Good Shredding and Sweep picking

When i hear good shredding and sweeps, its hard to hear what type of patterns they r using. to start off, i know good shredding patterns, but i cant seem to play them fast enough, and i am alternate picking. I cant seem to connect fast alternate picking w/ the patterns. Is there a trick or do u just need practice?

reguarding sweeps....ive seen it done, but the picking sequence is hard to distinguish. r u supposed to alternate pick those, or is it just a sweeping motion w/ extrememly fast fingering....someone help me out, thanks

sweeping is actually your right hand motion.
Your left hand only lifts its fingers once the note is played.
To increase your speed, only work to a metronome, and increase slowly (day after day, week after week)

The only time I ever use a metronome is to see what speed i'm up to, I never use it to increase speed. If your playing shreading patters just practice them slowly and let them grow. As for picking, try what you feel comfortable with and also have a go at learning other ways of doing it....if you work from tab like I do this is quite easy to do....that way you have your own style plus something else to draw on if you want to.

Originally posted by ^Chacron^
The only time I ever use a metronome is to see what speed i'm up to, I never use it to increase speed. If your playing shreading patters just practice them slowly and let them grow. As for picking, try what you feel comfortable with and also have a go at learning other ways of doing it....if you work from tab like I do this is quite easy to do....that way you have your own style plus something else to draw on if you want to.

Practicing without a metronome can make your playing sloppy, I know what I talk about, I've lost some years practicing without one...

I was always taught NEVER to play along with a metronome, especially for the piano, the reason being it makes your playing sound mechanical. I learned to keep time simply by hearing it, or if it was awkward timing play slowly and work up to speed.

there's 2 schools about it. But people who tell you not to play with a metronome will tap the floor to make you feel the beat (substitute)