Some sweeping plus a riff

[fenderrules]

Hey guys! I recently did alot of work on my sweep picking technique and it sounds awesome man!

Just need to know wether I'm doin' it right..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGmJWjbUwSU

What's in there are major, minor and diminished arpeggios all in the key of D minor.


Thanks for viewing and I look forward to your critique and comments!

Peter

 

[LadyInTears]

hahaha i think you have the same problem as me, haha not clean enough as we wish it to be, but kudos to you!

 

[fenderrules]

I dare say that I nailed the technique, but it's something which "comes and goes" as it pleases, maybe my hands have a mind of their own *gasp*

All that working of the muscle memory have drove them nuts I guess haha..

 

[wjl123]

Tone sounds very thin, yeah and it doesn't sound that good yet. Good try though!

 

[fenderrules]

I lowered my gain to 12 o' clock cuz I didn't want a lot of distortion ruin my lead tone. Hence the thin sound. Should I have used more distortion? I began using a lot less since some people claim that I sound damn sloppy with lots of gain.

 

[dhalif]

you must really dig into accuracy training when you start to lower down gain as it will also make you sound sloppy if not done right..

 

[bluepowder]

I dare say that I nailed the technique, but it's something which "comes and goes" as it pleases, maybe my hands have a mind of their own *gasp*

All that working of the muscle memory have drove them nuts I guess haha..

technique wise there is still improvement to be made.....dont try for speed....work it up with a metronome...with sweep picking arpeggios...accuracy is the key...

 

[NoMiS]

u need to work on the flow of ur sweep man. ur right hand going down, make sure u are sweeping every note.. not strumming, and while u do that with your right hand. make sure it sync with ur left, meaning each time your right hand hits on a string, be sure ur left hand is there to hold a note, when u transit to the next note, make sure the previous note is muted. repeat the cycle at a slow pace. same goes for ur up stroke sweeping. but muting is now changed to ur left fretted hand.

and all u have to do now. is practice practice and more practice...

hope it helps peter! rock on!

 

[bigblackbear]

ahh.. so now we know his name :twisted:

 

[mus]

I like your rhythm part before you start sweeping. Improvement is needed on your sweeping though. I need to improve on mine too. Good try!

 

[fenderrules]

The part where I sweep from A major to D minor is really hard. I started with an upstroke then downstroked on D minor. The hard part for me is when I fingeroll I can't mute the unwanted strings therefore I use alot of my right hand to do it.

And hey Simon! Thanks for the encouragement! I've been practicing a hell lot on this technique and it's sorta okay now. The thing is that my finger rolling isn't working out. For the major and minor shapes, no matter what I do, I can't get the unwanted noises outta my sweeps. Even when I palm down those strings to mute them I can still hear them ringing out like some sick f***.

Help!