thumbpicking
Bass-note guitar technique
Thumbpicking is a guitar technique where the thumb plays bass notes on the lower strings while the fingers pick melody on the higher strings, creating the effect of two instruments at once.
The style is central to country, folk, and blues traditions: He learned thumbpicking from old Merle Travis records.
Also called Travis picking after its most famous practitioner.
Fretted drum-stringed instrument
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
- AppalachiaEastern U.S. mountain region
- old-timeOf a past era
dobro · upright bass · jam session · acoustic · roots music · clawhammer · flatpicking · mountain music
Rough country music venue
- NashvilleTennessee's largest city
- twangSharp vibrating sound
- western swingMovement or seat facing sunset
- steel guitarSlide-played stringed instrument
outlaw country · crooning · acoustic guitar · ballad · roadhouse · jukebox
banjo
Fretted drum-stringed instrument
- fiddleAdjust restlessly; folk violin
- mandolinPlucked eight-string lute descendant
- AppalachiaEastern U.S. mountain region
old-time · dobro · upright bass · jam session · acoustic · roots music · clawhammer · flatpicking · mountain music · breakdown
honky-tonk
Rough country music venue
- NashvilleTennessee's largest city
- twangSharp vibrating sound
- western swingMovement or seat facing sunset
steel guitar · outlaw country · crooning · acoustic guitar · ballad · roadhouse · jukebox
fingerpicking
Plucking strings by hand
- pluckingRemoving by tugging
- arpeggioSuccessive chord tones
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
polyphony · bass line · melody · pinch · palm muting · fretboard · tablature · precision · dexterity · phrasing