My burning question

So day 3 of starting this program, I have realised that I am by nature a dart throwing player, however I was mostly always starting on a down stroke when doing my standard two note per string making me a USX player. Ever since yesterday when I tried out playing DSX I within 1 hour acheived 2 note and 6 note per string licks 30% higher speed than I have ever avheived in my 2 years of playing, playing triplets 6 note per string at 220bpm. This shocked me and I was super happy. My question is… is every professional guitarist thats a dart throwing player a DSX player and ever reverse dart thrower player a USX player. are there any exaples of dart thrower players being USX or reverse dart players to be DSX? When holding a pick in a dart throwing position against your guitar, your pick is already naturally slanting upwards making it ideal for DSX. And for reverse dart playing same thing vise versa. Looking forward to hear some replies. Thanks!

ALSO! If I wanted to 2 way pickslant my way up or down a scale. Would I have to remain in either dart throwing or reverse dart throwing position? For maximum speed do you use a combination of both? Im starting to rapidly improve on my even amount of note per string licks but am struggling to figure out how to improve on my uneven number of note per string licks.

Shawn Lane’s DT motion is USX and Troy’s RDT is DSX :slight_smile:

Could we see some videos of your playing? I want to learn a DT motion one day and it would be cool to have more examples!

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This!

And also, in parallel I would suggest opening a Technique Critique on the platform since you have a membership!

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Not all techniques can play three-note-per-string scales (Yngwie doesn’t, for example) and not all scale playing requires two-way pickslanting. The way this is accomplished varies and depends on which technique you’re using.

Echoing @tommo I recommend making a TC on the platform and we’ll take a look. Based on some combination of what your’e good at currently, and what kinds of lines you want to be playing in the future, we’ll let you know the shortest path to get there!