Sweep Question

[beginner]

Here´s just a very short extract of a lick I´ve just made.

|-7p4---4-7p4---4-7p4---4-7p4---4-
|-------4---------4-----------4-------4

then

7p4---4-7p4---4-7p4---4-7p4---
|-----5----------5---------5-----------5


So I want to get it down fast(which would be 170bpm at 16 th notes for me), which shouldn´t be that hard, but I want to play it cleanly that a note begins to ring if the note before is already muted.

So to part 1: Should I mute it with my left hand(roling technique?) or is there any other possibility?

And how is it going with Part two because when I hit the E the Ab from before is still ringing.

[Death55]

I would just put my first finger across the 4th fret on both the E and B string and mute with my right hand.

[beginner]

Yeah I think, muting with the right hand is really a good idea. Thanks.

[SLY]

First off , where are the sweeps ?

Anyway , the rolling technique is very important (for sweeping) , so you'll have to practice it although it may be easier for this lick to mute with one of your picking hands fingers.

[Death55]

You could mute with one of your fingers on your picking hand but it can get quite hard to do that when your playing this lick quite fast!

[SLY]

It depends on each pesron's preferences ... Actualy , I never think of muting as I play , I only think of it when I teach somebody !

[Autark]

Yeah, that's a good question! I can't play licks like this at high speed, I can't mute that well *sob*

[beginner]

Originally posted by SLY
First off , where are the sweeps ?

Maybe you´re right and you can´t call that sweep picking, but I play: up, down, down, up, down, down., so I thought this would be sweeping because the movement are quite similar to sweeps.

[SLY]

Yeah , got your point.
I sometimes play this way to , to get different sound than that of alternate picking ... You should practice both.

I guess you should call it economy picking , since sweeping is more usually used for 3+ strings arpeggios.

[beginner]

Yeah Economy Picking was the term I searched for. The same when you play 3 notes per string scales and play a Downstroke after a down, up, down combination.