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Free Video Guitar Lesson - Two & Three String Sweep Picking
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Things to keep in mind:
Sweep picking is a two-handed guitar technique, where you play three or more notes in rapid succession, and not strummed like a chord.
*As you move across the strings you sound each string only one
time.
*The notes
that you use when sweep picking are chord patterns called
arpeggios.
*The note at
the end is normally emphasized.
*You must make
each note sound separate. You can do this by lifting your finger
off of the note on the guitar fret board as it is picked, or
palm mute using
your right hand, you can also mute the note with
your left hand by using a rolling motion of the finger.
*If you have
to play more then one note on a string use pull offs or hammer
ons in order to keep the sweeping motion going.
Picking hand technique
for learning sweep picking:
* Keep an even tempo for the sweep.
* Imagine
sweep picking as a controlled guitar strum.
* Do not hold
onto your pick too hard.
* It is a good idea to slightly angled your pick upward when you
are traveling down the guitar strings, and angled downward when
you are traveling up
the strings.
Using a finger
rolling motion is the simplest way to make certain that all of
the notes sound clearly, while maintaining your speed.
At first sweep
picking can prove to be a tricky skill to conquer. As with any
new technique you are learning on the guitar always practice
slowly until you get it down, and then begin to speed it up. Do
not try and live up to another guitarist standards in the fist
couple of weeks. Make sure that you are not teaching yourself to
sweep pick in a sloppily manner. Start off slowly and work up to
faster speeds, because it is very hard to un-learn bad habits.
If you have
ever been awestruck at the guitar playing of John Petrucci,
Synyster Gates, Paul Gilbert, or Yngwie Malmsteen and thought
that you could never get to that level do not give up! These
guitarists are not robots that are programmed with the
capability of placing each finger flawlessly and picking each
note cleanly at a million miles an hour. Just like you they are
humans, and learn new guitar techniques the exact same way as
every body else does, with lots of practice!
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