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Mid-range tempos are always awkward feeling

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Hey, this is my first TC. I've attached a video of my technique at 160bpm and 120bpm of the same simple 6nps major scale pattern. As the title suggests, playing in the midrange tempos (100-130bpm-ish) range has always felt awkward for me. You can see in the 120bpm clip I start string hopping and the technique kinda falls apart once I get to the higher strings. I know this is caused by competing motions going on in my brain. I can, after an extended period of playing get the 120bpm to feel similar to 160bpm run but it seems like every time I pick up the guitar I'm starting from scratch. It's been super frustrating because 1. I would like to be able to play actual music in this tempo range and 2. I would like to work on cleaning up my faster playing (things like string tracking, muting, note clarity ect) at these lower tempos but I just feel like I'm fighting basic technique. I've tried dropping the tempo down to say the 80 or 90's range just doesn't feel like a challenge. I'm wondering how you would approach this and any tips on how to train my brain on using the "better" technique at lower speeds. Happy to supply additional clips. Appreciate it