357mag
First Lieutenant   Posts: 13 Registered: 9/5/2006 Status: Offline
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posted on 2/11/2007 at 17:35 |
I bought a book by Frank Gambale called Speed Picking. It's basically
alternate picking but he says ..."whenever a string is crossed, one stroke
is used for the two notes whether going from low to high or the reverse."
What does he mean "when a string is crossed?" Right after that he says
..."as you can see in example #2 each time you change string, a single down
stroke is used in each case." The example he gives is an A major scale
starting on the 5th fret of the low E string. It is like this:
A down stroke
B up stroke
C# down stroke
next string (A string)
D down stroke
I think what he is trying to say is that when you change strings you do not
change the direction of your picking but rather keep it the same(notice the
C# is a down stroke and the following D is also a downstroke). I guess that
is how I interpret it. But that is still two strokes as far as I'm
concerned. So why is he saying ..."each time you change string a single
down stroke is used in each case."
Any input would be appreciated here.
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Gerix
Second Lieutenant  Posts: 51 Registered: 11/28/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 2/11/2007 at 18:12, Reply 1 |
I think he's just writing that to clarify you do not alternate pick when
changing strings. Sounds like he's leading up to sweep picking. I don't
know which answer is right in the technical sense, but "one stroke" implies
a smoother picking technique than "two strokes." I could be wrong though.
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ricoboc
Moderator   Posts: 278 Registered: 4/27/2004 Status: Offline |
posted on 2/13/2007 at 03:56, Reply 2 |
What Frank is getting at is called 'economy picking' also known as 'inside
picking.'
Many speedster use this technique. Malmsteen and others have perfected
it.
Sweep picking is different. ____________________
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4gitzit
First Lieutenant Posts: 3 Registered: 8/7/2007 Status: Offline |
posted on 8/15/2007 at 18:57, Reply 3 |
I'm trying to wrap my head around this: so "economy picking," as he's
describing here, is almost like a slower version of sweep picking right?
Where you take advantage of the hand's already downward (or upward) motion,
rather than alternate picking.
Is that right?
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bobdaigle
First Lieutenant  Posts: 20 Registered: 8/22/2007 Status: Offline |
posted on 8/23/2007 at 11:28, Reply 4 |
Alternating picking
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