SECTION 19

Sweeping Technique

You can think of this technique, as the name suggests, sweeping the strings from up to down or down to up. It can also be called the implemented stand of the chord arpeggios into solo.

Play the sweep arpeggio exercise on 3 strings by taking out the notes from the chords Am and Em.

Study 4 sweep techniques given down below with paying attention to the picking.

Am Arpeggio Sweeping Exercise

• Exercise 1 - No:1

• Exercise 2 - No:2

• Exercise 3 - No:3

• Exercise 4 - No:4

• Exercise 5 - No:5

Em Arpeggio Sweeping Exercise

• Exercise 1 - No:6

• Exercise 2 - No:7

• Exercise 3 - No:8

• Exercise 4 - No:9

• Exercise 5 - No:10

Arpeggio Sweeping Exercise in Joint Position

• Exercise 1 - No:11

• Exercise 2 - No:12