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Question: How do I sweep pick on guitar!?
I'm trying to learn how to sweep pick!. What is the best way for me to learn!? I've learned this as a start online: (The U's are for upstrokes)
U U U
E------12-----------------------
B-----------13------------------
G------------------14----------
D-------------------------------
A------------------------------
E-------------------------------
I'm not sure if this is a good start!. I've found this online and I need to repeat this with up and down strokes and speed it up over time!. Thx for the help!Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
yea thats where you should start!. sweep picking isn't easy and requires a lot of practice to get used to!. I would also suggest watching some videos on youtube because watching someone else do it will help you as well!. i think Synyster Gates from Avenged Sevenfold sweep picks the best so listen to some of their songs!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Yes, I think that's good starting with three notes!. as you progress, try to speed it up, play more notes by using your four fingers!. But I think the most important thing is all the notes you play are clear!.I learned sweep picking from Progressive music!. Steve Vai, John Petrucci (Dream Theater), etc!.I guess you learn from it too!. Www@QuestionHome@Com

As much as I like syn, his sweeps are so sloppy!. Listen to Satch play, or Vai!.!.!. not yingwie or any other rubbish!.!.!.as for learning, start off painfully slow with a metronome, literally at like 60 bpm, then work up to 80, 120, etc!. Once you can play it all with quarter notes, move on to eighths and sixteens and so on!.!.!. Good luckWww@QuestionHome@Com