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- noun music A style of playing a stringed instrument, such as a
guitar , which includes the use of the fingers to pluck the strings instead of a pick, orplectrum .
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Examples
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His approach could be loosely characterized as fingerstyle, but his ferocious attack and in-the-red tone are anything but rustic or folksy-though he draws on country-blues language, he does it with a violence reminiscent of his playing in Harry Pussy, wrenching dense bent-note scale patterns and resonant explosions from his instrument.
Chicago Reader 2010
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White deftly switched from pick to fingerstyle guitar, and he seemed particularly to enjoy the waltz time signature.
In concert: The Civil Wars at Jammin' Java Scott Galupo 2011
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His tremendous fingerstyle playing and, yes, even his voice (which he described in the liner notes to a 1969 album as akin to “geese farts on a muggy day”) enthralled me.
A Progressive on the Prairie » A visit from an old friend » Print 2009
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His tremendous fingerstyle playing and, yes, even his voice (which he described in the liner notes to a 1969 album as akin to “geese farts on a muggy day”) enthralled me.
A visit from an old friend « A Progressive on the Prairie 2009
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Since I play that one fingerstyle and don't sing, it doesn't matter which key it is in, and I play it wherever I feel like.
Changing the Tune Steve Perry 2010
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Like most fingerstyle players, I tend to take whichever arrangement I find and fiddle with it a bit.
More on Music Steve Perry 2010
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I have worked up a fingerstyle version of it on my own guitar I've almost gotten down.
Telstar Steve Perry 2010
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One of the top fingerstyle, steel-string guitarists, Grammy nominee Alex de Grassi is renowned for his impeccable technique and compelling compositions.
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But the player that brought the technique to prominance and doomed an entire decade to devoting itself to fingerstyle gymnastics was Eddie Van Halen.
Guitar Fridays: Two-Handed Tapping Michael Alan Nelson 2009
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Marxist Economist and fingerstyle guitarist David Laibman joins the podcast this week to discuss the Great Depression II and the inherent faults of Capitalism.
2009 August 2009
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