Economy picking or Altenate picking?

[fep]

Hi all,

How about giving me a mini guitar lesson.

I've posted this excerpt which I think is a good example to discuss economy vs alternate picking. The notes in question are the last 3 notes of measure three (or measure 7, I posted two possible fingerings).

How would you pick those notes?

(In addition to voting, explanations/reasons would be good too.)

This is from Charlie Parkers Billies Bounce.

[itsall4you]

It would depend on the tempo for me.

If it was 240 + I would to Sweep.

If it was slower I would probably do Alternate.

If you were a gypsy player you would do down on all strings

[rover528]

The triplet is easier played alternate. The B,G,F I would alternate pick also as the B on the down stroke and the G on the up stroke puts you at the F for the next down stroke and the final note, whatever.

[4thstuning]

On electric and acoustic I normally play with economy picking. On a gypsy instrument I "try" to use gypsy picking which uses down strokes for all string to string transitions.

It really boils down to what works for you.

[Aristotle]

Both.