Misc - Beginner - Sweep Picking Lesson - Beginner guitar tab
u = upstroke
d = downstroke
|-17---17p14---17p14------17p14-------17p14---------| Try practicing slowly with one note at a time untill
|--------------------15---------15---------15-------| u can play the whole downward part of the sweep.
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d u u d u u
|-17p14----------17p14-------------| Just start practicing the downward sweep first until you are
|-------15-------------15----------| comfortable with it and try not to let each note run into each other.
|----------14-------------14-------| The speed will come naturally as you practice.(Downward sweeps are easier
|----------------------------------| than upward sweeps).
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u d d d u d d d
|-------14-17-----------14-17------|
|----15--------------15------------|
|-14--------------14---------------|
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d u u d d u u u d d
|-17p14----------14-17p14----------14---------| This is the way i play sweeps
|-------15----15----------15----15------------| if you are not comfortable with this way
|----------14----------------14---------------| play the same pattern slowly and see what
|---------------------------------------------| notes you hit on an upstroke and a downstroke
|---------------------------------------------| and adjust your style to it and play it slowly and
|---------------------------------------------| practice it every day.
d u u u u d d d d
|-17p12----------------------------12--| Here is a five string sweep and beleive it or not it
|-------13----------------------13-----| is actually easier to do than a 3 string sweep.
|----------14----------------14--------| Marked above the tab line is the way i prefer to
|-------------14----------14-----------| use my fingers to fret the notes. I think this sweep
|----------------15-12p15--------------| is harder to do at slow speed.
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