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Re: OT strummin' on the old banjo

From:caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...>
Date:Saturday, September 8, 2007, 13:55
>>R A Brown <ray@...> wrote: >>But as I understand it, 'strumming' does not involve the use of a >>plectrum.
>"Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...> wrote: >That's not my understanding at all. If you sweep the pick across >multiple strings, that's just as much "strumming" as if you do so with >your hand. I personally find it easier to pluck with my fingers and >strum with a pick than vice-versa, in fact.
FWIW, AHD definition of 'strum': tr. To play idly on or as if on (a stringed musical instruement) by plucking the strings with the fingers. Also intransitive. Charlie

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