Quote Originally Posted by halfassedjediknight
im self taught, been playing since i was 11.

so thats 10 years. and still this sweep picking has eluded my talents.

i like to play a lot of metal type stuff, so tremolo picking is my favorite i guess. haha.
Some of the best players do not sweep at all - they only use alternate picking.

Frank Gambale wrote a good sweep-picking instruction book, it's called "Speed Picking"*. I don't know if it's still in print. Jimmy Bruno did a video on picking which includes sweeping, but I don't have it. He does say, though, on another video, that sweep technique "takes a long time" to learn. It has many other names, including "economy picking".

*Edit - I just checked - Speed Picking is available on Amazon.
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