![]() For instance: many country players use pick + middle finger adding the ring finger only for the double stops. There are no rules about which finger you should be using at a specific moment or how to use it. In fact most of country guitarists have included, in a way or another, the use of one or more fingers in combination with a flat pick or a thumb-pick (usually called hybrid picking). Most of the times these techniques are related to the picking hand more than fretting hand. ![]() You’ll also find reference to guitars, amps and effects as well as ‘must-known’ licks from many famous artists.ĭuring the last 30 years of country music many players have developed unique techniques, sometimes just as signature sounds some other times as result of the attempt to imitate other country instruments as pedal steel, dobro, fiddle, or piano. The aim of this column is to explain some of the country techniques and provide a basic vocabulary to approach this style. Welcome to this new series dedicated to country music. In the first part of his Country Essentials Dario Cortese will takes us into the world of chicken picking.
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