Pick slide

A pick slide or pick scrape is a guitar technique most often performed in the rock, punk or metal music genres.

This rapid rattling of the pick's edge against the windings also gives the resulting note a grinding or grating quality.

Since pick slides usually start near the bridge and end over the higher frets, these slides have a characteristic of gradually lowering the pitch.

A pick slide causes little – if any – damage to the strings, pickups or guitar, but it does ruin the edge of the pick; thinner picks made of more durable materials are the best choice for the technique.

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