单词 | fingerpicking |
释义 | fingerpickingn. 1. The action of picking or tearing at the skin on the fingers (particularly around the nails), esp. as a nervous habit. ΚΠ 1829 Ladies' Museum Feb. 70 Let every one, in performing any required action, do no more than is necessary—no scratching—rolling—finger-picking—blushing—hopping—clothes-adjusting. 1895 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 9 Nov. 1210/1 I have acquired the..habit of finger picking, that is, tearing at the portions of skin around the roots of the nails. 1940 Norwalk (Ohio) Reflector-Herald 25 June 4/5 The most noticeable group of sufferers is of college age... Here I meet not only lip-chewing, finger-picking and slumping of posture, but inability to sleep and sometimes loss of appetite. 1992 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 23 Oct. 14 Nail-biting and finger-picking are certainly among the most common of ‘nervous’ habits. 2014 B. Nason Autism Discuss. Page Anxiety 115 Many adults learn to use alternative fidgets and other self-stimulation to keep their nervous system regulated and to avoid injurious behaviors such as finger-picking. 2. Music. A technique of playing the guitar, banjo, or similar instrument by plucking the strings with the fingertips or fingernails, or with small plectrums attached to the fingertips; the action of playing an instrument in this way; music produced in this way. Cf. fingerpick n., pick v.1 10, fingerstyle n. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > [noun] > guitar techniques slidec1608 rasgado1876 fingerstyle1923 bottleneck1928 fingerpicking1956 bottleneck style1959 bottleneck playing1968 slide guitar1968 bottleneck slide guitar1973 chicken scratch1974 slack key1975 1956 Sing Out! Spring 31/1 The same feeling..is felt in the sections on blues, finger-picking,..and the Mexican Blues. 1977 Time Out 28 Jan. 60/2 (advt.) Guitar folk. Blues, fingerpicking. 1983 Washington Post 7 Jan. d7/2 She [sc. Elizabeth Cotten] had an innate sense of instant composition, fleshing out melodies with finger-picking that astounded her family and other musicians. 2007 Acoustic Guitar Feb. 98/3 Mostly, there's Van Ronk's smartly complex, seemingly effortless fingerpicking, steeped in ragtime. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). fingerpickingadj. Music. Characterized by or employing fingerpicking (fingerpicking n.) as a method of playing the guitar, banjo, or similar instrument. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > performing music > playing instruments > playing stringed instrument > [adjective] > guitar technique fingerpicking1968 slide guitar1968 fingerpicked1975 1968 Hit Parader Feb. 18/1 It starts off with finger-picking guitar which is the root of the song. 1975 Guitar Player July 20/2 From watching Lenny perform with the Hal Lone Pine Caravan, Randy was able to master the Chet Atkins fingerpicking style. 1983 Washington Post 13 Feb. Van Duser is a wonderfully nimble, finger-picking stylist. 2003 W. Erbsen Rural Roots of Bluegrass 27 Both Jenkins and Mainer played in a dynamic fingerpicking banjo style. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1829adj.1968 |
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