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Sweep Picking

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Sweep picking on 2 strings

A sweep pick can be played on as little as 2 strings.

sweep picking lick tablature

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5 string sweep arpeggios

While there are many different types of arpeggios that you could sweep pick, here are 2 very basic major and minor arpeggios the lend themselves well to sweep picking. The first note on the 5th string is the root of these arpeggios (A in this case). Practice playing these in different places on the neck of the guitar.

A major arpeggio

sweep picking lick tablature

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A minor arpeggio

sweep picking lick tablature

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