Guitar Techniques - Sweep Picking Scales

Hey Guys!

Get your fingers ready for some great sweep picking excercises.
These are just some random sweep picking scales to use, to warm up your fingers, and get your sweeping fluid.

Sweep picking is one of the hardest guitar techniques to master, but once you build up your speed, it pays off big time.

I recommend using a metronome, and starting slowly, then build up your speed. It is always best to learn all the notes and be able to play them without the tab, before trying to do super fast sweeps.

Have fun practising these sweep picking excercises!

Enjoy!


|---------------12-15/19\15-12-----------------|
|-------------12--------------12---------------|
|-----------12------------------12-------------|
|---------14----------------------14-----------|
|-------14--------------------------14---------|
|--12h15------------------------------15-------|



|--14p10--------------10h14p10------10h14/17p14----------14--|
|-------12----------12--------12--12-----------15------15----|
|---------11------11------------11---------------16--16------|
|-----------12--12---------------------------------16--------|
|-------------14---------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|


|-------15h19p15----------15h19p15-----|
|-----16--------16------16--------16---|
|---17------------17--17------------17-|
|-17----------------17-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|



|-------------12h16p12----------------------12h17p12--------|
|----------14----------14----------------14----------14-----|
|-------13----------------13----------13----------------14--|
|----14----------------------14----14-----------------------|
|-16----------------------------16--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|



|-9p5-------5-12p9---------9-17p12----------12-16b==r---------------|
|-----7---7--------10---10---------14----14-----------17-14-17bb~==-|
|-------6-------------11--------------14----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|



|---------------9h14p9---------------------------9h14p9-------------|
|------------10--------10---------------------10--------10----------|
|---------11--------------11---------------11--------------11-------|
|------11--------------------11---------11--------------------11----|
|-9h12--------------------------12p9h12--------------------------12-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|



|----------------12h17p12----------------------------12h16p12-------------|
|-------------14----------14----------------------14----------14----------|
|----------14----------------14----------------13----------------13-------|
|-------14----------------------14----------14----------------------14----|
|-12h16----------------------------16p11h16----------------------------16-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|-9p5-------5-12p9---------9-12h17p12----------12-16b-16=-pb17r16-14-17bb-|
|-----7---7--------10---10------------14----14----------------------------|
|-------6-------------11-----------------14-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|----------------------------8-12h17p12------12h17----|
|--------------------------10----------13--13---------|
|-------------------------9--------------14-----------|
|-----------------------10----------------------------|
|--------------------12-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


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|--20p17p12------12h17-20p17p12--|
|----------13--13----------------|
|------------14------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|



|-17-21-17----------17----------17-21-17----------17-|
|---------19------19--19------19--------19------19---|
|-----------18--18------18--18------------18--18-----|
|-------------19----------19----------------19-------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|



|------------15h19p15--------------|
|----------17--------17------------|
|--------16------------16----------|
|------17----------------17--------|
|-15h19--------------------19------|
|-----------------------------17---|



|19-19-19-19-19-19-15-----------------------------|
|---------------------17--------------------------|
|------------------------16-----------------------|
|---------------------------14-13-----------------|
|---------------------------------14--------------|
|------------------------------------12~----------|



|-16----16----16---16---------------------16-|
|---17----17----17---17-----------------17---|
|-----18----18---------18-------------18-----|
|------------------------18---------18-------|
|--------------------------16-x-x-16---------|
|--------------------------------------------|



|-10-17-15-13----------------------------8-10-|
|------------17-15-13---------------10-11-----|
|--------------------15-14-----10-12----------|
|-------------------------12-14---------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|



|-14-----17p14------14-17p14------14-17p14--17p14--------------------14-|
|-------------15--15--------15--15--------15-----15----------------15---|
|---------------14------------14-------------------14------------14-----|
|----------------------------------------------------16--------16-------|
|------------------------------------------------------17-14h17---------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|



|-13p10------10-13p10------10-13p10--13p10--------------------10--|
|------11--11--------11--11--------11-----11----------------11----|
|--------10------------10-------------------10------------10------|
|---------------------------------------------12--------12--------|
|-----------------------------------------------13-10h13----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|



|-14-17p14------14-17p14------14-17p14--17p14--------------------14-|
|---------15--15--------15--15--------15-----15----------------15---|
|-----------14------------14-------------------14------------14-----|
|------------------------------------------------16--------16-------|
|--------------------------------------------------17-14h17---------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|



|-13p10--------------------10-15p12--------------------12--|
|------11----------------11--------13----------------13----|
|--------10------------10------------12------------12------|
|----------12--------12----------------14--------14--------|
|------------13-10h13--------------------15-12h15----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|



|-17p14------14-17p14--------------------------14-17p14--17p14---|
|------15--15--------15----15----------------15--------15-----15-|
|--------14------------14----14------------14--------------------|
|------------------------16----16--------16----------------------|
|--------------------------------17-14h17------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|



|-18p15-------15-18p15----------------------------------------------------|
|------17--17---------17--17-13-17p13------13-18p13------13-17p13---------|
|--------17-------------17-----------14--14--------14--14--------14--14\--|
|--------------------------------------15------------15------------15-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|



|---------16-21-16------------16-21-16-14---|
|-----------------17---------------------14-|
|-------18----------18------18--------------|
|-----18------------------18----------------|
|---19------------------19------------------|
|-21------------------21--------------------|