Reply To: Reason for Alternate Picking style being taught

[Alisa]

Thanks for your question, Ross. I never even stopped to think there are other styles, so you’ve expanded my horizons 😀 I asked google, and it said that alternate picking is the best method for beginners: it sounds smooth and allows to build speed. The picking style where you pick up going to lower strings and down to higher strings is apparently considered advanced and hard to master. Knowing how much troubles I’m having with alternate picking, I think I’ll pass 😅