Slide, Steel and Slack-key Guitar
Even when the guitar is tuned to a chord, it is often undesirable for all six strings to sound. When strumming with a plectrum.a guitarist must damp unwanted strings with the fretting hand; when a slide or steel is employed, this fretting hand damping no longer possible, so it becomes necessary to replace plectrum strumming with plucking of individuals strings. For this reason, slide and steel guitar playing are very often fingerstyle.
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