Scrape

A scrape, or “pick scrape” is a guitar technique performed by holding the edge of the pick against any one or more of the three or four wound strings and sliding it along the string(s). As the pick moves across the string, the edge of the pick catches the string’s windings in rapid succession causing the string to vibrate and produce a scratching, grinding, or grating sound. The pitch of a pick scrape rises as the pick moves closer to the bridge, and lowers as the pick moves away from it. Pick scrapes are mostly used on distorted electric guitar in rock, punk, and metal genres and subgenres.