Like the title of the post says… Is it possible to do “Double Escape” with Elbow motion? Any thoughts on this are of course greatly appreciated. Thanks, dudes.
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Not with just pure elbow motion, the joint only moves back and forth in a plane. You will have to use your wrist/hand/forearm for double escapes.
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This is what I thought, so is it possible that if I am experiencing some success at doing 1nps stuff, and I *think I am using elbow, that in actuality I am using a kind of helper motion to suplement it? Like a “mostly elbow” situation until I need to change the plane? primary/secondary kind of thing…?
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Like @Fossegrim said that’s what you’re likely doing, some kind of secondary motion. I think @gabrielthorn is a mostly elbow player with secondary motions for DBX, he might be able to chime in.
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Likely. Most people in reality use a combination of motions. They may use one that’s more visually obvious, but really are using more than one.
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Not without a helper motion as others pointed out. But DBX is absolutely doable with elbow + a helper motion.
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Wow! This is exactly the question that i have now. But how do you actually do this? How do you combine all these joints? Elbow is a really nice thing, but when i try to switch strings, or even do some 1nps stuff, it seems that i still make some other motion.
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The practical advice is always to choose a lick that requires the string changes you are interested in, and essentially wing it 
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You have to play around with it. Some of the moves are, or can be, subtle too. I also wouldn’t think about it as purely Just moving the joint either.
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