will_shred
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Thats not sweeping.
Hey... He kind of attempted a 3 string sweep.
Thats not sweeping.
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I will tab that out for you if you like, it's really simple, it might even be slower than the sweeps for Recreant by chelsea grin (fun song if you want to practice slow sweeps to a song as supposed to a metronome)
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Sorry but all the metal guys doing sweeps play very simple things and don't have anywhere near the control of Gambale and not just at fast tempi; sweeping slowly but in time and with different rhythmic feels, not just up and down the neck is very challenging and no one does it better than Frank.
I am always amazed to see how little recognition he gets (and yes I saw a couple of people mention him here but he is way way out alone in the stratosphere for his control, broad vocab and musicality with the concept)
Bireli Lagrene also sweeps a bit (but pretty sloppy) and Daniel Gilbert a fusion player out at GIT uses a lot of less obvious sweeping to good effect. He used to play with Gambale as well back in the day....
Frank Gambale's interview
Are there any up-and-coming guitarists you're excited about?
Frank Gambale:
"Absolutely, and it’s not limited to just guitar either. I know this guy in Edinburgh, Scotland, named Kevin Glasgow. This kid is a freak. He plays a six-string bass, and he does everything — taps, sweeps — and that’s sweeping on a six-string bass. And he plays with another fellow named Ben MacDonald, a fine young talent who’s got a lot of potential. There’s another guy in London, Alex Hutchings. He’s trying an interesting thing, too. He’s altered the last three strings of his guitar, switching it to straight fourths, so he’s really pioneering in that, and he’s an incredible guitar player. It really is encouraging to see young players who are just terrific."
Well practice with a Yo yo in the right hand helps a lot too...
I agreed Gambale is a monster fusion player but when it comes to sweep picking in classical music nobody can beat Mr Becker and his insane sweeps...He played really really difficult arpeggios while metal guys use only the diminish E minor thing scale.
Also I would like to talk about Shawn Lane who was so strong that he could make alternate picking so fluid at the speed the others will choose sweeping...
Because it's insane to make 4-notes per string arpeggios. He had such control with his snap picking technique....The speed is not the most terrifying thing, it's the fluidity of complex licks with a bee bop approach. Like Gambale but most frightening.
And all sweeping/tapping I could see on this thread...This guy made it with just the left hand.
I'm not entirely sure I understood your English but Lane and Becker do exactly the kind of sweeping I was talking about in comparison to Gambale; shapes built for speed and not really note choice and rhythm over changes etc. I think you said something about a bebop approach but that's just simply not the case at all.