Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

downpicking

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: down-pick-ing
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The technique of playing a stringed instrument with a plectrum using all downward strokes.

Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of downpick

Example Sentences

"You will know whether you want a tone ring, and if so, what kind, and whether or not you want a resonator (most people would rather do downpicking and two-finger picking on banjos without resonators, although this feeling is far from universal — my own all-round "working" banjo is a thirty-year-old Vega with resonator)."
"What I noticed was that Charlie did a lot of downpicking, like Eddie Durham, and he wasn't playing any modern chords."
"Pete Seegerin fact credits Crisp with teaching him to “frail,” but apparently it was Stu Jamieson who was Crisp's major disciple and the main revivalist exponent of the downpicking style through the 1940s."

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does downpicking mean?: The technique of playing a stringed instrument with a plectrum using all downward strokes.

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