Learn How To Sweep Pick With Efficient Technique & Play Better Arpeggios Than Ever Before


Struggling with sweep picking?

Don't worry, many guitarists have a hard time with this technique too.

However, it's not because the technique itself is incredibly hard. It's actually easier than you think.

People struggle with it because they use inefficient technique that creates problems and causes sloppy playing.

Good news is, improving your sweep picking technique does not have to take long.

Sweep pick better than ever by using the advice in this video:

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Here are a few more sweep picking tips to help you play arpeggios better: 


Sweep Picking Tip #1: Practice Arpeggios With Distortion Most Of The Time. Here Is Why:

Contrary to popular belief, distortion doesn't mask mistakes. It exposes sloppy guitar playing. Which means: if your arpeggios are full of string noise and notes bleeding together – distortion makes this very obvious.

That also means: you can easily tell when your playing is becoming cleaner as you fix sloppy mistakes in your sweep picking.

Sweep Picking Tip #2: Mute Sloppy String Noise Using Both Hands. Here Is How:

Most people mute sloppy string noise in their arpeggios using their picking hand’s palm. This is not what I recommend.

My advice? 

Use thumb muting. Thumb muting means: you rest your picking hand’s thumb on the thicker strings as you sweep pick. This makes it impossible for those strings to vibrate and create noise in your arpeggios.
Next, use your fretting hand’s index finger to mute the higher in pitch strings. All you do is lightly touch the thinner strings using the underside of the fretting hand index finger.

(Don’t press them down – just touch the strings very lightly.)

This gives you an additional layer of muting to prevent string noise during your sweep picking. 

On a related note…

Avoid notes bleeding together in your arpeggios. Here is how to achieve this:

1. Relax each finger from its note when the next note starts ringing. Note: “relaxing” doesn't mean lifting the finger up in the air. It means releasing it from its note, so the next note can ring clearly. 

2. Do not let notes to bleed together during finger rolls. Isolate finger rolling and practice the motion until the notes are clean.
 

Sloppy Sweep Picking At High Speeds


Now you know how to develop your sweep picking technique and play arpeggios fast & clean. 

The next step to reaching your guitar playing goals is to refine your other skills. I'm talking about: your other guitar techniques, music theory knowledge, ear training, phrasing, fretboard visualization and creativity, so you can:

Finally feel like you are playing music instead of just playing guitar!

If you want, I can help you do just that in my Breakthrough Guitar Lessons.

These lessons are personalized and tailored specifically for you, your skill level, your musical interests, your guitar playing strengths & weaknesses and of course: your short & long-term musical goals.

Here is how they work:

You tell me about your guitar playing and what you want to achieve as a musician. (You do that by filling out a detailed evaluation form where I get to know your musical background.)

Note: the evaluation from may contain musical questions you don’t know how to answer. That’s ok. The from is not a test – it’s a way for me to see what you know or don't know, so I can create the best lesson strategy for you.

When I get your evaluation from, I read it (at least twice).

Then I go to work to create your lesson strategy and lesson materials. 

All of this typically takes between 3-5 hours for me to do for you. (Please be patient with me on this part. I want to do as thorough of a job designing your lesson strategy as possible. The better your lesson strategy – the faster you improve. That’s why this process takes time.)

Then I email you when your first lesson is ready.

Your lesson materials consist of exercises, drills and etudes that develop the skills you need to reach your guitar playing goals.

Each lesson is a step towards reaching your musical goals. 

In addition, as a guitar student of mine, you also have access to: 

  1. Weekly live video Office Hours. This is where you can ask me anything about guitar playing or music. I'm there to help you – live on video.
     
  2. Weekly live video training classes. In these classes, I take the hardest guitar playing topics and break them down to make them easy to master. Plus, I get to see you play and answer your questions live on video.
     
  3. We also do live guitar practice sessions for you, me and my other students. We all practice guitar together and work on things each of us may struggle to practice individually. This helps you to get stuff done and improve more quickly.
     
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  5. You can send me recordings of your playing for feedback. In my feedback, I help you diagnose and remove bad habits from your playing and erase all obstacles slowing down your progress.

You also get access to our exclusive community on my students’ forum. There you can get support from my top guitar students – many of whom are now professional guitar teachers themselves. 

Then you begin practicing. You don’t have to practice for hours per day – 30 minutes per day (4-5 times per week) is enough to see results.


All you have to do is follow the steps I lay out for you in your guitar lessons. And keep doing this not just for the 1st lesson, but in all the lessons that follow.


Look at the results my guitar students are achieving: 

 

 

 

 


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