Sweep picking


guitarboy313
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09/11/2006 6:05 am
I need help like sweep picking.

And if like you can I'm trying to learn Lithium by Nirvana it would help for some correct tabs.
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09/11/2006 6:39 pm
I just need some stuff to sweep I know how to I just don't know what to sweep.
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09/11/2006 10:32 pm
start with 3 string majour and minor arps.

then move on to five string majour and minor ones.


Majour
--------------6-9---------6-9-
-------------7---7-------7----
------------6-----6-----6-----
-----------8-------8---8------
----------9---------9-9-------
------------------------------

minor
--------------5-9---------5-9-
-------------7---7-------7----
------------6-----6-----6-----
-----------7-------8---7------
----------9---------9-9-------
------------------------------

to do thrree string ones just do the higeest three strings of the arp
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09/12/2006 8:31 am
I'd suggest an atonal exercise such as the one below to practice the technique. You need to mute with both hands, and make sure the notes don't ring into each other. Start slow and get faster. An exercise like this should help you build the technique before you move on to different arpeggio shapes:

e-1-------4-2-------5---etc
b--2-----3---3-----4----etc
g---3---2-----4---3-----etc
d----4-1-------5-2------etc

If you already know how to sweep, try all the CAGED arpeggio shapes for major & minor, plus sevenths and ninths. You can extend apeggios to 3 octave, so try that with slides and taps as well...

Just pick an arpeggio, and sweep it!

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09/12/2006 9:14 am
Originally Posted by: guitarboy313
And if like you can I'm trying to learn Lithium by Nirvana it would help for some correct tabs.


I can't write tabs to save my life, but if memory serves, the chords for the main riff are:
EM G#M C#m AM Cm Dm Bm Dm
I guess you probably already knew that, if that's even correct... :o
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