Not really. These players are choosing elbow motion, or the Di Meola “2:00” wrist motion, because it’s the only motion or motions they know how to do. Our test isn’t “causing” that. It’s revealing it. If the player simply doesn’t know how to do a USX joint motion, like Doug Aldrich forearm motion, or Mike Stern wrist motion, then they are not (currently) capable of playing the Yngwie / Eric Johnson stuff anyway. They are better off learning this fact now, and focusing on lines that they can play smoothly and efficiently now, than not knowing this fact and spending a lot of time being confused about why their Eric Johnson lines feel slow and awkward.
Most people only have one or two picking motions they can do correctly / smoothly right away. So when they try to play phrases that require a different one, they very often end up with stringhopping. We have seen this many times on the forum, and we have an additional case study about this in the most recent Primer update including real-world footage of some great players here on the forum.
Just to be clear, I’m not saying people can’t learn other motions. I’m just saying that most people don’t realize that the reason some phrases feel awkward is because they don’t yet know the motion to play it. And it’s important that they learn this fact sooner rather than later. They can always spend a few minutes here and there trying to learn other motions, and have that be a longer-term goal. But if they want to play smoothly today, or tomorrow, they’re best off using the motions they already know how to do and building on those.
I think we’ve basically done that already, with all the Technique Critique videos we’ve reviewed. The case study in the most recent update is kind of the “summary” of those results, i.e. what can happen if you try to play phrases that require a different motion than the one you know.
We’re always observing and I’m sure we’ll find other opportunities to summarize what we’ve learned.
