Getting Sweeping Down |
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Getting Sweeping Down |
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May 11 2009, 02:13 PM |
I have probably swept for 1 hour a day for many months, and it's still not muris clean.
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May 12 2009, 01:32 PM |
Just make sure that you've got every motion perfected before trying to synchronize them.
-------------------- Olle "AJ" Svensson
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May 12 2009, 06:59 PM |
Like everybody nicely said, sweep (as any other technique) just needs some time. Even if you can play it perfectly, you have to play it for quite some time to really make it feel natural and get a nice warm balanced tone while you play them. Difficult to explain, but your tone will just get more "mellow" and fine tuned as time goes by with sweeps.
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May 12 2009, 09:49 PM |
Well sweeps are a pesky little technique. Wonderfully sounding but still buggy. I've practiced for months on good synchronisation and muting technique to have clean sweeps - only to find out, that at higher speeds, after one longer sweep run above 100 BMP, my left hand dies and is not able to uphlod the tempo. I can sweep pretty well - for pretty short time.. I guess, there is ALWAYS SOME PROBLEM with sweeps. Not clean enough, not fast enough, low endurance... Get used to it
But to your problem. Very good thing to do is to create your own sweeps run, that sound good to your ears, so its more fun to practice. I can also recommend the "Loomissweeps" how I call them. They are standart 5 string sweeps, with just added 5th under the root. For example A min arpeggio the Loomis's way: |--3-| |--3--| |--3--| |--3-| |--3-| |--3-| |--3-| |--3-| --- --- S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E||--12-8-------------------------8-- B||-------10-------------------10---- G||----------9---------------9-------- D||------------10---------10--------- A||---------------12-7-12------------ E||----------------------------------- This is kinda good exercise for 5 string minor shape and major and 3 string minor and diminished shape. Sounds cool as hell as well when played at speed: |--3-| |--3--| |--3--| |--3-| |--3-| |--3-| |--3-| |--3-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E||--12-8-------------------------8-12-8---------8-11-8---------8-| B||-------10-------------------10--------10---10--------10---10---| G||----------9---------------9--------------9--------------9------| D||------------10---------10--------------------------------------| A||---------------12-7-12-----------------------------------------| E||---------------------------------------------------------------| |-3-| |--3--| |--3--| |-3-| |-3-| |--3-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q --11-8-----------------------8-11-8----------------|| -------9-------------------9--------9--------------|| ---------8---------------8------------8------------|| -----------10---------10----------------10-8-------|| --------------11-6-11------------------------11----|| ---------------------------------------------------|| Another note - regarding that muting stuff. Everything above the string you play should be right wrist. everything under should be the finger you are playing with - when you play note, you mute the string right under it with finger flesh. One by one, sweep by sweep, it will start feeling natural and easy:) It did for me and for others as well.. no reason why it shouldt for you. Or you can go the Gilbert way and just string skip and APick instead of sweeps This post has been edited by Jakub Luptovec: May 12 2009, 10:14 PM -------------------- my youtube account with riffs and ideas: https://www.youtube.com/user/Phoenygzus
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