Economy of motion
Organising both hands so that no movement is larger or more frequent than it needs to be to play the passage.
Economy of motion is the principle behind most advances in technique: fingers stay close to the strings, the pick travels the shortest possible distance, and the hands synchronise so neither waits for the other. Players who apply it can play longer without fatigue and at higher speeds, and they usually sound cleaner because there is less chance of clipping a neighbouring string. It is the reasoning behind economy picking, pick slanting and minimal fret-hand movement, though each is only one part of it.
Example: A player whose fingers barely lift from the fretboard while playing a fast scale is demonstrating economy of motion.
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