Another Alternate Picking Question

[Jack Napalm]

I am trying to find out what is the proper alternate picking method for this lick. This seems like the proper way but doesn't follow a strict up down method.


This way is strict up down but doesn't feel right.



I have some bad alternate picking habits and am really trying to work on it. I came across this lick and am wondering which way is the 'correct' way to do it.

Thanks

[Baum83]

Re: Another Alternate Picking Question

The first one is the "real" constant up/down patter. Those slides interrupt your picking pattern, just imagine they were picked notes - the first slide would be upstroked, the following note hence downstroked, the second slide would be downstroked, the following note hence upstroked etc
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[Jack Napalm]

Re: Another Alternate Picking Question

Thanks, that's the way I have been practicing it. I just got to the point where I wondered if the other approach was the proper technique.

Thanks

[delt]

Re: Another Alternate Picking Question

same here.... working on developing "strict" alternate picking. The idea is to make your upstrokes and downstrokes completely equal, so that you can play any riff/lick starting either up or down.

try doing a few fast down-picked notes on the same strings (à la james hetfield) then try the same using only upstrokes.