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|C Major in Open Position and Alternate Picking#Practice|Practice}}
The idea of acquainting yourself with the above scale is to get good enough so that you don't need stringent focus on your left-hand. We're about to start some <u>'''alternate picking</u>'''. All that means is we alternate from down stroke to up stroke for each note. Let's see what I mean:
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1
|C Major in Open Position and Alternate Picking#When to Alternate Pick|When?/Usage}}
Be careful. Many beginner players get sucked into <u>'''economy picking</u> ''' as follows:
d u d d u d d u d d u d u d d u d
---0--0--0-----0-0-0-0----|0-
Notice how there are 3 notes in the 3rd beat, marked above by "--3--"? That's a <u>'''triplet</u>''', which can be a bit tricky to time, especially this early. Not only the timing, but also the picking pattern is disruptive. Notice how if we alternate pick, we end up with an upstroke on the 4th beat? That's just something we have to deal with. Notice how we go back to using downstrokes on-beat in the next measure. This is favorable if possible, as you will likely get used to "grounding" yourself to the beat with downstrokes. But sometimes, we don't have the opportunity to do so (such as if there was another note in between the 4 and 1 beats). We have to roll with the punches so to speak until we catch a break and can re-focus. This is unusual, however. Triplets tend to either come in pairs or before an emphasized note.
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