Which is better and why - Alternate picking or "Economy Picking"?
Here's an example (which you may need to copy and paste into Notepad to line up properly). Say I'm playing this on the B and E strings...
|---9-10-7-9----7---|
|-7----------10---9-|
I could alternate pick and go - down, up, down, up, down, up, down, up.
Or I could economy pick and go - down, down, up, down, up, up, down, up (or substitute the last two strokes for up, up)
Which is better in the long run?
"You must stab him in the heart with the Bone Saber of Zumacalis... well, you could stab him in the head or the lungs, too... and the saber, it probably doesn't have to be bone, just anything sharp lying around the house... you could poke him with a pillow and kill him."
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Universal Re-Monster
- Aqua Teen Hunger Force, The Universal Re-Monster
