Pick shape

1. What shape is a guitar pick?
2. Are there different types of picks?
3. What pick should I use?
4. What is a guitar pick called?

What shape is a guitar pick?

They are often shaped in an acute isosceles triangle with the two equal corners rounded and the third corner less rounded. They are used to strum chords or to sound individual notes on a guitar.

Are there different types of picks?

Many acoustic guitarists use nylon picks for strumming while using thicker picks for solo acoustic parts. ... Many guitarists think of thin picks as 'vintage' picks as they produce a tone heard in a lot of music from the 50s and 60s. Medium Picks – picks with a thickness between 0.60 and 0.80mm are considered medium.

What pick should I use?

If you like a heavy sound you should use a heavier pick. Heavy metal and death metal guitarists usually use heavy guitar picks of 1.5 mm or thicker. These types of guitar picks are good for digging into heavy gauge strings in low tuning.

What is a guitar pick called?

A plectrum is a small flat tool used to pluck or strum a stringed instrument. For hand-held instruments such as guitars and mandolins, the plectrum is often called a pick and is a separate tool held in the player's hand.