Flat picking
Flat picking is a playing technique on the guitar and describes playing the guitar with a pick . This style of play developed in the United States of America in the first half of the twentieth century.
origin
The term goes back to an American name for the plectrum ("flatpick").
method
The term "flatpicking" initially only refers to playing the guitar with a pick. However, it is also understood to be a technique that encompasses all conceivable ways of playing, from pure accompaniment to melody. With flat picking, fast melodies can transition rapidly and dynamically into chord play. When playing chords, melodies can be woven into the game in addition to the chords . This possibility is used by experienced players to underlay the chords with bass figures or - in the case of the song accompaniment - to pick up the vocal melody.
Limits of this style
A limitation in the use of various techniques can be seen in the fact that the switch to fingerstyle is restricted during play, since the thumb of the right hand, which is required to pluck the bass strings, is used to hold the pick when flatpicking. A possible solution here would be to use a corresponding "thumb pick" or to use the middle and ring fingers to pluck while the thumb and forefinger hold the pick.
Possible syntheses
The combination of flat picking and fingerstyle represents the hybrid picking represent.
Literature and audio samples
- Legends Of Flatpicking Guitar with Doc Watson , Tony Rice , Norman Blake and Dan Crary, Vestapol Videos 13005dvd
- Fingerpicking, Flatpicking and Slide , Merle Watson (book and two CDs), Homespun Tapes CDWATCG99
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