I'd like to hear more about the idea of hybrid picking that has had some discussion above - using a flatpick held by thumb and index while fingerpicking with other fingers.

Who here uses this technique, and why? What can you do this way that you can't do with normal fingerpicking?

It seems like a neat trick, but it seems like it would be more difficult and less volume-balanced than fingerpicking, without any obvious advantages in what notes can be played.

Thanks, Marion (You see, I'm hoping that next time I tell Willie-O I want to learn hybrid picking, and he asks why I would want to do that, I'll have something smarter to say than "I read somewhere that it exists.")