fingerpick

Variant of fingerpicking

fingerpicking definition

fin·ger·pick·ing (-pik′iŋ)

noun

a style of guitar playing, esp. in folk music, in which the thumb plays bass notes and the index and middle fingers a syncopated treble melody, often with the use of a special pick (fingerpick) of plastic or metal that fits on each finger

Related Forms:

  • fingerpick fin′·ger·pick′ transitive verb, intransitive verb

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