Any Tips On Sweeps??

[Earth Breather]

Any tips would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Enemy242]

practice really slowly. a good sweeping lesson is on www.insaneguitar.com then in master classes and sweeping.

 

[Elysian893]

learn how to play rhythm before you try to attempt sweeps.

 

[Wings of a dream]

Buy John Petrucci's Rock Discipline and learn all the sweep excersices on there to perfection, no previous sweeping experience is needed for these excersices. And always practice with a metronome.

 

[TheTechnogoat]

start out with easy major arpeggios

 

[Leandro]

start out with easy major arpeggios

+1

 

[spirit crusher]

id say start off with the three stringed minor and diminshed arpeggiosm then go on to the 5 and six string majors and then 5 and six string minors.

 

[Earth Breather]

Buy John Petrucci's Rock Discipline and learn all the sweep excersices on there to perfection, no previous sweeping experience is needed for these excersices. And always practice with a metronome.

I have that DVD. Im just trying to learn all the alternate picking stuff before I move onto sweeps, I just want to get tips, so when I do start to learn sweeps, I'll make sure I keep track of things more carefully.

 

[Elysian893]

how long have you been playing? and are your rhythm chops up to par? rhythm is far more important than lead work.

 

[The Soulforged]

how long have you been playing? and are your rhythm chops up to par? rhythm is far more important than lead work.

i second that. rhythm guitarists are so underrated. look at steve smyth, marcus siepen, glen dover

 

[Elysian893]

i second that. rhythm guitarists are so underrated. look at steve smyth, marcus siepen, glen dover

steve smyth can still rip it up though. guys like jeff loomis' rhythm chops are on par with his lead chops, which is to say he's tremendous at both.

 

[The Soulforged]

yea that guy kicks ass.. ever listen to dragonlord?

 

[Elysian893]

can't say i have, i don't tend to listen to bands with dragon in their name :Spin:

 

[Earth Breather]

can't say i have, i don't tend to listen to bands with dragon in their name :Spin:

What about DragonForce??? Their pretty kick ass

 

[Elysian893]

nope.

 

[CliffBurton]

how long have you been playing? and are your rhythm chops up to par? rhythm is far more important than lead work.

Its quite possible you are one of the smartest people alive.

 

[The Soulforged]

can't say i have, i don't tend to listen to bands with dragon in their name :Spin:

dragonlord is steve smyth's black metal band it is really cool

 

[Silver Incubus]

Its quite possible you are one of the smartest people alive.

well anyone who knows anything about music would realize that. That is why funk bass pwns. Boosty Collins is a god amoung bassists

 

[bodomite]

 

[Elysian893]

Its quite possible you are one of the smartest people alive.

no one realizes that when they learn guitar, and they just go for the gusto and think they are going to learn everything they need to know from learning lead... nothing annoys me more than a kid with no rhythm who thinks he can play lead and it sounds like a broken record player with a dying motor.