Hi Babymusic,

It is not called claw-style picking or finger raking. It is called block chords. One pulls all of the strings together or one pulls a bass bass followed by pulling the rest of the strings. These videos explains the difference in all three picking styles.

https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?PC=U510&q=playing+block+chords+on+a+guitar&ru=%2fsearch%3fFORM%3dU510DF%26PC%3dU510%26q%3dplaying%2520block%2bchords%2bon%2ba%2bguitar&mmscn=vwrc&mid=C038A61FCE9ADE3227C5C038A61FCE9ADE3227C5&FORM=WRVORC&ntb=1&msockid=c52c71fc019d11f09141787439d3f204

https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/learn-to-play-clawhammer-guitar-with-molly-tuttle

https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/en/wiki/Raking

I hope this helps.


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