The extra element
But when you're adding that little extra element, It becomes a lot more fun because
you're growing and figuring out new stuff while you "fool around". Also: this is how
you develop your unique style . In this process you develop your own preferences
of what you like to play. You create little licks of your own all the time, and these licks
become part of your own unique vocabulary. If you follow this process of integrating
sweep picking with your other picking techniques and you plan your weeks and
months in advance. (Which is only a decision of what to focus on) sweep picking will
become a natural part of what you do, instead of a gimmick that you pull out of your
hat.
"If you hit a wrong note, then make it right by what you play afterwards"
Joe Pass
Create miracles
At some point you have to move from playing licks to just playing . Licks are
examples of what is possible but no more than that. You should take each lick, learn
it and go "What else can I do with this idea?" Then come up with a variation on the
same idea, practice that until it's easy, then come up with another variation and so
on. When you do this enough, you create the power to improvise intelligently. You
develop so many "roads" that your fingers can take at any given moment and this
gives you unbelievable freedom , it's more fun and it's what every ambitious
guitarist is dreaming of being able to do. The process of integration can work
miracles for you if you use it every day.
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