My sweep picking

[canuckguitarist]

I've been doing some 3 string sweeps and am going to move on to some more complex (4,5,6 string) sweeps and was wondering if my technique was ok as I don't want to try and tackle these with improper technique.

http://fullservesite.com/canuckguitarist/100_4137.MOV

http://fullservesite.com/canuckguitarist/100_4140.MOV

Any comments, suggestions, critisism, teasing.....name calling, is welcome!

[jbkim]

Ugh, quicktime movies crashes my laptop .

Your sweep on the down stroke looks good but I can't tell from the video if you're picking at all on the up stroke. Other than that, you're ready to proceed to 4,5,6 string sweeps .

[canuckguitarist]

I pick one note on the up stroke so the order is VVV^V

[jbkim]

I pick one note on the up stroke so the order is VVV^V

Oh, I see. Try it as VVV^P^^

[krazyderek]

that pull of always messes me up, cause it's aa up stroke for me so then i have to pull up and paus while the root note i'm pulling off to rings and then hit the b and then turn right back around and do down on g b e

before you move on, i'd recomen learning the major pattern of the A from too... and maybe look at the C form in 3 string.... major and minor.. then move onto 4 and 5 string... but thats just me

[GregP]

It might just be the nature of the pinky reach you're going for, but it seems that it would be more economical to keep your index, middle, and ring fingers touching the strings they've fretted. As you move to the next string, you can lift the finger, but by keeping it lightly touching the string it was just on, you're not only staying in position for the upstroke, but also putting a more solid mute onto it.

That said, you didn't seem to have problems with strings ringing out, so the muting isn't too much of an issue so far.

Sounds pretty good! Once you get some patterns down, try moving through a few in sequence (provided they're in the same key) rather than repeating one. You'll get less of a 'widdly widdly widdly' vibe. Also, instead of an extended flurry of notes, they can be used to accent passages rather than BE the passages.

Pretty good, though!!! Especially if you're right new at it!!

[canuckguitarist]

I pick one note on the up stroke so the order is VVV^V

Oh, I see. Try it as VVV^P^^

I don't understand...

I was playing....

   v   v   v          ^  v

|---------12h17p12---------------------|

|-----13-------------13----------------|

|-14--------------------14-------------|

|--------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|

How would I play vvv^P^^?

Thanks for the responses guys

[jbkim]

I was playing....

   v   v   v          ^  v

|---------12h17p12---------------------|

|-----13-------------13----------------|

|-14--------------------14-------------|

|--------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|

How would I play vvv^P^^? Thanks for the responses guys

Something like this:

   v   v   v  ^       ^  ^

|---------12-17p12---------------------|

|-----13-------------13----------------|

|-14--------------------14-------------|

|--------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|

|--------------------------------------|

That's how I'd play it as a sweep... but don't let my style cloud your way. You should make your own decision . What you posted above is not sweeping on the up stroke... in fact you alternate on the last notes.

[Slaughthammer]

looks good to me too

next you could try:

v    ^ ^ v v             ^ ^ v v

19p15------15-19-15-17-14------14-17-14-15-12-------12-15-12-14-11-----

-----17--17--------------15--15---------------13--13--------------12---

-------16------------------14-------------------12------------------11-

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

or

 v v v      ^ v v v       ^ ^ v v     ^ ^v v       ^ ^

-------------------------------------------------------

------------------10-15-10-----------------------------

-----9-14-9-----11--------11----9-14-9-----------------

---11------11-12--------------11------11----9-14-9-----

-12-------------------------12------------11------11---

----------------------------------------12----------12-

it's easyer to play each one twice and if you want some realy hard stuff then try this:

 ^ vvvvvv      ^^^^^   v ^   v v vvv          ^ ^ ^ ^ ^

|-------3h7/10p7--------|----------8h12/15p12-------------|

|------3--------8-------|---------8----------13-----------|

|-----4----------7------|--------9-------------12---------|

|----5------------9-----|------10----------------14-------|

|---5--------------10p5-|----10--------------------15p10--|

|3h7-------------------7|8h12---------------------------12|




|-------------10h14/17p14--------------|-------------15h19/22p19----------------|

|-----------10-----------15------------|-----------15-----------20--------------|

|---------11----------------14---------|---------16---------------19------------|

|-------12--------------------16-------|-------17-------------------21----------|

|-----12------------------------17p12--|-----17-----------------------22p17-----|

|10h14-------------------------------14|15h19------------------------------19\p3|

btw, if you want to learn to sweep, play a lot of Children of Bodom stuff... alexi likes sweeping.....

[GuitarMaestro]

btw, if you want to learn to sweep, play a lot of Children of Bodom stuff... alexi likes sweeping.....

I second that!!!!

[jbkim]

Um, you guys know that canuckguitarist just started sweep picking a couple of weeks ago, right? You should at least notate up/down strokes for those tabs you posted as it's not intuitive for those that's just starting out (the purpose of this thread.)

[Slaughthammer]

ok, i added them...