Sweep picking

You've probably heard about the sweep picking technique or already begun to practice the guitar - it is a smooth motion of the plume, like "sweep" light strings to get quick succession of notes with a fluid sound - combined with a move in unison as safe, the left hand.

The technique is ideally applicable for arpeggios and has been used successfully by guitarists such as Yngwie Malmsteen, John Petrucci, Vinnie Moore, Michael Angelo Batio, Frank Gambale, Steve Vai and many others.

A quite common form of arpeggios sweep picking is of course played with 1-3-5 (toner - Media - dominating a game), played twice, and once added to tonic at the highest point of the sequence.A series of notes played with sweep picking will emerge with a sound closer to classical than blues - the effect is maximized if you use the neck dose, which is sounding clearer and better defined than the bridge.
Three strings Sweep Picking

Let's start with the basic structures, three-string arpeggios are among the easiest to execute. You'll focus first on a downward sweep, catch up movement. Like this:

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Now you have to deprinzi and upward movement's sweep. If in May downward passages can let gravity to guide your movements, came and time to train your accuracy: it is important that every touch of the strings to be equal before the duration and intensity.

Sweep picking your passages should not sound hurried or tortured: do not throw the high speeds of the first and always keep in mind that you must first master the basic movements of this technique before he begins to build phenomenal things with it.

As soon as you feel more confident / A on their fingers and movements in this exercise, you can switch to a combination sweep upward to the downward sites. Let's start with a nice arpeggio in C Major:

Let's look less at a suitable motion for a sweep arpeggio diminished - is a bit more difficult to grasp at first, but let you know I can! Do not move in haste over the year, it will be more useful than later.

You began to master? Buuun, Lick to get a little more advanced - but be aware of, here you have to use one finger on his left hand to stop the strings that do not need. Do not be afraid of this little arpeggio, and especially do not forget that we are still in the "sweep the three strings. " If you do not pass over this milestone, how do you expect to walk your fingers easily on all six strings, a sweep picking the perfect ten? Here it is:

Here's what Paul says Gilbert, brilliant guitarist and master's sweep picking !!!