Take some time to practice simple sweep patterns to that.
#GUITAR LESSON SWEEP PICKING DOWNLOAD#
This is basic stuff, I’m not throwing out complex scale patterns or anything fancy, because I believe in showing the foundation of the technique and leaving it up to you to be creative with how you use it.įinally, you can download the backing music for “Vital Sign,” off my new album Open Source. Focus on the quality of the notes and tone remember, the notes should sound comparable to alternate picking, whether it’s legato, tapping, or sweeping. Practice exercises with different chords, rhythms and syncopation. Pay attention to muting and synchronization with right and left hands. Never try to be super fast with sweep picking - that’s not the way to master the control of this technique.Īlso, no “hopping” or jumping to each string with sweep arpeggios. So it’s important to practice these techniques slowly and using different rhythms and syncopations.Īgain, start slowly. With sweeps, and with legato and tapping, it’s easier to play faster, but harder to play with good control. With alternate picking, it’s easier to have better timing because you usually practice it with a metronome, but it’s harder to play fast. Speed is not the problem with sweep picking, the problem is playing articulate, with rhythmic control, and with good tone. The tone shouldn’t change - you want to try and get both the sweep picking and alternate picking to sound as close as possible. Here’s an example using alternate picking, then switching over to sweep picking on that same chord shape. The way to practice sweep picking is to compare the tone of each note to your alternate picked tone – they should sound almost exactly the same. And why is that? Because sweeps are very easy to play fast and sloppy, the notes mash together sounding more like a chord. In a nutshell, sweep picking is playing across several strings with a single, fluid pick stroke. I believe that this is the ultimate technique where you HAVE to play slowly - almost always. First Common Mistake: playing too fast with bad form.Īll of you who follow my lessons know that I’m always telling you to play slowly when learning a new skill. Those three were doing a lot of sweeps back then. Then, at some point in the late 80’s, I started focusing on sweeping, thanks to music from Yngwie Malmsteen, Jason Becker, and Greg Howe.
So in the beginning, I was focused on alternate picking of players like jazz/fusion legend Al Dimeola, as well as guys like Paul Gilbert and Steve Morse. I’m left-handed, so anything that involved the right hand was a struggle. I have to say that I always had a lot of difficulty in applying this. Here we are to talk about sweep picking exercises, and the five common mistakes people make when learning this technique.
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