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How to read the tabulatures?
What are arpeggio?
What's sweep picking?
How to play arpeggio applying the sweep picking tecnique?
How to perform arpeggio in melodic way?
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My sweep aren't very smooth...
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Generally we speak about arpeggio in relation with a chord.We usually
consider the arpeggio as a tecnique to play the notes of a chord one at a
time, and we can arpeggio either with the right hand's fingers or with the
pick. Besides an arpeggio can be played in harmonic or melodic way. In the
first case we let picked notes free to play untill they stop to vibrate or
are picked again, in the second case we have to hear notes of a chord playing
one at a time, without notes picked before going on to play.
Sweep picking is the tecnique which consists in picking several
notes on different strings keeping the same way of pick. Sweep picking is
a particular application of the speed picking tecnique taken to the top levels
by various guitarist (Frank Gambale). Speed picking is an alternative to the
alternate picking, and it take aim to optimize the way of picking beetwwen
various notes to obtain fast and cleaned solos.
Some guitarist thaught to merge sweep picking and arpeggio in a
tecnique able to greate incredible fast and cleaned solos. The idea is to
exploit the sweep picking to perform arpeggio in melodic way. The tecnique
to play arpeggio in sweep way requests unusual fingerings for the guitar,
and it needs of much exercise over the fingerings and base positions before
becomeing an effective expressive instrument in solos.
To perform a good sweep you have to hear playing one single string
at a time: in the desending movement pick a string and at the same time mute
the one played before by the palm of the right hand; in the asending movement
pick one string and while you're going to play the next one, lightly release
the preceding one with the relative finger of the left hand to mute it.
Some arpeggio are almost impossible, I mean they force the fingers
of the left hand to a widen untill the limits of the possibilities allowed
by the tendons and skeleton articulations. In case you feel some troublesome
pain in your forearm, wrist, hand or fingers, stop to play for a few and relax
the limb; going on in spite of the pain, could cause tendinits.
Sweep picking isn't impossible to learn, but time and practice are necessary
to master it. Try each exercise slowly assuring that all notes play well.
Playing slowly is usefull either to take confidence with the widening of
the left hand, or to keep the rhythm (try with groups of 3, 4, 6, 7 notes).
Remember that who play slowly is not a baby, in fact this is one
of the secrets to improve your ability, speed and control. When an exercise
play well slowly is possible trying to quicken the performance. To improve
the smothness is important to take care of the synchronism right-left: mute
the string played previously before plaing the next one.
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