Re: OT strummin' on the old banjo

Mark J. Reed wrote:
>On 9/8/07, caeruleancentaur <caeruleancentaur@...> wrote:
> > I think the dictionaries will need to modify their definitions.  I
> > wonder how long picks (plectrums) have been in use.
>
>At least as long as there have been harpsichords, since that is how
>the strings in that instrument are sounded.
>
And the first harpsichord builder must have got the idea from somewhere...?
Lute/guitar techniques? Their plectra were originally goose quills as I
recall (plastic now, harrumph)

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