William Donovan's Practical Sweep Picking For Guitar is an intermediate to advanced level study of technique that focuses on arpeggios and how to incorporate them into everyday playing. This book andaccompanying audio CD covers a wide range of styles including classical jazz metal and pop and provide the reader with an in-depth look into how when where and why sweep picking is appropriate.Practical SweepPicking For Guitar contains etudes that intertwine scales and arpeggios challenging the student and helping to heighten dexterity agility and practicality.The book begins by focusing on the modes of the major andminor scales and how to comfortably navigate vertically throughout the neck. This includes 3- 4- and 5-string arpeggio exercises eventually leading into tapping. Through undergoing a rigorous hike from slow to fast tempos thereader will gain the dexterity needed to move quickly through the arpeggios.To contextualize the lessons in Practical Sweep Picking For Guitar a discussion on the who's who of sweep picking is presented covering various approaches to harmony and phrasing and how to appropriately utilize these patterns and phrases.The etudes confined within the book will give the reader a solid foundation paving the way to playingarpeggios over chord progressions in jazz rock metal pop and classical. By studying and mastering these etudes the reader will develop new vocabulary and phrasing which can be tastefully applied to everyday playing.
