Apoyando

Apoyando is a method of plucking used in both classical guitar and flamenco guitar known in English as 'rest stroke' (though the direct translation of 'apoyando' would be "supporting"). Rest stroke gets its name because after plucking the string, the finger rests on the adjacent string after it follows through, giving a slightly rounder, often punchier sound (contrasted with tirando). The apoyando stroke is not intuitive so is rarely used by beginners. Most players will use the tirando or 'free-stroke' and will have difficulty in managing the apoyando.

Towards the very end of the 20th century up to today, many professional classical guitarists developed a strong preference for tirando and have moved away from thinking of apoyando as the main basic principle of guitar technique.

Classical guitar

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Related instruments	Brahms guitar Classical guitar with additional strings Harp guitar Lyre-guitar Six-string alto guitar

Early guitars	Gittern Guitarra latina Guitarra morisca Vihuela Baroque guitar Romantic guitar

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Flamenco guitar

Apoyando (technique) Golpe (technique) List of flamenco guitarists New flamenco (style) Picados (technique) Rasgueado (technique) Tirando (technique)

Guitar picking

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Fingerstyle	Apoyando Carter Family picking Rasgueado Tirando Travis

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Innovators	Maybelle Carter Robert Fripp Merle Travis

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