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Just what is "flatpicking," and from where did it come? Flatpicking
is a method of playing the guitar whereby a flat guitar pick (also
called a plectrum) is held between two or three fingers to strike
the strings. Flatpicking is distinguished from fingerpicking, where
a bare thumb and fingers (or a thumb with a thumb pick and fingers
with fingerpicks) strike the strings.
The use of a flatpick, which is usually made of plastic, nylon, or
tortoise shell, provides a much crisper, brighter sound than the
use of fingers. Personally, I don't think there is anything that is
able to bring out the full dynamics of an acoustic guitar quite
like a flatpick.
In America, the guitar was used almost exclusively as a rhythm
instrument until the 1930's, when guitarists began to play
occasional lead breaks. Throughout the 1940's and into the 1950's,
picking melodies on the guitar became more and more popular. Lead
guitar playing diverged into two main styles: "fingerstyle" and
"flatpicking."
Fingerstyle players who used finger picks, thumb picks, or bare
fingers to pick the strings included people like Maybelle Carter,
Chet Atkins and Lester Flatt. One of the most innovative
fingerstyle players today is Leo Kottke.
The European guitarist Django Reinhardt contributed greatly to the
popularity of the use of the flatpick among jazz guitarists, as did
American born Nick Lucas. In early country and bluegrass music,
although Maybelle Carter and Lester Flatt used a thumb pick, their
styles and the styles of others who used thumb picks were easily
adaptable to a flatpick technique. By the late 1960's and early
1970's, the use of the flatpick was prominent among bluegrass and
old-time music guitarists. Today some of the best flatpickers are
Doc Watson, Norman Blake, Dan Crary and Tony Rice. The National
Flatpicking Championship is held every year at the Walnut Valley
Festival in Winfield, Kansas.
Copyright © 2007 Lee Griffith. All rights reserved.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Lee Griffith is an avid acoustic guitar player and a vintage instrument enthusiast. He invites you to receive a FREE REPORT on a revolutionary acoustic guitar lesson kit, along with his weekly newsletter via email. just click on http://optin.flatpickpost.com
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