DUD DUD and DUU DUU is really hard to play ~ even with a jig I know well. I can certainly hear that jig rhythm in the picking sequence, but I can get a very nice jig rhythm with with my very vanilla DUDUDUDU. I'm not gonna worry about it now.
I'm just happy that I finally nailed Kid on the Mountain after two months ~ with no finger or wrist pain; just gonna work on the rhythm and feeling of that tune 'cause it feeds my spirit. Maybe I'll find that I need to change my picking style later in my practice or in the next life or something. This isn't a contest or school exercise for me; it's music that I like to hear and play. For others, it might be different, which is fine.
Personally, after 8 childhood years of a fundamentalist piano teacher's edicts killing any desire in me to ever touch a piano again, ever, I'll stick with the spirit of the music and play and appreciate what floats my boat ~ no matter who says "always", "never" or "must". That's just me. Many rules are very necessary and good ~ and some may keep us from getting sore fingers and carpal tunnel, others are made to be broken, imho. I won't play a mandolin with a chain saw, for example.
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