Gypsy jazz double down technique - a new approach, and some drills (draft video!)

This is an initial draft video explaining gypsy jazz "double down" picking, where you do a downstroke on one string, and move to the adjacent lower string to do another downstroke. I believe that double down picking often isn't being explained correctly -- it's shown as a modification to the downstroke, when in fact I believe it should be taught as the wrist adjusting to do a downstroke while the arm is in motion to the next string. *Note that this is all my theory based on observation of players and my own experience practicing!* There are a couple of drills I'm using to explore the idea. 0:00 - my theory of the correct "double down" picking motion 0:55 - my prior understanding of double downs, how they're taught, and the problems 1:50 - my new understanding/model of double down picking 2:38 - drill 1: notes on one string, flick on the higher string 3:40 - drill 2: moving from string to string, omitting the final downstroke 5:09 - combining drill 1 and 2 5:38 - Joscho-style double downs and practicing them 7:20 - basic motion 1: single string picking 7:47 - basic motion 2: switching strings on upstrokes Notes: the basic motions (towards the end) are really prerequisites for good double-down motion. You should be able to do those freely and easily avoid tension! This as a fairly involved motion, so your brain and nervous system need time to understand it any time I'm doing rest strokes, I'm really trying to keep the pick going into the guitar, and making good contact with the next string. I kept the tempo really moderate in this video, I'm still working on it. It's feeling reasonable up to 180 bpm eighth note triplets. As you get faster, the motions get smaller and smaller I'll likely do a future revision of this video, with clearer explanations of everything and touching on things I've missed, and showing how it applies to common gypsy jazz licks that were causing me problems. Cheers and best wishes!