plectrum
Sign in to savethumbnail|right|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. Players of lap steel guitar and bluegrass style banjo music often wear a fingerpick, a style of plectrum that clips onto or wraps around the end of the fingers and thumb. In harpsichords, the plectra are attached to the jack mechanism.
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A plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum the strings of musical instruments like guitars and mandolins. Depending on the instrument, it can be held separately in the player's hand (as a "pick"), worn on the fingers as a fingerpick, or attached to a mechanical mechanism as in harpsichords.
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11 sectionsContents
- Plectra wielded by hand
- Guitars and similar instruments
- Non-Western instruments
- Plectra from around the world
- Plectra in harpsichords
- Voicing harpsichord plectra
- Etymology and usage
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
thumbnail|right|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. Players of lap steel guitar and bluegrass style banjo music often wear a fingerpick, a style of plectrum that clips onto or wraps around the end of the fingers and thumb. In harpsichords, the plectra are attached to the jack mechanism.
==Plectra wielded by hand==