It's All About the Groove!


Unlock Your Rhythm and Reconnect with Your Inner Groove!


Our proven methods and supportive community will help you GET YOUR GROOVE ON and become the musician you were meant to be!


At The Strum Bowing Groove Academy, we're on a mission to help string players unlock their rhythm and reconnect with their inner groove.

Our proven methods and supportive community will help you get your groove on and become the musician you were meant to be.

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Ready to Get Your Groove On?

Get the FREE Strum Bowing Starter Kit and unlock the secrets to chopping and grooving on strings!

Get a free autographed copy of Strum Bowing Essentials (just $6.50 for shipping) and instant access to EVERYTHING on the Strum Bowing Groove Academy site:
​     • 10 Video Courses
​     • 4 Method and Etude Books
​     • Dozens of Play-along and Demonstration Tracks
​     • Access to our Busy Members-Only Facebook Group

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Ready to Get Your Groove On?

Get the FREE Strum Bowing Starter Kit and unlock the secrets to chopping and grooving on strings!

Meet the Founder

Tracy Silverman, founder of The Strum Bowing Groove Academy

Acclaimed electric violinist Tracy Silverman is on a mission to help string players master non-classical styles on their instruments. The key to any non-classical style is how it grooves, and the key to grooving on strings is Strum Bowing.

Hailed as “the greatest living exponent of the electric violin” by the BBC Radio, Tracy Silverman is a world-renowned violinist and composer, celebrated for his groundbreaking work in developing the six-string electric violin and his innovative approach to string playing. His Tiny Desk concert and Carnegie Hall appearances have made him a legend in the string community.

As a leading proponent of contemporary music, Silverman has collaborated with major orchestras and artists, including John Adams, Gustavo Dudamel and many others, pushing the boundaries of classical and modern music.

Author of The Strum Bowing Method: How to Groove on Strings, Tracy has developed a simple, step-by-step framework that has made significant impacts on string pedagogy, inspiring musicians worldwide to explore new genres and techniques and has been adopted by players and teachers around the globe as a way to reconnect with their inner groove. 

Click below to learn more about Tracy's journey and how he can help you unlock your musical potential!

Meet the Founder

Tracy Silverman, founder of The Strum Bowing Groove Academy

Acclaimed electric violinist Tracy Silverman is on a mission to help string players master non-classical styles on their instruments. The key to any non-classical style is how it grooves, and the key to grooving on strings is Strum Bowing.

Called “the greatest living exponent of the electric violin” by the BBC Radio, Tracy has premiered electric violin concertos written for him by many world-famous composers at Carnegie Hall, Disney Hall, the Royal Albert Hall among others. He has been featured on TV, radio, and internet programs, including a solo NPR Tiny Desk Concert, A Prairie Home Companion, and a CBS News Sunday Morning profile.

Author of The Strum Bowing Method: How to Groove on Strings, Tracy has developed a simple, step-by-step framework that has been adopted by players and teachers around the globe as a way to reconnect with their inner groove.

Click below to learn more about Tracy's journey and how he can help you unlock your musical potential!


Strum Bowing is the groundbreaking yet simple approach to grooving on strings modeled on the way guitar players strum a guitar. It’s the key that opens the door to authentically grooving in any style, from fiddle to jazz to rock to hip hop to Latin—any style with a groove.

With an approach than emphasizes the simplicity of the groove rather than the complexities of rhythm, Strum Bowing has quickly become the go-to solution for string players who are looking for a simple and effective way to expand their abilities, improve their rhythm playing and reconnect with their instruments.

   • Strum Bowers appreciate the power of the groove
   • Strum Bowers believe that strings should play a more significant role in our popular music culture
   • Strum Bowers believe that strings must adapt or they may perish.

The time has come to retool our playing—for ourselves, for our students and for the greater groove!



Strum Bowing is the groundbreaking yet simple approach to grooving on strings modeled on the way guitar players strum a guitar. It’s the key that opens the door to authentically grooving in any style, from fiddle to jazz to rock to hip hop to Latin—any style with a groove.

With an approach than emphasizes the simplicity of the groove rather than the complexities of rhythm, Strum Bowing has quickly become the go-to solution for string players who are looking for a simple key to break free of the classical box, improve their rhythm playing and reconnect with their instruments.

• Strum Bowers appreciate the power of the groove
• Strum Bowers believe that strings should play a more significant role in our popular music culture
• Strum Bowers believe that strings must adapt or they may perish.

The time has come to retool our playing—for ourselves, for our students and for the greater groove!

The Strum Bowing Groove Academy Membership Levels

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Unlock your potential to play contemporary music styles on your instrument with our online courses, etude books, play-along tracks, monthly masterclasses, and exclusive behind-the-scenes content.

Get everything in Strum Bowing Pro, as well as private lessons with a certified Strum Bowing instructor, ensuring you achieve your goals and reach your full potential faster.

Get everything in Strum Bowing Pro, as well as private lessons with the founder of the Strum Bowing Method, Tracy Silverman, to help you take your string playing to the next level.

The Strum Bowing Groove Academy Membership Levels

Strum Bowing Pro

Unlock your potential to play contemporary music styles on your instrument with unlimited access to our complete library of online courses, down loadable method and etude books, play-along tracks, monthly group lessons and deep dives, and exclusive behind-the-scenes content.

Strum Bowing Groovemaster

Get everything in Strum Bowing Pro, as well as private lessons with a certified Strum Bowing instructor, ensuring you achieve your goals and reach your full potential faster.

Strum Bowing Virtuoso

Get everything in Strum Bowing Pro, as well as private lessons with the founder of the Strum Bowing Method, Tracy Silverman, to help you take your string playing to the next level.

Listen to What Our Strum Bowers Have to Say!

I have a group of 7th graders who have taken FIRE to your strum bowing this week and they just keep asking for more! We are still at the basics of doing the ghost notes and feeling the Groovon rhythms. They played a Groovon to uptown funk today and they though they were SO COOL!!! It has been months since I have seen smiles like that with everything going on. You are a genius and I appreciate everything you have done to make this book and method what it is! My students have a renewed fire in them, which is priceless

--Brianne Brown, violinist/educator, former student

“The Strum Bowing Method is a critical part of my sound that I have found to be applicable in countless styles and applications. By creating a link between the technical foundations of guitarists, percussionists, & bowed strings, it enables the modern string player to move freely between comping & melodic playing in a way that hasn’t been explored in any other formal approach to the instrument. This should be considered an essential piece of any contemporary violin, viola, or cello player’s technique.”

--Kyle Pudenz, violinist/educator, former student

Testimonials from Our Community of Progressive String Players

Listen to What Our Strum Bowers Have to Say!

I have a group of 7th graders who have taken FIRE to your strum bowing this week and they just keep asking for more! We are still at the basics of doing the ghost notes and feeling the Groovon rhythms. They played a Groovon to uptown funk today and they though they were SO COOL!!! It has been months since I have seen smiles like that with everything going on. You are a genius and I appreciate everything you have done to make this book and method what it is! My students have a renewed fire in them, which is priceless

--Brianne Brown, violinist/educator, former student

“The Strum Bowing Method is a critical part of my sound that I have found to be applicable in countless styles and applications. By creating a link between the technical foundations of guitarists, percussionists, & bowed strings, it enables the modern string player to move freely between comping & melodic playing in a way that hasn’t been explored in any other formal approach to the instrument. This should be considered an essential piece of any contemporary violin, viola, or cello player’s technique.”

--Kyle Pudenz, violinist/educator, former student

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