Fingerpicking is pretty self-explanatory. You pick with your fingers. When you do this you use your thumb, index, middle, and ring fingers. Your fingers are labeled as "Pima". In other words, "P" represents your thumb, "I" represents your index finger, and so on. They got these letters from some other language like anything else we abbreviate in English, but I am not going to go into that. So just about everything with fingerpicking will name the fingers by the "Pima" method. The pinky finger is not used much and therefore does not have a letter to go by. The diagram below should clarify any questions you have about "Pima". People who really enjoy fingerpicking sometimes grow their nails longer to play with their nails. This is better than plucking the strings with your fingertips.
