I apologize for the basic question in advance.
After reading few different sources I still cannot figure how the
alternate picking is supposed to work in practice. For example Troy Stetina says on page 21 of his book "Alternate picking is a technique whereby the strokes of the pick alternate up and down", just to contradict this statement just 3 paragraphs below where he is talking about tied 16ths and recommends skipping tied 16ths, but not on other notes. So, instead of a consistent up-down pattern now we have something more conditional , which in turn is even more complicated if you consider triplets, 32ths, etc.
According to wikipedia the AP is "employs strictly alternating downward and upward picking strokes in a continuous run".
You can see that the two definitions clearly contradict each other.
My questions are:
* is the alternate picking absolute (i.e. up-down, regardless of the rhythm, pattern, tempo) or not
* if not what are the rules to figure out the up or down pick motion
* do you follow the up-down motion 100% or not
* if not what are the exceptions
Unfortunately I find this very confusing. According to many AP is supposed to be easy to figure; I found it very hard.
Your help will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
