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How To Master Sweep Picking (Yngwie Malmsteen Style)

May 12, 2016

The sweep picking technique is a smooth motion of picking all down strokes as you pick up the notes of a chord and then all up strokes as you descend on the chord. It was made famous by Yngwie Malmsteen. Some have said it was given the name by Frank Gambale. Regardless, it is a great technique and exercise […]

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Arpeggio Slider Guitar Lick

April 7, 2016

The arpeggio slider lick not only sounds cool but it also focuses on 3 guitar techniques. 1. Timing – concentrate on playing this lick slowly with a metronome. Slowly increase the speed keeping your timing intact. 2. Sliding – each slide needs to be in time. This will help with your guitar phrasing. It’s a […]