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Cosmic Charlie6th May 2015Is there a pick stroke diagram for this?
Eugen Leonhardt21st March 2015thants a great one!!!
- JonnyB1st February 2013
Absolutely awesome and some very creative patterns. I particularly like the string skipping arps
Never been much of a sweeper but this has inspired me! 
Gabriel Leopardi13th June 2012WHAT A LESSON O_O
Just plain amazing!!! And was this inspired by Muse's Stockholm Syndrome, because I think it follows the same chords?
haha it's true! I love this lesson, but I have never related it to Muse song... Great ear mate!
Dinaga5th June 2012WHAT A LESSON O_O
Just plain amazing!!! And was this inspired by Muse's Stockholm Syndrome, because I think it follows the same chords?
thefireball24th December 2010wow!! you could rip canon rock apart with those amazing sweeps!!
Daniel Realpe26th April 2010this is freaking amazing!
AlexLion8th August 2009I think you did impossible! You have 16342 views!! I never seen even half of that on GMC lesson
You ROCK mate!
Ian Bushell8th June 2009@ Young guitarist - haha thanks man!
@ Razman - Thanks alot for the comment keep me updated on your progreess with the lesson- razman27th March 2009
Bookmarked this is absolutely amazing playing.
Young Guitarist6th January 2009This is madness!?
Madness?
This is, IAAAAAAAAN!
Awesome lesson man, YOU ROCK!!- Ian Bushell19th October 2008
Thanks:)
@ Niko. The Etude sounds cool slowed down as well.
You can also break this up into pieces to practice seperate sweep licks. Start slow and the speed will come:) 
Niko Fran30th September 2008I really love the sound of this lesson, but it's way, way above my skill elvel at the moment... This lesson mught be one of the greatest sweeps I've heard!
SonofDestiny23rd September 2008Don't ask me why but I think it sounds like A7x and I like it
- Ian Bushell4th September 2008sorry, i no this is posted a little late..but...ummm...are you god??!! I HAVE TO LEARN THIS! Keep them comin, great job
Haha no where close man!
Let me know about your progress
Rocking - wylde_guitar2nd September 2008
sorry, i no this is posted a little late..but...ummm...are you god??!! I HAVE TO LEARN THIS! Keep them comin, great job
- Ian Bushell29th August 2008Damn, now I regret having only 21 frets in my guitar
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You could transpose the lesson down to suit the number of frets on your guitar, you would get quite a theory workout from the lesson to then!
Let me know if you are keen for that and i'll help you out if you get stuck. 
Kuba Szafran28th August 2008Damn, now I regret having only 21 frets in my guitar
.- Ian Bushell24th August 2008This ones tough, Im stuck somewhere in between 75 and 90 bpm. I can play it at 90 but the sweeps that have the string skips arnt ringing through like they should. Ill keep working on it!
That's the right attitude Jeff! Well done!
Hang in there, it will be worth it.
If you're having a problem with a certain section ie the string skip part:
Isolate just that part or particular arpeggio.
Practice it seperately for a while till you have it up to speed with the other shapes and sequences.
Don't forget to focus on the hand/finger movement required to execute the lick clean as you speed up.
Then put it back together with the other parts.
Let me know if that helps. - Jeff080324th August 2008
This ones tough, Im stuck somewhere in between 75 and 90 bpm. I can play it at 90 but the sweeps that have the string skips arnt ringing through like they should. Ill keep working on it!
Noangels23rd August 2008Realy smooth playing,with rock solid timing
- Ian Bushell21st August 2008
Thanks Oxac, that's very kind of you:)
Jason Becker is an awesome player i hope to be as good as him one day;) 
Oxac19th August 2008brings my mind to Jason Becker. That's a huge compliment.
- Ian Bushell18th August 2008
Thanks alot:)!!
Let me know if you have any questions regarding the lesson. 
Sami17th August 2008Whoa this is beautiful, sounds very jason becker-ish! nice!!
fkalich17th August 2008Thanks. This is a great lesson, the fingerings required on such a lesson as this, develop dexterity that helps one in others ways beyond just sweeping. I don't feel any sweeping lesson on GMC surpasses this one in usefulness.
- Ian Bushell17th August 2008
@fkalich, Tab has been fixed:)
Kristofer Dahl15th August 2008Ian - let me know when you have had a chance to fix the tab in lesson maker - and I will republish!
- Ian Bushell15th August 2008
Hay Fkalich,
You are totally correct! Sorry did the tabs at one in the morning but no excuses:)
At band practice at the moment!! Will fix it when i'm home later today. Thanks for pointing it out! - fkalich14th August 2008
Just when I was being nice for a change...on the section where you hurt your pinkie, it appears to me that we have errors on one shape, shown below and in the tab. I believe the 16 should be an 18, and the two 18's should be 20's.
e|---------------16-22-|
B|-----------*18-------|
G|--------19-----------|
D|-----18--------------|
A|-*22-----------------|
E|---------------------|
4 2 1 2 1 4 
Sergio Dorado14th August 2008Absolute brilliant. I remember Jason Becker technique
Jenkinson14th August 2008That was killer, I like it as much as Pavel's Sweeping and AP lesson. Nice Job!
- fkalich13th August 2008
edit: I meant to say "(all in which failure to do so will confuse a person and make lessons more difficult to follow)". I expect my meaning was clear anyway, but I am just making sure of that.
- fkalich13th August 2008
You have a great musical style. Also, it is really nice the way you construct your lessons, even showing fingerings, being consistent and true to your tab, being careful about mistakes (all which confuse a person and make lessons more difficult to follow). Nobody surpasses you in the care you show in these regards. Also you rock.
Danilo Capezzuto13th August 2008Great great etude mate!
- Ian Bushell13th August 2008
Thanks alot guys!
zoom13th August 2008Ok you have the abiltiy to make my jaw hit the floor! Amazing. It has a Muse feel to it I think.
- zoom13th August 2008
Totally insane stuff! Totaly Love it! It has bit of a muse feel to it.
More please! 
Jerry Arcidiacono12th August 2008Really awesome lesson
Jeff12th August 2008This is awesome!!
Toni Suominen12th August 2008Great sweeping chops Ian!
Juan M. Valero12th August 2008amazing mate !!!! I'm speechless
Marcus Lavendell12th August 2008Amazing! Well done Ian!
- Ian Bushell12th August 2008
Thanks alot for the kind feedback!
Let me know if you have any questions.
Rocking \m/ 
Kindle12th August 2008Incredible! This is just what I need to step my sweeping up. To top it off it sounds amazing.
Thanks for the great lesson.
RIP Dime12th August 2008Nuckin Futs!
midnight11th August 2008Wow, very nice...so musical! I'll end up giving it a try sometime. It's going to take me quite awhile before I can play it though. Practice,practice,practice.
UncleSkillet11th August 2008This kicks butt!! Bookmarked
Hisham Al-Sanea11th August 2008excellent sweep ian.great job
Gerardo Siere11th August 2008Fantastic lesson, great technique and great music.
Storm Linnebjerg11th August 2008Great lesson! Looks very effortless! Very cool melodies, by the way.
bubbalicious11th August 2008that my friend is my new favourite lesson
great job
Pablo Vazquez11th August 2008Just A-MA-ZING!!! Fantastic lesson man!
chmilew11th August 2008Wow..just wow ! Love this lesson man. Great job Ian
- Tsarpf11th August 2008
That Was Awesome
TreyDeschamp11th August 2008pinch me im dreaming
that was AMAZING!
ItsMe11th August 2008that's great. Wow
SensE11th August 2008BRAVO !
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Trond Vold11th August 2008Fan..tas..tic!
- Ian Bushell11th August 2008
Thanks alot for the kind comments!!
Glad you enjoy the lesson:)
Nick 325- I use my palm for muting.
Nazgul- Just start slow, promise it will come with time! 
Nazgul11th August 2008Extremely cool! Too bad I'm not that good at sweep picking yet.
- Nazgul11th August 2008
Extremely cool! Too bad I'm not that good at sweep picking yet.
sigma711th August 2008------speechless
Carlos Carrillo11th August 2008Do words exist to describe this lesson??WOW!!!!
- Gabriel Leopardi11th August 2008
This composition is amazing! You are a very talented musician! Good job.
Jose Mena11th August 2008Awesome sweeps, nice composition. You have clearly mastered this technique.
Muris Varajic11th August 2008Killer stuff Ian,bookmarked!!
I specially like bridge pickup
for sweeping,sounds like razor!!
JVM11th August 2008Very nice. Almost marty friedman-esque.
kaznie_NL11th August 2008Neat playing xD
Thnx Ian!!
John In Socal11th August 2008wow, awesome. Best sweep lesson so far I believe. Has a great sound and feel to it.
Iluha11th August 2008Wow, great man, just brilliant, the etude itself sounds incredible and at the same time contains alot of diffrent useful sweeping ideas to learn
timono11th August 2008wow this is so awesome, just have to try this
Nick32511th August 2008amazing Ian. how do you mute when you sweep? like your palm or your thumb?
Marcus Siepen11th August 2008AWESOME lesson, absolutely great
Henry Dietzel11th August 2008wow! you make it look too easy. great playing Ian
Nemanja Filipovic11th August 2008Amazing playing.
Ivan Milenkovic11th August 2008great sweep technique man, awesome work
Joe Kataldo11th August 2008Impressive
Lian Gerbino11th August 2008awesome Ian! very clean!
Bogdan Radovic11th August 2008Amazing lesson Ian!
Harris Sopovic11th August 2008Very clean sweeps, great job !
ErikEklund11th August 2008thanks, Just what i needed
Outlaw211211th August 2008Awesome... gonna take me awhile to get this down, but its inspiring
DeepRoots11th August 2008Sweet! This is really nice on the ears compared to those straight up and down arps, great job Ian
Dexxter11th August 2008Nice
Will definietly practise this. Lots of interesting shapes
botoxfox11th August 2008Cool
Siggum11th August 2008Sounds freaking awsome, great job Ian
- Martin la guitarra11th August 2008
Oh.....MY......GoD......
kyldeee11th August 2008WOW
- Kristofer Dahl11th August 2008
This might just be one of the most musical sweeping etudes I have heard!
Thanks Ian!
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- My notes
Hay GMC! This lesson focuses heavily on the sweep picking technique with some legato and string skipping. Besides for technique and learning alot of moveable arpeggio shapes this lesson also focuses on some voice leading to make smoother arpeggio changes from one chord to another.
We also take a look at how to avoid splitting your pinky finger open and how to re-write a lick quickly if you do! (see lick 5)
This piece uses minor, major, minor7b5, major 7, sus 4, minor 9, minor7b5add9, major7add9 and majoradd11 arpeggio shapes. The arpeggio's are based around five string shapes in their full, high register and low register forms.
The piece is based mostly around D minor.
Tempo is 105 in 4/4.
Happy sweeping!
Ian
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