I use a combination of using the fingers and the wrist for alternate
picking. It depends on what I'm playing.
Ted Vieira
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Me again,
I assume this question will draw some responses like
whatever works for you but having spent the last few years
learning the mandolin (bluegrass, old time fiddle tunes etc)
where alternate picking (down on the one and up on the
and)is almost a religion and the picking motion comes almost
solely from the wrist, I find the method proposed by Chuck
Wayne in his book on scales very interesting. If I
understand it correctly he gets all his picking motion from
his finger joints and not his wrist and depending on the
scale and which way it is heading he will play consecutive
down-down or up-up strokes when changing strings. I assume
this is only for single note work, I don't know how you
could get a good rhythm sound and feel without playing form
the wrist. My question is, how common is this approach among
the jazz players? Is it more something that some guys do
some of the time or closer to most guys do it all the time?
Thanks, Jay Jessup
