Sweeping (Help with Rolling Technique)

[Guitargd]

Can someone please explain to me how to do the rolling technique in sweeping? I dont know how that works.

[Hammurabi]

I'm trying to remember who was it who suggests that in their tricks..jonez, maybe? I just saw it today.

A large part of sweeping is figuring out what works for you becuase it's a difficult thing to really describe parts of it. That's why I know this post probably isn't going to help much.

The main thing with sweeping is don't tear your finger off the fretboard after you hit a note. Keep your fingers relaxed and close to the strings and start slower than you think you should.

[Seve420]

This site explains it pretty well. There are other great exercises on that site too.

http://www.geocities.com/trollstjerne/rollingtech.html

[Death55]

Start of at a speed that will enable you to make it flow. I'm sure if you just searched "sweeping" on this site you would find loads of stuff. I still find the rolling technique difficult when sweeping back up again.

[u10ajf]

Wow! That's all news to me, never heard of it. Glad you mentioned it. I've been muting strings as I pass them, not ideal for tone production.

[dinell2]

Check out this page for sweeping exercises

http://home.no.net/theband/sweep1.htm



[Edited by Dr_simon on 01-24-2004 at 12:03 PM]

[Digit]

Try this one.
http://www.guitartricks.com/2000/trick.php?trick_id=2769

It's a major/minor sweep that can be used in any key.
The MP3 sounds hard but if you do it slowly, you've covered just about 99% of all sweeping techniques.

[Seiko_Hejiro]

Filling it with illegal substances and sending it across the boarder however is not.

Lets see.

Simplest way to do things sweeping wise is to start out at an excessively painful pace and work up some speed and accuracy. As you hit each note from the 5th or 6th string to the 1st be sure to roll your hand accordingly from the wrist to get a nice even motion going or at the very least a comfortable motion. A nice fluid sound will come from accuracy, comfort and this last bit about muting techniques.

Muting the strings is an art and takes some getting used to. With your fretting hand you will want to make sure that you don't lift your fingers from the strings too much after playing each note. The idea is to bring your fingers up just enough to mute each succeding note before you strike the next note in the arpeggio or pattern you are sweeping.

The picking hand can be used to palm mute lightly or heavily the strings you do not pick during the arpeggios being sweeped, whcih works best on the lower strings when playing the higher strings. Conversely you can use your fingers on the higher strings to mute those if you wish when playing arpeggios on the lower strings. There are some interesting techniques out there. Experiement and figure out which ones come naturally and if those don't do it keep trying new and interesting combinations.

good luck with the sweeping.


[Edited by Seiko_Hejiro on 01-27-2004 at 09:23 PM]

[kingdiamond]

Ok, I've put up a "sweeping guide" yesterday..I don't know if anyone seen it..But i wrote down whats most important how to "sweep" with the right hand and the rollover strings technic..
I compare this to doing pull offs/legato type of stuff the only difference is your pulling of the string and not letting it ring..same type of motion with the fingers..and its nothing hard about it really..whats hard is doing a sweep down and then go up again and repeating the pattern and still keep it clean..(now i'm talking about 5string sweeps like in my example!)
If anyone is really serious about learning sweeping i could try to have a sound conversation on msn or something and play and explain..

stripe_z@hotmail.com is my mail.

Cya