one t' use when th' chord should simply arrive and ring, ye scallywag.
• Half — downs on 1 and 3.
• Quarter — a down on every beat. Straight, drivin', and never in th' way.
• Eighths — down on th' beats, up on th' "and"s. Th' default, and th' pattern most songs want.
• Sixteenths — full alternatin' down-up sixteenths, fer busier, faster parts.
• Folk — a block chord on 1, then down-up through 2, 3 and 4. Th' standard acoustic accompaniment, Ahoy!
• Calypso — th' latin push, ghostin' beat 3 so th' pattern leans forward.
• Pickup — plain quarters on 1, 2 and 3, then th' last beat subdivided into a sixteenth run that pulls ye into th' next bar.

Patterns adapt t' th' song's meter, matey. In 3/4 th' run in Pickup slides onto beat 3 rather than bein' cut off — it always lands on th' last beat o' th' bar.

Custom

Below th' presets, Custom holds th' patterns ye've written yerself. Any saved pattern be selectable straight from th' submenu, and Add / Remove… opens th' Custom Strums Editor, where ye manage th' list, savvy?

Stagger

Stagger be how long th' rake takes t' cross th' chord — th' difference between a hard pick attack and a slow, deliberate sweep. It be th' feel o' th' stroke, not its rhythm, so it applies t' whatever pattern ye've chosen, Blimey!

• Tight — about 8 ms per note. Almost a block hit; ye hear th' direction but little else.
• Standard — about 18 ms per note. Th' default, and a classic acoustic feel.
• Loose — about 30 ms per note. A slower, more deliberate rake.
• Sloppy — about 50 ms per note. A broken strum where every note be clearly its own event.

Stagger be th' settin' that makes a strum sound played rather than programmed, savvy? If th' chordboard sounds too mechanical, move t' Loose before ye touch anythin' else, matey.