Guitar Techniques

Guitar Request - Lucretia

2010-10-03T16:50:00.000-07:00

Someone told me to do Lucretia by Megadeth.

Guitar Requests

2010-10-02T23:51:00.001-07:00

If you want me to play something, let me know.

Sweep of the Week

2010-10-02T08:58:00.001-07:00

Guess the song I'm playing

Sweep Picking

2010-09-30T19:20:00.000-07:00

I was not very clear on the lesson I gave everyone. I apologize, and will try make it clearer. To be able to sweep pick you should first learn the positioning of the arpeggio with your fingers. When you fret the notes, you cannot hold two notes and sweep because it will sound horrid. You have to smoothly transition each finger, note to note, without any horrible ringing from the other strings. Try to synchronize this with your picking hand by sweeping (like a broom) the notes. It takes time, but you will surely get it! try this out. This is a basic sweep picking pattern (above) This is what it should sound like when you get it right.

Sweep Technique

2010-09-28T14:38:00.000-07:00

Sweeping is one of the coolest, yet most difficult guitar technique there is. It requires hand coordination between your picking, and fretting hand. To sweep, you must not pick each individual string, for that will give you a choppy sound, and you will never pick up speed with that. you must use a fluid sweep motion (pretend your pick is a broom, and you are sweeping the strings..which is the floor). This takes time to do, but this is the easy part; you still have to know what to do with your fingers. Sweeping is a way to play each individual string to a chord (arpeggio) with a fluid motion (hence sweep). take a G chord for example (picture above), and move that position higher on the neck. Yet, this isn't enough. You still need to have the coordination between your picking and fretting hand to successfully sweep. It takes time, but if you practice it correctly, then you will do it. I'll bet you all my glue that you will do it eventually. Check out the sweep.