# Efficient crosspicking motion, or stringhopping?

**URL:** https://forum.troygrady.com/t/efficient-crosspicking-motion-or-stringhopping/54901
**Category:** Technique Critique
**Created:** [May 1, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/efficient-crosspicking-motion-or-stringhopping/54901 "2022-05-01T11:42:00Z")
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### Author: ![123Rick](https://forum.troygrady.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/1/779978/32.png) [@123Rick](https://forum.troygrady.com/u/123Rick)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/efficient-crosspicking-motion-or-stringhopping/54901/1 "2022-05-01T11:42:00Z")

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Hope everybody is doing well out there. I was wondering if anybody could give some critique of the following video.

[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/V04kjrCKZHg/maxresdefault.jpg "IMG 9524") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V04kjrCKZHg)

I would like to know if this looks like an efficient crosspicking motion or if I am stringhopping. The movement seems a bit pecky at times, but the tempo is not slow and it feels controlled.. so I am not really sure.

Any feedback is much appreciated.

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### Author: ![Pepepicks66](https://forum.troygrady.com/user_avatar/forum.troygrady.com/pepepicks66/32/8255_2.png) [@Pepepicks66](https://forum.troygrady.com/u/Pepepicks66)
#### Post date: [May 1, 2022, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/efficient-crosspicking-motion-or-stringhopping/54901/2 "2022-05-01T15:24:03Z")

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Doesn’t look like string-hopping to me, looks good!

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### Author: ![123Rick](https://forum.troygrady.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/1/779978/32.png) [@123Rick](https://forum.troygrady.com/u/123Rick)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2022, 10:55am UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/efficient-crosspicking-motion-or-stringhopping/54901/3 "2022-05-05T10:55:35Z")

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Thanks for the encouraging words!

I have been working at the motion some more. Here on two strings.

> **[IMG 5296](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/m6TycmAbiko)**

And in the next one I try to floor it. Starts of with slop, but towards the end I have one or two faster repetitions.

> **[IMG 5295](https://www.youtube.com/shorts/sefvHm8rEOM)**

Still quite rough, but hopefully I will be able to show some progress in a next video. I will try to then play something more musical. This time around the pattern was even less interesting than the first one, as I had to hold the phone with my left hand. If anyone has a suggestion for me to practice, feel free to let me know!