sweeping form problem

[Noumenon]

mkay
I'm struggling with learning economy picking 3nps, ascending is a no-brainer, but descending is another matter, I keep getting into alternate.

 

[Ermz]

People talk to much. I just pick up the guitar and play and play until it sounds right

 

[Noumenon]

What, no math involved?! :O

 

[JBroll]

Noumenon, do you have a complete GP tab of TGE?

 

[Noumenon]

Nope. only PowerTab (I think). Recently switched to Mac and my library is still in the pc, which is collecting dust in the corner. Either way, TGE is available at http://powertabs.net/tablature.php?id=20092

 

[War_Blade]

http://www.insaneguitar.com/mc/sweeping.html

I promise if you master that whole page, you can do any sweep you want.

 

[JBroll]

Not a bad article, but certainly not the best I've seen. Eric Vandenberg's articles at IBreatheMusic ( http://www.ibreathemusic.com/article/22 and http://www.ibreathemusic.com/article/124 are good to start) and John Petrucci's Wild Stringdom section on sweep picking are the first ones I'd go to. After that's down, Rusty Cooley's Shred Guitar Manifesto has some scary stuff in it and I wouldn't say that you can do any sweep you want until you've gotten at least two-thirds of those sweeps down (not necessarily as fast as him, but fast enough to not sound like an exercise).

The fun stuff is when you start incorporating large-stretch legato lines in with those sweeps, so there's no way to tell if you're sweeping, tapping, or just not human. That's what I'd like to see an article about, personally.

Jeff

 

[War_Blade]

I own shred manifesto, in fact i just got it yesterday, i just went through it real fast though. I cant wait to start practicing it. I think it is a bit advance for someone who is just learning sweeping picking though, lol.


of nvm, i just noticed to said after the other one.. Damn my ADD..

 

[JBroll]

Yes, that clause might be somewhat important in its context. Rusty's sweeps were very influenced by Becker (of whom I'm guessing you're somewhat fond) and seem to take them in the next logical step in the progression of the technique, not in that they're faster or harder but in the fact that he's incorporating tapping and 4+ note per string technique (the latter of the two seems to be turning into the next fast playing/legato/tapping/sweeping in the cutting-edge shred trickbag). I'm personally having trouble with things that require a large stretch between the second and third fingers, especially when no such stretch is required with the other two fingers (even on high fret H-W-H patterns), so while I may have general sweeps down at a given speed I'm not always able to finger other parts of a sequence.

Jeff

 

[sonic_reign]

here is me messing about at 2am very very drunk, im gonna post a whole load of stuff me sweeping like mad.

cheers guys

 

[sonic_reign]

here is me messing about at 2am very very drunk, im gonna post a whole load of stuff me sweeping like mad.

cheers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG3GRKtGjNU

 

[JBroll]

It's hard as hell shredding on some nylon-strings - I've found that it really helps to add just a little bit of a palm mute, both to anchor your picking hand more as well as to give the notes more 'impact' in faster runs and in sweeps. Not bad for a few beers and lack of sleep.

Jeff

 

[the phish]

here is me messing about at 2am very very drunk, im gonna post a whole load of stuff me sweeping like mad.

cheers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG3GRKtGjNU

you do realize that its only shredding if theres distortion and doublebass right?



good job though man, you can still tell that youre pretty clean.

 

[War_Blade]

here is me messing about at 2am very very drunk, im gonna post a whole load of stuff me sweeping like mad.

cheers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cG3GRKtGjNU

how many forums did you post this at???