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"Fingerstyle applies to all guitar music in
which a plectrum or guitar pick is not employed. However, the term is
commonly understood to designate not only a technique but a range of
musical genres.
 The
style originated in the late 1800s and early 1900s as Southern
African-American blues guitarists tried to imitate the popular ragtime
piano music of the day, with the guitarist's thumb functioning as the
pianist's left hand, and the other fingers functioning as the right
hand.
Music arranged for fingerstyle can include
chords, arpeggios and other elements such as artificial harmonics,
hammering on and pulling off with the fretting hand, using the body of
the guitar percussively, and many other techniques." - Darren Curtis Skanson
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