UNLOCK Your Sweep Picking Potential!

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  • Опубликовано: 2 авг 2024
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    You want to UNLOCK your sweep picking potential?! Of course you do! Thats why you need this sweep picking etude in your life! Its simple, takes you through a couple vital arpeggio shapes, and makes for a great warmup or exercise. I've been playing it for years! I'm going to show you how to play it, then give you some tips on picking motion and muting to help you sweep faster than a cheetah on a speedboat!
    Ibanez RG550 with Fishman Fluence Classic pickups
    Synergy Vai module
    UA OX Box
    What do you want to learn next?! Let me know in the comments and you'll see it on the next episode of Weekend Wankshop!
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  • @mrcurtis73
    @mrcurtis73 Год назад +72

    “Arpeggimos” and “Ying Yang Milkshake” alone are worth a like, and the video just barely got started! 😂

    • @patrickbaustian4455
      @patrickbaustian4455 Год назад +5

      the Ying-Yang Milkshake got me

    • @thetribalist6923
      @thetribalist6923 Год назад +3

      @@patrickbaustian4455 embarrassing to admit, but it took me a minute to realize it was a play on Yngwie Malmsteen.

    • @blakegilliam8223
      @blakegilliam8223 Год назад +4

      Yeah and when he looks straight into the camera and says "6 9, nice". Probably why my playing isn't improving faster because I'm so focused on the sexual innuendos, lol. I'm kidding but Ben has some hilarious dead-pan humor....

    • @toddkoenig426
      @toddkoenig426 Год назад +1

      Love his unique comments, had to smile with the b string tuning part also... "is it bothering anybody else..."!😂

    • @christopher.k.guitar
      @christopher.k.guitar Год назад +1

      LMAO 🤣

  • @shmida1991
    @shmida1991 Год назад +28

    What I love in your videos is that you don't try to claim that one way is better than the other, instead you are encouraging everyone to find the way that suites him the most

  • @markrussell5008
    @markrussell5008 Год назад +34

    Best sweep picking tutorial I've ever watched... Played for 30 yrs and sweep picking has been a real sticking point... Made more progress with this exercise in 2hrs than the last 30yrs..... THANK YOU!!!!

    • @georgehealy8350
      @georgehealy8350 Год назад +7

      I have to agree with this 100%. I have watched a lot of sweep tutorials and could never play any of them. With this tutorial I could at least make my hands obey me, at probably 30% of the speed Ben does, but still it felt like progress which I have never achieved before.

  • @EclipseAtDusk
    @EclipseAtDusk Год назад +20

    Okay but why is this Specific grouping of arpeggios so insanely satisfying??
    I’ve been shredding this progression for Ages, it’s So Good

    • @jokester5130
      @jokester5130 Год назад +5

      Andalusian Cadence. It's been used forever and sounds great.

    • @Retrograde6
      @Retrograde6 9 месяцев назад +2

      It's an Aeolian progression. B Aeolian or D major. You could take any of these chords from D major and they'd sound great: Dmaj / Emin / F# min / G maj / A maj / B min (C# dim is in key too but sounds funky until you get the sound into your ear). You could take those chords and arrange them into different orders for different sounds. Experiment! 🤘

  • @aerosmith7175
    @aerosmith7175 Год назад +14

    YES I’ve been trying to get better at sweep picking and this will help thanks uncle Ben , more sweep picking videos would be appreciated 🤘

  • @MusicMadnessM
    @MusicMadnessM Год назад +7

    This one is going straight into my daily routine!

  • @TomChopperGuitar
    @TomChopperGuitar Год назад +2

    I always though his name was YingYang Maheimerstine… dam, you really do learn something new everyday!😂

  • @thebloodychord
    @thebloodychord Год назад +1

    Loving all these lessons you've been putting out recently!

  • @daveelson213
    @daveelson213 Год назад

    DANNNNNNNY!!!!! awesome jack torrence in the cold painting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @edwardglyons
    @edwardglyons Год назад

    I continue to support this channel. Because it's awesome!

  • @joeyskar
    @joeyskar Год назад +1

    I always play that major sweeping pattern with my ring finger on the A string and my pinky on minor. Bad habits die hard.

  • @mikeking453
    @mikeking453 Год назад +1

    Great lesson. Thanks for posting.

  • @Uncle_Gray
    @Uncle_Gray Год назад

    Thanks man It's hard to stop That loop is so contagious ☺️

  • @BJ-ol3ev
    @BJ-ol3ev Год назад +1

    Awesome Ben,thanks also for including the Guitar Pro files that helps heaps,and great tip with the "lawn mower push " methodology 😊 Ive being doing this sweep thing wrong for years by trying to pick from the wrist... better late than never 👍🤘

  • @gloriahancock8358
    @gloriahancock8358 Год назад

    You rock brother!!

  • @charlesstratton5335
    @charlesstratton5335 Год назад +1

    This was a very helpful lesson. You have a great teaching style Ben! Also I love all your amps and gear, looks so cool, especially the Vai module. And I love that you play an RG :)

  • @djallen4055
    @djallen4055 Год назад

    Great video and exercise Uncle Ben, thank you! New studio space is looking fine, sir!

  • @shalomshalom735
    @shalomshalom735 Год назад +5

    great video Ben! Can you please also do some "tips lesson video" for how to use the whammy and perhaps also for tapping? great video dude. Been watching your channel for years, love it.

  • @brutalslam8443
    @brutalslam8443 Год назад +1

    Really cool! Thank you very much! 👍

  • @axeslinger44
    @axeslinger44 Год назад +1

    Your lessons are the best. They always hit the mark of what you’re trying to teach and they almost always help me improve other parts of my playing just by proxy. Also, I love that guitar.

  • @DisruptedSinner
    @DisruptedSinner Год назад +2

    This was one of the most helpful videos I've seen from anyone - great stuff!! Time to go practice. :)

  • @ZachBelcher94
    @ZachBelcher94 Год назад +2

    This excercise also reinforces economy picking ideas nicely, i had accidentally been using this exact sweep pattern movement to practice myself, glad that within the first 20 seconds i already knew what to do by watching you

  • @laratheheavy
    @laratheheavy Год назад

    Killer vid man….I’ve been sweeping the youtubes for these types of lesson these past few days and this one came just in time, awesome

  • @Spk202
    @Spk202 Год назад

    Damn, i needed this in my practice routine, thanks!

  • @mattwhitfield9850
    @mattwhitfield9850 Год назад +2

    Really cool exercise nephew, fun to play, improves technique and timing, and it sounds cool!!! \m/

  • @JS-md7gg
    @JS-md7gg Год назад +1

    THANKS ! The shoulder movement helped me a lot. I already see a big difference in 15 min of practice... 🤘

  • @sole__doubt
    @sole__doubt 7 месяцев назад +1

    Ive improved my scales playing and knowledge about modes with your guidance and lessons. Now Im on to sweep picking, glad my Uncle Ben is here to help me learn it.

  • @rudiyantohalim736
    @rudiyantohalim736 Год назад +2

    Who didn't love Matias E.A Eklund form Freak Kitchen?

  • @charles-davidcorbin3341
    @charles-davidcorbin3341 Год назад +1

    Great Video thanks alot Ben. I just start sweeping, I will try that arpegio too to see if I could do it.

  • @cheeseshark5
    @cheeseshark5 Год назад +2

    Perfect timing, really needed something to woodshed to make my sweeps less ass. Reminds me a lot of the intro to Smoke and Mirrors by Symphony X, just less ungodly punishing

  • @chucksaeger7500
    @chucksaeger7500 5 месяцев назад

    You have the absolute best lessons and I use them constantly. I’ve been struggling with pick hand position and this answers my questions.
    Thanks

  • @Bad.Rabbit
    @Bad.Rabbit Год назад +1

    Fun exercise. Thanks for the reminder to accent the first notes... It's so easy to slide into them and just legato instead but didn't sound as good. I'm topping out at 120bpm triplets today before it gets a little sloppy. Need to work at it!

  • @arrakeen20
    @arrakeen20 Год назад +1

    First Uncle Ben exercise I can play at real dad speed right off the bat 😅

  • @howardcox2918
    @howardcox2918 Год назад

    Fantastic

  • @EyesOpen369
    @EyesOpen369 27 дней назад

    One thing that helped me out was not trying to change my picking technique when I go from sweeps to economy picking,and alternate picking. i find it easier to stay within the same hand position and movement to set myself up to go back into one or the other pick techniques. Hope this helps you

  • @zmaninpgh
    @zmaninpgh Год назад

    Fantastic video this is probably the best one I’ve seen so far anybody did one sweep picking

  • @eigengrau1
    @eigengrau1 Год назад +1

    Thanks Uncle Ben..! Your Channel is one of the best on the Tube..!
    Ps. *The Bonus-Tip* es muy importante.. A small but very game/soundchanging detail;
    now my sweeps are more crsipy again- thanks for that, too! Much love from Germany.

  • @vickyverma4123
    @vickyverma4123 Год назад

    Thankyou 🤘

  • @thomasbeerakis2168
    @thomasbeerakis2168 Год назад

    thank you!

  • @mikebaker7964
    @mikebaker7964 Год назад +1

    Excellent video, thanks as always :) Sweep picking has been something I've been trying to add to my repertoire for years and years! I know the gist of it seems to be the "flick" of the pick so you push through the string to essentially rest on the next string. For some reason I still struggle with this when pulling up the strings, as I seem to add a small pause, but seem ok when pushing down through the strings. Hoping practice makes perfect with this new video🤞

  • @ericnolly572
    @ericnolly572 Месяц назад

    My first sweep picking lesson.. Love your work 🤘 Just subscribed!!! Thank you Uncle Ben!

  • @deltalegendsguitaramplific5450

    Thanks Uncle Ben !

  • @ravikant840
    @ravikant840 Год назад +1

    THIS IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL PATTERN. LOVE IT!!

  • @InsolentMusicalPeasant
    @InsolentMusicalPeasant Год назад

    Man, you kick all manner of ass. That Slow-Motion Lawnmower thing put it all together for me. Makes so much sense to use the shoulder more.

  • @JamesMurphyProducer
    @JamesMurphyProducer Год назад +2

    i've been doing a similar exercise/etude for years... I still play it virtually every day/practice session, even though i'm trying to limit how much I actually "sweep" through arpeggios in my actual playing these days. Liked & Sub'ed.... well, been sub'ed for quite a while now 😎

  • @bryanmcdermott4204
    @bryanmcdermott4204 Год назад

    The new setup looks good.

  • @periachi4961
    @periachi4961 Год назад +2

    Maybe my parents will finally love me with my new sweep picking prowess!

  • @rickedstyles1
    @rickedstyles1 Год назад +1

    Thank you Ben can’t wait to try this! Been working on the arpeggio section of Eugene’s trick bag and think these tips could help, have you ever gone over those on a video?

  • @Fuzzybunny-ki1cw
    @Fuzzybunny-ki1cw 7 месяцев назад +1

    BEN THE MAN!

  • @chrisdaviesguitar
    @chrisdaviesguitar Год назад +1

    Book marked this fooker. Thank you.
    How about one on cross string tapping next?

  • @marioastburysykes
    @marioastburysykes Год назад

    very nice arpeggios
    very nice video

  • @stefanausfranken1722
    @stefanausfranken1722 Год назад

    Pretty cool thank you a lot. Regards from Germany

  • @allboutthemojo
    @allboutthemojo Год назад +2

    Thanks for the lesson. 👍
    Either you or youtube is spying on us because I just started to practice an old exercise that was not sweep picked and changed it to sweep practice like maybe a week ago and boom, here comes a video lesson from you on that exact subject!
    I gotta remember to turn my phone off at certain times 😂

  • @onemancarnage
    @onemancarnage 7 месяцев назад +1

    Uncle Ben " smacking that A ,.... arpeggio! Lol.

  • @vinarino9425
    @vinarino9425 8 месяцев назад

    Really great! Go slow it becomes something. Go fast, it becomes something else. Dynamics

  • @MrCleanPhoto
    @MrCleanPhoto Год назад

    Great lesson my virtual friend! Love the lawnmower and ATTACK. I've always kind of sucked at arpegiowhammalammadingdongs but this helps a ton. Also you called out what has been shouted to me a million times (Alexi Laiho preached this, everyone preaches this) SLOW DOWN!!!! If I had a dollar for every time I grabbed a guitar and tried to play a lick faster than I should I'd actually be able to afford all my guitars.
    Have a great weekend homie!

  • @Ryan_Messenger
    @Ryan_Messenger Год назад +1

    oh hell yeah 🤘

  • @marshallrhodes4483
    @marshallrhodes4483 Год назад

    got it!

  • @brandonjackson5865
    @brandonjackson5865 Год назад

    That’s one of the sweetest old RGs I’ve ever seen.

  • @patandmacmusic
    @patandmacmusic Год назад +1

    This goes hard

  • @brucepoindexter5879
    @brucepoindexter5879 Год назад +1

    Nice.

  • @southtexassons
    @southtexassons Год назад

    “Basic B”… I see what ya did there 😂😂😂😂 great exercise broski 🤘🏻🤘🏻

  • @meljohnson5579
    @meljohnson5579 4 месяца назад

    Definitely gonna try the lawnmower idea. I think I'm unintentionally uses way to much wrist😊

  • @bradh1870
    @bradh1870 Год назад +1

    This could not have been timed better. I was tinkering with “Thunderhorse” this morning and getting irritated with my sweeps sounding good intermittently, then a complete mess. 😵‍💫

  • @SamBarvels
    @SamBarvels Год назад +2

    5:05 6 9….nice 😏

  • @ziggy4465
    @ziggy4465 Год назад

    Something new to try. I seem to only be able to upstroke properly. Working on the downstrokes. This exercise may be the key.

  • @markladendorff4904
    @markladendorff4904 Год назад

    I ignored the second half of work after watching this. Great exercise!

  • @pauldncn1
    @pauldncn1 Год назад +1

    Ben thanks man
    Off with covid bit it’s good practice time right? 🤣🤣🤣
    A few too many tissues on the bench but …
    You’ve just shown me my issue with sweep picking
    I’m obviously far too used to making my wrist do the work 🥴🥴😳🎉
    I’ll give the shoulder idea a shot
    Hope everyone is well
    Take care !!

  • @nightsyrkahcum
    @nightsyrkahcum Год назад +2

    more sweeping please!

  • @timkoelln3826
    @timkoelln3826 Год назад

    Love that RG550. I keep looking for one on Reverb. Apparently everyone else loves them too since they aren’t getting any cheaper! 😂 That color always reminded me of a Lake Placid Blue strat that I used to have. I just recently realized it was a MIJ strat made in the same factory as that RG (Fujigen) so maybe it really is the same color with a different name!? Also all of my favorite guitars I’ve owned where made in that factory, so now I’m thinking I need to try an FGN and maybe a MIJ Epiphone Les Paul while I’m at it!

  • @2_blocks_down
    @2_blocks_down 3 месяца назад

    When he talked about the swedish guy with the weird exaggerated technique, I tried it and it's actually great. That's what I'm gonna do from now on I think. It's weird but the exaggerated tilting back and forth of the pick makes a lot of sense to me

  • @UserNameWasCensored
    @UserNameWasCensored Год назад +1

    Nice shirt there 🪓🎸

  • @brbqsauce
    @brbqsauce Год назад +1

    sweet

  • @DnoboDy
    @DnoboDy Год назад

    Clicked. It was definitely worth clicking. Thank you!

  • @loydthabartender5794
    @loydthabartender5794 8 месяцев назад

    Reminds me a bit of the sweeping part to bed of razors by children of bodom.

  • @davidzamora9973
    @davidzamora9973 Год назад +1

    Yo Ben, can we get a close up of that piece of art hanging to the left of the monitors? They all look good but that piece to the left of the figure in front of the light looks quite intriguing...

  • @GregsGarage
    @GregsGarage Год назад

    Invisible lawnmower.... GOT IT!!!

  • @malan43
    @malan43 Год назад

    Thanks to your real Dad for designing your module, now on to the stepdad speed portion of the lesson!😎😎

  • @Wilmonator
    @Wilmonator Год назад

    6, 9, nice :)

  • @Iesous27
    @Iesous27 Год назад

    I always have issues with my fretting hand keeping up with the picking hand. As well as the picking hand not being very smooth. Im gonna try to focus on keeping the pick more slanted so it just slides off the string. Silently practicing my fretting hand on the proper notes too. Sweeping and solos in general are the bane of my existence

  • @davidzamora9973
    @davidzamora9973 Год назад

    7:30 "The angle of the pick is adressing the strings at totally differently axises" damn, that's a ying yang milkshake sweep for the tongue. Say that up to speed

  • @bestboy897
    @bestboy897 6 месяцев назад +1

    really easy sweeps cuz no frets needs to be finger rolled great progression

  • @1981SG
    @1981SG Год назад

    Sounds great! Sounds like something Alexi Laiho would write. God i miss him!

  • @KaldDodeGitarist
    @KaldDodeGitarist Год назад +1

    My favorite warm up arpeggimos are a few from fermented offal discharge. Not a brag because I can't play the whole solo, but the sweeps I did learn from it are great warm-ups because they start out as partial sweeps that become full sweeps and then make you move around on the neck.

  • @ryanbotoy
    @ryanbotoy Год назад +1

    🔥

  • @MrHeshersNeighborhood
    @MrHeshersNeighborhood Год назад

    Guess I’m finally gonna attempt sweep picking.

  • @KRayxKodessA
    @KRayxKodessA Год назад

    _Yingyang Milkshake..._
    gets me *every* time without fail.

  • @K.V.H.
    @K.V.H. Год назад

    God dammit, Uncle Ben, you're my fuckin hero!

  • @mindofmatter071
    @mindofmatter071 Год назад

    You're like a glory hole Uncle Ben...you do all the hard work and we get all the pleasure! 🤣
    I still suck at guitar, but getting better for sure!! Sweeping is what i am working at and especially that 1st note exaggerated. Thanks Unc!

  • @mercury4metal
    @mercury4metal 4 месяца назад

    Ben, your wrist is moving. Not as fully as you may think, but there’s slight movement. 🤘🏾🤣🤘🏾

  • @titoxprogr11
    @titoxprogr11 Год назад +1

    Ben you are my favourite uncle

  • @impoopnrightnow906
    @impoopnrightnow906 Год назад +1

    *UNCLE BEN!*

  • @RF944
    @RF944 Год назад

    Looks like a jammin studio, I suck at sweeps but I keep trying.

  • @gsbguitarsgsb679
    @gsbguitarsgsb679 Год назад

    Your wrist does move ever so slightly but it’s All good I get where your coming from. I have tried sweeping in the past and failed miserably. Needless to say yes I suck at it and gave up focusing on it. I’ll try again with this video. Thanks maybe an old dog can learn a new trick.

  • @joaquinguerra7217
    @joaquinguerra7217 Год назад

    Please that return tutorials of solos of the bands excelent your channel

  • @bigkahuna4847
    @bigkahuna4847 5 месяцев назад

    “6..9….nice” LOL

  • @TheMeJustMe75
    @TheMeJustMe75 Год назад

    My sweep picking went from m awesome to horrible. Thanks for the refresher. Have you ever done a video on your guitars? I'm wanting either a RG7421 or a RGA7421. I have wondered how you like yours and what would you change or have changed.

  • @JesusChrist_IsTruth-LoveForALL

    Keeping the strings silent/muted when doing your run through is the hardest part! 🥴
    Good tips 💪
    What's stocked up in the Ibanez warehouse behind you? 🧐👍😁

  • @JonBjork
    @JonBjork Год назад +3

    I feel like I'm fighting an old school NES boss while improving my sweep picking! Good stuff Ben😀

    • @BenEller
      @BenEller  Год назад

      Haha that’s exactly what I was aiming for!

    • @JonBjork
      @JonBjork Год назад

      @@BenEller Nailed it!

    • @phillybri
      @phillybri Год назад

      Like Jacquio in Ninja Gaiden. Just gotta find that pattern…😎

  • @Claus-dx2qy
    @Claus-dx2qy Год назад

    Unlock the Rock!