# Where do i start with Crosspicking?

**URL:** https://forum.troygrady.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-crosspicking/2027
**Category:** Playing Technique
**Created:** [January 17, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-crosspicking/2027 "2018-01-17T15:55:55Z")
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### Author: ![hamsterman](https://forum.troygrady.com/user_avatar/forum.troygrady.com/hamsterman/32/312_2.png) [@hamsterman](https://forum.troygrady.com/u/hamsterman)
#### Post date: [January 19, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://forum.troygrady.com/t/where-do-i-start-with-crosspicking/2027/39 "2018-01-19T18:34:20Z")

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> Do you feel the difference when playing crosspicking and your faster 2wps? I mean is it automatic or you have to think about it to switch gears?

Like everything else… it just becomes a habit. Everybody changes in some manner for high-speed runs, but currently, my form changes a lot less than it used to. Like 99% of rock guitarists… my form used to completely change once I hit about 100 bpm. That’s when we switch from the ‘pick anything’ pecking to a more efficient system like pick-slanting.

But now… I only do slight tweaks… like slightly raising my forearm to get more linear velocity from my forearm rotation… and mixing in a tiny bit of elbow twitching (both of which MAB uses)

The high-speed 2WPS was kinda already imprinted in my muscle memory… so adapting it for my curved picking was pretty quick, and almost natural.

In the end… it’s all about muscle memory through repetition… and not about consciously deciding to switch/alter mechanics

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