-That's a good question Paul. I never had that problem. If you
truly have the economy picking down you should try practicing it with
swing 8th notes. Also, remember about articulations... long notes
short notes. Take a Bird solo and try practicing that with the
picking. I myself cannnot play alternate picking at all. Practice
slurs,,, two downs etc.... all these techniques will give some
shape to your lines. I always found it easier to edit what I have
practiced.

-- In jazz_guitar@y..., "Paul Erlich" <paul@s...> wrote:
> Hi Jimmy -- thanks for all your wonderful remarks.
>
> Since we have you here, and we normally talk about playing
> jazz guitar rather than "who's better than who", I thought
> I'd try to steer the discussions in a different direction,
> before we lose you entirely (I'm sure you're a busy man)!
>
> I started playing guitar many years ago, mostly rock,
> blues-rock, and classical-rock. After a few years, I
> realized that in order to be able to pick as fast as I
> wanted to, I needed to use "economy" picking, i.e., sweeping
> wherever possible, like you demonstrate in your video. I
> practiced hard and now, it only takes me a few days of solid
> practice to get to the point where I can play ridiculously
> fast scales, picking every note.
>
> A few years ago I started focusing on jazzier techniques,
> such as swing eighth notes. I found that all the years I had
> spent on economy picking straight sixteenth notes did not
> help one bit. There was no way I was going, in less than 10
> years of further practice, to learn to make my sweeping
> swing. Instead, when playing jazz or jazzy music, I've
> reverted to alternate picking for swung eighths, and throw
> in economy-picked lines in triplets here and there, as a nod
> to my previous technique. But if the tempo of a swing-feel
> tune is too fast -- I'm lost.
>
> So I guess my question is, do you have any particular
> advice/approaches for practicing swing feel soloing? Or is
> it just a matter of practice, practice, practice?
>
> Thanks -- just picked up _Like That_ and I'm lovin' it!
> -Paul