全国大拇指弹奏者名人堂

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您听过大拇指弹奏法吗？它是一种吉他演奏风格，旋律由四指负责弹奏，而大姆指则负责弹奏低音。您听过如朱厄尔(Jewel)、詹姆士泰勒(James Taylor)或保罗赛门(Paul Simon)等民族音乐家所演奏的音乐吗？以上这些艺术家在录制他们的唱片时，都是使用大拇指弹奏法弹奏。

 回溯至1920年代，肯塔基州的穆伦贝尔格郡发展出来的一种大拇指弹奏法，这种指法因吉他艺术家(如崔维斯(Merle Travis)及艾特金兹(Chet Atkins)的推波助澜而闻名。穆伦贝尔格郡的居民，十分喜爱这种深具特殊风格的吉他弹奏法，所以当地甚至有一座大拇指弹奏者名人堂，而且每年还会举办大拇指弹奏竞赛！

大部分的大拇指弹奏者都会使用一种弹性极佳的塑胶片来拨弹吉他弦。使用这种塑胶片进行演奏时，音乐听起来的效果就好像是同时有两把吉他在进行演奏一般：一把吉他负责保持节奏，而另一把吉他则负责引领音乐进行。1920年代，人们第一次在乡村音乐中听到这种类型的弹奏风格。自此以后，它就一代传过一代，越来越受欢迎，现今许多摇滚乐及民族音乐演奏家，也会使用这种类型的弹奏风格。

Have you ever heard of thumb-picking? It is a style of guitar playing in which the fingers pick out a melody and the thumb picks out bass notes. Have you listened to folk musicians such as Jewel, James Taylor or Paul Simon? All of these artists have used thumb-picking on their recordings.

One form of thumb-picking developed in Muhlenberg County, Kentucky, back in the 1920s and was made famous by guitarists such as Merle Travis and Chet Atkins. In Muhlenberg, this particular style of guitar playing is so popular that there is even a Thumb Pickers Hall of Fame and an annual Thumb Picking Contest!

Most thumb-pickers use a flexible plastic pick on their thumb to pluck the strings. The effect makes it sound as though two guitars are being played at once -- a rhythm guitar and a lead guitar. This style of playing was first heard in country music in the 1920s, and was passed down from generation to generation. Its popularity grew, and today many players of rock and folk also use this style.

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