Patent ID: 7825315

Claim:
A method of playing a guitar or other musical instrument having a plurality of strings, said strings being spaced from one another, said method comprising, in combination, the steps of: providing a hand-held pick including an elongated pick body having a primary axis and a plurality of string engaging protrusions integral with said pick body disposed along said elongated pick body and extending outwardly from said elongated pick body in a direction generally orthogonal to said primary axis; positioning said hand-held pick with said plurality of string engaging protrusions extending toward the strings of a musical instrument; and during playing of the musical instrument, selectively simultaneously engaging and plucking a plurality of said strings with at least two of said plurality of string engaging protrusions and bending said hand-held pick to form a bend in said pick body generally orthogonal to said primary axis with at least some of said string engaging protrusions displaced relative to one another and not disposed in a common plane.