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  2. Carter Family picking - Wikipedia

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    Carter Family picking, also known as the thumb brush, the Carter lick, the church lick, or the Carter scratch, [2] is a style of fingerstyle guitar named after Maybelle Carter of the Carter Family. It is a distinctive style of rhythm guitar in which the melody is played on the bass strings, usually low E, A, and D while rhythm strumming ...

  3. Martin Best - Wikipedia

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    Martin Best (born 13 April 1942) [1] is an English singer, lutenist, guitarist, and composer.Best has been active mainly in early music including Renaissance music, minstrel songs and the French troubadour traditions, in works related to Shakespeare, such as the sonnets and music to Shakespeare plays, [2] and also in songs of the Swedish ballad tradition.

  4. Guitar picking - Wikipedia

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    Playing on heavier gauge strings can damage un-coated nails: finger picking is more suited to nylon strings or lighter gauge steel strings (this does not apply to fingerpicks). Using a pick can significantly reduce damage to fingers when playing for long periods of time on a steel string guitar. Some styles of music are easier to play with a pick.

  5. List of hybrid picking guitarists - Wikipedia

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    Isaac Guillory (born 1947) Made it his signature technique.; Brett Garsed (born 1963); Rory Gallagher (1948–1995) Hybrid picking was used most notably and most often in his acoustic playing, in songs such as 'Unmilitary Two-Step', 'Out on the Western Plain', and 'Pistol Slapper blues'.

  6. Martin Simpson - Wikipedia

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    Martin Stewart Simpson (born 5 May 1953) is an English folk singer, guitarist and songwriter. [1] His music reflects a wide variety of influences and styles, rooted in Britain, Ireland, America and beyond. [ 2 ]

  7. Merle Travis - Wikipedia

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    The Best of: Rhino 1993 Folk Songs of the Hills: Back Home/Songs of the Coalminers: Bear Family 1995 Guitar Retrospective (instrumental compilation album) CMH 2000 The Best of Merle Travis: Sweet Temptation 1946–1953: Razor & Tie 2002 Sixteen Tons: ASV Living Era 2003 Hot Pickin: Proper Records 2005 I Am a Pilgrim: Country Stars 2008

  8. List of most-viewed YouTube videos - Wikipedia

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    Progression of the most-viewed video on YouTube Video name Uploader Views at achievement* Publication date Date achieved Days after upload Days held Takedown date Ref Notes "Baby Shark Dance" [7] Pinkfong Baby Shark - Kids' Songs & Stories: 7,046,700,000: June 17, 2016: November 2, 2020 1600 1,564 "Despacito" [10] Luis Fonsi: 2,993,700,000 ...

  9. Martin Carthy - Wikipedia

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    Martin Dominic Forbes Carthy MBE (born 21 May 1941) is an English singer and guitarist who has remained one of the most influential figures in English folk music, inspiring contemporaries such as Bob Dylan and Paul Simon, as well as later artists such as Richard Thompson, since he emerged as a young musician in the early days of the folk revival in the UK during the 1960s and 1970s.