Rolling Technique In Sweep Picking

[Seve420]

I've come across two ways to sweep pick a barre chord shape and I'm confused which to use.

There's the rolling technique where you use the one finger to play across several strings by arching it and rolling it.
__4__1_1__1_1__1_4
|-----------------------------------|
|--15p12-------------12-15~--|
|-----------12-----12------------|
|---------------12-----------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|


Or you can use different fingers, which gets cramped and a bit harder to do than rolling but the notes don't sound as sloppy.
__4__1_2__3_2__1_4
|-----------------------------------|
|--15p12-------------12-15~--|
|-----------12-----12------------|
|---------------12-----------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

Sorry about the the tab in a proportional font but I tried to get it to work.

What should I do?

[Edited by Seve420 on 12-20-2003 at 06:18 AM]

[sambob]

Whatever is easiest for you and sounds best.

Personally I do the whole "rolling" thing if I have time to practice the part a bit, but If I don't, then I just barre it and clean up my picking as much as possible.

[aiwass]

Learn how to "roll", since using one finger will always be more convenient than several fingers.

[SLY]

Using more fingers like this will make your technique pretty lame if you try to sweep on some higher frets ... If you try to play some Jason Becker's , you'll find some sweeps up to the 24th fret from the 17th position in "Serrana" !

Some sweeping patterns will need rolling the middle,ring and pinky , not only the first finger !

[Death55]

using the one finger to roll over the string is the best way. It is hard but is the most efficient. Best to stick to one technique and not keep changing otherwise you wont improve on your sweeping ;)