Ziemlich alberne Definition:
Finger-Picking ist eine spezifische und komplexe Art, Melodien zu spielen, bei dem eine Gitarre die Arbeit von zweien verrichtet, indem eine Melodie auf den Diskantsaiten über eine konstante Bass-Begleitung gesetzt wird.
Diese Definition trifft ohne weiteres auch auf die "Musette in D" von Johann Sebastian Bach zu, zu finden in Anna Magdalenas Notenbüchlein. All das, wa der Autor beschreibt, ist dort vorhanden. Somit entpuppt sich die Behauptung, es handele sich bei Fingerpicking um einen "American southern-based guitar style" als eine blosse Schimäre.
Es sei denn, es gibt etwas Spezielles, spezifisches. Der Autor erwähnt zwar etwas "spezifisches", beschreibt es aber nicht.
Hier ist eine andere Definition, die ich im web gefunden habe:
There have been several attempts to define the term “fingerpicking”. A layman could interpret it as a way of playing guitar with the fingers of the right hand instead of strumming it with a flatpick. But this would include the different kinds of playing guitar like classical pieces or flamenco. Annother definition I once read said, that fingerpicking meant playing guitar with the fingers of the right hand in a way that there is a bass accompaniment (played with the thumb) and treble lines or chords (played with the fingers of the right hand) where the bass accompaniment and the treble move independently. Well, this would include classical pieces too. You just have to remember the “Bourre” of Bach. There seems to be something special with what is called “fingerpicking”. I would describe it as
1. A way to play the guitar with the fingers of the right hand
2. including bass lines and treble lines or chords that move independently
3. Usually (but not necessarily) played on steelstring guitars
4. with some typical elements such as a bass line playing constant quarters or eighths as a backing and syncopations of the treble
As all attempts to define something that’s called a “style” the definition given above sucks in a way. All definitions are usually too narrow for a phenomenon as colourful and rich as music. There is a huge number of great guitarists. Many of them play styles that have elements of fingerstyle (as defined above) but are different on the other hand.
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