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fingerpicking

n. (context music English) The plucking of the individual strings of a stringed instrument with the fingers vb. (present participle of fingerpick English)

Usage examples of "fingerpicking".

As Emma Jean started the hornpipe, fingerpicking the melody on her guitar, Miki studied the crowd, looking for familiar faces.

Closer by, someone was playing an acoustic guitar, fingerpicking it.