Sweep Picking - GL365 Student Spotlight
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In this Student Spotlight lesson, I will help Andreas develop a smooth an reliable sweep picking technique.
Sweep picking uses a picking technique that is a lot different than alternate picking. The main difference is that you don't want the picking motion coming from a wrist or forearm rotation, like in alternate picking.
Instead, you want to keep your wrist straight and stable. As I mention in the video lesson, some people use the term "lock your wrist", which in essence is correct in that your wrist needs to stay in one position. But the term "lock" sometime makes players use a lot of tension to keep the wrist stable. Instead, try to just use as little tension as possible in your wrist to keep it stable.
The actual motion of sweeping across the strings is done by the elbow. If you have the pick balanced over the strings, and not leaning downwards on downstrokes or upwards during upstrokes, both directions will feel equally easy. It feels like your are simply just brushing across the tops of the strings and not digging in at all. I go into this in quite a bit of detail during the lesson.
Also, towards the end of the lesson, I demonstrate a sweep picking exercise that I teach in-depth in the GL365 Academy. I call it "Intervallic Sweep Picking". This method of sweep picking requires extremely accurate timing between the fret-hand fingers and the sweeping motion. I demonstrate this because Andreas mentioned that he can sweep arpeggios patterns where he can have the entire shape under his fingers before the sweep even starts. But when movement of the fingers is required during the sweep, his fingers can't keep up.
I have found that the students of mine that have mastered intervallic sweep picking can pretty much sweep pick anything the want and are also freed up to use any interval combination the want during sweep picking instead of always being locked into the same old major, minor and diminished arpeggio patterns.
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Thanks Andreas, I hope this lesson helps!
Carl...
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woah..... you should do a shred war with Stevie T and Jared. Looks so easy when u do it
I know your comment is older than ass lol but. I would still love to see it!
That tip about not trying to use my wrist to do the movement and instead using my elbow and keeping the wrist steady was just what I needed. I felt a huge difference instantly. Thanks 🤘🏻🤘🏻
Probably the single best lesson I've seen on YT on Sweep pi king.
Carl's a beast!
That helped alot! I tried to find out how to sweep pick awhile ago... None of the teachers really went in depth. So i kinda threw all the bits they taught together when i was learning the first two solos for holy wars... I see what i was doing wrong now! Thanks Carl!
Jake Mace me too im trying to learn the whole song
mr shred its a fun one to play! The first verse and last solo are my favorites to do
Jake Mace yeah the classical part and the first solo are fun too
Brilliant. One of the best descriptions of sweep-picking I've seen.
Good stuff Carl. I like this a lot. Thank you
Wow! Excellent playing and excellent lesson. As always.
I'm loving your Student Spotlight!
Just a thought - Carl is the "Richard Feynman" of music... 🤘⭐️🎸
awesome lesson, great help with the strumming hand and awesome exercise to practice too.
Thanks master Carl things are clear to me now. You've explained it well. 💯✔️
I really like this series. Helps me out a lot, thanks. :)
Literally the best lesson ive ever recieved tysm!
Great advice! Thank you so much!
Tremendously good advice! I also suffer from sweeping with my wrist instead of my elbow, so I will absolutely be using these recommended exercises. Thank-you!
I can't sweep pick to save my life
Can u now ?
@@abrahamrodrigues1049 I can but not perfectly just yet 🤣
@@ryanharris7891 Maybe some Jason becker stuff will help . Practise altitudes sweep section everyday and use a good flat pick for it like Yngwei does its more comfortable than jazz 3 for me
@@abrahamrodrigues1049 will do, cheers mate :)
Very Nice approach in explaining the proper sweeping.. you nailed the key points which I also noticed when I'm practicing it on my own.. its all about the consistency of your hands in a position where in all string you hit seem to be comfortable.. What hinders me from using the elbow pivot is because of the fear of overextending/stressing out the stroke which I was conscious about at first.. I ain't a master of sweep yet but lessons like this helps me learn more on how to not get intimidated by it..
I watched plenty of sweep picking videos and tried them out but this is the only video that actually made me progress with my technique. Carl is all you need.
This, along with the musical approaches presented, are breathtakingly underrated. I’m grateful this exists and hopefully will show people that they don’t need to be suckered in by scammers to get the complete package.
Thank you Carl this video was very helpful
It has happened. The world is complete when we get 5 minutes alone and/or I'm broken by Pantera
Domination ....... i would cut my toes off to be able to play that ^^
Ryan Harris wow thats really TOE-ing the line of madness.
Thanks a lot for the video Carl, very detailed and helpful! :)
Thanks for this. I tense up all the time playing, especially when I want to concentrate more.
Dude.. Ur just awesome.
please make a video about how to practice sweep picking with the metronome
Finally the YT recommendation works..I need to learn sweep picking..
Thank you Sir
You have really good videos.
you a geated teacher sir...
OMG, Finally
Thank u
Ty ty ty ty ty!!!
That's what I needed
Arabinda Dey 🎶JUST WHAT I NEEDED!🎶
Nice.
It's *mostly* elbow tho.
You're dropping the ball of your hand on your upstroke, ever so slightly...;)
Just like Michael Angelo Batio!
The motion is extremely subtle...as it should be.
Edit:
I'm partial to three string sweeps myself. For me, it's much easier to incorporate into improvising melodies, and doesn't sound like sweeping which, although cool sounding, should be used only sparingly, for effect. IMO
Thanks for all you do Carl!
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Can you please do a lesson on Gallop Rhythms?
Hello Carl! I am a beginner guitar player and I learned a lot from your videos!
I am a little bit confused after watching that video. In all the rest videos you advise, that the movement should be always from the wrist. Here for the first time I can see, that actually it must be from the elbow. Can you please clear this out?
Thank you very much and keep up the great work!
I didn’t know Carl could shred like that 🫢😰
Sir are u muting the string while sweepimg caz its kinda bit my habit i dont know if its normal to sweep while muting is it ok?
I personally struggle with the thicker strings since there’s more resistance, so would it be a good idea to get lighter strings?
I can do the motion but are u supposed palm mute every note?
0:00 What is this chord? What his voicing? Thks!
Finally
do you rest your palm on the strings?
Whats your tone coming from and setting for your shred sound?, great lesson by the way
It’s coming from my Line 6 Helix LT.. I will be doing tone lessons on my song lesson channel starting in a couple weeks
Please do-> Lie to me by 12 Stones🎈
What exactly is sweep picking???
You see I learned from Kirk Hammett that alternate picking across strings can sound just as cool... Which is why I don’t bother learning to sweep pick. Although after watching the video I think I might reconsider...
8:34
His sweeps weren't too bad
I have always tried to use my wrist more than my whole forearm because the palm mute feels easier that way.
If you have a balanced picking position that isn’t leaning down or up, then you should ok be able to do the palm muting using the pinky muscle and thumb muscle, therefore covering (muting ) all the stings even when using the elbow for the movement across strings
Thanks for the reply. I plan on practicing what you said in the vid this week end. Thanks Again :)
Ok
Carl Looks like. Younger Brian haner Sr. No offense Carl.
easy to look but hard to do
No-one explains muting properly. This is the toughest part - avoiding notes ringing out.
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bro dont be going into comments sections trying to get people into religion..
you dont see me going into religious videos telling you to be an atheist even if that is what i believe in.