Ska stroke

Skank at different harmonic rhythms
Reggae guitar pattern Playⓘ
Reggae guitar pattern Playⓘ
Ska guitar pattern Playⓘ

The ska stroke up or ska upstroke, skank or bang, is a guitar strumming technique that is used mostly in the performance of ska, rocksteady, and reggae music. It is derived from a form of rhythm and blues arrangement called the shuffle, a popular style in Jamaican blues parties of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.

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