They are used to strum chords or to sound individual notes on a guitar. A plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum a stringed instrument. The guitars also got a durability improvement to the fret buttons and strum bar. But Barry had taken it off him to learn to strum his first chords. Amaradeva would often strum the violin while his mother sang hymns. Start, Select, Back button, a Whammy Bar, and a Strum bar. These aren't tunes you just strum along to while sitting on your backside. All songs written, arranged and produced by Mark Slaughter & Dana Strum. The strum bar itself was made quieter and longer. After that, the band's singer Mark Slaughter and bassist Dana Strum formed Slaughter. Is Fake DIY calling it "a cinematic strum of a lead track".