Sweep Practicing Question

Hello, as a sweeping excercise, I'm learning the intro sweeps to dream theater's "the glass prison". Here's how I pick it now:

d u u u d d
-19-14-----------14-----------
--------15----15-------------
-----------16----------------
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Just making sure I'm picking this the most efficient way before i spend hours learning this stuff.

Thanks in advance.

If it was me, I'd pick the 19 and then pull-off to 14 rather than picking again - so mine would be uuudd. If you want to pick all the notes, then yes what you have written is the most economical way... :cool:

Im having a really hard time with sweep picking right now mainly because I don't know how to pick the strings with my right hand. Is there a certain patter I should follow, or is it all based on what feels best?

For example: In this sweep, I would also do a pull off, but I would go uuddd. Im not good at sweeping, so I cant say this works or not.

Thanks for the tip ren...Just checking that's it economical before i run through it a bagillion times :D. The reason I picked this as an excercise is cause every note is picked.

Hunter: Sweeping takes a friggen long time. With the right hand, don't pick the strings on a sweep, do more of a sweeping motion so you hit them all in one motion instead of picking each one seperately. I know this is about as clear as mud, but there's plenty on sweeping, just search the forum.

On this sweep pull off to the 14 then u u d d. Just like ren said.

Does Petrucci sweep those arpeggios usually? It's just that on the Gigantour DVD, he looked like he was playing them with super-fast alternate-picking... :confused:

Actually Ben, I checked it out on the petrucci forums. He does alternate pick it. I just assumed it was sweep arpeggios, which i think is a fair assumption.

I also read, however that he sweeps them lives sometimes cause portnoy speeds up too much (I can definately sympathise with trooch on this one ;) ).

Yep, He did a lesson for GW a few moths back, and one part was alternate picking arpeggios.