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November 2009 \ Premier Clinic \ Lethal Guitar \ Sweep Picking 501

Sweep Picking 501 A comprehensive illustration of the two-string arpeggio in major, minor, diminished and augmented.

The Complete Series: Sweep Picking 101 Sweep Picking 102 Sweep Picking 201 Sweep Picking 301 Sweep Picking 302 Sweep Picking 401 Sweep Picking 402 Sweep Picking 501 Sweep Picking 502

Hey there, how are all my peeps here in Lethal Guitar land? Great I hope! We’ve covered some serious ground in this sweep picking series. We’ve talked about everything from getting started with the sweeping technique, to some really cool and different ideas. Now it’s time to move to the graduate level stuff! In this lesson we’re covering a comprehensive illustration of the 2-string arpeggio in major, minor, diminished and augmented.

You’ll see that we use the diminished arpeggio when ascending and the augmented while descending. The tabs will be a bit longer than usual for illustrative purposes. The picking challenge here is a bit steeper, but well worth the effort. Most rock players aren’t that familiar with the augmented arpeggio but I’ll give you some good examples of how to supplement it into your playing.

Listen	Example 1: The 2-string major arpeggio in G
Listen	Example 2: The 2-string minor arpeggio in G minor
Listen	Example 3: The 2-string diminished arpeggio
Listen	Example 4: The 2-string augmented arpeggio
Listen	Example 5: Here I ascend using the 2-string arpeggios encompassing the key of D and including all passing tones harmonized with diminished arpeggios.
Listen	Example 6: I descend using the 2-string arpeggios and now all the passing tones are harmonized with augmented arpeggios.

These are extended versions of the 2-string idea. I could’ve broken it down into smaller segments, but I wanted to give you a more applicable approach. You can break each of the arpeggios into a small section, but try to work your way to the execution of the full study. Always practice with a metronome, start with a clean tone and a slower tempo working your way up to the desired tempo. Thanks for logging on and tuning in and I’ll see you next time in Lethal Guitar when we wrap up the sweep picking series.