I play with a string group at my church, and I sometimes just strum the first note of a measure and keep the tempo (I'm a 2-legged metronome...lol). In the key of G or D, no problem to actually play the notes
This piece is "A Quiet Music" arranged/written by Douglas E. Wagner. It starts out in the key of G. When I have it tuned to D-A-D, I usually just skip the F's.
Sandy