Originally Posted by: Thunderstruck1What is pick sweeping?

Sweep picking is a guitar technique that makes playing arpeggios a lot easier at faster speeds , you can say it's the opposite of alternate picking.

I'll give you an easy 3-string sweeping example:

Emin

e-------15-19-P-15----------
b----17-------------17------
g-16----------------------%-
D---------------------------
A---------------------------
E---------------------------


The picking goes like this : D D D U U , D D D U U .
D=Downstroke , U=Upstroke .
Try to make the notes sound even in time intervals , and as clear & clean as possible with and without distortion.