Re: OT strummin' on the old banjo

>caeruleancentaur
>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.
So says also the Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary.  Would
anyone care to check the OED?

Cassell's Spanish Dictionary gives as the definition of `rasguear' "to
play the guitar with strokes of the tips of the fingers.

The Cassell's French Dictionary gives a definiton of `jouailler': "to
strum (on piano)."  Difficult with a plectrum, I should think.

Charlie