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Ska stroke^[1] Play^ⓘ: features dampened downbeat downstrokes and staccato upbeat upstrokes.

Though notated with quarter notes, the Ska stroke sounds like sixteenth notes due to muting or dampening.^[1]

Damping is a technique in music for altering the sound of a musical instrument by reducing oscillations or vibrations. Damping methods are used for a number of instruments.

^ ^a ^b Snyder, Jerry (1999). Jerry Snyder's Guitar School, p.28. ISBN 0-7390-0260-0.