hi muris this may seem like a silly question but here i go, i have been looking at the sweeping lessons here and i was just wondering is there like a set group of shapes i should be learning (like a standard )
not sure if you understand me or not having trouble putting it into words
warm regards symon

Hi Symon.
Good question and I'll try to help if I can .

Most common "shapes" for sweeping are actually chords played "note by note",
it's called arpeggio as you've probably already knew.
So simple just grad any chord you like and try to sweep it,and you have one shape.
Easiest types of arpeggios to sweep are surely basic major and minor chord,
tho you can sweep chords like 7,M7, diminished,augmented etc.
So if you've already browsed through all sweep lessons on GMC,
than you've probably seen all common and often shape.
As I said,grab any chord you like and sweep,another shape.

Hope this helps a bit.

Cool, I never knew this, I'd just started working on sweeping, I'm getting better at it but its still a bit sloppy for me, but knowing it works with any chord shape helps a bunch!

Cheers Muris

-Arrrrgh Double Up-

Sorry this keeps happening - anyone who can, please delete, I'll try and make sure it doesnt happen again.

All fine Owen,no worries.

muris thank you for your reply and for making sense of my question and knowing that it has helped someone else it no longer seems a silly thing to have asked
also i was just wondering as i have ordered your albumn were you thinking of tabing any of your songs or perhaps doing a series of lessons on here relating to any of them (maybe bite size pieces that fit together and make one complete song ?)
warm regards symon

How about some people posting some cool Sweep patterns on here to play?

I have sweep patterns for tons of stuff, I have not started sweeping yet but if anyone is looking for something in particular I will be happy to post it for you if I have it. Just found all the patterns for pentatonics , should be fun to learn

yes please i for one would be very grateful
warm regards symon

Same here
This is one im working on right now.The / between the number is basically like a hammer on.I'd like to see some other's to get some more practice.
E--------------------9/13----
B-----------------11---------
G--------------10----------
D---------8/11------------
A--------8-----------------
E---6/9------------------

You do this down and then just play it back up the neck .I got this one of a lesson from Muris I really like this sweep

I have always wanted to know how to find new shapes to sweep! I always knew they were arpeggiated chords but didnt know any chord was sweepable!!

Nice one Dan,thanks for input.

Symon,thanks for looking at my album tho!!
I prefer to make totally new stuff for GMC lesson but I can add few
small licks from some of my tunes into a lesson.
As a matter of fact,my new blues lesson is gonna contain couple.
No sweeps tho.

Thank you for your help muris yeah i am looking forward to recieving the album

warm regards symon

You're welcome Symon,thank YOU!

That would be cool Understudy
Make a new thread and post some in there.I know me and symon would like to check them out.

a good way to pratice sweeps is to build up the chords for yourself.
for example you want to sweep an A minor chord:
you take the root note A then the minor 3d© and then the 5th(e) and from there you go to the 8(which is the octave of A or the 4th of the e ).
so you always build root. minor 3rd, 5th, 8th ( root). ! and there you go.
once you have nailed those four notes down you start with the 3rd again!
this will help you to learn your fretboard and also some theory related stuff- go build some chords!!

cheers

hi Muris maybe you answer this question thousand time so sorry
and is not to easy find some answer like before with new shifting of reply

my question is about the sweep picking
when you play the the first chord on window 1

A

E||-----9-12p-9----9-12p-9----9-12p-9----9-12p-9-|
B||--10---------10---------10---------10---------|
G||----------------------------------------------|
D||----------------------------------------------|
A||----------------------------------------------|
E||----------------------------------------------|


like downstroke,downstroke-upstroke-pul of and again downstroke

or we play after the pul of upstroke?? and folow with downstroke??

thanks

It's simple way of sweeping,formula would be this:
down,down,up and pull-off,and you have 4 notes to play.
Notice that you have sweep motion only at the beginning,connecting 2 downstrokes.

Try further in the lesson and you'll have more complex patterns.

don't forget, that like scales, Arpeggios can be played multitudes of ways, i.e - along one string, 2 strings, 3 strings, etc...
um....you could follow the CAGED system, and (I think this is very cool when you get it right), sweep the C shape on the low 2 strings (EA) and then the A shape on the next 2 (DG) and then the G shape on strings (BE)....you cross over three shapes, and it's a cool sound...
I'll try and write up a diagram shortly