flatpicking
Single-note plectrum technique
Flatpicking is a guitar technique using a flat pick (plectrum) rather than fingerpicking.
The term is most associated with acoustic guitar in bluegrass and folk music, where players use a flatpick to play rapid single-note melody lines and runs: Doc Watson was a master of flatpicking.
The style emphasizes speed, precision, and clean articulation of individual notes.
Fretted drum-stringed instrument
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
- dobroMetal-coned acoustic guitar
- AppalachiaEastern U.S. mountain region
old-time · hoedown · jam · Americana · roots · twang · upright bass · country
Stroke moving downward
- upstrokeUpward movement of pen
- hammer-onFret note without picking
- pull-offAccomplish something difficult
- slideSmooth continuous movement
muting · dynamics · articulation · phrasing · syncopation · fill · tremolo · backup
Musical sequence of notes
- motifRecurring thematic element
- themeCentral recurring concept
- refrainAbstain from acting
- fiddle tuneFolk melody for bowed strings
banjo
Fretted drum-stringed instrument
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
- dobroMetal-coned acoustic guitar
Appalachia · old-time · hoedown · jam · Americana · roots · twang · upright bass · country · folk
downstroke
Stroke moving downward
- upstrokeUpward movement of pen
- hammer-onFret note without picking
- pull-offAccomplish something difficult
slide · muting · dynamics · articulation · phrasing · syncopation · fill · tremolo · backup · rhythm guitar
tune
Musical sequence of notes
fiddle tune · break · lead · solo · lick · run · phrase · chorus · verse · ballad
celluloid
Transparent flammable synthetic material
thickness · attack · tone · angle · pickguard · teardrop · Dunlop · dreadnought
- folk musicfolk, folk music, folk songs, folk ballads, folk ballad
- Bluegrassbanjo, mandolin, fiddle, dobro, fingerpicking
- folk music skillsfingerpicking, strumming, chord changes, fiddling, clawhammer
- guitar techniquesshredding, fingerpicking, bends, arpeggios, hammer-on
- playing techniquesarpeggiated, fingerpicking, spiccato, block chords, broken chords
- folk techniquesfingerpicking, clawhammer, strumming, hammer-ons, pull-offs
flatpickingfingerpicking
Plucking strings by hand
fingerstyle · fingerstyle guitar · clawhammer · arpeggiation