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Synonym of bone to pick (“a disagreeable matter to settle”)
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(music) A downward stroke with a plectrum on a stringed instrument; downstroke.
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A downward plucking motion on a stringed instrument.
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(music) A guitar picking technique designed to maximize efficiency. When picking multiple notes on a string, alternate picking is used, and when changing to a new string, sweep picking is used.
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(music) To play a stringed instrument by plucking individual strings with the fingers.
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Alternative spelling of flatpick [to play acoustic guitar in the flatpicking style.]
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To play a stringed instrument, usually a banjo, by picking with the back of a fingernail.
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Synonym of march to the beat of a different drum
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(music) A tool used for strumming the strings of a guitar; a plectrum.
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(with "out") (colloquial) To play a song or a portion of a song, usually on a percussion instrument such as a piano.
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(transitive, music) To gently play a single string, e.g. on a guitar, violin etc.
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(transitive, music) To pluck and quickly release (a musical string).
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(intransitive, slang) To give birth.
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(music) The technique, when playing a string instrument, of using a finger of the fret hand to pluck a string by pulling the finger off the fretboard.
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(music, informal) A kind of glissando leading up to the main note to be played.
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(music, often with "up") To begin a vocal note slightly below the target pitch and then to slide up to the target pitch, especially in country music.
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Synonym of Lombard rhythm
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One of a series of beats or movements against a resisting medium, by means of which movement through or upon it is accomplished.
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(music) A note performed on a string instrument by drawing the bow upward or to the left across the instrument, moving the point of contact from the bow's tip toward the frog.
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