String Skipping Arpeggio's for Metal Guitar

Llexi talks about different methods of incorporating Arpeggio's into your lead guitar playing.

This video focuses on using cross string picking (string skipping) instead of sweep (economy picked) shapes!

Guitar used = ESP Custom Telecaster
Effects Used = Digitech RP1000
Amp Used = Marshall 1974x

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Shot & Edited by Andy McCreeth

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Eternal
• Descent
• Llexi
• Leon
• Metal
• Gothic
• ESP
• Custom
• Guitar
• Solo
• Arpeggio
• Improvisation
• String
• Skipping
• Alternate
• Picking
• Cross
• Shred
• Digitech
• RP1000
• Marshall
• 1974x

[mgrein93]

Your playing is amazingly clean! Whenever I try simple sweeps I have a lot of noise because strings ring after I put my fingers off of them or i accidently touch them. Any advice would by much appreciated.

[EternalDescent]

@mgrein93 Hey dude, thanks very much! I think you could try focusing on using the right (picking) hand, to mute the strings as you play through them, when sweeping. So you're kind of rolling your palm across the strings just after you pick each note, keeping everything nice and clean as you go! A big part of the trick to sweeping (aside from the left/right hand syncronisation) is muting with your picking hand as you go.

[Voitcu]

thats gotta be the simplest advanced lesson i've ever embarked upon, if there were more this comprehensibly friendly (takes a good instructor) we'll all be giving Michael Romeo a run for his money. Why haven't i heard of Eternal Decent before?! i love typical neo-classical shred stuff, but its certainly refreshing to find some less conventional forms for adding new color & spice. Much Thanks. PS by "reinforced" you don't mean coated strings do you? or perhaps titanium maybe?

[EternalDescent]

@Voitcu Thanks very much for the kind words dude, I'll work on doing some similar lessons in the neart future! The reinforced strings are all wound at the base, so even the 'unwound' strings (GBE) are wound for an inch or so at the base of the string by the ball end. These strings work particularly well for Kahler tremolos and classic syncronized tremolos.

[RobChappers]

Awesome ESP tele mate and an excellent lesson as well. I think the stubble thing suits you, you look more simian!!! \m/

[klummster88]

An awesome lesson, and I do mean LESSON. It's refreshing to see someone who's rehearsed (or looks rehearsed) to make the vid better. Looking forward to the Eternal Descent album! Keep the lessons comin'!

[CaptainShmiggles]

@greenbeaner69 If you practice sweeping a lot, and get good at it like anything else, it'll seem so easy, haha.

[greenbeaner69]

2:14 "easy to sweep" hahahah never heard anyone say those two words together

[cromaticas]

you look like leon kennedy from resident evil lol.awesome playing btw

[Gecc]

@Ashe1031 Well, I might not be a pro, since I havent played guitar for years now, but the scret you are looking for is pretty easy. Play everything incredibly, ridiculously ssslooowww. For a while. For a long while. And only when it sounds perfect, you might turn the metronome's speed up by 1-2 bpm's. Back then I was amazed how quickly I was able to develop like this. I hope it was at least of some help :)