Re: Pig Jicking?
The bottom line is that as long as you're playing the jig with the correct rhythm, whatever works best for you is what you use. Using DUD DUD is, iirc, supposed to give you the right rhythm because the assumption is your right hand moving down is stronger than it moving up, so that tiny emphasis on the down stroke gives you the lift you want for the jig. I, on the other hand, managed to learn to play upside down, so my upstroke is stronger than my downstroke (don't ask). I've found that I can do a strict alternate picking motion DUDUDU and get the emphasis/swing right so I do that. I can do DUD DUD but for me it seems to distract from actually playing because of the chance i'm moving to a slide or slip jig and have to reset my brain.
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