john petrucci's video has some pretty good sweep exersizes for those of us just starting out:

e--------13-10---------------11-14---------------15-12---------
b------12------11----------12------13----------14------13------
g----11----------12------13----------12------13----------14----
d--10--------------13--14--------------11--12--------------15--
a----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

you can keep moving up a fret each time you get back to the bottom, and then move back down a fret each time you hit the bottom.

lookin to try some new ones...

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This is not a sweeppicking arpeggio but its a string skipping one that mimics an arpeggio.

__________12_15_18_21_18_15_12_________________
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_12_15_18______________________18_15_12________
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Now You can choose to do hammer-ons or pulloffs or pick all the notes execpt for the note on the 21 fret.Thats usually a tap.

I'm merging this into the Scales and Sweep thread, next time post something like this in their. Check out wholenote.com and get the tabs for jason becker's "Seranna" which is all great sweeps.

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i recently got the nack of sweeping, but it seems that i can pull off an upstroke sweep almost flawlessly, yet, it hard as hell to do the same arpeggio pattern with a down stroke. any suggestions?


e----------12----------------------
B--------13--13--------------------
G-----12-------12------------------
D---14-----------14----------------
A-15---------------15--------------
E----------------------------------

this is the apreggio, it's a c major (correct me if i'm wrong)

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actually, here are the three arpeggios that i'm turning into a lick.

e----------12--------------
B--------13--13------------
G-----12-------12----------
D---14-----------14--------
A-15---------------15------
E--------------------------

e----------------12-16-12-----------
B--------------12--------12---------
G-----------13-------------13-------
D---------14-----------------14-----
A-------14---------------------14---
E-12-15--------------------------15-

e--------------12-17-12------------
B------------13--------13----------
G---------14-------------14--------
D-------14-----------------14------
A-12-15----------------------15-12-
E-----------------------------------

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Ha! I came up with an arpeggio. I don't know what the fuck its called or anything because I know absolutly nothing about theory. I was just messing around.


|---------------8h12t17/19/17p12p8-----------------
|-------------10-------------------10-------------------
|------5/9h12-----------------------12p9/5------------
|-----7------------------------------------7---------
|----7--------------------------------------7------------
|-5h8----------------------------------------8p5-----


does that make sense? I don't know if I broke any "rules" in theory or anything so please tell me if I did.

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I follow one rule... play what sounds good and if it sounds good, keep playing it.

I came up with something similar (although a little simpler) about a year ago only with -3/5h8- on the low E and -9h12p9- on the high E. Yours sounds way cooler though because of the tap slides.

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I am starting a basic theory thread soon, stay tuned.

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I have a question about fingering.

When you have a basic sweep like this:

|-17p12-------------|-------------10-13-|
|-------14----------|----------10-------|
|----------14-------|-------10----------|
|-------------14----|----12-------------|
|----------------16-|-12----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|

What is teh best way to finger thoes 14s and 10s? With one finger (making it a bit harder to mute the notes after you play them) or with sepereate finger (making it harder to actualy finger the notes)?

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i have a question too

when i see (advanced) players solo, they move all over the fretboard instead of playing a single scale. How do they acomplish this? Do they play the scales of the chord progresion or are they playing different scales from the same key all over the fretboard?

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I barre them with one finger and employ a sort of rolling motion that allows you to fret the notes easily while still muting the notes once they've been played. As always, it takes a lot of practise to get this down perfectly but in my opinion it's the best method once you've mastered it.

SpikyHairz: They'll just be playing the same scale but in a different position up or down the fret board. You should learn a scale for the whole fretboard and not just in one position. It will take time to know it off by heart but it will allow you to play a lot more fluidly.

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yes, I know just what you mean. thats what I use now, but it is not perfect.

And you can use something called a secondary dominat to move to a different scale.

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Depends on their style. I show in the first page of the thread universal order of scales and if you memorize them and are able to play them in any key then you should be able to horizontaly rape the neck.

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The "Correct" way is to bar the 3 notes in a row. For me, if there are 2 or more notes in a row like that I bar it. But whatever makes it most easy for you.

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Great...thanx..!!! I will practice it!!!

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In my opinion Jason Becker is kind of arpeggios. U should all have heard serrana by now (not the acoustic one but the video) which is called serrana_part_1. The whole song is arpeggios and its one of the most beautiful things ever written. I dont really wanna tab it out its really long u can just download it at mysongbook.com or .ca i forget.

Here is a lick from "no boundaries" by Michael angelo, play it fast
------13-17---------------13-17------------13-17-----------13-17----
---15-------15---------15-------15-------15-----15-------15------15---
-14-----------14-----14-----------14---14---------14---14----------14-
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-----13-18---------13-18---------10-15---------10-15-------------
---15-----15-----15-----15-----12-----12-----12-----12--------
-15---------15-15---------15-12---------12-12---------12------
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U might wanna listen to the song before trying it

Yeah, Serrana is an awesome song.

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Go to this website for ever scale, chord, and mode

http://www.looknohands.com/chordhou...r/index_rb.html

check this site out:
http://home.swipnet.se/freakguitar/scales.html

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