Up Picking

[jreach]

Hey all:

I was jamming the other day with a guy who told me that I should never up pick a string unless I already down picked it. That it would slow me down.

I typically find myself doing this when I am on the G and B strings soloing. Is this a habit I should get myself out of?

Sorry Wrong Forum (Admin can you move?)

[jimmy_kwtx]

Nope

IMHO --Only "focus" on technique when you are practicing and there are actually exercises that have you use nothing but up strokes :eek: .

"Live" playing--anything goes--Violin bows (page), powered screw driver (EVH), the awesome sounds you get by lighting your guitar on fire (hendrix).

An upstroke has a different "attack" sound and could be usd instead of a down stroke if you like that particular sound or "fits" what you are playing or you just do cause you like it :p

[DAMAGED ONE]

What you are doing is called Alternate picking and is very much OK!
Tell your friend to leave you alone. ;)

[jreach]

Learned something new again. I thought alternate picking meant to pick the same string up and down. This is where I am situating the pick inbetween two strings hitting the bottom one down and the upper one up or something like that.

Anyhow, thanks for the reply and sorry for posting in wrong forum originally .... guess it shoulda gone in stlye forum.

[suicidalmoose]

Alternate picking means the following

picking up down up down up down in that pattern regardless of what string you're on and what string you've moved too.

[DAMAGED ONE]

Alternate picking means the following

picking up down up down up down in that pattern regardless of what string you're on and what string you've moved too.Yes Yes Yes :p Thanks Moose You took the words right off my key board :)

[jreach]

Awesome guys...thanks!