The Hardest Sweep Shapes Ever

4-String arpeggios where you must change direction on the finger roll itself is perhaps the greatest duo of difficulty you will ever encounter when sweep picking... but why? The finger roll direction change is tricky to do cleanly, but there's also the fact that almost ALL sweep pickers simply can't do 4-string arpeggios, as they get into the bad habit of doing 3-string sweeping in a fixed downward pickslant, hitting the G string with a downstroke. This simply does not work well when expanded to 4-string sweeping. You must use 2-way pickslanting and sweep in the direction of travel.
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[@Frogdog99]

Also I appreciate you putting the pickstroke directions in your tabs

[@AlfredPotterGuitar]

No problem, yeah that upstroke is essential

[@Frogdog99]

You have to do that in hangar 18, its super annoying

[@jonatanstang5675]

Which one? The first solo sweep is easy

[@Frogdog99]

@@jonatanstang5675 The second one in the second solo. Some tabs have it as another minor arpeggio, but what he plays is identical to the major shape in the video.

[@Frogdog99]

except up a half step

[@h4yram]

damn, to this day i did everythink to avoid these 4 string arpeggios. now i have to give it a try.. thank you alfred🔥

[@AlfredPotterGuitar]

It's very common avoidance =O It's why you hardly hear any sweep pickers use them. I think Jason Becker used to use them, and the Wintersun guitarist, and Rusty Cooley (maybe Jeff Loomis?), but that's all who come to mind. Hop into my Discord if you wanna chat about this or share thoughts on technique etc, it would be great to have you there: discord.gg/G9r65Uu6vY

[@Afurthyclays]

This is actually good advice! It may seem "simple" to some, but sometimes we forget. It can be a pain in the ass, now & then. 😂

[@AlfredPotterGuitar]

Thanks, and I agree =)

[@rubeneduardocolinier9228]

Excelente .Saludos desde Argentina

[@AlfredPotterGuitar]

Thank you

[@HivernaalChannel]

Another great/difficult one !

[@AlfredPotterGuitar]

Good luck with these difficult ones

[@transparent6748]

I’m not even used to 4 strings arpeggios lol,,okay ill give it a try 🙂

[@AlfredPotterGuitar]

hahah, forgive me! They are a pain

[@transparent6748]

@@AlfredPotterGuitar lol

[@torcher1616]

Make it 6 string shape, 240 bpm - and you just start learning necrophagist)