Economy or alternate

[JANIRU]

Hello guys! Merry Christmas to all you merry people!
So i wanna know, should i put all my effort into mastering economy picking or should i do it for alternate.
I don't get much time to practice cause i hv AL's(basically year 12 exams) so i wanna know what to focus on in my limited time
Or should i learn to mix up both?

 

[William B.]

I think mix them up but focus more on alternate so it's good. Maybe others know more.
Good luck on your exams, Merry Christmas!

 

[Chris Johnston]

Hey Janiru Merry Christmas to you too!

I'd put your effort into being able to utilize both tecuniques, as mastering only one will limit your playing in another way etc

For example, you could alternate pick flawlessly and still find it near impossible to play most of Syn's solos due to their economic/sweeping nature.

Hope this helps!

 

[Javier Wienarjati]

Hello Janiru. My main picking is alternate because my teacher used to taught me with reference of Paul Gilbert (string skipping, 2NPS, octave arpeggios). I used to play Buried Alive with Paul Gilbert style, it is possible but not as smooth as Syn style, and it is so hard. Lol..

I still mostly pick alternate, but I try to learn eco with A7X songs, and I always put 1 of A7X song every month in my daily practice. Now my picking are mostly alternate, but sometimes naturally I use eco if necessary. Based on the patterns.

In conclussion, I used to pick purely alternate, but now I use both alternate and eco, whatever I like to use. I dont have any special practice for eco, I only practice it from A7X song, which I put in my daily practice.

 

[John-Robert Rueda]

I agree with what everyone has said so far, learn both. You'll probably notice that each picking style sounds different. Eco sounds a bit more "smooth" whereas alternate is more "punchy." If you're proficient at both thats more skill you'll have in your tool belt to pick from when you wanna make stylistic decisions.

 

[carlosmqr]

I practiced way more alternate picking (guilty xD) but ended up using economy when needed without a lot of effort tbh, keep in mind Im not really good with any of those tho
So as everyone said if you can, practice both!

 

[JANIRU]

Thank u everyone for ur suggestions!!
I couldn't come online the past week.
Thing is, here i am practicing sweeping and fast alternate runs etc, but dang, i can't use any of them when I'm playing live(for family)i just realized this cuz we jammed at Christmas