Definition

1. Noun:
   • A plectrum used to pluck a guitar: A small, flat tool, typically made of plastic, metal, or other rigid material, held in the hand and used to strike or pluck the strings of a guitar to produce sound.

Usage

• The primary function of a guitar pick is to articulate notes on a guitar's strings with more precision, volume, or a different tonal character than using the fingers alone.
• It is held between the thumb and index finger.

Examples

• Noun:
  • I dropped my guitar pick between the soundhole and the strings.
  • He prefers a thick guitar pick for playing heavy metal riffs.
  • She keeps a spare guitar pick tucked into the guitar's headstock.

Advanced Usage

• "To pick with a guitar pick": To use a plectrum to play the guitar.
  • For this song, you need to pick with a guitar pick to get the right attack.
• "To lose a guitar pick": A common occurrence for guitarists.
  • He always loses a guitar pick during live performances.

Variants and Related Words

• Pick (n): A common shortened, informal form of "guitar pick."
  • Can I borrow a pick?
• Plectrum (n): The more formal or general term for any device used to pluck a stringed instrument. "Guitar pick" is a type of plectrum.
• Flatpick (n): A synonym often used in specific music genres like bluegrass or folk to describe a standard guitar pick, distinguishing it from fingerpicks or thumbpicks.

Synonyms

• Plectrum: The formal equivalent.
• Flatpick: A genre-specific synonym.
• Pick: The common abbreviated form.

Related Phrases

• "Pick guard" (n): A plate on a guitar's body designed to protect the finish from being scratched by a guitar pick.
  • The strumming wore a mark into the pick guard.
• "Pick scrape" (n): A sound effect created by dragging the edge of a guitar pick along a wound guitar string.
  • The song starts with a dramatic pick scrape.

Noun

1. a plectrum used to pluck a guitar