Piedmont Blues

Piedmont blues (also known as East Coast or Southeastern blues) refers primarily to a guitar style characterized by a fingerpicking approach in which a regular alternating rhythmic pattern of the bass string supports a syncopated melody using pitches picked with the index finger, and occasionally others. The result is sonically comparable to rhythm or stride styles. Blues researcher Peter B. Lowry coined the term and granted co-writing credit to fellow folklorist Bruce Bastin. The Piedmont style is distinguished from other styles, particularly the Mississippi Delta blues, by rhythms based on ragtime