Alternate Picking, What is the advantage? |
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Alternate Picking, What is the advantage? |
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Jan 22 2009, 11:21 PM
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Thanks for the quick reply! I guess I'll have to train myself to alternate pick and begin practicing both instead of exclusively using economy.
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Jan 23 2009, 12:09 AM |
Hey mate, welcome to GMC!
Regarding picking, the more techniques you have under your belt, it would be easier for you to express yourself. This is some kind of general rule, but it doesn't always has to be like that. For example some players have developed sweep and economy so well that they use it all the time as their primary technique, like Gambale. Of course alternate is useful to know, and to practice, not just because of speed, but because you cover several different situations with the string transfers and one string picking. WHen you cover a lot of different combinations, improvising will become easier and your playing will sound more fluid. You can take one step at a time, and just start with some simple AP exercises. Do that in parallel with the economy, where you can and it will soon show in your playing. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Jan 23 2009, 12:31 AM |
Everything has been said already, nothing to add,
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Jan 23 2009, 05:59 AM |
I can only say that the best is to learn both ways and you'll never have problems As you progress you will start feeling what technique sounds better and you can apply appropriate one during playing, without thinking much about. If you are going for a fast kind of Paul Gilbert run then you will use alternate, and if you want more (softer) Eric Johnson feel when he does his awesome fast pentatonic phrasing then economy is the key.
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Jan 23 2009, 11:40 PM |
I agree with what has been said here, learning them both would be the best choice. Both of them used in combination can sound very cool.
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Jan 24 2009, 05:06 PM |
I agree with you Pedja. Economy sounds more pleasant to my ear as well. The book by Frank Gambale is really good source on this subject. Monte I can see where this is going but no Monte, you're NOT gonna get away from Alternate and Hybrid!! -------------------- Youtube
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Jan 24 2009, 05:40 PM
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I can see where this is going but no Monte, you're NOT gonna get away from Alternate and Hybrid!! Damn!!! But Pedja says its OK!! |
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Jan 25 2009, 01:47 PM |
AP sounding like a helicopter is probably for players who are not experienced at playing AP. I've seen and heard a lot of great AP players that can control their tone so well that it can sound like a jet craft, not helicopter.
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Jan 26 2009, 09:48 PM |
Hm, if you put a few hammer-ons...
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