4 Sweep Picking Mistakes

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[@victorthemusicman7243]

Mistake #1 - You don't practice sweeps...

[@Eduardo_3334]

Seek God. Its not about religion its no about rituals its not about hipocrisy or about a cheap philosophy of life. Its about communion with God Himself, Creator of all existing things, from the smallest atom to the biggest star. Everything has the Hand of God. I know that few will read this message and even fewer will be impacted by it but if you've read this far i heartly advise you to seek the Lord, who died for you took the guilt of your sins, and is willing to forgive you and accept you regardless of who you are, or what you have done. It's your decision. You have the free will to do whatever you want! 🎉❤

[@ina_exe]

​@@Eduardo_3334 stfu and stop promoting religion and pressuring it onto people ❤

[@sossussasses]

​@@Eduardo_3334 why not allah tho

[@allieplaysblues]

@@Eduardo_3334 what does this have to do with literally anything

[@jonde3]

​@@Eduardo_3334 "it's not about religion" nice one

[@nikomahal]

Not gonna lie the mistakes sound fire to

[@reniside4357]

Yh man 😂😂

[@Eduardo_3334]

Seek God. Its not about religion its no about rituals its not about hipocrisy or about a cheap philosophy of life. Its about communion with God Himself, Creator of all existing things, from the smallest atom to the biggest star. Everything has the Hand of God. I know that few will read this message and even fewer will be impacted by it but if you've read this far i heartly advise you to seek the Lord, who died for you took the guilt of your sins, and is willing to forgive you and accept you regardless of who you are, or what you have done. It's your decision. You have the free will to do whatever you want! ❤🎉

[@reniside4357]

@@Eduardo_3334 I feel like your in the wrong comment section but ♂️⭐

[@KJJ3DS]

@@Eduardo_3334 you know what? This is far from the worst religious comment I have read on KZbin. Thanks for not telling me that if I have a knee-jerk reaction to your comment then I must have a demon inside me.

[@nemesyssss]

​@@reniside4357these are usually bots

[@joelonsdale]

I've cured my poor sweeping by quitting sweeping.

[@oasisguy1998]

I wish it was the same with smoking

[@rottentomatoplays]

I giggled like a child at the end 😂

[@erikolsen1333]

Okay guitar teacher here, great job, I’ve been teaching for 9 years, and you’ve taught me a thing or 2. 🎉 thank you.

[@chrisgermany5919]

Awesome! On the last part about slanting the pick, I completely agree except for one thing. Try slanting the pick throughout all of the sweeping until the last three or four notes. Then as you approach those last notes, straighten it back up for the more staccato effect, then off into whatever phrases come next.

[@SyrNikoliTheBastardous]

the open chords got a nice sound to them ngl

[@2morrowillcome]

I've been dropping in and out on Brandon since Davie504 spotlighted him and if "Now, JUST leave!" is his standard outro, I'm just now picking up on it... And I love it 😂

[@bropeep07]

I love his supermarket sweeps series.

[@Left_as_value_freespeech]

I didn't just leave, I couldn't... Left this on repeat until I found my pick and doubled checked my form. Fucking death grip 🤣

[@Grommie122]

I'm not usually a fan of short form content, or lesson videos. You are a master, not sugar coating the practice aspect and addressing real roadblocks. Thank you, I do all these mistakes

[@welsh_Witch]

I literally did all these and it made me quite. Got a squire telecaster on order as I wanted to try it again so thanks for these tips

[@caglayagmurr]

but if i dont death grip that pick it will fly 🥺

[@ancientgalaxy7697]

Ty so much for the slanting the oick advice it was the only thing i was missing to sweep

[@PorkchopExpression]

I'm guilty of spending a year learning sweep picking then realizing I play in a classic rock bar band and will never use it.

[@devilslide01]

Literally struggled with this for years

[@Sensei.shonuff]

Mistake number 1 is the one that gets me so glad u pointrd it out Man ur amazing

[@bruh-nn6en]

bro forgot what parallel meant💀

[@bedbug6177]

He got confused with perpendicular

[@smbovl]

? no he didnt?

[@myrix_dev]

​@@smbovl yes he did and you did too. He meant perpendicular. Parallel lines: || Perpendicular lines: -|

[@tfwthewhen]

the pick is actually parallel with the strings, perpendicular would be attacking with a vertical pick

[@NV2008-cq7ru]

I mean technically it’s also parallel since the strings have multiple dimensions

[@virtualnuke-bl5ym]

I think the hardest part is the precise coordination needed between both hands. Like I can play 200 bpm shred up scales and tapping and stuff but only with economic picking. If I tried to do that while picking every note it would be a complete mess of garbage. Same thing with sweep picking, which requires you to basically 'pick' every note as you go up and down, only occasionally playing 2 notes on a string.

[@iankirkwood2772]

Dude your videos are great

[@kalashio]

On cutting the volume of the chords. When you played without cutting the volume I unironically felt my day get better. It felt very calming

[@metaljimmy6663]

Great tips and video

[@saltyocean5259]

Damn thats a beautiful guitar

[@xXCEEHUXx]

your shorts are really dense in information and never boring. Thanks for that!

[@noodli8138]

mistake 1: i've never fucking learned how to sweep 🔥🔥🔥

[@gottem96]

Surprisingly I sweep pick correctly. I just suck at it

[@TheNathanStars]

Another mistake is letting the transitions between different sweep shapes too sound choppy or disconected because of the fretting hand

[@bloodfang2805]

Wow an actually helpful guitar tip video. Thanks man!

[@naoiserock8130]

Great video 👍

[@shelly.618]

Ah good i was slanting the pick intuitively and thought maybe you shouldn’t that’s great to hear

[@ishko108]

seems like a decent teacher, this brandon kid. funny, too. i had a good laugh and confirmed what i knew. good job. we need more people like this.

[@user-xw4sn4lq4h]

😂 actually this quick lesson DID work! 👍🎸😎

[@user-nq1bm1dj8j]

Amazing sweeppiking by Ingway Malsten

[@twiptwip69]

Kiko doesn’t slant his pick and he’s one of the better people I’ve seen doing this technique

[@Epiphonelover77]

Ngl I’ve learned a hell of a lot from you . Thanks a lot bro, keep it up 👍

[@robertshafer8968]

Bro was dreaming about this and woke straight up and made this video.

[@asheronwindspear552]

I have a really hard time holding a pick because of my weird thumbs, they naturally bend back to a 90⁰ angle without any outside pressure.

[@Overgis4058]

Guilty of mistake four. Thank you for the correction, Brandon, i really hope I'm not PISSING you OFF.

[@JustaThing]

The mistakes sound just as fire and now my brain hurts

[@bob_velseb783]

This man inspired me to get a Telecaster

[@onemanjam_music]

“Fookin death grip” had me rolling. I still can’t get any faster than 50 bpm at exercise 355 in guitar aerobics. It’s been 2 years 😢the sextuplet per quarter note is just too fast for me

[@Mr1245678990]

Thank you 💗💗

[@BinarySecond]

Man's got that Ziltoid tone

[@caballogris4475]

I didnt knew Daniel Thrasher was this good at guitar

[@narrowaimed]

I’m guilty of all 4… no wonder why I can’t get the hang of this technique 😭

[@crazfatbloke876]

The first two wrongs sounds so good tho

[@Skylardeck]

Thanks, your sweep picking is amazing, I'll save this for later

[@martijn6939]

Oh wait you're the guy that roasts me with community posts

[@shayreno1461]

Preferred it the "wrong" way

[@blapblapblapblap]

Slanting the pick was a huge one for me. It's still hard switching from rigid alternate picking hand to a relaxed angled motion.

[@VudkaOnIce]

Lmfo that last line, you need to chill 😂

[@George_]

noided

[@ghostilog7462]

I've got a life sentence

[@AUX_ZEE]

Bold of you to assume I can sweep

[@joe78man]

You don't tell me what to do!

[@macstorlie5705]

Get got

[@ErnestBautistaTravelMusicGadge]

Haha nice man

[@TwilightZone13]

Mistake #0 forgetting to remove the metronome when editing a video

[@metaldeth]

Guilty as charged

[@owenvalenciahageman4892]

DO YOU KNOW YOU HAVE HIDDEN GUITAR SKILLS AND THEY ARE READY TO BE AWAKENED WITH MY HELP?! BETTER CALL BRAN!

[@Commander_Grub]

My problem is string noise. I don't know how to keep the strings muted after I lift my fingers up and move down to the next one. Any tips?

[@manfredworner8528]

Lol that s me death grip 😂

[@SharpEdgeStandardOfficial]

The biggest mistake in this video is them shorts you got on mang!

[@AjaySingh_36]

Left

[@cainanroff7170]

Jeez, callin out my death grip gosh

[@JamietheEmperor]

I do all of these oh god

[@Dark3ndCyph3r]

Just fooken left

[@alvinsubmarine3275]

lmao youre the goat

[@BimsiBoi]

Not guilty i cant sweep yet lol

[@clivenaicker9010]

Ok! Ok! Young Christian Bale..

[@reniside4357]

Thanks sweeping is quite hard

[@JazzyWaz]

My death grip is real😬

[@viiexxiii]

Me doing every mistake 👌🏻

[@spectacularsam2584]

What’s you’re amp settings on this

[@readmarx420]

I don't play electric guitar, but i figure learning about it could help with acoustic

[@kingcole7927]

I can’t sweep for shiz and I still have a death grip. I have always struggled with death gripping everything. It’s a challenging habit to overcome.

[@hobbesbeoulve2285]

Mistake #1 is teaching music like it’s French cooking 😉

[@kouani1995]

nice guitar

[@azrorogers]

Me, who finger picks

[@jii-ro7083]

Mistake number one is to sweep on tele :D

[@psychostick555]

But I like it when they all ring :(

[@mase444]

The "wrong" example on mistake 1 stil sounds good, but I know it's not technically sweep picking

[@heil6907]

death grippers

[@moyst33]

Sweep picking feels sooo unnatural, that's why i keep myself from playing songs that use sweeps. But lately i found myself listening to CHON and playing their style and they use a LOT of 'em. Wish me luck!

[@alien432hz9]

I don't care about the techniq, i just play it, -Kurt

[@c3t-rex721]

Forgot mistake #5.... not practicing with a metronome

[@scarlettefoxx5585]

I don't play the guitar what am i doing here

[@powerguiller]

There are no such things as mistakes, you must play what works for you comfortably.

[@Eduardo_3334]

Seek God. Its not about religion its no about rituals its not about hipocrisy or about a cheap philosophy of life. Its about communion with God Himself, Creator of all existing things, from the smallest atom to the biggest star. Everything has the Hand of God. I know that few will read this message and even fewer will be impacted by it but if you've read this far i heartly advise you to seek the Lord, who died for you took the guilt of your sins, and is willing to forgive you and accept you regardless of who you are, or what you have done. It's your decision. You have the free will to do whatever you want! ❤🎉❤🎉

[@roma540]

I don't make any of those mistakes I'm not at the level of practicing sweep yet

[@eilliwwasniahc]

It's only a mistake if that's not what you intended to do.

[@diegoflores3831]

Oh good, I'm doing everything wrong

[@Dwightpower88]

I'm not into sweep picking (it sounds cool I just don't play that style) but I wanted to like and comment for the fact that you're using a tele. I never knew how amazing they were until a few years years ago.

[@podomuss]

Teles and SGs are by far my favorite body shapes.

[@Butt-HeadtheAlmighty]

Thank you Jacksepticeye

[@mryichman4935]

I cant sweep pick 😢

[@jacobmcclure8130]

mistake 5 sweep picking on a telecaster lol

[@kmo0112]

I was taught to angle the pick (as in holding perpendicular but bending your thumb, if that makes sense). Does anyone know if this is less efficient than tilting it, or is it just personal preference?

[@charlesmayberry2825]

as a rhythm guitarist that plays ultra heavy picks "Not slanting the pick"... yeah.... practice with a 3mm or heavier, you will learn to slant the pick if you don't want to lose the pick, or hurt yourself lol

[@sanskaraggarwal2436]

Me doing 5 mistakes😢

[@andyoushouldfeelbad]

Some would argue that #3 is not a mistake at all. I can sweep with both methods, but plenty of instructors will argue that you should always (even when sweeping) be parallel.

[@maJastoL]

Yeah this is the first time I've heard someone say to slant the pick. I've actually been trying not to do it..

[@lntxp01]

Really? How would it work if you didn't slant the pick?

[@maJastoL]

@@lntxp01 Just cut through the string like normal