http://forum.lowyat.net/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 04:59:24 +0800 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/465726 Hey guys, thought I&#39;d just post a thread on one of the most over-used lead playing techniques... the Sweep Arpeggio&#33; <!--emo&:drool:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/drool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='drool.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br /><br /><br /><span style='color:blue'><b><i>First question, how do you guys play your 3-string sweep arpeggios?</i></b></span><br /><br />Like this?<br /><br /> <u>Figure A</u><br /><br /><br />E--12--8-----------------8----<br />B----------10--------10-------<br />G--------------9--9------------<br />D-------------------------------<br />A-------------------------------<br />D-------------------------------<br /><br /><br />Or like this?<br /><br /> <u>Figure B:</u><br /><br /><br />E--12--8-------------8-------<br />B----------10----10----------<br />G--------------9--------------<br />D------------------------------<br />A------------------------------<br />D------------------------------<br /><br /><br />I hate playing just one note on the lowest string (Fig B) because I can&#39;t up-pick the G-string and then down-pick the B string fast enough... but it seems more like a proper arpeggio than Fig A with the double-picked note on the G string...<br /><br />Views and comments welcomed.<br /><br /><br />P.S.<br />All you tappers (the one hand and 2hand variety), stringskippers, legato-ers, overhand-ers keep out&#33; <!--emo&:P--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/tongue.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='tongue.gif' /><!--endemo--> <br /><br />P.P.S.<br />Watch out for the Yngwe police&#33; <!--emo&:drool:--><img src='http://static.lowyat.net/style_emoticons/default/drool.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='drool.gif' /><!--endemo--> mournblade Musicians Thu, 31 May 2007 20:08:24 +0800