Plectrum
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A plectrum is a small flat tool used for plucking or strumming of a stringed instrument. For hand-held instruments such as guitars and mandolins, the plectrum is often called a pick and is held as a s
Three plectra for use with guitar
Assorted plectra for use with guitar
Don Wayne Reno wearing fingerpicks while playing a banjo
'Biwa Concert' by Shibata Suiha, painted screen, c. 1930, in the Honolulu Museum of Art
Guitar pick
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A guitar pick is a plectrum used for guitars. Picks are generally made of one uniform material, such as some kind of plastic, rubber, felt, tortoiseshell, wood, metal, glass, tagua, or stone. They are
Various guitar picks. Clockwise from top: A standard nylon pick; An imitation tortoise-shell pick; A plastic pick with high friction coating (black areas); A stainless steel pick; A pick approximating a Reuleaux triangle; and a Tortex "shark's fin" pick
Celluloid picks
Nylon pick