A plectrum is a small flat tool used for plucking or strumming of a stringed instrument. For hand-held instruments such as guitars and mandolins, the plectrum...
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Banjo (redirect from Plectrum banjo)
pick or plectrum, all in an effort to be heard over the brass and reed instruments that were current in dance-halls. The four string plectrum and tenor...
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also known as a zakhmeh or (Persian: زخمه, also spelled as zakhma) is a plectrum which is used for several Iranian and Indian string instruments. For sitar...
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Guitar picking (redirect from Plectrum technique)
can be done with: A pick (plectrum) held in the hand Natural or artificial fingernails, fingertips or finger-mounted plectrums known as fingerpicks (for...
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Plectrumelectrum (redirect from Plectrum Electrum)
"Prince / 3rdEyeGirl: Art Official Age/PlectrumElectrum". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 15, 2014. "Reviews for PlectrumElectrum by Prince". Metacritic. Retrieved...
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Tenor guitar (section Plectrum guitar)
The "plectrum guitar" is a four-stringed guitar with a scale length of 26 to 27 inches (66 to 69 cm) and tunings usually based on the plectrum banjo...
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Buccinum plectrum is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Buccinidae, the true whelks. The size of an adult shell varies between...
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turn a trigger mechanism that plucks one or more strings with a small plectrum made from quill or plastic. The strings are under tension on a soundboard...
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"sparse". The plectrum also contributes to the texture of biwa music. Different sized plectrums produced different textures; for example, the plectrum used on...
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an ensemble of stringed instruments played with the plectrum or pick and generally known as plectrum instruments. It originated in Medieval Spain, especially...
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(Germany) and Precision (USA). The strings are plucked with a triangular plectrum (java) made of polished coconut shell, ebony, cocobolo wood, horn, cowbone...
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with a fretted fingerboard. It has steel strings and is played with a plectrum producing a sharp metallic sound, reminiscent of a mandolin but pitched...
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instruments, like guitars, by plucking the strings with their fingers or a plectrum (pick), and others by hitting the strings with a light wooden hammer or...
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A fingerpick is a type of plectrum used most commonly for playing Lap steel guitar and bluegrass style banjo music. Hawaiian steel guitar players invented...
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piece of wood similar to the shape of a straw. It may refer to the wooden plectrum traditionally used for playing the oud, to the thin strips of wood used...
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[citation needed] The player plucks the string using a metallic pick or plectrum called a mizraab. The thumb stays anchored on the top of the fretboard...
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Yueqin (section Plectrum and picks)
modern liuqin and ruan players can easily double on yueqin. A long, sharp plectrum is often used to play the yueqin, which is sometimes attached to the instrument...
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single sweep by a plectrum could be considered a strum due to the plectrum's less precise string group targeting (however, a plectrum might simultaneously...
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ukulele U-Bass the A major scale performed on a bass ukulele with a felt plectrum (first) and fingers - 293 kB Problems playing these files? See media help...
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of the instrument. Like the bull lyre, the thick lyre did not use use a plectrum but was plucked by hand. While the clearest examples of the thick lyre...
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The Banjoline is a four coursed instrument similar to a tenor guitar or plectrum banjo. The instrument was developed by Eddie Peabody in the 1930s, initially...
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technique of striking the strings of a guitar with a pick (also called a plectrum) held between the thumb and one or two fingers. It can be contrasted to...
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Vojvodina) and Turkey. It has doubled steel strings and is played with a plectrum, in the same manner as a mandolin. The Bulgarian tambura has 8 steel strings...
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Enterprise transferred two patents to Texas-based wholly owned shell company Plectrum LLC. These two patents were originated at the 3Com Corporation, which was...
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fingers, as opposed to flatpicking (plucking individual notes with a single plectrum, commonly called a "pick"). The term "fingerstyle" is something of a misnomer...
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laurel wreath [citation needed] Terpsichore Light verse and dance Lyre, Plectrum [citation needed] Erato Lyric choral poetry Cithara (an ancient Greek musical...
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(DVD-box), including printed HammerFall signatures, golden HammerFall-plectrum, bonus track ("Heeding the Call" – live) and a videoclip ("Hearts on Fire")...
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rock music. To keep up with the other instruments, many bassists use a plectrum (pick). However, some prominent thrash metal bassists have used their fingers...
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to guitars: A guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers...
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