Li-sa-X opens with a performance before Troy begins examining the unusual picking motion behind her clean string changes.
Core Picking Technique
Slow-motion comparisons reveal Li-sa-X’s naturally developed rocking motion, which handles wide string changes even though she learned the music from transcriptions rather than explicit picking instruction.
Arpeggio Experiment
Li-sa-X tries a supplied C major arpeggio and then plays a single-string version, making the larger string-changing component of her picking motion easier to see.
Learning And Muscle Memory
Li-sa-X explains how she learns difficult pieces section by section, practices challenging phrases slowly, and builds the movements into muscle memory.
Picking Tests
Four-note-per-string and two-note-per-string tests in both directions and from both starting pickstrokes show how flexibly Li-sa-X’s motion handles different string changes.
Learning A New Pattern
Li-sa-X quickly works out an unfamiliar jumping arpeggio phrase, first solving the fretting pattern and then experimenting with a fully picked version.
