AGBFunkybassman

Alternate going up the strings and raking coming down

Now on adjacent strings that seems obvious but what about when jumping over 2 or 3 strings when ascending or descending does the same apply ?

No Baiting just an honest question .... well two actually....

The second bit being how to unlearn old habits and I suspect the answer is to play the new habit 22 million times until it becomes 'the old habit'.

I think I can see some serious 'Shed' time in my future ;-)

Im 60 years old and have been playing since I was 18 and mostly use a plectrum whilst playing only switching fingers when I wanted a softer sound mid-song.

Having decideded to try and learn how 'finger' correctly i.e. alternate fingers goining up and a mixture of alterning fingers and raking when switching strings coming down my problem is now is this . .

I have difficulty playing simple lines (at present when coming 'down' the index or middle finger used to play a string is decided by which finger is fretting the note.... this happens automatically but is technically wrong as I end double fingering with the same finger) so I'm wonder how I should attack this.

Firstly, should I bother.... does it matter if it's 'Tecnically' wrong ??

Whats the best way to 'Unlearn' old habits