I spent part of today watching some "Mandolin Mondays" for inspiration.
There seem to be players whose strumming and picking motion come mostly from the wrist (David Grisman) -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NHhHtm5N3CU
or elbow (David Benedict) -> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jpa0UHrcaBQ
Obviously, both great players. I recently noticed that I was mostly a wrist player but I've been working a lot on double-stops and it causing me to add more of an elbow motion.
I'm guessing it's a "choose your own adventure" for us mandolin players but I was wondering if anyone else had thoughts on the advantages/disadvantages/trade offs for both methods.
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