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Originally Posted by SSJTWIZTA
any sweep picking exercises from the members?
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I loved this section of Kris Norris' instructional DVD
He is tuned to drop C, the exercise works fine in any tuning of course. I use this for practice/warmup, shifted up/down the neck sometimes, and it works great. This, of course, works well in conjunction with the basics that any guide will give you - emphasize the rolling motion of your left hand, don't pick each note individually. I think this one worked best for me by linking three different sweeps and playing them in triplets, they never sounded right when I played them until I worked with triplets, and it works quite nicely. Basic 3-4 finger exercises across 3-4 strings also help to start, simple 12-13-14-15 things.
My tab of the exercise, just to put the notes to a metronome in Power Tab to play along with:
