Greetings! The key to playing arpeggios accurately is to practice them VERY slowly for a long time. Use a metronome and set the tempo to 60 beats per minute. Play the arpeggios very slowly at this tempo. When you are playing the arpeggio perfectly 10 times in a row, then you are ready to increase the tempo to 65 beats per minute. If you are patient and diligent with this process you can continue to increase the tempo and eventually you will be playing very cleanly.
Hey man, I totally understand why you feel that way about the technique. It only starts to make sense after you work on it for a while. Ultimately, the result of using the finger is you get more accuracy in the timing. Each note in the arpeggio is even whereas in sweeping, it takes a lot more effort to play each note perfectly in time (especially at slow speeds.) Work on it for a bit and I think it will make more sense.
I agree with you Dr. Ben. This techinique is a cleaner and more precise way of articulating arpeggios. It should be noted that it can replace a sweep but a sweep cannot replace it, especially at slow speeds.
I will be honest.I cannot see the advantage to using your finger to pluck the string in this exercise, aside from maybe trying to get a smoother sound on the notes you plucked. In comparison to a proper sweep technique, which could easily be employed to play this,the picking looks very awkward. Obviously I'm not suggesting you can't sweep,but I just honestly can't see myself choosing this over a sweep. I could see this as a guide for those who are having trouble with sweeping properly?
Hi Ben, i have a really big problem D: with all kind of ARPEGGIOS sweeps, hybrid all of them, i practice them alot in diferent shapres and with diferent tensions, but simply i cant play them, i realy need a advice to play them, i can't begin to improvise in jazz standards without them so what advice can you give me... :P PD: sorry for my english and i hope you can awnser me :P Greetings from Mexico !!
Slower speeds could be a potentional use, and If you've got some weird timings where the fluidity of the sweep is getting in the way. The way I first looked at it was a form of "crutch" for the great many players that have focused so much on alternate picking that sweeping isn't coming to them. BTW this si more love from R/guitars, lol
Tim Miller is amazing. I bought a whole tutorial series on his approach by Tim Miller himself, to arpeggios a couple of years back from Truefire. Thanks for the tutorial Ben. Great to see you demonstrate this approach.
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Thanks man! R/guitars forever! I hope that you make some cool licks with this technique!
Greetings! The key to playing arpeggios accurately is to practice them VERY slowly for a long time. Use a metronome and set the tempo to 60 beats per minute. Play the arpeggios very slowly at this tempo. When you are playing the arpeggio perfectly 10 times in a row, then you are ready to increase the tempo to 65 beats per minute. If you are patient and diligent with this process you can continue to increase the tempo and eventually you will be playing very cleanly.
hey what is the music in your intro and where can I find it? love your videos
Hey man, I totally understand why you feel that way about the technique. It only starts to make sense after you work on it for a while. Ultimately, the result of using the finger is you get more accuracy in the timing. Each note in the arpeggio is even whereas in sweeping, it takes a lot more effort to play each note perfectly in time (especially at slow speeds.) Work on it for a bit and I think it will make more sense.
subbed. I love your videos. Thank you for keeping the fire of music alive in me.
lol i like your video style especially how it begins
The Song at the intro kicks ass! Have you uploaded this song anywhere?
Thanks! That song is called Callisto from my album Departure which is on iTunes.
This is revolutionary ❤️
What's the intro music??
It gets easier if you take it slowly, give it a couple hours and it'll start to feel better. Thanks a lot!
I agree with you Dr. Ben. This techinique is a cleaner and more precise way of articulating arpeggios. It should be noted that it can replace a sweep but a sweep cannot replace it, especially at slow speeds.
great lesson! Hard technique!
I will be honest.I cannot see the advantage to using your finger to pluck the string in this exercise, aside from maybe trying to get a smoother sound on the notes you plucked. In comparison to a proper sweep technique, which could easily be employed to play this,the picking looks very awkward. Obviously I'm not suggesting you can't sweep,but I just honestly can't see myself choosing this over a sweep. I could see this as a guide for those who are having trouble with sweeping properly?
Hi Ben, i have a really big problem D: with all kind of ARPEGGIOS sweeps, hybrid all of them, i practice them alot in diferent shapres and with diferent tensions, but simply i cant play them, i realy need a advice to play them, i can't begin to improvise in jazz standards without them so what advice can you give me... :P PD: sorry for my english and i hope you can awnser me :P Greetings from Mexico !!
Slower speeds could be a potentional use, and If you've got some weird timings where the fluidity of the sweep is getting in the way. The way I first looked at it was a form of "crutch" for the great many players that have focused so much on alternate picking that sweeping isn't coming to them. BTW this si more love from R/guitars, lol
Tim Miller is amazing. I bought a whole tutorial series on his approach by Tim Miller himself, to arpeggios a couple of years back from Truefire. Thanks for the tutorial Ben. Great to see you demonstrate this approach.
completely different than my technique. quite the opposite since i pick the note, every note, with my pick. especially the giant string skips.
is berkley really expensive?what are the requirments i wish someday i attend that school
nice :) i heard s little like this from guthrie govan, usually combined with legato. :)
Dude, who's your dealer. I'm interested on getting that high
intro song??
Callisto by Ben Levin Group, I believe.
Rofl "Use your middle finger"
Great videos Dr, please make more.
men you are crazy
Grats to you for being able to do that technique but that has to be the screwiest way I've ever seen to do arpeggios.
This is harder than sweeping 😂, but it does sound awesome!