Re: OT strummin' on the old banjo

From: "Mark J. Reed" <markjreed@...>

> In guitar-playing circles, at least IME, "strum" is a technical term
> referring to multi-string sweeps, regardless of implement or lack
> thereof.  True "plucking" is done with the fingers, while "picking" is
> done with the plectrum (hence its popular name "pick"), although the
> latter distinction is somehat blurred by the use of finger picks
> (which are worn as rings on the tips of the fingers), which are
> especially popular with steel strings.
Those are kewl. When I was taking pipa lessons for all of three months back when I
lived in mainland China, you taped picks to your fingers. Great look! Fu Manchu
meets Vampira from "Plan 9."

Kou