Alternative Vs Economy
Chokehold
Jul 21 2009, 10:02 PM
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I have never before thought about the way I pick, and thought that what I did was alternative.
And a few days ago I sat down and looked at what I did. Of course it was Economy picking.

But I don't see why you would want to play Alternative picking, as Economy let's you move faster between the strings.

So is there a reason to why you would want to play Alternative, and what is good about it?

And same question about Economy Picking.

Need some answers. smile.gif

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Fingerspasm
Jul 21 2009, 10:24 PM
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I usually refrain from answering technical questions since I am not an instructor. But I went through the same thing when I started playing. I had been playing about 6 months and I used economy picking. I thought there is no way that this is not the best way to play its just seemed so much easier. Then I decided I wanted to shred. So I started to watch and play Paul Gilbert Riffs. Pretty soon I started to get stuck. When I say stuck I mean I would lose my rhythm and crash right in the middle of a run. To make a long story short the only way I could advance was to learn how to use strict alternate picking.
I still use economy picking but mainly when I play blues or something that has a lot of Legato. I should mention when I was playing the Paul Gilbert runs it was all picking no Legato and thats why I would crash. You can still get away with it if you use legato because of the pause in between the picking. But try a very long run up or down the neck that is all picking and for me there is no better way than alternate picking. Do not take this as gospel its just the experience that I had with the two different forms of picking. biggrin.gif Plus I like the more percussive sound that alternate picking has.

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- Chokehold   Alternative Vs Economy   Jul 21 2009, 10:02 PM
- - Muris Varajic   Long time question. So, the thing is, alternate ...   Jul 21 2009, 10:10 PM
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- - Emir Hot   I am personaly a fan of alternate picking but some...   Jul 21 2009, 10:19 PM
|- - Chokehold   QUOTE (Emir Hot @ Jul 21 2009, 11:19 PM) ...   Jul 21 2009, 10:25 PM
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|- - Chokehold   QUOTE (Fingerspasm @ Jul 21 2009, 11:24 P...   Jul 21 2009, 11:58 PM
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- - Eat-Sleep-andJam   Same thing happened to me man. Do your 1-2-3-4 ...   Jul 21 2009, 10:32 PM
- - vampire18   just wanted to add that i had the exact same probl...   Jul 22 2009, 01:10 AM
|- - Muris Varajic   You might wanna try THIS lesson in as well, it sho...   Jul 22 2009, 01:29 AM
|- - lcsdds   QUOTE (Muris Varajic @ Jul 22 2009, 01:29...   Jul 22 2009, 03:49 AM
|- - Chokehold   QUOTE (Muris Varajic @ Jul 22 2009, 02:29...   Jul 22 2009, 03:23 PM
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- - Pedja Simovic   Emir and Muris are right! Both techniques hav...   Jul 22 2009, 11:53 AM
- - Zeyth   http://tomhess.net/Articles/AlternateVsDir...nalPi...   Jul 22 2009, 03:10 PM
|- - Emir Hot   QUOTE (Zeyth @ Jul 22 2009, 03:10 PM) As ...   Jul 22 2009, 06:14 PM
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|- - Emir Hot   QUOTE (Muris Varajic @ Jul 22 2009, 07:32...   Jul 22 2009, 07:42 PM
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- - Chokehold   Just a quick question, how long will it take until...   Jul 22 2009, 07:43 PM
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- - Zeyth   http://tomhess.net/Articles/AlternateVsDir...nalPi...   Jul 22 2009, 08:00 PM
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- - lcsdds   Not trying to be a jerk Zeyth.....but I don't ...   Jul 22 2009, 09:02 PM
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|- - lcsdds   QUOTE (Zeyth @ Jul 22 2009, 09:08 PM) Ah,...   Jul 22 2009, 09:14 PM
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- - Vasilije Vukmirovic   When you play economy, you always compromise sound...   Jul 23 2009, 07:12 PM
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- - Jose Mena   QUOTE (lcsdds @ Jul 23 2009, 03:11 PM) Wh...   Jul 23 2009, 08:24 PM
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- - Ivan Zecic   Instead of discussing advantages and disadvantages...   Jul 23 2009, 10:39 PM
- - Jenbu   well I use alternate picking but, when im playing ...   Jul 24 2009, 10:10 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   QUOTE (Jenbu @ Jul 24 2009, 11:10 PM) wel...   Jul 25 2009, 02:49 AM
|- - lcsdds   QUOTE (Muris Varajic @ Jul 25 2009, 02:49...   Jul 25 2009, 05:00 AM
|- - Muris Varajic   I use it....when I use it.   Jul 25 2009, 07:35 AM
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- - Vasilije Vukmirovic   yeah, neoclassical metal uses tons of arpeggios so...   Jul 24 2009, 10:34 PM
- - Sami   I'm sorry to be totally off topic, but i read ...   Jul 24 2009, 11:02 PM
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- - Oxac   @ Zeyth. You need to be critical of your sources. ...   Jul 25 2009, 08:34 AM
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- - Oxac   I think the guy missed that 2 downstrokes in a row...   Jul 26 2009, 01:04 PM
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