Guitar Lesson #16: Flatpicking


Flatpicking is a technique for playing a guitar using a guitar pick (also called a plectrum) held between two or three fingers to strike the strings. It is to be contrasted against finger picking, though other alternatives such as using finger picks exist. Using a flatpick gives a sharper and brighter sound than finger picking, while finger picking is more flexible and gives a richer and more variable tone. For this reason, classical guitars are almost always finger-picked.

The annual National Flatpicking Championship is held at the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas.


Flatpicking Robert Johnson's Blues Style




Flatpicking Exercise




Flat-picking




Amazing Grace Blues - Flat picking




Six Flatpicking Champs - June 2007




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