Question

It would be nice to play back strumming guitars with an actual strumming pattern of up and down strokes.

Answer 1

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Answer 2

In the mean time I figured out that 'upbow' (U)  and 'downbow' (UU) also work for the guitar, so specifying a strumming pattern is actually possible.