krock Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Im limited in my creativeness by not having learnt musical theory. To help become more creative in my playing style I have decided to learn more techniques and attempt to incorporate them into my playing. For this reason I have decided to learn sweep picking. However, I'm really struggling to pick it up and need some advice on how best to learn this technique.
D-poland Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Im limited in my creativeness by not having learnt musical theory. To help become more creative in my playing style I have decided to learn more techniques and attempt to incorporate them into my playing. For this reason I have decided to learn sweep picking. However, I'm really struggling to pick it up and need some advice on how best to learn this technique. I'am with you !I think that getting my fingers to do different things is, probably for me any way ,the better part of trying new stuff! I've seen it mentioned ,about sweep pick'in but not real sure what it is actually ?! for me I hope to hear more on this ! always willing to learn! ;)
Cú Chulainn Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 I believe Jason Becker has an arpeggio lesson up on YouTube :)
Vega1 Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Yep, search on 'sweep picking' on YouTube and you'll get a bunch of hits.
SlashPerryBurst Posted March 5, 2012 Posted March 5, 2012 Yep, search on 'sweep picking' on YouTube and you'll get a bunch of hits. Including some one trick ponies... I mean rather annoying people that can do the sweep picking part really well so think that they're god but can't really do anything else. I can do a little sweep picking, but I'm not too good at it. It's good that you've decided to try and improve yourself. I was forced to take 8 months away from the guitar so in order to get relatively close to where I was I've started to practice different styles of music. Can't play rock and roll all the time.
EvanPC Posted March 6, 2012 Posted March 6, 2012 I've found that sweeping back up is most difficult for me. Arpeggio shapes are practically made for it, so I'd start learning those if you don't already. It takes precise synchronization between your fretting hand and picking hand, but it will come. Being able to blend the traditional picking technique with some sweeping is a great thing to achieve....wish I could get there myself, but I'm just not that proficient, but can feel myself getting closer. Instead of always (not to assume you are) thinking you need to sweep across 5 or 6 strings all the time, some of the most efficient and quick playing is done by sweeping sometimes, on some strings, IMO. A former teacher of mine was masterful at this, and your picking gets to a point where it looks like you're just making small, slow circles with your thumb and index fingers, but meanwhile, you're hitting boatloads of notes. Good luck
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