Talk:Crosspicking

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[edit] Inventor

I've amended article to hopefully make it clear that the technique is merely the execution of the well known musical device hemiola with a plectrum. Does the fact someone employed it within a certain musical genre make the person its inventor? I think not. This sort of articulation or picking device has been employed across strings for centuries, see music by 16 century vihuelists and baroque guitar by Gasper Sanz etc. RichardJ Christie 00:23, 22 August 2007 (UTC)

The article currently states that "The essential element of the technique is the use of the musical device hemiola, in this case three pitches are played repeatedly within a four-pulse rhythm." Three against four is not hemiola, however. TheScotch (talk) 08:47, 21 December 2007 (UTC)