alternate picker ? am i ?
Egln40
Dec 5 2006, 10:08 PM
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Hi.

Just started with electric and Masterclass.
I am a bit confused about alternate picking. I understand the up down - up down pattern, but..........
How do you manage that when on a down stroke, you go down a string (D to G for example). Do you have to hit the G on a up stroke, or on the way down ?
Thanks for giving me some light.
Eric.

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JOhn
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how is it different? i practiced economy picking because i thought it was better and made perfect sense by picking down on every third note. But if it really does ruin your tone is it really worth unlearning?

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I honestly have found that alternate picking is GOLD!! I'll be honest though it DOES seem like you should be picking down when your moving down and vise versa when going up...but DON"T!!!!! for one...you will only get a few beats per second faster if your shredding at the most insane speeds....but you'll hear the tone loss. And also...it's much smoother on your right hand technique to use alternate since it's a controlled up and down movement when switching beween strings. As for relearning your picking style...do it if your economy picking...it's worth the time..you'll be surprised at how fast you'll pick it up.

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- Egln40   alternate picker ? am i ?   Dec 5 2006, 10:08 PM
- - ezravdb   alternate picking means: Always UP and DOWN or DOW...   Dec 5 2006, 10:15 PM
- - sanders4617   For me.. I guess it depends on what I am doing aft...   Dec 5 2006, 10:52 PM
- - PickNGrin   If I was picking down on the D string, and the nex...   Dec 7 2006, 04:08 PM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (PickNGrin @ Dec 7 2006, 06:08 PM) ...   Dec 7 2006, 06:32 PM
|- - Guitar1969   QUOTE (PickNGrin @ Dec 7 2006, 07:08 AM) ...   Dec 8 2006, 01:05 AM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (Guitar1969 @ Dec 8 2006, 03:05 AM)...   Dec 8 2006, 11:38 PM
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- - Egln40   Yes, I realised how uncomfortable reversing is, bu...   Dec 7 2006, 07:43 PM
- - DanielM   i agree the only way to master alternate picking i...   Dec 7 2006, 09:47 PM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (DanielM @ Dec 7 2006, 11:47 PM) so...   Dec 7 2006, 10:16 PM
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- - DanielM   ok so basically restrict that technique to sweepin...   Dec 7 2006, 10:50 PM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (DanielM @ Dec 8 2006, 12:50 AM) ok...   Dec 7 2006, 10:53 PM
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- - Norven   I use alternativ picking. But sometimes when i do ...   Dec 8 2006, 11:24 PM
- - Kristofer Dahl   ...so I think it sounds ok and it's pretty fas...   Dec 9 2006, 12:34 PM
|- - Josiah   Economy picking kind of confused me too. I was tol...   Dec 9 2006, 07:10 PM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (Josiah @ Dec 9 2006, 09:10 PM) Eco...   Dec 10 2006, 10:28 PM
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- - PickNGrin   WOW! great thread! Some good points here,...   Dec 12 2006, 05:13 PM
- - Tom   Kris if you were, for example, to play a full sca...   Dec 13 2006, 01:16 PM
- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE if you were, for example, to play a full sca...   Dec 13 2006, 01:59 PM
- - RIP Dime   Hey guys, I don't mean to thread jack, but cou...   Dec 14 2006, 08:08 AM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (RIP Dime @ Dec 14 2006, 10:08 AM) ...   Dec 14 2006, 08:35 AM
|- - Codyrg   Honestly, I think economy picking sounds smoother ...   Dec 18 2006, 07:41 PM
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- - RIP Dime   Yes, I'm trying to get my alternate picking go...   Dec 14 2006, 08:56 AM
|- - Kristofer Dahl   QUOTE (RIP Dime @ Dec 14 2006, 10:56 AM) ...   Dec 14 2006, 11:43 AM
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- - RIP Dime   That's true, I did learn alot, hopefully after...   Dec 14 2006, 11:59 AM
- - Armageddon   Great topic. I never thought about that two techni...   Dec 26 2006, 10:05 PM
- - Gustavo   i have been using eco picking from i started (7 mo...   May 8 2007, 03:14 AM
- - mattacuk   You know what guys, ive been Alternate picking fro...   May 8 2007, 08:23 PM
- - JCJXXL   I totally agree. Alternate picking is the way to g...   May 9 2007, 03:45 AM
- - Leviathan   QUOTE (Egln40 @ Dec 5 2006, 04:08 PM) Hi....   May 9 2007, 04:43 AM
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- - Sabbz   I guess I'm lucky. When I started playing, whe...   Jan 7 2008, 10:04 PM
- - DeepRoots   I accidently learned economy picking when trying t...   Jan 7 2008, 10:16 PM
- - Muris   It's good to have both in the pocket,might com...   Jan 8 2008, 02:38 AM
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