Thursday, November 12, 2009

Classical picking

In classical guitar repertoire, there will be a "PIMA" marking for the picking hand fingers (right hand for right handed players), which indicate which finger to use:


Pulgar, or thumb.


Indice, or index finger.


Medio, or middle finger.


Anular, or ring finger.


These four are the ones that are used most frequently. Sometimes, the fourth finger is used, in which it is marked either C, X or E.


Typically, the thumb has a down-picking motion and the fingers have an up-picking motion.

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