technique-families · adams-place2013-classic-banjo

For instance, new learners can discover how old-time downstroke techniques such as clawhammer, rapping, or frailing share the same fundamentals with 19th-century downstroke techniques known as banjo style, stroke style, or thimble style playing. They might learn how bluegrass musicians generally use a three-finger picking technique where the thumb, index, and middle finger are fitted with picks and pluck the strings in an upward motion, in kinship with multiple 19th- and 20th-century finger picking techniques that use two, three, or four fingers. ... They can also discover how some musicians use a mixed-methods approach, combining both downstroke and finger picking techniques in their performances.