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Guitar picking
Guitar picking
is a group of hand and finger techniques a
guitarist
uses to set guitar strings in motion to produce audible notes. These techniques involve plucking,
strumming
, brushing, etc. Picking can be done with:
A (
pick (plectrum)
) held in the hand
Natural or artificial
fingernails
,
fingertips
or finger-mounted plectrums known as
fingerpicks
(for techniques collectively known as
fingerstyle
)
A plectrum held between thumb and one finger, supplemented by the free fingers—called
hybrid picking
.
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