Your lessons are probably some of the best on RU-vid, Uncle Ben. As much fun as I'm having with shredding and riffing, could you maybe do some more theory lessons? Maybe an episode on harmony and intervals? It would be very much appreciated, by most everyone here I think.
Thx man!!!!!!!!! Awesoooome! Im a Blues guitar player for 24 years trying to sweep just recently. Got it down at slow speed! Made a little intro out of it, now practicing !!!
I needed this Uncle Ben! My trusty ol' major and minor sweep arpeggios are starting to sound a little tired, and major 7th and minor 7th arpeggios just sound so killer.
I like the way you explain thinking intervallically, that makes sense, BUT, it's still gonna take some time for my brain to wrap around that and practically apply that thinking
icq8680 oh man I love that song. You’re right I just noticed how this is sorta similar to that sweep section towards the end. Still a fucking epic song
Hey Uncle Ben, I have my own way of holding the pick (no lessons urgh) and I had a lot of trouble with 'progressive palm muting', because my holding of the pick got in the way of that. My way of holding the pick does facilitate upward pickslanting a lot, and I've grown accustomed to picking like that. I'm not handy with changing the slant, but the upward pick slanting automatically adds a palm mute on the lower strings (lower than the string you hit). Thanks for the tips and directing me to Troy Grady's amazing research.
Good stuff! PRS Torero? I have same, switched pickups to Demarzio super distortion 2's and put planets as fret markers and play through axe fx 2 neck or bridge p/u with treble booster (range master circuit) into Mesa Mk4 w/ slight reverb and tiny delay = sweep arpeggio heaven! Thanks for sharing!
Awesome bro !!! I had a question!! I'm using 11-49 on my schecter c1 plus... Do I need to file the nut to fit 13-62 guage strings for a# or drop a tuning ? Or can I use it just like that ? Cheers and merry Christmas!!!
The notes I can do, it's the speed I can't handle. Any tips on building up your speed, other than repetition that is? Another excellent lesson btw, thank you for sharing. About your comment about trying 2 and 3 string arpeggios first? How about a post on that as well please?
Chris Davies use a metronome my man. And if you're having problems doing full 5-string sweep arpeggios try cutting it in half and work on Parts at a time. It's easier to sweep pick fast then it is to go slow then try to pick up your speed. I'm no expert but these are little tricks I use to help me do this. I've been playing guitar for 4 years and I actually find sweep picking quite easy
Chris Davies you build speed the same way as you would any lick,slowly and with tens of thousands of perfectly executed repetitions. There's no quick, easy,fast way to learn.
These are really cool, I'm stealing those thanks, also as someone who primarily wrists sweeps tried your shoulder motion feels like riding a bike blindfolded. And lastly so you've changed your stance on slanting while sweeping from the first video.
Yo uncle ben can you do a video on how to improvise using ones own inner ear? For example how to translate a melody your hear in your head instantly to the guitar?
I think showing them the basic theory behind these chords will allow them to build their chordal intuition. Maybe just say what the note is, where the note is on the fretboard, and how that relates to the scale intervalically. Explaining things from different modes of thinking creates a well rounded concept in their minds. Just a suggestion. I still love your videos.
Is there actually any harmonic chord progression concept behind this? Because it doesn't seem to make up a scale thats usable to me if you combine the single chord tones I can only recognize a chord progression that seems to switch in chromatic steps between minor/major tonality arpeggios Is there some sort of specific idea / known concept behind this?
Uncle ben iv been meaning to ask you here lately I'm beginner guitar player the only time iv practice was with a friend's guitar and iv been trying to find the right gear for a beginner what should I start with or just some pointers with the gear because I really don't want to buy all this expensive gear and not know how to use it.
jaychen.metal thank you for that I went to guitar center and they just tried to sell me really expensive gear without telling me anything about it and I figured I'd come to youtube and ask about it and some people would give me some tips.
I paid $350 for the ltd in my pic. You can stay under $600 and still get a good guitar. Make sure strings dont rattle alot and they're fairly close to the frets and there are no dead spots.
