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2. Plectrum - Wikipedia

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   Three plectra for use with guitar. 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.

3. Flatpicking - Wikipedia

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   Guitar strum, with down and up strums indicated Play ⓘ Flatpicking (or simply picking) is the 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 fingerstyle guitar, which is playing with individual fingers, with or without wearing fingerpicks.

4. Pickguard - Wikipedia

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   Most of the guitar's electronic components (pickups, potentiometers, switches and wiring) are mounted on or behind the pickguard and this design simplifies repairs to the wiring once the pickguard is removed. On models with smaller pickguards, access to electronics on solid-body guitars are usually done through access panels built into the rear ...

5. Charango - Wikipedia

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   Smaller than the charango, but not as small as the walyacho, it is tuned like the charango, with the strings of the doubled course in octaves. [23] Bajo charango: A large bass instrument, more guitar-like than charango-like, it was invented by luthier Mauro Nunez in the region of Cochabamba. It is about 1.5 metres (4 ft 11 in) long, with a ...

6. Guitar pick - Wikipedia

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   Playing guitar with a pick produces a bright sound compared to plucking with the fingertip. Picks also offer a greater contrast in tone across different plucking locations; for example, the difference in brightness between plucking close to the bridge and close to the neck is much greater when using a pick compared to a fingertip. [13]

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