By mootstrap - Sat Jul 20, 2019 4:01 pm
- Sat Jul 20, 2019 4:01 pm
#15559
I recently unlocked Ukulele Lead level 5 and it introduced alternate picking. When you're alternate picking, are you supposed to be alternate picking the whole song or just the fast parts? And if not for the whole songs, what do you do the rest of the time? Switching back to picking with your thumb (which has been my default thus far) seems hard from the comfortable position to be alternate picking in.
When I'm picking with my thumb or when I'm fingerpicking, my forearm of my strumming/picking hand (left since I'm left handed) is resting on the left of the ukulele just a bit above the center line. When I try to alternate pick, I need to move it up a few inches so it's on the top of the ukulele in order to be comfortable. This makes switching between alternate picking and anything else hard to do quickly. I'm not sure if one of those positions is wrong or if everything is supposed to be done from one position or what.
Are there maybe videos on YouTube or somewhere which demonstrate alternate picking? I've been looking, but am not finding much yet.
When I'm picking with my thumb or when I'm fingerpicking, my forearm of my strumming/picking hand (left since I'm left handed) is resting on the left of the ukulele just a bit above the center line. When I try to alternate pick, I need to move it up a few inches so it's on the top of the ukulele in order to be comfortable. This makes switching between alternate picking and anything else hard to do quickly. I'm not sure if one of those positions is wrong or if everything is supposed to be done from one position or what.
Are there maybe videos on YouTube or somewhere which demonstrate alternate picking? I've been looking, but am not finding much yet.