SWEEP PICKING PERFECTION SWEEP PICKING PERFECTION MANUAL | Page 6

can. So don't focus on every single note. ​ Focus on how even your movement is.Then make sure that you're hitting that first and last note at exactly the right time every time. Sweep Picking Arpeggio Exercise I've included the fingering for this one. Notice how you have to make a bar with your third finger in order to play those two notes. Get comfortable with this arpeggio and the fingering of it, then start your metronome and have it click a the first and last note. Then start playing while focusing on performing ​ one even downward motion and one even upward motion ​ . ​ Don't stop if your right and left hand get out of sync, keep focusing on hitting the first and the last note perfectly​ . As long as you get those two notes right, the rest will follow if you keep at it. If this seems very difficult, do only the downward sweep, then wait for the next click and repeat the motion. When this get boring, do the upward motion. (See the video) “The beautiful thing about learning is nobody can take it away from you.” B. B. King 5