Downpicking
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The technique of playing a stringed instrument with a plectrum using all downward strokes. uncountable
"You will know whether you want a tone ring, and if so, what kind, and whether or not you want a resonator (most people would rather do downpicking and two-finger picking on banjos without resonators, although this feeling is far from universal — my own all-round "working" banjo is a thirty-year-old Vega with resonator)."
- 1 present participle and gerund of downpick form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"You will know whether you want a tone ring, and if so, what kind, and whether or not you want a resonator (most people would rather do downpicking and two-finger picking on banjos without resonators, although this feeling is far from universal — my own all-round "working" banjo is a thirty-year-old Vega with resonator)."
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