So anyway, I'm in the process of mastering alternate picking and I notice my right arm, or picking arm, tensing up in the bicep part of the arm (.. the muscle used when doing curls). It occurs to me that there's no way to alternate pick without your arm tensing up and I figure somebody will tell me to keep practicing and eventually I'll be able to speed pick without tensing up. I decided to double check just in case. ... Or can you alternate pick without your arm tensing up? I doubt it, but.