strummers
Those plucking strings
Strummers are people who strum—playing a stringed instrument by brushing fingers across the strings rather than plucking individual notes.
The term applies especially to casual or rhythmic guitar players: a circle of strummers around the campfire.
It suggests an easygoing, folk-music sensibility rather than technical virtuosity.
Fretted stringed instrument
- ukuleleSmall Hawaiian stringed instrument
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
- lutePear-bodied fretted strings
balalaika · sitar · oud · bouzouki · acoustic · strings · nylon · steel
Public space entertainers
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
- balladsNarrative verse set to music
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
- singer-songwriterSelf-composing musical performer
acoustic · protest · storytelling · campfire · coffeehouse · hootenanny · open-mic · busking
Simultaneous note combinations
- fingerpickingPlucking strings by hand
- downstrokeStroke moving downward
- upstrokeUpward movement of pen
- rhythmPatterned stress and silence
tempo · picking · arpeggios · capo · fretboard · fingerstyle · plectrum · flatpicking
guitar
Fretted stringed instrument
- ukuleleSmall Hawaiian stringed instrument
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
lute · balalaika · sitar · oud · bouzouki · acoustic · strings · nylon · steel · picks
buskers
Public space entertainers
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
- balladsNarrative verse set to music
- bluegrassAcoustic Appalachian folk music
singer-songwriter · acoustic · protest · storytelling · campfire · coffeehouse · hootenanny · open-mic · busking · serenading
chords
Simultaneous note combinations
- fingerpickingPlucking strings by hand
- downstrokeStroke moving downward
- upstrokeUpward movement of pen
rhythm · tempo · picking · arpeggios · capo · fretboard · fingerstyle · plectrum · flatpicking · syncopation
gig
Short-term paid work
- concertLive musical performance
- stageRaised performance platform
- tourPlanned multi-destination journey
setlist · soundcheck · backstage · venue · ensemble · jam · session · rehearsal · frontman · accompanist
beach
Sandy waterside margin
serenading · singalong · lullaby · mariachi · flamenco · reggae · calypso · busking · subway · open-mic
- steelpansteel drum, steel drums, steelpan, steelpans, steelband
strummerspickers
Those who harvest by hand
bowers · pluckers · violinists · fiddlers · cellists
strummersvirtuosos
Supremely skilled performers
maestros · technicians · shredders · classical guitarists · session musicians