https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:49:10 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-230131 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:12:32 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Ignar Hillström https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-230131 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-230111 Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:48:37 +0000

Sweeping is a technique that you should only use SPARINGLY


start slow you'll get it.



Also Jason Becker is basically just a underground guitarist who was really prominent in the 80s and early 90s. He played extensively with Marty Friedman of Megadeth fame in a band called Cacophony that produced some really prominent neo-classical guitar albums. The guy is basically the benchmark for all neo-classical players. Perpetual Burn is probably his best album. He was a great player, not just some lame shredder, and more importantly, he was a brilliant composer. Songs like Air and Altitudes off of that CD are simply mindblowing. I encourage you to check him out if you enjoy music heavily focused on the guitar and like classically inspired stuff.]]> Guitar Players Discussion ab0msnwman https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-230111 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-229991 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:43:40 +0000
As you'd expect, the recommendation is that you should start slowly; you won't get to be able to play them at speed if you don't

Best,


A :-)]]> Guitar Players Discussion Alan Green https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-229991 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-229957 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 17:26:01 +0000
Enlighten me on required stuff by said brother if you please!

Also, about the speed picking. You mentioned you are doing alternate picking. I don't know
if it is a given for sweep picking, but are you using Frank Gambale's method for approaching
the strings? Being new here, I am not sure what gives.

When I found out about Frank's pickin technique, it just made so much sense:

Less pick movement = More Speed

Iam not a fast sweep picker be any measure, but practising at mindnumbingly SLOW speeds will
help - don't believe me? Try it at around 40 -50 BPM, you have to THINK about what your doing.

It is really difficult to make yourself sit their and do this exercise. But, because this is not a motor skill
at this speed, is is ultimately where your control comes from - to gain mastery over yourself.

Steve]]> Guitar Players Discussion stevebishop https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-229957 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-229877 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 07:10:12 +0000 You should listen to some of his other stuff, the guy was a composer first and a guitar player second in my opinion. He doesn't really rely on "one technical trick" but I'm not going to argue this and hijack the thread, so I'll just say just out his later stuff that he produced after he got ALS.]]> Guitar Players Discussion ab0msnwman https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-229877 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-229834 Tue, 20 Feb 2007 03:53:37 +0000 gah!


why knock on jason becker like that!



gah! you hurt my soul! well the thing about jason is that almost nobody has heard of him. offcoarse. that disease he got contributed but he relied to much on one technical trick. that will get you no where]]> Guitar Players Discussion Hawkfoggy https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-229834 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-229772 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:39:03 +0000 gah!


why knock on jason becker like that!



gah! you hurt my soul!]]> Guitar Players Discussion ab0msnwman https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-229772 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-229760 Mon, 19 Feb 2007 22:40:54 +0000
PS- Hawkfoggy. The Jason Becker comments hurt :cry: Michael Angelo, yes (I was just listening to his No Boundaries CD earlier today and even I couldn't get into most of it). But, IMO, JB has too many great compositions to be thrown into that category. Although he does has some songs that are full of "exercises" (Mable's Fatal Fable?), there are others that have little or no sweep picking (Air, Images). When used in a great composition, sweeps are simply beautiful (Altitudes). But, that's just my opinion/taste :wink:]]> Guitar Players Discussion xuelong https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-229760 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-228729 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 01:57:04 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Hawkfoggy https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-228729 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-228396 Mon, 12 Feb 2007 02:50:38 +0000

guys like yngwie didn't take three lessons and become sweep picking masters, they played for hours every day for YEARS to get to the speed they are at. just keep plugging away, it will take time, but if you are committed you will get it.]]> Guitar Players Discussion ab0msnwman https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/arpeggio-sweep-picking/#post-228396