This is my first thread in this forum. Being IRISH, The first stringed instrument that i learned to play was the mandolin....followed shortly by the tenor banjo...I was taught that every downstroke should be followed by an upstroke.
OK...Shortly i began to realise that the guitar would be a much cooler instrument to learn and impress chicks with....Anyway i'm a self taught guitarist...Here's my question..Having taught myself i don't exactly follow the rules of alternate picking properly....
Sometimes if skipping strings or if i am moving from one string to the next on a downstroke i will not follow this with an upstroke.....
I have even tried to play as quickly by following the rules of alternate picking but i think i have been playing my own particular way for too long and can't change.....
Is this going to cause me problems in the future....? I hope i have explained that ok...
Thanks in advance :)