 The Secret Fix for Sloppy Alternate Picking: Master the Right-Hand Motion First [This piece comes from my Guitar Technique Booster Course. It’s focused on the fundamental picking-hand mechanics and has been lightly adapted for this article.] Imagine walking into a gym, grabbing the heaviest weights, and lifting with poor posture. Does adding more weight […]
 Before we’ll delve into the alternate picking vs economy picking battle, let me ask you a question: Do painters use the same direction of brush strokes when painting, or do they alternate between up and downstrokes? The correct answer is… It depends. On what? On the texture, they want to achieve. This is the
You know that you need to improve your alternate picking. But searching for random exercises online is not what it make this happen. In this article, I’ll be showing you a strategic point of view on what categories of alternate picking there are and thus what kind of exercises you should practice. After reading this,