bluegrass picker
Appalachian folk musician
A bluegrass picker is a musician who plays bluegrass music, typically on banjo, guitar, mandolin, or fiddle.
The term reflects the fingerpicking and flatpicking techniques central to the genre: Some of the best bluegrass pickers in the country gather at the festival each summer.
Picker carries a folksy, unpretentious connotation—professionals and amateurs alike embrace the label.
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
- flatpickHandheld string striker
- fingerpickString-plucking finger attachment
- dobroMetal-coned acoustic guitar
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