Her songs are slender, miniature things with simple guitar-picking patterns, but they have been made bigger through collaboration.
When she switched to 12-string guitar, she picked patterns akin to the East-West hybrids of Sandy Bull and Robbie Basho.
I have written some suggested picking patterns in here to use as a guide to get you going.
Mr. Yorke and Nigel Godrich had started the song playing guitars, in staccato picking patterns that hinted at African rock.
And his music's blend of classical and progressive-rock intricacy, pointillistic backup singing and West African picking patterns rightly appeals to the equally eclectic Bjork.
The Six Parts Seven play instrumental rock that unfolds with deliberation and inexorable grace, working through minimalistic guitar-picking patterns and gradual buildups that quickly become mesmerizing.
His compositions expanded, embracing the modalities of raga along with dissonances not found in country or blues; he used unconventional tunings and turned some traditional picking patterns backward.
The opening band, Edison Glass, played surging minisuites that juggled math-rock picking patterns on the way to choruses hinting at the Police and U2.
She sets up intricate picked patterns or sketches genuine counterpoint; she syncopates jazz harmonies and or lets clear chords ring out.
