flatpicking
flatpicking — noun
1. the use of a small flat pick to strike the strings when playing instruments like
the use of a small flat pick to strike the strings when playing instruments like the guitar, banjo, or mandolin, instead of plucking them with just the fingers
Nila practices flatpicking every evening with her bluegrass band.
collocation: practice + flatpicking
Ziad bought a pack of medium-gauge picks to improve his flatpicking tone.
The weekend workshop taught flatpicking basics to fifteen beginner guitarists.
Maeve learned flatpicking from her uncle, who plays old folk songs on a mandolin.
Asher prefers flatpicking to fingerpicking because it produces a louder, clearer sound.
- plectrum playing
a more formal or academic term for the same technique
- pick-style guitar
used mainly in teaching contexts to distinguish from fingerstyle
- fingerpicking
the opposite technique where the strings are plucked with the fingertips instead of a pick
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Flatpicking is often used attributively before nouns such as 'style', 'technique', or 'guitar'.