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Originally Posted by Fretsource
Todd - I'd like to point out that not everyone uses the terms fingerstyle and fingerpicking as Kirk does (me for one). There are regional and personal variations on how those terms are used and what they mean. Kirk alluded to that when he said "to my mind anyway". It's worth bearing in mind whenever you're discussing those terms with anyone.
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Thanks for that Fretsource,
I'm sure you are absolutely correct, but the distinction works for me in a couple of ways. (And believe me I'm no expert in this field.) But broken down the way Kirk describes, I see finger picking as part of the finger style technique. Sort of like strumming is part of the technique of playing rhythm guitar.
But the finger style itself, if you will, can represent the bigger picture. The way songs are broken down into melodies, bass lines, the way Kirk, for example, interprets songs and then creates finger style versions that use finge picking. Consider the sentence: "There are a wide variety of finger picking techniques you can use when you play finger style guitar." Seems to make sense to me!