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Mariano La plata
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Hi Guys i need some help with sweep picking, i've got SM and i can play the basics excersices of sweep picking but i would like to ask you if you can give me some recommendations to improve this technique. Thanx to all.
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Total Posts: 1 | Joined May 2003 | Posted on: 6:09 pm on May 25, 2003 | IP
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Adam
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Just keep practising. Im just starting to get to grips with it and its improving. Its just such a d*mn
hard technique it takes a lot of practise
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Total Posts: 233 | Joined Dec. 2002 | Posted on: 12:58 pm on May 26, 2003 | IP
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Sentinel
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When you're playing 4, 5 or 6-string sweeps, really work on rolling your fingers when playing notes on adjacent strings on the same fret. That's one thing that was hard for me to get down pat. Using a combination of pick hand muting and letting the fret hand lightly touch the string is what I find works best for muting.
I'll try to explain it a little better.  When I'm ascending, I always use my pick hand to mute the strings by moving it down the strings along with my fret hand, with the exception of the high E string which I always mute with my pick hand pinky unless I'm playing it. When I'm descending, if I'm rolling a finger across two strings, I'll play the first note, and as I roll it to the next note, I'll let it lay slightly on the first string to mute it.
I'll also do something like after I play a note, I'll lift that finger just enough to mute it.
It's really a hard thing to explain without being able to show you since IMHO, it's a combination of several things: muting with both hands, when to mute with which hand, etc. It's something that takes a lot of practice and trial and error. I never really had someone explain it to me, but after a while I just kinda figured it out.
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Total Posts: 74 | Joined Mar. 2003 | Posted on: 4:54 pm on May 26, 2003 | IP
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Justin Lee Briggs 
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What Sentinel said is right but if you use correct hand positioning then you don't even need to mute at all as Michael Angelo states:
"When one uses proper fretboard hand positioning the strings above and below are naturally muted. Just by placing your finger on a string, there is a natural mute that occurs above and below the note. Most people do not take advantage of this. Anyone can do it and it is why I do not need to mute a string with my picking hand. The fretboard hand muting technique will not make strings sound "muted' it will take advantage of the fact that your playing will sound much clearer and articulate".
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Total Posts: 451 | Joined July 2001 | Posted on: 5:04 pm on May 26, 2003 | IP
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n0nC0n
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i don't see what the big deal with sweep picking is i mean if you do it slow enough its as hard as anything else its just doing it at warp speed thats the trouble but that goes for anything on guitar really.
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Total Posts: 127 | Joined Jan. 2003 | Posted on: 5:37 pm on May 26, 2003 | IP
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Guiro
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Well, there is one thing I just can't get the hang off: the 'barre chord' sweeps. I mean, how do you sweep those sweeps (  ) in that Paganini caprice in SM?
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Total Posts: 624 | Joined Feb. 2003 | Posted on: 8:14 am on May 27, 2003 | IP
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