Hi,

Currently working on an alternate picking exercise from Total Guitar Magazine. Involves 3rd and 4th string.

Thing is it adopts a strict -up down approach for picking hand which is fine until I go from D-G string . The last pick on the D is down and then wants an up pick on G . At speed I find it counter intuitive as I need to climb "over" the G string to pick it. Ie the outside pick

The riff just seems to flow fine when i just use the intuitive down pick from D to G. Ie inside

Alt picking on the same string is fine. Just wondering how important that I follow the strict up-down , up down do you think?