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Many times, when trying to understand the sonority of guitar players, one focuses mostly on the dexterity and virtuosity of the left hand. This is understandable due to the virtually unlimited amount of finger position options that can be chosen during a song. However, the left hand does not play without the right hand - the “conductor” of the instrument. Different techniques for the right hand dictate the capabilities of the left hand and develop sonorities by themselves. The crosspicking technique is a picking technique mostly established in bluegrass music - a genre of acoustic music, mostly as a plucked, recurring and syncopated rhythm crossing strings. However, cross picking can be understood in more fundamental concepts that are cross genre. In this article we will go through some of the most popular crosspicking techniques, whom pioneered them and the crossed influence of different music genres on the jazz guitar world.
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