May we please get more videos like this? It's a really cool concept for not only us to learn the same knowledge as you, but it also gives you the ability to show off your friend here and get him the attention he truly deserves because the man is clearly a BEAST. 🤘 Collab also? 😁
Doing decent "passable" sweeping isn't really as hard and scary as most people perceive it, the hardest part is making it all sound clear and fluent. Props to Ola for always learning and evolving!
This, and when we start going into patterns that aren't just up-down plus other shapes beyond minor, major, and diminished. But sweeping is such a fun world to explore much like other techniques
I've been learning a bunch of Between The Buried and Me songs like Selkies and Alaska, progressing slowly through each riff. They got a lot of wicked technique, and a lot of the sweeping parts are frankly easier than their fast alternate riffage, take opening of Backwards Marathon for example. Anyways, I gotta get back to practicing lol.
This is THE best sweep picking instruction and advice I've seen. I went from not being able to sweep at all to being able to sweep almost anything slowly and some easier stuff quickly because of this. You've really found a kickass teacher there Ola.
Jon is such a good teacher, he points out the common mistakes you do/can do and tell you of the way to avoid that and explains it in a simple and understandable way. I wrote him a while back ago concerning sweeping and he was kind enough to teach me a thing or two. Above that he´s an amazing guitarplayer :)
Jon is a beast but such a nice and humble person. Love his insta page. He’s giving back so much for free basically. Lots of respect for him. One of these days I have to book him and get a few lessons.
Because he's one of those guys that knows that you re not losing information while teaching. Its a way of learning too if you think about it. You re picking up basics and reviewing things
Jon's the best teacher I've ever had. I've made a ton of adjustments to my playing. Even this past week I've made huge adjustments I wouldn't have without his guidance. I hope I can keep taking lessons from him indefinitely
Ive been playing for 27 of my 36 years on earth, that one correction of a downstroke on the lowest note blew my mind. Guess I can sweep now. Thanks Mr. John...And Ola.
Im taking lessons from Jon via Skype. Very good person, professional guitarist and teacher. He dramatically improved my guitar playing technique. I totally recommend
LOL that simple thing of turning a sweep around with a downstroke was basically what was missing in my sweeping technique. Always had problems with the turn around and it fkn blows my mind how i never thought of doing it this way, because this really was like flipping a switch for me xD
These are great exercises! I'm guessing most of us don't spend nearly enough time practicing these techniques. It's nice to have someone like Jon help us slow down and focus on the little details. Jon's Patreon page is pretty sweet too.
Okay ngl that part with “ending” with a downstroke (outside picking) on the sweep triplet was a eureka moment for me (2.40) Have no idea why I never thought of that. Can’t remember the last time a single tip has helped me that much. Instantly improved my sweeps! Thank you for this:-)
Holy Moly on a Goaly xP Why no one hasn't told what to ACTUALLY do with your pick while sweeping? All the tutorials what I've seen have only told like "you have to just glide your pick over the strings like this" and then they just keep swoopin and poopin and I can't make any sense of their stupid lessons because they just didn't show this one little detail that actually might made all the difference whether or not I might actually be able to sweep after all. We'll see, have to try it once I'm done with this comment :D Because of all those other tutorials I've always thought that you actually have to glide the pick over the strings and it just never sounds good. This guy actually digs in quite deep and is actually picking the strings rather than tickling them like you'd have a feather in your fingers. Because of how he does it, it might actually made sense to me, finally. And yes I actually used this word way too fucking much. Sorry but actually not sorry :D
Ok, I have to be honest here. The way he said to hold the plectrum and the motion of the hand actually made my sweep sound clean for the first time. Holy shit. 5/5 Would sweep again.
I've been using some of Jon's 10 minute workouts for the last month or so (and his alt picking warmup for the last 2) and they've been quite helpful! He's a monster player.
I've been following him since 2016 and his Children Of Bodom covers. He's a brilliant player and teacher, I'm glad to see that his hard work paid off :D
Just begin slowly eventually you well get there, that being said it really hard in the beginning to get it fast and clean. It took me a really long time but suddenly it just worked for me
Kudos Ola for having the open mind to admit and facing your "short comings" regarding your playing.....How many other professional musicians are willing to admit/face their faults in public?.....That takes major cajones You sir are a GOD among men!
Hey Ola, love your channel. Just a little idea for your S.W.O., show us a part of a song/riff with a new technique you've just learned. This will inspire new and experienced players to keep on working on their skills.
Expecting instant results isn't gonna happen. Work pays off when you put in the work on anything, starting slow then building up. Best way to learn, on any instrument.
@@pedrosilvaproductions the trick is to mix hybrid picking with string skipping and sweeping, to have multi technical approaches to groupings of notes, then different picking accents per note. Then tapping and slides from shape to shape or note grouping. Then various patterns leading into bends, or rakes or sweeps leading into bends. I find that its easier to "flow" with a "hammer ons from no-where" approach to sweeping and string skipping. You can have limitless fluidity through chord changes with accents from the right hand.
That's one humble dude. Would love to learn from someone like him! What I would like nearly as much is the evertune model Ola is playing with the finish of the fixed bridge model Jon is using, please!
Check out Jon's Patreon. That's how I started with him. He has guitar coaching where you send him a video and then he sends. You a video lesson back and material.
I am no expert but I have been sweeping comfortably for a long time now and I tried this out. My 'newness' to this method aside, I feel like this is more complicated than the way that I learned it. With his picking technique your picking hand is almost always ahead of your left hand. Being that the main issue people seem to have with sweeping is keeping their hands in sync (and of course muting) this seems like added complexity by having one hand one step ahead of the other instead of simply together. The reasoning for the added complexity (as he stated) was (essentially) for a secure feeling to make sure you don't hit the wrong string but is that a problem people actually have when sweeping? It's always the next string so idk how you run into that problem. Not to mention this makes sweeping seem less fluid since its a series of bouncing to and stopping at the next string. Also turning around when you hit the low note but then suddenly skipping resting on the next string just seemed awkward. Both of these guitarists are immensely talented and I'm not trying to take anything away from that. Also I always appreciate people willing to put out free lessons. I'm just curious if this method deserves some criticism.
Link to Free Patreon Lesson With Tabs
www.patreon.com/posts/37323863
could you please bring up this event in sweden in your next video it would be a huge help
May we please get more videos like this? It's a really cool concept for not only us to learn the same knowledge as you, but it also gives you the ability to show off your friend here and get him the attention he truly deserves because the man is clearly a BEAST. 🤘 Collab also? 😁
Internal server error 😔 Now I’m just gonna suck at guitar forever....
Thanks for that :D
Doing decent "passable" sweeping isn't really as hard and scary as most people perceive it, the hardest part is making it all sound clear and fluent. Props to Ola for always learning and evolving!
This, and when we start going into patterns that aren't just up-down plus other shapes beyond minor, major, and diminished. But sweeping is such a fun world to explore much like other techniques
Well this applies to guitar playing in general (or any other instrument as a matter of fact).
That's why at least for me, clear and fluent arpeggios are played better with alternate picking and not sweep
I've been learning a bunch of Between The Buried and Me songs like Selkies and Alaska, progressing slowly through each riff. They got a lot of wicked technique, and a lot of the sweeping parts are frankly easier than their fast alternate riffage, take opening of Backwards Marathon for example. Anyways, I gotta get back to practicing lol.
Honestly seeing this makes me feel better as finally learning guitar at 25 instaed of dicking around and just learning songs.
i'm actually impressed at how simple jon makes it look, and it's very helpful
I’ve seen so many sweep picking tutorials and it looked impossibly difficult but this one is so easy to learn
Thank you😊
Practice! Practice !
4:59 - Jon - And the idea is not to do it super fast, the idea is..
Ola - Can you play it super fast?
Ola knows what we want.
If you can play it slow, you can play it fast.
@@forkless Come over to my house and watch me prove your statement wrong, lol.
@@forkless ling ling
@@wookiedookie7131 it's a meme joke from twosetviolin.
This is THE best sweep picking instruction and advice I've seen. I went from not being able to sweep at all to being able to sweep almost anything slowly and some easier stuff quickly because of this. You've really found a kickass teacher there Ola.
Same but 4:50 makes me wanna quit
holy shit, the whole landing on the next string concept is the single most valuable tip no one has ever mentioned before
Jon is such a good teacher, he points out the common mistakes you do/can do and tell you of the way to avoid that and explains it in a simple and understandable way. I wrote him a while back ago concerning sweeping and he was kind enough to teach me a thing or two. Above that he´s an amazing guitarplayer :)
Jon is a beast but such a nice and humble person. Love his insta page. He’s giving back so much for free basically. Lots of respect for him. One of these days I have to book him and get a few lessons.
Because he's one of those guys that knows that you re not losing information while teaching. Its a way of learning too if you think about it. You re picking up basics and reviewing things
Jon's the best teacher I've ever had. I've made a ton of adjustments to my playing. Even this past week I've made huge adjustments I wouldn't have without his guidance. I hope I can keep taking lessons from him indefinitely
*Holds Broom confused*...am I in the wrong place?
Get to work Daniel-san.
Nice MUSE picture :))
@@philvance6167 This scene went through my mind too
Kmac fans, rejoice!
Ive been playing for 27 of my 36 years on earth, that one correction of a downstroke on the lowest note blew my mind. Guess I can sweep now. Thanks Mr. John...And Ola.
Im taking lessons from Jon via Skype. Very good person, professional guitarist and teacher. He dramatically improved my guitar playing technique. I totally recommend
Ola: “Can you play it super fast?”
Jon: “You asked for it.”
Jon is awesome, I can only recommend his Patreon!
I follow Jon's everything... he's such a great player and teacher.
Love this kind of content, Ola!! Your channel not just for the sake of entertainment, but also makes us a better player too. Thanks 🤘🏼
When u both love Bradley Hall and Ola Englund's content. Instant click. Instant like.
That guy pretty well rips! Been a subscriber of his for a couple of years, now.
You're in good hands, Ola.
Sweeping is one of the greatest things with the guitar. Great lesson!
Jon has ment the world in my progress as a guitarist! Superior teacher!! 😌🙏🏼
LOL that simple thing of turning a sweep around with a downstroke was basically what was missing in my sweeping technique. Always had problems with the turn around and it fkn blows my mind how i never thought of doing it this way, because this really was like flipping a switch for me xD
same except im still bad lol
Super bra och mycket lärorik video fler av dessa! :)
Håller med!
These are great exercises! I'm guessing most of us don't spend nearly enough time practicing these techniques. It's nice to have someone like Jon help us slow down and focus on the little details. Jon's Patreon page is pretty sweet too.
Recorrected years of sweeping wrong because of watching this. Thank you for filling In the gaps for me!
Just got my Solar GC1.6TAW- White yesterday. I will be trying out this lesson! Great guitar btw!!!
I feel like this will help me a lot with my sweep picking that just can't seem to go faster than step dad speed. Thanks guys.
Jon is the best teacher i recommend to check his channel
This is an amazing lesson, just what I was looking for. Ola the bro putting out great content.
Okay ngl that part with “ending” with a downstroke (outside picking) on the sweep triplet was a eureka moment for me (2.40) Have no idea why I never thought of that. Can’t remember the last time a single tip has helped me that much. Instantly improved my sweeps! Thank you for this:-)
Very insightful! Thank you for the vid Ola! 🙏🏼Much love from Chicago IL!🤘🏻🤙🏼
"And I suck at sweeping..."
-"Yess..."
Using a Tabata Timer for this is really helpful.
Put the work time, rest, and cycles if wanted.
Amazing guy super humble and kind also he is an excelent musician i really recommend his patreon page lml
This is awesome. The up vs down stroke at the end of the sweep was a real eye opener 👍🏼
Holy Moly on a Goaly xP Why no one hasn't told what to ACTUALLY do with your pick while sweeping? All the tutorials what I've seen have only told like "you have to just glide your pick over the strings like this" and then they just keep swoopin and poopin and I can't make any sense of their stupid lessons because they just didn't show this one little detail that actually might made all the difference whether or not I might actually be able to sweep after all. We'll see, have to try it once I'm done with this comment :D Because of all those other tutorials I've always thought that you actually have to glide the pick over the strings and it just never sounds good. This guy actually digs in quite deep and is actually picking the strings rather than tickling them like you'd have a feather in your fingers. Because of how he does it, it might actually made sense to me, finally. And yes I actually used this word way too fucking much. Sorry but actually not sorry :D
That purple guitar is so beautiful
Had to come back and edit the comment. It just might be one of the most beautiful guitars I have ever seen ^^
Ok, I have to be honest here. The way he said to hold the plectrum and the motion of the hand actually made my sweep sound clean for the first time. Holy shit. 5/5 Would sweep again.
I've been using some of Jon's 10 minute workouts for the last month or so (and his alt picking warmup for the last 2) and they've been quite helpful! He's a monster player.
Awesome Ola the sweep pickerer 🤘🎸
This was awesome, more stuff like this!!
Love watching this stuff, my biggest problem being sloppy sounding, I cant sweep, so this is a good video. Thanks to both of you
It's all in the muting. I highly recommend practicing with a metronome to stop yourself from going too fast and making things sloppy.
@@givemeajackson I agree, metronome and drum beats will get you to a new level. Today I will break out my metronome.
Good to know im not the only one whos just now learning to sweep pick
Ola picking that shit up super quick. Hes already a killer lead guitarist. Beast is about to be unleashed. Ola stick with sweeping dude!!!
Jon is an amazing guitarist
Jon: Up, up, up, up down.
My PC: Babality!!!!
I've been following him since 2016 and his Children Of Bodom covers. He's a brilliant player and teacher, I'm glad to see that his hard work paid off :D
Great lesson! Thanks for the link also!
Great vid! I've been following Jon for a while. Great player and teacher🤘🤘🎸
Really cool ive learned twos swerp picking and how to say his name awesome.
Just recently found out about Jon. Holy Cow! Such a clean and masterful player.
This Jon Bjork is fucking amazing.
Great breakdown on sweeping!
Jon is awesome! His lessons are great!
damn I like how he explains everything, he makes it so clear and easy
the beast is about to be unleashed with these skills. holy shit, gitaar-damnnnnnnn @_@
Ohh i was stuck because i wasnt resting on the next string. Thank you!! Iv never heard anyone address that problem yet in a video.
Thanks for the free lesson today 🤘🎸🤘
this almost makes me want too sweep pick, good job guys
I love this!
yo this guy is legit! thank you ola!
Greetings from Germany
those guitars are gorgeous!
It woud be fun to see weekly updates on your progress Ola!
its funny to see two legends talk to each other
2:40 is a revelation for me, my downstrokes always sounded bad and that changed everything.
Jon's patreon is incredible guys, seriously check it out.
Brilliant lesson, thanks gents!
That Solar that Jon is using is beautiful!
Just begin slowly eventually you well get there, that being said it really hard in the beginning to get it fast and clean. It took me a really long time but suddenly it just worked for me
Kudos Ola for having the open mind to admit and facing your "short comings" regarding your playing.....How many other professional musicians are willing to admit/face their faults in public?.....That takes major cajones You sir are a GOD among men!
Super Helpful. Thanks dude
Already spent hours on John's youtube, also waiting for the month to roll over to jump on the patreon. Awesome video.
Was waiting you show us how to clean your office. 🤣💖
I follow Jon since the release of Solars. 😉
good lesson and I have to say i like the no shoes feel that other countries have (i'm american), seems more relaxed and chill
More from this please 👍
Hey Ola, love your channel. Just a little idea for your S.W.O., show us a part of a song/riff with a new technique you've just learned. This will inspire new and experienced players to keep on working on their skills.
That purple one is nice. I wish the head-stock was the same color.
Jon is an insane guitarist
Jason Becker licks ❤
Altitude ❤
Expecting instant results isn't gonna happen. Work pays off when you put in the work on anything, starting slow then building up. Best way to learn, on any instrument.
I just switched to string skipping, and now this comes along.
I thing that string skipping is harder than sweep. Because sweep has a flow, and string skipping breaks it
@@pedrosilvaproductions the trick is to mix hybrid picking with string skipping and sweeping, to have multi technical approaches to groupings of notes, then different picking accents per note. Then tapping and slides from shape to shape or note grouping. Then various patterns leading into bends, or rakes or sweeps leading into bends.
I find that its easier to "flow" with a "hammer ons from no-where" approach to sweeping and string skipping. You can have limitless fluidity through chord changes with accents from the right hand.
I was just watching Jon jam yesterday, such a shredder.
Turns out I've been doing the wrist movement thing wrong. Not moving the wrist feels a lot better. Thank you!
Hell yeah great video!
Jon is so amazing
The best lesson
Oh yay olas gonna be shredding :)
“And most people can do that with no problem”😬
Me: *XD*
woah, i love that purple solar! :o
Great job good lesson
HE'S GROWING STRONGER
That's one humble dude. Would love to learn from someone like him!
What I would like nearly as much is the evertune model Ola is playing with the finish of the fixed bridge model Jon is using, please!
Check out Jon's Patreon. That's how I started with him. He has guitar coaching where you send him a video and then he sends. You a video lesson back and material.
i have the same problem with sweep picking as i have with tapping. make it sound clear, defined and without unwanted noise at higher speeds.
I love how compared to other videos where Ola is in the same room as another person, they're socially-distanced.
@Ping Bong love is weird, man.
I loved that one. Always seemed so dificult. Not any more......
Damn, I wasn't expecting that very first pull-off from the 12th to the 7th to be the hardest part of this. Damn you tiny pinky finger!
Awesome vid yo, would love to see a Will it Chug on the OR15
I am no expert but I have been sweeping comfortably for a long time now and I tried this out. My 'newness' to this method aside, I feel like this is more complicated than the way that I learned it. With his picking technique your picking hand is almost always ahead of your left hand. Being that the main issue people seem to have with sweeping is keeping their hands in sync (and of course muting) this seems like added complexity by having one hand one step ahead of the other instead of simply together. The reasoning for the added complexity (as he stated) was (essentially) for a secure feeling to make sure you don't hit the wrong string but is that a problem people actually have when sweeping? It's always the next string so idk how you run into that problem. Not to mention this makes sweeping seem less fluid since its a series of bouncing to and stopping at the next string. Also turning around when you hit the low note but then suddenly skipping resting on the next string just seemed awkward.
Both of these guitarists are immensely talented and I'm not trying to take anything away from that. Also I always appreciate people willing to put out free lessons. I'm just curious if this method deserves some criticism.
So many amps, and no amp at all when you really need it!
I love that purple one :O