A rounded-triangle shaped piece of plastic used to "pick," that is strum or hit, the strings of a guitar. They come in 4 basic varieties of thickness/weight:
- light - Lights are very flimsy and can break easily. They are mainly for strumming chords, slowly.
- medium - more for chords and strumming, good for rythym guitar.
- heavy - can be used for chords, but mainly for lead guitarists. Better for single note picking such as in riffs, licks, and solos.
- x-tra heavy - rather bad for any sort of chord playing. I suggest only using it for riffs, licks and solos.