strumming

This is a 2.26 minute video response from Brad Henecke on Nov 1st, 2008

Question:

"Mountainfun asks, "I am having a lot of difficulty figuring out strumming patterns for songs...is there a simple way of learning and hearing an upstroke from a downstroke? I can pretty well figure out when it changes chords....usually? Is there a lesson for this?""