Yes. Exactly. My point was, since you lift the pick, it’s not a ‘trapped’ picking style, at least for that specific scenario.
Swiping would only solve half of the string escape problem. It would solve situation in which you would inside pick with strict alternate picking. If you want to solve situations in which you would outside pick with alternate picking, you would sweep those.
I meant sweeping. That’s how I think of economy picking. It’s a two string sweep in the direction you’re already picking. It would replace situations in which an alternate picker would outside pick.
It’s my first week as a paid subscriber. It might take me a little while to get the nomenclature straight.
I’m experimenting with it. I’m not sure I’ll stick with it. But if it works, it eliminates the majority of changes your picking hand needs to go through in order to get over strings. There is no ‘trapped’ position with this style. You can either swipe or economy (sweep) out of any situation in which your pick tip is below the plane of the strings.
It has technical challenges to it, as well. That’s why I asked the initial question, about whether anyone else might play with this style. I want to see how they handle it.
So far, what I’ve seen is folks that use half of it – either economy picking, or swiping, but not both, systematically. I just checked out Jimmy Bruno, and found he does economy pick often, but I spotted some inside and outside picking in his style, as well.
The idea of this picking style appeals to me. But I don’t think it’s good to be an ideologue about picking. I’ll give it a shot for a bit and see if it works for me.
Tanks to everyone for contributing!
