What is this technique called?

[Jumba]

Hi,

Say you have 3 notes of a chord you can pluck with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd finger(G.B, and E strings for example), but instead of plucking all at once, the G B and E are plucked one after another quickly, just like sweeping with a pick. Is there a name for this technique that is solely related to fingerpicking?


Thanks

[HHP]

I call it a "roll" if the sequence fast, slowed and in time it would be arpeggio.

[brucefulton]

Originally Posted by Jumba

Hi,

Say you have 3 notes of a chord you can pluck with 1st, 2nd, and 3rd finger(G.B, and E strings for example), but instead of plucking all at once, the G B and E are plucked one after another quickly, just like sweeping with a pick. Is there a name for this technique that is solely related to fingerpicking?


Thanks

It's an arpeggiated chord, indicated in sheet music with a squggly line in front of the chord. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arpeggio. See also http://www.classicalguitarcorner.com...al-guitar/502/ a little ways down the page. Also called a broken chord.

[mc1]

i call it "rolling a chord". it's easy to do, and effective, but prone to overuse.

[ukejon]

Gotta be a snazzy Italian word.....maybe it is frappucino or al dente or prosciutto or something like that, right?

[mc1]

Originally Posted by ukejon

Gotta be a snazzy Italian word.....maybe it is frappucino or al dente or prosciutto or something like that, right?

rotolo accordi

[stringjunky]

Originally Posted by mc1

rotolo accordi

You made that up.

[mc1]

Originally Posted by stringjunky

You made that up.

yea, but it has a nice ring to it.

[EoE]

it is called Rasqueado it is a flamenco tech where the fingers do like a triplet . I think that is what you are referring to.

[brucefulton]

Originally Posted by EoE

it is called Rasqueado it is a flamenco tech where the fingers do like a triplet . I think that is what you are referring to.

Rasgueado is a strumming technique where the fingers of the right hand strum, often successively with rapidity. That is different from an arpeggiated chord, where the notes of a chord are plucked once individually in rapid succession so as to separate them. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasgueado and compare with the description previously cited for arpeggiated chord, but note that the squiggly line is sometimes used to denote either in sheet music. Context and fingering notation will indicate which is implied. So rasgueado would be strumming down with the index finger, for example, where an arpeggiated chord would be plucking e,g,c,e on the 4,3,2,1 strings with p,i,m,a in rapid succession.

[mc1]

there are a few videos on youtube. i watched the first half of this one and thought it was pretty ggod.

[EoE]

well I am not sure what he is trying to say he said like sweeping ..hard to know with out a video of the tech. but yes a ras is strummed down 1st, 2nd and 3rd doing a triplet ..in my case sometimes 2nd 3rd and 4th when I hold a pick. but then it is a oral tradition ...

[zhunter]

Originally Posted by brucefulton

Rasgueado is a strumming technique where the fingers of the right hand strum, often successively with rapidity. That is different from an arpeggiated chord, where the notes of a chord are plucked once individually in rapid succession so as to separate them. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasgueado and compare with the description previously cited for arpeggiated chord, but note that the squiggly line is sometimes used to denote either in sheet music. Context and fingering notation will indicate which is implied. So rasgueado would be strumming down with the index finger, for example, where an arpeggiated chord would be plucking e,g,c,e on the 4,3,2,1 strings with p,i,m,a in rapid succession.

Yep. With rasgueado, each finger involved would typically strum several strings and each finger would typically strum the same group of strings and not individual more or less. Also, rasgueado is not just an i,m,a downstroke triplet though it can be. The thumb can be involved and one or more fingers/thumb can play both upstrokes and downstrokes.

Pretty sure the OP is referring to the arpeggiated chord or chord roll if you will.

hunter

[brucefulton]

Rasgueado:


Rolling (arpeggiated)

[Tinderwet]

Originally Posted by ukejon

Gotta be a snazzy Italian word.....maybe it is frappucino or al dente or prosciutto or something like that, right?

Yep. That word is arpeggio.