fingerstyle guitar
Hands-on fretwork technique
Fingerstyle guitar is a technique where the player plucks strings directly with fingernails or fingertips rather than using a pick.
The approach allows simultaneous bass lines, melody, and harmony—essentially making the guitar self-accompanying.
Fingerstyle encompasses classical, folk, and contemporary acoustic traditions: She learned fingerstyle to play Travis picking patterns.
- acousticRelating to sound
- pickingAct of selecting
- pluckingRemoving by tugging
- stringsThin flexible lines
- fretboardStringed instrument's neck face
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