What's the difference between playing guitar and fingering?

First, the forms of expression are different.

Playing and singing on the guitar means playing and singing with guitar accompaniment. Among them, guitar is the auxiliary, and singing is the main thing.

Guitar fingering is a way of playing, also known as steel string acoustic guitar playing. Finger playing guitar in English is a way of playing guitar with flowers, which requires full attention and playing guitar.

Second, the performance is different.

Guitar playing and singing only uses the accompaniment sound of guitar to set off the song and make the music melody more beautiful.

Guitar fingering pays attention to the effect that one guitar pops up two or even three or four guitars, and pays attention to musicality and skill.

Finger play pays attention to the effect that one guitar pops up two or even three or four guitars, and pays attention to musicality and skill. American traditional fingering styles are mainly represented by ragtime, country blues and jazz styles, while Europe is dominated by Celtic and Mediterranean music.

In terms of performance, traditional fingering emphasizes counterpoint harmony and alternating bass, which mainly appears in European fingering styles, while alternating bass is more common in traditional American ragtime styles. Of course, some traditional American fingering styles also attach great importance to counterpoint harmony.