The player plucks the string using a metallic pick or plectrum called a mizraab. Best known for primarily using a plectrum or pick, McCartney occasionally plays fingerstyle. Medieval lutes were 4- or 5-course instruments, plucked using a quill as a plectrum. Fingerstyle, plectrum, or hybrid picking are equally suited to this style. Plucking can be done with either a finger or a plectrum. The four string plectrum and tenor banjos did not eliminate the five-string variety. Components of stringed musical instruments like the plectrum and the bridge were made of shell. The mandola is typically played with a plectrum (pick). The plectrum is gently tapered, being narrowest at the plucking end. It is usually played with a plectrum (guitar pick). He tuned certain notes, and used a guitar plectrum to pick the notes. Hybrid picking is mixture of plectrum picking and finger picking. In a harpsichord, there is a separate plectrum for each string. It is commonly played using a plectrum like in the guitar. It is played with a plectrum called a "bachi".