Hi Robert. I see this Video Lesson is 4 years old but I feel I still need to comment. This is a great Lesson. You did an amazing job of explaining every detail. And you put a lot of time into it. As opposed to a lot of people who are just tossing up lightning speed lessons that begginer and intermediate players have no chance of learning. Yea , I'm taking about the show off folks. Anyway , thank you very much Robert for this great Video Lesson. Stay safe.
Atlast got a breakthrough to sweep picking....best video for self taught guitarists....thanks is a very small word to thank you Robert....GPD BLESS YOU....KEEP THIS TECHNICAL VIDEOS UPDATED...PEACE...
@@arnyarny77 Essentially, it's really slow right hand strumming and I don't like doing it. Slow downward picking just seems way more natural to me, or even just straight up alternate picking arpeggios.
I came to die of laughter because I saw the title. But then was very surprised because it helped me learn 5 string sweeps with a new muting technique so thank you.
I've been playing guitar on and off for 20 years. I'm not by any stretch of the imagination good. But the one thing I've just never been able to do is sweep picking. I've read a lot of lessons in the guitar magazines over the years. Watched several videos and tutorials. I've come to the realization that I am physically or mentally unable to sweep pick. Until now. I still wouldn't say I can do it with ease, but attempting a few of the runs exampled in this lesson is the closest I've ever come to anything resembling sweep picking. I think with a little more practice with the information in this video, I will actually be able to do it. Kudos on a great lesson!!
😔My left hand was completely shattered and every bone in it cleanly broken in half from a rollover truck accident back in 2001. I had 4 plates and like 37 titanium screws installed to try and put Humpty Dumpty back together again lol. I actually really learned how to play guitar while rehabbing the months after the second surgery to remove all my reconstructive hardware from my left hand. I'm lucky my hand even works at all, and truly just to be alive. My point is, I still have pain, and now arthritis to deal with. My pinky just kinda does what it wants but I can hammer on and pull off, and I've been called an excellent guitar player in my respect. But I just don't think it was in the cards for me to shredd like you Robert. This takes alot of skill, practice, and raw talent to accurately and cleanly play these lightning fast arpeggios and sweeps. I've tried and tried but cannot cleanly stretch 4 frets, from first finger to my pinky and hammer on consistantly. It kinda pisses me off because I know I probably could do it if I never shattered my left hand. Maybe I should try to play left handed huh? But heck with replacing all my guitars, you know? Oh well, God is good and I will just keep picking away. Thanks for the lesson Mr. Baker.
Your lesson videos are always excellent! Keeping the evenness during sweep picking is the part I struggle with the most. I can do it when I follow along to a metronome but it usually goes to pot without one.
@juna wood yeah I've been practicing it a lot for the past month and a half actually. I've been starting on three strings and then trying to work my way up to doing all six
3 months ago I had no clue what I was doing and now (not self promo) but I’m as fast as my recent video. What I did was start with 3 string sweeps on the g b and e, your pattern is gonna be D D D U pulloff U, and the key point is jumping back over the g to down pick it instead of up stroking it and trying to come back down, you’ll get caught on the string almost every time if you don’t make the jump Hope this helps :)
That's interesting that you did this video because I started practicing this kind of thing like 2 weeks ago. I have no problem with sweeping I just wanted a way to break it up ala how Joe Bonamassa and Eric Johnson do pentatonics
what if I'm as fast sweeping down on the way up? Although I think I am still sloppy at it...Its a hard habit to stop.....Kind of like how I learned the intro to Cliffs of Dover at the string skipping part using a pick and "not" my middle finger on my pick hand to pluck the strings....bad habits hard to retrain an old dog....
One of my biggest problems is my pick spins. Like Bark at the Moon or Crazy Train type songs when counterthumping on the A string then hitting a chord the pick always turns. Anyone else ever have this problem? I use a Dunlop drk grey with ridges even that spins !!!
It's not "cheating". It's smart. I just wish I was a bit younger and didn't have such stiff fingers and wrist. But I can sorta do this, slowly. Which means I can incorporate a few elements of it into my playing, if not necessarily the whole thing. Helpful!
Not usally a big fan of this channel but with this vid you hit the nail on the head. This is the best sweep picking tutorial on TH-cam atm. Thank you for making this vid it will truly help me better my playing!
prehistoric pigeon 1. Buy all 3 2. Depends what you already have, if you already have a superstrat don’t buy another. If you don’t own any I’d pick superstrat
@@EpicStuffMan1000 Yep, Super Tele, as in a Tele that has 22 or more frets, and usually humbuckers, and sometimes a Floyd Rose, just like a SuperStrat, but a Tele instead. A good example would be a Chapman ML3 Modern.
Rob, your lessons are great and you're probably one the best but please could you try to speak a bit slower? I speak fluently english but sometimes you're actually too fast :). I am certainly not he only one, thanks.
How is this easier than sweeping? I mean, granted, I can't sweep pick. But timing the right hand would seem more difficulty to me than playing a constant tempo.
I have played for years, hours a day. I have speed, dope as licks, and plenty of variation. I can't connect the notes up the neck. Everything sounds the same, no matter what combination I play. It's very frustrating, as I have plateaued. The minors, majors, 5ths, are confusing to me. So is chord progression, it's just not clicking. Maybe I should go back to square one, and just study the chords and all the notes. I'm going mainly by ear, and trying to learn at the same time. Watching videos hasn't been too much help either. Maybe throw in the towel?
Mark Meadows learn the different barre chord shapes up the neck. Play for instance an E open chord, then the Cshaped E, etc. This will give you the outlines of the scale shapes in those positions... EDCAGE is the sequence chord shapes of a single chord up the neck.
How is that cheating?? And I'd like to add sweep picking is a real bitch. Great lesson RB. sweep picking is not an easy technique. At least not for me.
How is this Cheating? It's just seems like he is giving useful tips. Why did it get taken down I mean he only Murdered like 5 People in the vid lol. Really why did it get taken down?
It's not cheating really, but rather a different way to play sweep picking. What makes it "cheating" in a way is because it lets the right hand rest a bit instead of the constant fluid motion regular sweep picking requires
Annnnd the video is back :)
Do you think you'll ever get another SG?
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I'd call less of a cheat, and more of a compartmentalization (if that's a word) of muscle memory retention.
Hi Robert. I see this Video Lesson is 4 years old but I feel I still need to comment. This is a great Lesson. You did an amazing job of explaining every detail. And you put a lot of time into it. As opposed to a lot of people who are just tossing up lightning speed lessons that begginer and intermediate players have no chance of learning. Yea , I'm taking about the show off folks.
Anyway , thank you very much Robert for this great Video Lesson. Stay safe.
I love sweeping! It really adds to your lick library and can help move around the fretboard with knowledge of arpeggios
Atlast got a breakthrough to sweep picking....best video for self taught guitarists....thanks is a very small word to thank you Robert....GPD BLESS YOU....KEEP THIS TECHNICAL VIDEOS UPDATED...PEACE...
Great video. I hate trying to do sweep picking, I really do.
so do i for some reason seems unnatural
@@arnyarny77 Essentially, it's really slow right hand strumming and I don't like doing it. Slow downward picking just seems way more natural to me, or even just straight up alternate picking arpeggios.
Brilliant, once your brain remembers where the fingers go and what the pick is doing the whole thing flows beautifully. Great intro to sweeping 👍
I came to die of laughter because I saw the title. But then was very surprised because it helped me learn 5 string sweeps with a new muting technique so thank you.
I've been playing guitar on and off for 20 years. I'm not by any stretch of the imagination good. But the one thing I've just never been able to do is sweep picking. I've read a lot of lessons in the guitar magazines over the years. Watched several videos and tutorials. I've come to the realization that I am physically or mentally unable to sweep pick.
Until now. I still wouldn't say I can do it with ease, but attempting a few of the runs exampled in this lesson is the closest I've ever come to anything resembling sweep picking. I think with a little more practice with the information in this video, I will actually be able to do it.
Kudos on a great lesson!!
😔My left hand was completely shattered and every bone in it cleanly broken in half from a rollover truck accident back in 2001. I had 4 plates and like 37 titanium screws installed to try and put Humpty Dumpty back together again lol. I actually really learned how to play guitar while rehabbing the months after the second surgery to remove all my reconstructive hardware from my left hand. I'm lucky my hand even works at all, and truly just to be alive. My point is, I still have pain, and now arthritis to deal with. My pinky just kinda does what it wants but I can hammer on and pull off, and I've been called an excellent guitar player in my respect. But I just don't think it was in the cards for me to shredd like you Robert. This takes alot of skill, practice, and raw talent to accurately and cleanly play these lightning fast arpeggios and sweeps. I've tried and tried but cannot cleanly stretch 4 frets, from first finger to my pinky and hammer on consistantly. It kinda pisses me off because I know I probably could do it if I never shattered my left hand. Maybe I should try to play left handed huh? But heck with replacing all my guitars, you know? Oh well, God is good and I will just keep picking away. Thanks for the lesson Mr. Baker.
Your lesson videos are always excellent! Keeping the evenness during sweep picking is the part I struggle with the most. I can do it when I follow along to a metronome but it usually goes to pot without one.
@ 1:04 Robert is all "I'm some amazing sweep picker!".
Baker you are a fantastic guitarist, your technique is amazing!!! Great job 👏👏👏🎸
Some people can sweep but not clean
Some people can sweep clean as well
some people cant do anything but write shitty comments
Phew. If he didn't reupload it I would've cried.
Thanks Robert, I'll give this a try tomorrow.
Alfred Potter has one of the best sweep picking lessons too
Ehhhh! I've been sucking at sweeps for years lol. I'll GET IT EVENTUALLY!!
I am horrendous at sweep picking if I try it sounds like I've been playing for 12 days and not 12 years lol
@@TheTonyShow I feel you bro
@juna wood you know what you're right bro I'm gonna start practicing the shit I avoided before if I want to be the best I can be. Thanks man
@juna wood yeah I've been practicing it a lot for the past month and a half actually. I've been starting on three strings and then trying to work my way up to doing all six
3 months ago I had no clue what I was doing and now (not self promo) but I’m as fast as my recent video. What I did was start with 3 string sweeps on the g b and e, your pattern is gonna be D D D U pulloff U, and the key point is jumping back over the g to down pick it instead of up stroking it and trying to come back down, you’ll get caught on the string almost every time if you don’t make the jump
Hope this helps :)
Really good lesson. One of the best examples I've seen yet.
OH MY GOSH IT'S ROBERT BAKER!
Thank you and Happy New Year!
I love this guy's channel!! He also looks like such a cool dude to hang out! Thanks for inspiring us mate!
You could show us the awesome sweep that you use as intro and in between cuts man.
This video was awesome. I love the song at the end.
this man deserves a medal
Nice, I'm gonna have to watch this again and give it a shot tomorrow
Hey Dad. Can you please sweep the driveway?
Sure son ..... weedly weedly weedly
It was very unfair that youtube took it down lol..
Why did they?
That's interesting that you did this video because I started practicing this kind of thing like 2 weeks ago. I have no problem with sweeping I just wanted a way to break it up ala how Joe Bonamassa and Eric Johnson do pentatonics
what if I'm as fast sweeping down on the way up? Although I think I am still sloppy at it...Its a hard habit to stop.....Kind of like how I learned the intro to Cliffs of Dover at the string skipping part using a pick and "not" my middle finger on my pick hand to pluck the strings....bad habits hard to retrain an old dog....
So my arthritis keeps me from doing a 4 fret stretch below the 9th fret.
Do you have tips for 3 fret arpeggios on the lower frets?
You're the man, Robert! You're the man!
Where is the tab for this lesson?
It came and it went, but now it is here, so all is cool. Cheers.
Nice content but I'm digging your tone on this video, what are you using here?? Those Friedman pickups sound nice and PAFy.
Nice lesson, Rob !
Really good video,thanks.
Great tips thanks for sharing brotha!
Thanks my dude
One of my biggest problems is my pick spins.
Like Bark at the Moon or Crazy Train type songs when counterthumping on the A string then hitting a chord the pick always turns.
Anyone else ever have this problem? I use a Dunlop drk grey with ridges even that spins !!!
It's not "cheating". It's smart. I just wish I was a bit younger and didn't have such stiff fingers and wrist. But I can sorta do this, slowly. Which means I can incorporate a few elements of it into my playing, if not necessarily the whole thing. Helpful!
i need this to learn modern metal solo lick
Hope you can review the new friedman noho 24
Not usally a big fan of this channel but with this vid you hit the nail on the head. This is the best sweep picking tutorial on TH-cam atm. Thank you for making this vid it will truly help me better my playing!
Thanks for giving the video a chance :)
@@RobertBakerGuitar well i should make more of an effort keeping my head out of my ass. Youve got a new subscriber.
Thank you my dude .
Its sweeping time! Gotta sweep sweep sweep!
When I first saw this I thought you were Reb Beacj LoL
Great lesson I’m gonna try this
Was that personality or humor at 13:04 ? =)
Awesome thank you
Just do 4 string sweeps
This is some good stuff dude.
I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS
And get a noise gate pedal!
That a dragon heart pick?
I can’t even hold a pick, I play with my thumb fingernail 😂😂
Thanks For the lesson BTW
Hey so does zakk wylde. Damn u got some skill son😂😂😂
Cam Dero thnx I guess 😂😂
"Make sure that your notes are getting an evil amount of playtime" 😂
Equal
Damn! Awesome licks, man. Great vid! \m/
NICE INTRO!
I can’t figure out how to mute the rest of the strings when sweep picking... can anyone help me with this?
Yup.
Oh!Wow!
Flying V, Tele or Superstrat
I can't decide:(
prehistoric pigeon 1. Buy all 3
2. Depends what you already have, if you already have a superstrat don’t buy another. If you don’t own any I’d pick superstrat
1-SuperStrat, 2-SuperTele, 3-Anything else
super tele lol
@@EpicStuffMan1000 Yep, Super Tele, as in a Tele that has 22 or more frets, and usually humbuckers, and sometimes a Floyd Rose, just like a SuperStrat, but a Tele instead. A good example would be a Chapman ML3 Modern.
Tele is the best
Rob, your lessons are great and you're probably one the best but please could you try to speak a bit slower? I speak fluently english but sometimes you're actually too fast :). I am certainly not he only one, thanks.
I've seen this lesson many years ago. I forgot who did this column.
Thanks for that highly informative comment
Now Marty Friedman's goofy-ass pick hold makes sense. Elementary concept, but took me a while to figure it out
Guthrie Trapp is pretty good at this too
My sweeping hand isn’t the problem. It’s my fretting hand
That s lit!
Muito bom...
your finger looks like skwisgar skygelfs fingers
No no. Evil was correct. \m/ :D
what happened the first time?
Editing mistakes. Audio was out of sync
@@RobertBakerGuitar k thanks
@@RobertBakerGuitar that's a nice guitar, btw
I always just use 8 finger tapping
Mike Akerdfeldt in his youth? Xd
I just never fucking learned how to sweep
How is this easier than sweeping? I mean, granted, I can't sweep pick. But timing the right hand would seem more difficulty to me than playing a constant tempo.
I m back! Ok let's do this! Lol
I have played for years, hours a day. I have speed, dope as licks, and plenty of variation. I can't connect the notes up the neck. Everything sounds the same, no matter what combination I play. It's very frustrating, as I have plateaued. The minors, majors, 5ths, are confusing to me. So is chord progression, it's just not clicking. Maybe I should go back to square one, and just study the chords and all the notes. I'm going mainly by ear, and trying to learn at the same time. Watching videos hasn't been too much help either. Maybe throw in the towel?
Mark Meadows learn the different barre chord shapes up the neck. Play for instance an E open chord, then the Cshaped E, etc. This will give you the outlines of the scale shapes in those positions...
EDCAGE is the sequence chord shapes of a single chord up the neck.
I thought there were no cheats in music. If you sucked at something then just train at it to get better.
I've been doing this for a while and never knew it was a cheat.....
Well, I think sweep picking is cheating....
How is that cheating?? And I'd like to add sweep picking is a real bitch. Great lesson RB. sweep picking is not an easy technique. At least not for me.
Yay it works now lol
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Hello people!
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How is this Cheating? It's just seems like he is giving useful tips.
Why did it get taken down I mean he only Murdered like 5 People in the vid lol.
Really why did it get taken down?
Haha no I took it down audio was our of sync :)
@@RobertBakerGuitar wow Robert Responded to my Comment OMG dude your awesome.
Yeah he really is
just cheat 4Head
There is no shortcut. Just do a lot of practices. That's the real thing.
typical, all you have to do is freeze the image to see how fucked up his 4th finger technique is, way too much wind up, sticking out like crazy
cheat picking
non si capisce un cazzo
get a haircut
Sorry to dislike your video because this video has ZERO DISLIKES not before I disliked it. Sorry maite. Good video tho. Very educational
lol
Is that cheating? I thought it was just good technique lol
It's not cheating really, but rather a different way to play sweep picking. What makes it "cheating" in a way is because it lets the right hand rest a bit instead of the constant fluid motion regular sweep picking requires