Ben's Sweeping Journal ! |
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Ben's Sweeping Journal ! |
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Aug 16 2011, 08:57 PM |
Right Guys.. for those who attended the video chat tonight (Tues 16th August) you will have encountered this lick which is a sequence of 3 string sweep arpeggios
I wanted to do this because it's something I need to work on in my own playing.. and I thought it was a great opportunity for us all to practice something and improve together. So, here is the board for us to share our progress with each other. Feel free to upload videos.. it doesn't matter what speed, it's all about the practice ! Remember. It's a 6 note sequence which applies to all shapes... the picking motion is : E---17---12----------------------12 B---------------14----------14----- G---------------------14------------ D------------------------------------ A------------------------------------ E------------------------------------ 17: U 12: p.o. 14: U 14: U 14: D 12: D U - Upstroke D - Downstroke p.o - Pull Off I used the first shape above as an example but we're practising the whole piece Even though we did 4 repetitions of each shape in the chat, you can just follow the tab and do 2 reps of each shape if you like. This post has been edited by Ben Higgins: Aug 16 2011, 09:10 PM |
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Aug 16 2011, 09:07 PM |
Should we upload videos with the whole lick or only the first shape?
-------------------- Guitar Altamira M01D, Samick Royale 3, Musima Lead Star 1 Effects Boss ME-25 Amp Stagg 40 GA DSP DAW SONAR LE YouTube | Facebook | Last.fm “One day you pick up the guitar and you feel like a great master, and the next day you feel like a fool. It’s because we’re different every day, but the guitar is always the same…beautiful.” ~ Tommy Emmanuel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You have a whole collection of musical ideas and thoughts that you’ve accumulated through your musical history plus all the musical history of the whole world and it’s all in your subconscious and you draw upon it when you play” ~ Joe Pass |
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Aug 16 2011, 09:52 PM |
Hi Ben,
the 14 th B and G string is that the rolling 3 th finger? Regards -------------------- Gear:
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Aug 16 2011, 10:12 PM |
Hey Ben!!!
First one is from me It's 110 bpm This is my max. speed for now |
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Aug 16 2011, 11:07 PM |
Okay I will post my take tomorrow.
-------------------- Guitar Altamira M01D, Samick Royale 3, Musima Lead Star 1 Effects Boss ME-25 Amp Stagg 40 GA DSP DAW SONAR LE YouTube | Facebook | Last.fm “One day you pick up the guitar and you feel like a great master, and the next day you feel like a fool. It’s because we’re different every day, but the guitar is always the same…beautiful.” ~ Tommy Emmanuel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You have a whole collection of musical ideas and thoughts that you’ve accumulated through your musical history plus all the musical history of the whole world and it’s all in your subconscious and you draw upon it when you play” ~ Joe Pass |
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Aug 17 2011, 03:22 AM |
Hey Ben!!! First one is from me It's 110 bpm This is my max. speed for now Nice! im going to practice it too -------------------- Check my Instructor Profile Rockers! Got a Blog too!, www.adriantracks.com Follow me on facebook and youtube! -Youtube |
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Aug 17 2011, 05:27 PM |
Ben, you were right, it is hard to follow the metronome while sweeping. At first my 100 bpm take was faster than 120 bpm I will upload one video every day. In every video I play the same lick, but increasing tempo every 20 minutes. Hope you like the vibrato at the end -------------------- Guitar Altamira M01D, Samick Royale 3, Musima Lead Star 1 Effects Boss ME-25 Amp Stagg 40 GA DSP DAW SONAR LE YouTube | Facebook | Last.fm “One day you pick up the guitar and you feel like a great master, and the next day you feel like a fool. It’s because we’re different every day, but the guitar is always the same…beautiful.” ~ Tommy Emmanuel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You have a whole collection of musical ideas and thoughts that you’ve accumulated through your musical history plus all the musical history of the whole world and it’s all in your subconscious and you draw upon it when you play” ~ Joe Pass |
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Aug 17 2011, 05:32 PM |
Hey Ben!!! First one is from me It's 110 bpm This is my max. speed for now it sounds good! Try to do a even more fluently sweep when you are doing the upstrokes... It seems that you divide the movement in two.. first you play the 1 string, then it comes the pull of and then you continue with the second and third string.. check the movement of your hand between the pull off and the second string upstroke... if you want to play this fast as shredders you won't have time to waste.. do you understand what I mean? -------------------- My lessons
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Aug 18 2011, 05:46 PM |
Here is today's video A bit sloppy... I found that it is much easier to fit the metronome when some beats are accented. I mean regullar metronome sounds like "click click click click", but it is easier when it sounds like "CLICK click CLICK click" This post has been edited by K1R: Aug 18 2011, 05:49 PM -------------------- Guitar Altamira M01D, Samick Royale 3, Musima Lead Star 1 Effects Boss ME-25 Amp Stagg 40 GA DSP DAW SONAR LE YouTube | Facebook | Last.fm “One day you pick up the guitar and you feel like a great master, and the next day you feel like a fool. It’s because we’re different every day, but the guitar is always the same…beautiful.” ~ Tommy Emmanuel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You have a whole collection of musical ideas and thoughts that you’ve accumulated through your musical history plus all the musical history of the whole world and it’s all in your subconscious and you draw upon it when you play” ~ Joe Pass |
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Aug 18 2011, 09:59 PM |
Hi everyone,
I'm trying this too. Here is my first attempt at 100 bpm (8th triplets). I don't have any video for now. I think it's not smooth enough. But I don't know how to correct this. Any idea (I know that without a video it's probably difficult to say). Cheers. 20110818_sweep_picking_100bpm.mp3 ( 217.3K ) Number of downloads: 125 20110818_sweep_picking_130bpm.mp3 ( 166.98K ) Number of downloads: 219 Edit : I added a version at 130 bpm. Can't go faster... This post has been edited by GrindGuer: Aug 18 2011, 10:26 PM -------------------- �Million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.�
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Aug 19 2011, 08:44 AM |
Hi everyone, I'm trying this too. Here is my first attempt at 100 bpm (8th triplets). I don't have any video for now. I think it's not smooth enough. But I don't know how to correct this. Any idea (I know that without a video it's probably difficult to say). Cheers. 20110818_sweep_picking_100bpm.mp3 ( 217.3K ) Number of downloads: 125 20110818_sweep_picking_130bpm.mp3 ( 166.98K ) Number of downloads: 219 Edit : I added a version at 130 bpm. Can't go faster... That sounds really good... I would be very pleased if that we me |
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Aug 21 2011, 10:00 PM |
Hi. K1R and Velci, don't let me down. Where are your takes ?
Here is mine for today, at 140 bpm. 20110821_sweep_picking_140bpm.mp3 ( 172.32K ) Number of downloads: 174 -------------------- �Million-to-one chances crop up nine times out of ten.�
― Terry Pratchett, The Light Fantastic |
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Aug 21 2011, 11:19 PM |
Haven't enoght time to record last 2 days. So here is my today's take.
-------------------- Guitar Altamira M01D, Samick Royale 3, Musima Lead Star 1 Effects Boss ME-25 Amp Stagg 40 GA DSP DAW SONAR LE YouTube | Facebook | Last.fm “One day you pick up the guitar and you feel like a great master, and the next day you feel like a fool. It’s because we’re different every day, but the guitar is always the same…beautiful.” ~ Tommy Emmanuel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "You have a whole collection of musical ideas and thoughts that you’ve accumulated through your musical history plus all the musical history of the whole world and it’s all in your subconscious and you draw upon it when you play” ~ Joe Pass |
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