Best to watch some clips of what you're trying to accomplish and work that way.Friðrik Karlsson is an Icelandic musician and songwriter. I could show you much easier than try and describe. Your pick angle/hand position will determine a lot on what feels right. That's the way I do it, it gives the best of both worlds. Some guys use economy but only with downstrokes, mixing alternate in. Plus the way you angle your hand is very important to how well you execute downstrokes or upstrokes with economy. His muscle memory learned those runs at that fast pace. Years ago, I was watching a few Yngwie instructional videos where he shows stuff, when he plays fast with economy, it's very tight, and when he slows it down, he's not very even with it and inconsistent strokes. Economy straightens it out, It's the reverse, because of that extra time for jumping the string. For me, at faster tempos I've noticed my alternate picking at Paul Gilbert speeds, can almost turn into a gallop do that because of jumping the string. I think it's more predictable sounding though, and I've seen many players end up sounding too practiced and not as natural as guys who will use a combination of techniques. No surprise there.Īlso agree with Sneed, alternate picking does have a more percussive sound and an eveness. That's really the only secret, time and effort. Guys that play that way naturally, have done it since day one. I find it can be tough to get it even, especially at the mid tempo speeds. Eric Johnson or e to mind, natural part of their play. I agree, I'm more into those that use it the technique as a natural part of their style, but it doesn't sound like they're doing it for a trick or an exercise like many shred style players. Here is the great Adam Rogers using the technique on a standard. I still think Yngwie sounds awesome though! I think people often associate the technique to closely with fast arpeggios. Not so much in the shredder arpeggio way! When I was younger I really worked on that bag but never made it work for me, it always sounded forced, and my tastes changed. I do love the sound of economy picking in the Eric Johnson, Joe Bonamassa, Zakk Wylde, kinda way. I also suggest this exercise to isolate the left hand motion and it sounds kinda like Eric Johnson: You can see how I don't stay strictly with the economy picking, but you can see the hand motion. It's because the sweeping motion gets lost, so I would suggest trying it at a medium tempo (all things relative) so the hand motion is smooth. I find when I practice it VERY slowly it is more of an issue. The only thing I can suggest is to keep at it with the metronome. It is a pain in the butt to get away from the rhythmic issue you are talking about. I know no one only economy picks, but the Gambale book has you relearn scales to fit the picking pattern. It really made sense to me and have been at it ever since. I did find it a great way to go, the deciding factor to really work on it came from watching Eric Johnson and the great Icelandic guitarist Frederick Karlson (with whom I taught with at the NGW in the early 90's) who mix both techniques. I actually mix economy and alternate picking, I never wanted to relearn scale fingerings like Gambale does.
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