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30 distinct guitar techniques
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- Alternate picking — strict down/up pick strokes for speed and precision. Example video. (YouTube)
- Economy picking — combine alternate + sweep motion to reduce movement. Example video. (YouTube)
- Sweep picking — “raking” the pick across strings for fast arpeggios. Example video. (YouTube)
- Tremolo picking — very rapid repeated picking on a single note/string. Example video. (YouTube)
- Flatpicking (plectrum) — single-pick melodies/strums (bluegrass/folk). Example video. (YouTube)
- Fingerpicking — individual-string plucking with thumb/fingers (folk/classical). Example video. (YouTube)
- Hybrid picking — pick + fingers together for speed and mixed voicings. Example video. (YouTube)
- Strumming — rhythmic chord strokes with pick or fingers. Example video. (YouTube)
- Rasgueado — flamenco-style rapid finger-roll strums. Example video. (YouTube)
- Palm muting — mute strings near bridge with palm for chunky tone. Example video. (YouTube)
- Rest stroke (apoyando) — classical technique where the finger rests on the next string. Example video. (YouTube)
- Free stroke (tirando) — classical stroke that doesn’t rest on the next string. Example video. (YouTube)
- Hammer-on — left-hand slamming finger onto fret to sound a note. Example video. (YouTube)
- Pull-off — left-hand pulling off to sound a lower note without re-picking. Example video. (YouTube)
- Slides (glissando / bottleneck/slide) — slide a finger or slide-bar for continuous pitch. Example video. (YouTube)
- Bends — push/pull string to raise pitch expressively. Example video. (YouTube)
- Vibrato — oscillating pitch for warmth and sustain. Example video. (YouTube)
- Legato phrasing — smooth lines using hammer-ons/pull-offs instead of picking. Example video. (YouTube)
- Trills — rapid alternation between two adjacent notes. Example video. (YouTube)
- Natural harmonics — touch string at nodes (12th/7th/5th frets) for bell tones. Example video. (YouTube)
- Artificial / pinch harmonics — create high “squeal” harmonics with pick & thumb edge. Example video. (YouTube)
- Tapped harmonics — tap a fret position to produce harmonics. Example video. (YouTube)
- Two-handed tapping — both hands tap the fretboard for fast lines/extended chords. Example video. (YouTube)
- Percussive guitar — hit the body/strings for drum-like rhythms within playing. Example video. (YouTube)
- Lap-style slide / lap steel technique — slide while guitar lies horizontally with a bar. Example video. (YouTube)
- Ebow / sustained-device technique — handheld magnetic bow (Ebow) for infinite sustain. Example video. (YouTube)
- Volume swells — use volume knob/pedal to fade notes in like a violin. Example video. (YouTube)
- Feedback & controlled feedback — use amp feedback musically (sustain, drones). Example video. (YouTube)
- Prepared-guitar — add objects (clips, picks, paper) to strings/body to alter timbre. Example video. (YouTube)
- Alternate tunings — different tunings (DADGAD, Open G, Drop D, etc.) to enable new voicings/techniques. Example video. (YouTube)
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