Guitar Lesson #31: Chicken Picking


Chicken picking (or chicken pickin') is a lead guitar style or technique used in country music where the plucked strings are pulled outward by the fingers of the dominant hand and the note played immediately dampened by decreasing the pressure of the other hand's finger on the fret.

"Chicken picking" is also used as a synonym for "Hybrid picking".


Chicken Picking Intro




"Chicken Pickin" A Major scale - Mitch Merrett




Chickin' Pickin' Demo - Brad Davis




Chicken picking, Danny Gatton style




Chris Impellitteri's 17th Century Chicken Picking




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