Advanced Sweep-picking with Tapping Lesson

[sharpclawster]

fuk i thought ur barney stinson

[roeeamzaleg]

its DOOGIE HOWSER!!!!

good lesson BTW

[Satariousblack]

tienes cara de depravado sexual maldito  maniatico

[krypton975]

you remind me of kip from napoleon dynamite XD

[sanjaysanya]

So Neil Patrick Harris has been a Brit all along..

[guitarralaraja]

@sanjaysanya HAHAHAHAHHAH YES

[100000metal]

Tomy and Dally

[AmasicFanChannel]

Fight fight fight! Fight fight fight!...The Itchy and Scratchy Show!!!! Hahaha awesome shirt man, and the lesson was just as awesome as the shirt ;)

[hanneesh]

This was awesome! but your musical knowledge is far beyond mine!!!

[lightxgrenade]

great lesson! I love your t-shirt too!

[VanishaGlamChick6]

Hey that was a great lesson, i´m always looking for new licks and tricks for increasing my guitar skills,you helped me a lot!!

[johngregsonguitar]

@VanishaGlamChick6 Thanks - happy shredding!

[spartan387]

disregard i raised the volume the second time i watched this vid and found it thanks

[johngregsonguitar]

@spartan387 No problem, glad you enjoyed the lesson! John.

[spartan387]

are tabs available for this sweep tap pattern please?

[tazmaniaco65]

Nice lesson,man!I always wondered about that michael lee firkins sweep-tapping thing.Finally the mystery has been revealed,haha.I've checked out some of your other lessons too.You've got some great ideas,but I think it would be better if you could sum up the information and add an example in a musical context.Keep up the good work ;)

[redialguit]

you sir, are quite the gentleman.

but a maestro nonetheless.

i wonder how you would interact with axl rose.

[Jontydarocker]

dude this was really useful thanks xD

you've developed a different perspective on sweeping and it sounds awesome ;)

cheers mate xx

[OneSmallVoice1]

Great lesson

and very good tone also!

[algor123]

pretty good, have you seen tony macalpine do his taped arpeggios?

[johngregsonguitar]

Thanks. Yes, Tony Macalpine's albums & work with Planet X were big influences on my playing when getting into all this stuff!

[heker100]

Waaaaaaaaaau taht was COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL...... I want learn it :D..

[cminormusician]

is that a petrucci custom? my friends dad has one. amazing guitar

[johngregsonguitar]

It's not a custom (the Ball Reserve model), but it's one of the first-edition Petrucci models which I bought in 2002. Lovely guitar, indeed!

Thanks again everyone for the comments, glad you're enjoying my lessons.

[bucketmeal]

Wow thats John peter petrucci signature guitar!

Wow!

I know because the JP shield Inlays...

Yeah! You Rock

[FreepowerUG]

I'm seeing some Guthrie influence with the sense of humour, IGF09 leaking into your lessons, John?

Glad to see you on youtube, PM me if you remember an Irish Shawn Lane fan from previous IGFs. :)

[johngregsonguitar]

PM'd!

[wabunnembang]

very nice lesson man... but i cudnt get the site u mentioned in the video..its not displayed.. cud u please forward me the name of the site...it wud be very helpful..thnx

[pantalonescongelados]

nice explanation

[toothbrush3996]

very nice!

[lewisflude]

Nice video, really easy to follow. Basically for like 4 hours or something last night I was playing this. Thanks for the lessons last year at IGF!

[JonnyScaramanga]

Variation in the rhythm for dynamic contour? Don't be ridiculous JG. That interferes with the guitarist's primary goal of playing as fast as possible, regardless of underlying pulse.

Also you should use more gain. And less mid. And turn off the click; it implies that there should be a musical context for sweeping.

[johngregsonguitar]

I know, it's remiss of me - I should have mentioned that if this lick is ever played in public, you'll never get a paid gig again!

[mikedamorew00t]

excuse me, but as a metal guitarist i am quite insulted. I'll have you know that my mids are used quite tastefully and never anything but boosted, the provide a fullness to the gain and allow chords to sound "heavier" while allowing a throaty feel when using the bridge pickup for shred, sweeping, or a heartfelt blues solo. Sweeping can be used with musical context. you obviously haven't heard much metal aside from what's in the "mainstream" of the genre.

good lesson, i value your use of theory

[mikedamorew00t]

(post count)

... to explain what you are doing and found it most helpful with my notes, this "pattern" as its called is new to me and i am excited to begin using it. Thank you.

(first half was directed at JonnyScaramanga)

[SeamusConacher]

Mmmmm, JP6.......... Awesome video, as soon as I get some spare time I'm going to have to try and learn this!

[miltmerm]

Bally Rum.