fingerpicking
Individual string plucking
Fingerpicking is a guitar technique where the player plucks strings directly with the fingernails or fingertips rather than using a pick.
The style allows simultaneous bass lines and melody, common in folk, blues, and country music: She learned fingerpicking from old Delta blues records.
The term also describes the resulting sound or musical tradition.
Chord notes played individually
- hammer-onsFretted notes without plucking
- pull-offsRoadside parking areas
- fingerstylePlucking strings directly
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
tremolo · dynamics · articulation · phrasing · ornamentation · muting · palm muting · slurs
Relating to sound
- nylonSynthetic textile polymer
- resonatorFrequency-amplifying device
- soundholeOpening in acoustic instrument
- fretboardStringed instrument's neck face
bridge · saddle · nut · action · tone · sustain · projection · body
Acoustic Appalachian folk music
- folkRegular common people
- AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music
- classical guitarAcoustic with nylon strings
- flamencoRhythmic Spanish dance style
ragtime · country · Celtic · bossa nova · samba · slack-key · traditional · acoustic blues
Fingering-based musical notation
- tabProjection for gripping
- fingeringNote-playing hand technique
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
- sheet musicPublished performance notation
arpeggios
Chord notes played individually
- hammer-onsFretted notes without plucking
- pull-offsRoadside parking areas
- fingerstylePlucking strings directly
syncopation · tremolo · dynamics · articulation · phrasing · ornamentation · muting · palm muting · slurs · harmonics
acoustic
Relating to sound
- nylonSynthetic textile polymer
- resonatorFrequency-amplifying device
- soundholeOpening in acoustic instrument
fretboard · bridge · saddle · nut · action · tone · sustain · projection · body · neck
bluegrass
Acoustic Appalachian folk music
- folkRegular common people
- AmericanaHeritage artifacts or music
- classical guitarAcoustic with nylon strings
flamenco · ragtime · country · Celtic · bossa nova · samba · slack-key · traditional · acoustic blues · old-time
tablature
Fingering-based musical notation
- tabProjection for gripping
- fingeringNote-playing hand technique
- transcriptionWritten version of speech
thumb
Short opposable digit
pinky · nail · fingertip · knuckle · calluses · nail shape · flesh · attack · angle · anchor
Lindsey Buckingham
- acoustic musicfolk, acoustic guitar, acoustic set, bluegrass, unplugged set
- folk musicfolk, folk music, folk songs, folk ballads, folk ballad
- musicianshipsinging, playing, performing, practicing, harmonizing
- Bluegrassbanjo, mandolin, fiddle, dobro, flatpicking
- folk music skillsstrumming, flatpicking, chord changes, fiddling, clawhammer
- grassroots musicfolk music, folk, bluegrass, acoustic music, singer-songwriter
fingerpickingstrumming
Sweeping across guitar strings
flatpicking · power chords · rhythm guitar · chunking · windmilling
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