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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 is often called a pick and is held as a separate tool in the player's hand. In harpsichords, the plectra are attached to the jack mechanism.

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Plectrum

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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

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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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Guitar picking

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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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Tenor guitar

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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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Plectrumelectrum

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"Prince / 3rdEyeGirl: Art Official Age/PlectrumElectrum". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 15, 2014. "Reviews for PlectrumElectrum by Prince". Metacritic. Retrieved...

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Harpsichord

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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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Buccinum plectrum

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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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Biwa

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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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Guitar

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protects the finish of the top of the guitar from damage due to the use of a plectrum ("pick") or fingernails. Electric guitars sometimes mount pickups and electronics...

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String instrument

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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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Oud

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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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Sarod

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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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Rondalla

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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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Fingerpick

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A fingerpick is a type of plectrum used most commonly for playing Lap steel guitar and bluegrass style banjo music. Invented by Hawaiian steel guitar players...

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Outline of guitars

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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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Zither

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typically played by strumming or plucking the strings with the fingers or a plectrum. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, the term refers to a larger...

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Lyre

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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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Sappho

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poetry. Later Greek commentators wrongly believed that she had invented the plectrum. One of the major focuses of scholars studying Sappho has been to attempt...

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Bouzouki

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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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Paul McCartney

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featuring performances by the Crickets. Best known for primarily using a plectrum or pick, McCartney occasionally plays fingerstyle. He was strongly influenced...

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Balkan tambura

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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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Cobza

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often has a characteristic flat end clasp. The Cobza is played with a plectrum (traditionally, a goose feather) in elaborate and florid melodic passagework...

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Yueqin

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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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Lavta

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in Greece. Right hand technique is similar to an oud, with a long thin plectrum. Laouto Rud Shahrud Kobza Nautilauta http://www.atlasofpluckedinstruments...

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Strum

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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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Flatpicking

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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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Banjoline

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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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Fingerstyle guitar

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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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