How to pluck multiple strings on guitar

1. How do you pluck multiple strings at once?
2. Do you pluck all strings on a guitar?

How do you pluck multiple strings at once?

Here are the two approaches I use:

1. Use the extra fingers on your picking hand. Use your pick (assuming you're using one) to strike the lower note and one of your other fingers to pluck the higher note. ...
2. With your fretting hand, use two separate fingers to hold down the wanted notes and mute the unwanted strings.

Do you pluck all strings on a guitar?

A pick isn't necessary. It is easier to play non-adjacent strings at the same time, or immediately consecutively. ... There is less need to use the fretting hand to damp notes in chords (muting) since the guitarist can pluck only the required strings.