plectrum

How To Use plectrum In A Sentence

• His fingers flew across the frets while I was sure the plectrum he was holding should have been worn to shreds as he played.
• Of all the little maintenance procedures that harpsichord owners must attend to, replacing a plectrum is perhaps the thorniest of issues.
• I was wondering if I'd left a plectrum at your house last Saturday.
• I spent another long evening easing the paint off the curves of the guitar with the edge of a plectrum.
• I now discover that my account type doesn't allow me to set up a poll on plectrums vs plectra, but I'm sure you lot will leave comments if you have a strong view on the subject. Grahamsleight's Journal
• There are also chapters on promotional picks, and plectrums customized and specially designed for thumb and finger.
• A waistcoat is ideal for guitarists, especially if they have loads of extra pockets where you can store bottlenecks, plectrums, tuners, spare batteries and other bits and bobs.
• The proliferation of bagpipes suggests that drone accompaniment was popular, as does the depiction of fiddle and citole players plucking their lowest string with the left thumb while using a bow or plectrum in the other hand.
• The harpsichord's jack-and-plectrum action plucks the strings instead of striking them, creating a sharp, bright tone and a "snappy" keyboard feel.
• The problems of construction, strings and tunings aside, the critical issue is that the instrument is played not with plectrums, bows or hammers, but only by the hand.