How to go from trailing edge reverse dart DSX to USX?

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#1

Hey guys I started out as a natural DSX elbow player, and after working for weeks and weeks on figuring out reverse dart wrist motion it finally clicked and I now can comfortably do 16th notes at 230 bpm using the three finger grip and the trailing edge.

I am now super interested in working on learning a USX motion as Id really like to work through the volcano and cascade seminars. I am aware that I could use my current DSX motion and just start those licks on an upstroke instead of a downstroke, but I really enjoy the process of learning new motions.

All that being said I am thrilled that I am able to do my DSX wrist motion and will be continuing to work on it and practicing it to get more speed and accuracy, however as stated above I really enjoy learning new motions, and was wondering if anyone has any suggestions to help me speed up the process of learning a USX motion coming from a DSX reverse dart three finger trailing edge motion.

Thanks!

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#2

What happens if you fire up your Trailing Edge RDT tremolo in it’s typical DSX form and try and maintain it while slowly rotating into a more supinated USX position? The type of motion is still RDT so it should just be a matter of working out the positioning for USX while keeping the feeling of the wrist the same :slight_smile:

I guess people like George Benson and Cecil Alexander would be examples of this type of form, so it might be worth analyzing their playing for insights into their setup (unless they are Dart Thrower players rather than Reverse Dart players).

Also what was your process of discovering your trailing edge motion? I can do it on a single string but the motion is so vertical it only works for tremolo, I think over time I could morph it into something more useful but it’s not something I want to commit the time to at the moment :slight_smile:

#4

My process was going back and forth between doing vertical tapping (which is dart thrower motion) on the guitar body and then on to the strings. Then I slowly focused on making that motion less and less vertical where instead of tapping straight up and down I focused on tapping on a slight diagonal through the string following where my thumb side goes down the diagonal slightly for the upstroke and then just returns to the starting position for the downstroke. I try not to focus on the downstroke and just pretty much let it happen.

These are all things that troy does a good job of explaining but it took forever for me to just piece the motion together little by little.

To do lines on more than a single string i flatten the pick out somewhat using my fingers and i guess it becomes more of a leading edge grip at that point but the trailing edge tall mouse form is what initially made the motion click for me so thats what Im basing this post off of.

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