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Originally Posted by Tele1111
I disagree with almost all of the above. “Originally”?
By who’s determination? If you agree with Fazool, you must also accept his “definition”? No thanks.
I’m with Jeff-but I call it “playing guitar”. Lol
Mark
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You make a good point....originally I wrote "In my use of the word.......then wrote that" then I erased it to claim it more definitively.
After reading your rebuttal, I questioned my conviction and searched. I can't find many credible references to the etymology of the word but it first appeared in the 1930's and did, in fact, mean just finger-plucking.
hmmmmm......
The ironic thing is I often say I play fingerstyle but then amend that to say fingerpicking. I even wrote that originally.
Whenever I see a fingerstyle solo artist or song they "always" seem to be the way I wrote it (my definition in my own head). Partly because there were different words (finger-pick, finger-pluck, finger-style) so it made sense to me that they should (must?) have different meanings.
I surrender the point and am switching sides. I agree with the majority now that fingerstyle can mean just fingerpicking/plucking/playing.