guitar question:?

Question

what do you call that kind of technique(other than strumming) in guitar when you pluck one string--is it alternate picking?

can u use that technique for acoustic guitars also?

Answer 1

it can be called alternate or tremolo picking.

Answer 2

Depends whether you use your finger, a finger pick or a flat pick.
If you use your finger it's called finger picking, flat pick is called flat picking. I'm not sure about using a finger pick. And it doesn't matter whether you are playing acoustic or electric.
As a general rule though, acoustics are more commonly finger picked and electrics are more flat picked with notable exceptions.

Answer 3

not exactly got a name as such, but yeah alternate picking is one way. tremelo picking is the consistent picking of the same string.

Answer 4

alternate picking is when you move the pick up and down so that every other note you play is a down stroke and the others are upstrokes.

Answer 5

Yeah, alternate picking.

You would play something like this:

E----------------------------000-----------------------------
B-----------------------000----------------------------------
G-----------------000----------------------------------------
D------------000---------------------------------------------
A-------000--------------------------------------------------------
E--000-------------------------------------------------------------

By using continuous up and down strokes using your pick.

That's alternate picking.