alternate picker ? am i ? |
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alternate picker ? am i ? |
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Dec 8 2006, 01:05 AM |
If I was picking down on the D string, and the next note was on the G string, I typically would NOT execute an upstroke on the G string.....that would mean going over the string and reversing direction to come back up and pick it with an upstoke. If I was going from the D string to the A string...then I would execute an up stroke. And, I'd still call this "alternate picking". Basically, if you are using both up and down strokes, you are incorporating alternate picking. There is a whole school of thought that this way you described above is faster than strictly aternate picking because of the exact reason you mention - It is called Economy picking and it seems logical . This may cause some more debate, but check out this lesson which discusses all of this in detail: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/gui...my_picking.html Don't shoot the messenger - I just find it interesting. Any thoughts? -------------------- "Three Chords & The Truth . . ."
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Dec 8 2006, 11:38 PM |
There is a whole school of thought that this way you described above is faster than strictly aternate picking because of the exact reason you mention - It is called Economy picking and it seems logical . This may cause some more debate, but check out this lesson which discusses all of this in detail: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/lessons/gui...my_picking.html Don't shoot the messenger - I just find it interesting. Any thoughts? I believe at the end you might be a little faster with economy picking. However, I personally think the disadvantages are way to many. As I was saying I have been doing economy picking for a long time - so that's why I can tell... I uploaded a solo I did a long time ago with economy picking. |
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