Simulations and discussion

• Large values of \(\beta_\mathrm{rms}\) associated with pick explain Pass's rich tone

• Smaller values of \(\beta_\mathrm{rms}\) associated with...

  1. exciting the string closer to the neck (\(D \simeq 0.73\))

  2. striking more than plucking (\(\Delta \simeq 1/10\sqrt2\))

  ...explain his timbral focus.

• Pass's fingerstyle playing falls in between the thumb and pick