sweep tapping w/vids and tab

[stratotone]

Please note: All tabs are approximations - they are close, but I'm not Cherry Lane Publications. They give you enough info to show what I'm doing, but as far as being note for note - I just recorded the clips first, then hammered out quick tab. It should be close enough.

First, here's the basic sweep pattern I'm using, and a small video of it:

|-------12-15-12----------------14-17-14-----------||
|----13----------13----------15----------15-------o||
|-14----------------14-12-16----------------16-14---||
|----------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------------||

http://members.cox.net/okstrat/1sweep.wmv

Note that I'm sweeping on the fretboard. Why? So I can reach over and tap high notes like this:

......................T
|-------14-17-21-17-14-------------|
|----15----------------15----------|
|-16----------------------16-14----|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|

Note that the hammers on the high string of the sweep give you enough time to tap and pull off. With the slide it takes a little bit of finger strength to tap, slide up to the note, slide back down and then pull off.

http://members.cox.net/okstrat/1sweeptap.wmv

.................... Tap slide
|-------14-17-19/21\19-17-14-------------|
|----15-----------------------15----------|
|-16-----------------------------16-14----|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|

http://members.cox.net/okstrat/2sweeptap.wmv

here's a lick in Eminor that is built around a blues pentatonic with some hammered/slide notes.

........................tap slide...................................... tap slide .....................................tap slide
|--------12-15-19-/21\-19-15-12-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----12------------------------12----------12-15-17-/19\-17-15-12------------------------------------------|
|--12------------------------------12----12------------------------12----------12-14-16-/17\-16-14-12-------|
|-------------------------------------14------------------------------12----12------------------------12----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------14------------------------------14-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

http://members.cox.net/okstrat/3sweeptap.wmv

I know it's kinda wanky, but it's a fun thing to do at times, and with the slides it has a neat visual and sound thing going.

Pete

[Brian Catron]

Nicely done. I can actually see what you are doing pretty well. I have really just started trying to figure out sweeping and it is kind of awkward for me so far. Thanks.

[Serious_Poo]

Very, very cool. I love it when someone takes the time to post something like this. Excellently done, too. Thanks again for posting this.

[redmax61]

It looks pretty straight forward, but I'll have to chew on it a bit when it's not so late.

THANKS for taking the time to develop and post this!

[stratotone]

Thanks for the kind words guys. If you have any problems or questions, feel free to ask away. Sweeping isn't a very easy technique to start, but it's pretty effortless once you get it down - and adding taps to it is a fun thing to do. :)

Pete

[Dan Desy]

Wow... That was awesome!

Sweep picking has always kicked my ass pretty good. It's beyond me how you can take it to that level...