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    SweepPickingByNealNagaoka

    Thisisatechniquethatwasadaptedtoguitarfromviolin.Acommonlyusedtechniquethatisusedtoexecutearpeggios.ManypeopletendtothinkthatthistechniquesoundsveryClassicalsoundingwhichitcanifusedwithaClassicalsoundingprogression.WellhopefullythiswillbreakthatmythbutIsuggestwetaketheseinstepssowewillstartwiththetypicallygenericsoundingClassicalexamplesfirst.Letsstartwiththebasictriads.MajorshapeandtheMinorshape.Iusuallytendtorelatethemwithopenchordshapes.WhatImeanbythisisforexample,take1a.ThispatternisaAmajorArpeggiobutifyoulookclosly,thepatternremindsofanABarrechordatthe12thfretoryoucanlookatitasanopenAchordbut12fretshigher.Example1b.isanAminorarpeggiothatlookssimilartoanopenAminorchord.Example2alookslikeanEchordand3alookslikeaDchordwhile2blookslikeanEminorchordand3blookslikeaDMinorChord.

    Hereisacoupleofvideoexamplesonmyyoutubepageusingsomeofthesetechniques.VideoExamples1:VideoExamples2:

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    ThekeytoexecutingthesecleanlyisbasicallytodothemoverandoverbutIhighlyreccomendpracticingthesewithametronomeataslowspeed.Theobjectofmakingthesweepssoundgoodistomakesuretheyareevenandintempo.Letstakeexample1a.Sincethispatterncontains12notes,wehavetosystematicallybreakthemupinto2groupsof6s.Thinkoftheacsendinghalfasgrouponeandthedescendinghalfasgrouptwo.Anotherthingtokeepinmindiswhenthereare2notesonastring,pickjustthefirstnoteandhammeronthesecondnote.Theonlyexceptiontothisiswhenyouareactuallyusingthesecondnoteasapivotpointlikeinthe7thnoteintheexamplebelow.Onceyouhavemasteredthis,thetechniquewillgraduallybecomemucheasiertodowithanyarpeggio.

    Exercise4b.showstheactualdirectionofthepickingandwhichnotestohammeronandpulloff.Justrememberwhenyoupracticethesetokeepthemasevenaspossibleandintime.

    Sonowyouhavethebasicideaofhowtosweepanarpeggiobutthenextquestionusuallyfollows,"HowdoIusethemwhenIamplayingasongorwhenIamimprovising?.Onecommonwaytousethemistofollowachordprogression.Letstakeexample5withagenericIviIVVprogresioninthekeyofCMajor.

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    Thenextstepistodecidewhicharpeggiostousetofollowthisprogression.Thisonesuptoyoubutforpracticalpurposes,Ireccomendmixingdifferentinversionsaroundsoyoudonthavetojumparoundtheentirefretboardtofollowaprogression.Below,Ihavegivenseveralpossibilitiestofollowtheprogressionsotrytofindonethatyouthinkfeelsmostcomfortableforyouatfirstandthentryexperimenting.

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    Oneotherthingisthatyoudontalwayshavetostartfromthebottomnote.Forachange,reversingthepatterncanbeanicewaytobreakthemonotony.

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    Anotherpossibilityistousesmallersizedarpeggiosorportionsofthesweeparpeggios.Rememberthattheydontalwayshavetobereallylargesweeps.Sometimesthesmalleronescanbejustasdifficultorattimes,evenmoredifficult.

    AdvancedSweepPickingByNealNagaoka

    Inthissection,wewilltrytousemorecomplexshapesandpatternsforsweeppicking.Sweepingof7thchordarpeggiosisalsoagreatwaytousethemtogiveitamorejazzyflavor.

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    Youcanalsosubstitutearegulartriadarpeggiowitha7tharpeggioiftheyareusedcorrectly.BelowisanexampleusingthegenericI,VI,IV,Vprogressionagain.

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    Anotherpossiblity,sweeping7th'swithslidesandinoctavespairing.Thismethodwillallowyoutodothosereallylongandcontinuoussweepsonceyoumasterthetechnique.

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    Sameideabutinaminorkey

    Asequencedsetof7tharpeggios.Oneofmypersonalfavorites.Belowareexamplesofcombiningdifferentarpeggiosinasequentialpattern.

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    Finally,wecanusethe7thsarpeggioswitha2noteperstringidea.Thistechniqueisnotreallymean'tforsweepingbutmorefordoingsequentialrunswith7tharpeggios.

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    SequencedCMajor7thruningroupingsof3's

    Diminished7thSweepsLastbutnotleast,nosweeppickingmethodwouldbecompletewithouttheDiminished7tharpeggios.

    Thediminished7tharpeggiosareverydistinctsoundingarpeggioswhicharederivedfromtheHarmonicMinor.Duetothedarkqualityitpossesses,manypeopletendtothinkthatitsoundsveryNeoclassical.Duetothenatureofthisarpeggiobeingevenlydividedby4minor3rdintervals,thearpeggioisverysymetricalinshape,(Hencetheterm"SymetricDiminishedScale").Hereareafew

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    examplesusingtheDiminished7ths.

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