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In this video we teach some basic concepts for the technique of sweep picking
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haha yeah afraid so … haha yeah afraid so.
Really tall guitarists with the long alien fingers usually hit the biggest brick wall since their coordination is usually but if they overcome it, well you get Paul Gilbert and not my favorite but Buckethead…he is so very overrated and his taps sound like guitar vomit.
String skipping and huge fret reaches for advanced sweeps are a lot easier for those guys if they stick it out long enough.
nah not with the … nah not with the limited finger length. It’s specifically the people with small hands and shorter fingers I see never take their thumb off the back and for them, it’s not a choice.
If their thumb curls around the neck, their fingers will flatten out which will make for some very untidy playing if they can still play at all. The more of an arch to your fingers the better.
Consider a woman 5’4 with her longest finger being 2.5 inches at best. It’s impossible to play with the thumb off the back
Actually im sure … Actually im sure many women can curl their thumb around the neck. But it might be uncomfortable for them. Or rather easier. Because the thumb gives you more leverage to do your guitar wizardry.
Also consider that … Also consider that someone with small hands, such as a woman, they don’t even have the hand mass to curl their thumb around the edge of the neck.
What I was saying … What I was saying was at points it’s going to happen no matter how strict you are. On standard design guitars, there are arps/sweeps I play on the highest frets where my thumb isn’t even on the neck at all due to room constraints
If your hands are very large like mine, it’s simply not possible to do certain things without taking your thumb of the back of the neck unless you break your hand by folding it in half lol
Also if you have 7 thumb shape, it’s simply more mass that can be in the way
The first part i … The first part i disagree with because its possible to play strictly with your thumb on the back of the neck and not bother curling your thumb. Its only a issue if you need to do some stretches to play w/e you need to play. Like if you have a really big sweep or just need to reach. Youre right with ppl with small hands though, theyll have to just do it the classical way lol.
It’s really not the … It’s really not the issue some players will insist it is. Unless you are playing a 7 string, or larger, it’s going to happen. I basically never do it unless I’m doing bends on the E or B and I have those thumbs shaped like a 7 which gives me more thumb mass pressing on the neck which is a huge advantage.
I think it only creates a REAL issue for players with small hands or who also don’t have the “musician’s thumb” . I couldn’t imagine having to press a tiny thumb tip on the back of the neck
LOL yeah that is … LOL yeah that is funny. But i would do the same thing because its so beneficial to get your thumb laying on the back of the neck. I kinda have to practice on my vibrato more because i would do it like a blues player and curl my thumb and let it vibrate o.O
I’ve watched … I’ve watched interviews with a lot of players that stress never curling your thumb around the neck then watch some of their videos and there they are curling it around the edge lol.
So stretching your … So stretching your fingers. Got it. Yeah thats true about youll see some players do it. But some of them do keep their thumb in back of the neck most of the time. And i agree with the 7 string remark.
As in a warm up where you use your right hand, to spread out the fingers in your left hand in different ways so they are good and limber.
I do 3 very specific and crucial stretches.
The issue with keeping the thumb on the back of the neck is crucial but you’ll still see everyone’s thumb curl around the neck be it COoley, Gilbert, Malmsteen, Halen-whoever.
At some points we all do it although if you play a 7 string, the width eliminates it completely.
An important rule … An important rule of thumb for finger stretching that ive found out is to keep your thumb flat on the neck and not OVER the neck like a blues player but flat like a classical player. That gives you way more of a stretch. And also when you play some players have their index finger always touching the fretboard and not keeping their knuckles aligned parallel with the fretboard.
it’s like playing a … it’s like playing a bunch of notes (the notes of some chord most of the times) on different strings one by one and moving your pick only down or only up
Sweep picking is … Sweep picking is almost like what you would do if you were to strum a chord in slow motion. Hit some notes in succession with one stroke, but keep the separation of the notes, you don’t want it to actually “be” a chord. As he said, let them bleed into each other. Sweeping also tends to use both upstrokes as well as downstrokes.
Sliding the pick … Sliding the pick over the top of the strings as if it was a very small bow (bow as in one for a fiddle or violin). The opposite is plucking.
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