Russ is actually more correct than he might think he is here.

The plectra hand, used in the fashion we now call "fingerpicking" was once the only method of playing the Lute, later the guitar.

Still of utmost importance in the Classical and especially the Flamenco styles.

I recall a certain famous jazz guitarist who used to evaluate players immediately by simply handing them his guitar and noting how their right hand addressed the strings without a pick in the fingers.

If your hand immediately curled into the "fingerpicking" position as soon as you addressed the guitar, he would smile and pronounce you to be a "proper" player who "knew where the strings were".

If your picking hand is doing less than your fret-hand, it says more about the kind of music you are playing.

However, for certain genres, I think there's nothing like the feeling of layin' back and spankin' the plank with a Fender Medium.


--Mac

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