Maybe it's easier to play fast with a pick (and it's undoubtedly easier to play fast and sound like a sewing machine
) ....
There was a discussion on here a while back about an exercise/study in 16th that had to be played at a fast metronome setting and was considered very difficult. For giggles I asked about it on the Delcamp forum and as expected was told that this was definitely not out of reach for a good classical player.
I'd say there are 2 main reasons (for using a flat-pick)
- it's more suitable for speed and getting a well-defined attack on (heavy) steel strings
- there are no inter-finger synchronisation or strength/agility requirements so it's easier if most of what you do is strum chords or play runs that rarely jump back and forth between 2 or more strings that aren't adjacent.
It'd be interesting to know if there are jazz players who use fingerpicks.
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