Best 5-Minute Sweep Picking WORKOUT! (For Intermediate Players)

In this lesson, I want to show you one of the best sweeping workouts for intermediate guitar players. You're switching between 2 arpeggio shapes and also include a fast burst of sweep picking for each repetition! Don't forget to download the full course package on Patreon and start your sweeping adventure TODAY :)

00:00 Explanation
01:42 Workout

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[stringalingadang]

Yay, Today I made it to 120. I was so surprised when the music stopped. To make it to 120 BPM took me months, but helped me heal my ligaments and it inspired me to get back in to teaching. Started my channel today! Also designed my first exercise and logos and everything. Thanks for getting me excited about life Bernth!!! Du bisch echt mal richtig der Hammer, Alter!

[matiosmi]

Pro tip for all sweepers: make sure to also do a variation of this excercise where the ASCENDING sweeps are the faster ones! I tried another sweeping excercise and found out that after practicing this one, there's a serious disproportion between my ascending and descending sweeps.

Hope it helps you and good luck breaking your limits :)

[kungfuman]

Another update: up to 120 now. I'm learning little things that have led to improvements. I've found it interesting that as the speed increases, my right hand has become increasingly unreliable when it comes to keeping the tempo. My left hand fingers coming down on the frets gives me more feedback on my rhythm. Also, Rick Graham's planting technique video has helped make the sweeping sound much more fluid. If anything, doing this has shown me just how much power there is to practicing one thing. I used to try and practice everything with little success, and now I'm sweeping faster than ever before. Thanks, Bernth!

[pedrolantyer]

Day 1 - January 22nd - 50BPM
Day 2 - January 24th - 60BPM
Day 3 - January 25th - 70BPM
Day 4 - January 28th - 70BPM. (cleaner)
Day 5 - January 29th - 70BPM (Improving)
Day 6 - January 31th - 70BPM, finally figured out the muting (thanks Uncle Ben Eller), getting better
Day 7 - February 1st - 70BPM, it's getting cleaner, need to continue working on it, also started some of the other sweep picking routines
Update: I am currently doing some of the other sweep picking exercises to improve before doing this
Day 8 - February 8th - 60BPM perfectly, really improved the technique while practicing other stuff

[tepx]

July 8th - 80Bpm, watch out for the arpeggio pattern (2 minor, 2 Major, 1 minor, 1 Major, 1minor, 1 Major) then change speed. got me all the time!
Brilliant by the way Master BERNTH!

[SufiSakib]

Starting Jan 9 ~
Day 1 - 50/60 bpm
Day 2 - 60 bpm
Day 3 - 70/80 bpm (80 bpm wasn't clean but I am trying )
Day 7 - 60 bpm
Day 8 - 70 bpm

[mangoherpson]

Bernth, you do not get enough love. What you are doing is amazing, a good teacher is the most respectable person in the world.

[daneinholcz]

I play for about a year now, but I started doing a daily practice routine for minimum 2 hours a day about a month ago, thx to Bernth. I mainly focused on sweeping, so i can do this exercise at 80 bpm very clean and good sounding, at 90 bpm i feel like i cant mute the strings properly. Very excited about these challenge. PS: a tip for beginners, lower you string action, it helped me a lot.

[RyanC]

May 22
Day 1: Made it to 80 (a little sloppy and still relatively unfamiliar with sweeping)
Day 2: Kept it clean and stayed on 70 (Sweeping is cool but the pain is real)
Day 3: Did this in the morning for once. Still at 70
Day 4: 70 bpm I'm going to have to dedicate more time to this. 5 minutes isn't enough
Day 5: Made it to 80. My fingers have a tough time keeping up and synching with the sweep
Day 6: Still at 80 but easier
Day 7: Made it to 90 but panic still set in

[RockingOnTwoWheels]

toady, 28.03.2023, is the first time after some good months of daily practice I manage to play at 120 bpm without loosing track of it. I just woke up as usual at 5 AM, started with Best 25 MIN GUITAR TECHNIQUE WORKOUT second fast part for heat up and this sweep challenge is the next on the practice and my most beloved one. And I managed to get to the end without loosing it. Still not perfect clear notes over 100, more work to do, but I did it and I always felt I will never do! Amazing stuff! Thanks for all the hard work you do for us!

[mdb-music]

October 26th, 2022 : Day 1 - 60 bpm ( No experience sweep picking whatsoever )
October 27th 2022 : Day 2 - 70 bpm (Sloppy)
October 28th 2022 : Day 3 - 70 bpm (Sloppy)
October 29th 2022 : Day 4 - 70 bpm (Less sloppy)
October 30th 2022 : Day 5 - 70 bpm (Clean)
October 31st 2022 : Day 6 - 70 bpm

First adjusted how I hold my pick, and got used to it a bit with closed hand position. Your tips are a huge eyeopener for me. Thank you Bernth!

[cianharold]

Day 1 - 70bpm not clean
Day 2 - 70bpm rough, pushed onto 80bpm, stuck there for now
Day 3 - 80bpm a lot cleaner, 80bpm rough but doable, will try to push to 90 over next few days
Day 4 - 80bpm still needs cleaning, so 90 is nigh impossible rn
Day 5 - Same as day 4
Day 6 - 80bpm better, 90 feels more within my grasp now, getting there. 100 is the aim
Day 7 - pretty much the same as 6
Day 8 - Can now play 90bpm pretty well, pushed as hard as i could onto 100, scrappy, but feels like it'll definitely help 90 feels easier by pushing
Day 9 - Went on holiday, so no practice, 80 and 90 are rough, so will try to get back to where I was
Day 10 - starting to get back to where I was, still not fully there yet
Day 11 - I've lost a lot of motivation since holidays, been big gaps between practice, need to stay motivated, and get through each day as it comes, I'll improve so long as I stick to it, 80bpm really rough
Day 12 - Can get 90 roughly once again, 70/80bpm where comfortable though currently
Day 13 - same as day 12
Day 14 - While I'm back on 90 and struggling a bit, 100 very hard, 70 and 80 are feeling very clean, I actually feel like I can do decent sweep picking now
Day 15 - Feeling a little rough after going back to school, so a little hard, but did my best, 80bpm max for today

[jonadavies]

Thank you for this exercise. I nearly gave up learning sweep picking until this video. Now I realize not all notes are picked. The slurred notes are what I have been missing. THANK YOU! I'm warming up the tubes in my Mesa Boogie as I write this comment.

[francescoasuni]

two months ago i've almost completed the "4min shred challenge", for the next month I'll switch all my daily routine with other challenges from this amazing channel

26/03: 70 bpm
27/03: 70 bpm
28/03: 70 bpm
29/03: 70 bpm
30/03: 70-80 bpm
31/03: 70-80 bpm
01/04: 70-80 bpm
02/04: 70-80 bpm
03/04: skipped
04/04: 70 bpm
05/04: 70 bpm
06/04: skipped
07/04: 70-80 bpm
08/04: 80 bpm
09-10-11 skipped
12/04: 70-80 bpm
13/04: skipped
14/04: 70-80 bpm

[angelgonzalez]

Great production value Bernth. Really appreciate the time you take to make these awesome. I know it’s hard work!

[twodogstar]

March 10th 2022: 100 BPM. Gonna try to beat this score tomorrow and get up to 120 by the end of the week. Thanks for all your awesomeness Bernth!

[dariuszbagrosznik]

edit: around day 4 I realized that if I try the same pattern in reverse, I suck at quick down sweeps so I started doing it both in regular way and in reverse.
When I woke up at day 7 my string broke and I noticed that it broke 2 times in a week in the same spot so I got my guitar repaired. It took 2 weeks so unfortunately had 2 weeks break.

BEFORE BREAK:
Sep 4th 2022 -> Day 1: 70 BPM
Sep 5th 2022 -> Day 2: 80 BPM
Sep 6th 2022 -> Day 3: 90 BPM
Sep 7th 2022 -> Day 4: regular 90 BPM / reverse 70 BPM
Sep 8th 2022 -> Day 5: regular 90 BPM / reverse 80 BPM
Sep 9th 2022 -> Day 6: regular 100 BPM / reverse 80 BPM
Sep 10th 2022 -> Day 7: just broke my string and I don't have any new ones

AFTER BREAK:
Sep 24th 2022 -> Day 7: regular 90 BPM / reverse 80 BPM - a little regress over 2 weeks but hopefully I'll get back on track pretty soon
Sep 25th 2022 -> Day 8: regular 90 BPM / reverse 80 BPM
Sep 26th 2022 -> Day 9: regular 90 BPM / reverse 80 BPM
Sep 27th 2022 -> Day 10: regular 100 BPM / reverse 90 BPM
Sep 28th 2022 -> Day 11: regular 100 BPM / reverse 90 BPM
Sep 29th 2022 -> Day 12: regular 100 BPM / reverse 90 BPM
Sep 30th 2022 -> Day 13: regular 100 BPM / reverse 90 BPM (even clunkier than before)
Oct 1st 2022 -> Day 14: regular 100 BPM / reverse 90 BPM (I feel progress but still not clean enough)
Oct 2st 2022 -> Day 15: regular 90 BPM / reverse 100 BPM (???)
Oct 3st 2022 -> Day 16: regular 110 BPM / reverse 100 BPM (!!!)
Oct 4st 2022 -> Day 17: regular 110 BPM / reverse 100 BPM
Oct 5st 2022 -> Day 18: regular 110 BPM / reverse 100 BPM
Oct 6st 2022 -> Day 19: regular 110 BPM / reverse 100 BPM
Oct 7st 2022 -> Day 20: took a day off
Oct 8st 2022 -> Day 21: regular 110 BPM / reverse 100 BPM
Oct 9st 2022 -> Day 22: regular 110 BPM / reverse 100 BPM (I feel stuck)
Oct 10st 2022 -> Day 23: regular 110 BPM / reverse 100 BPM
Oct 11st 2022 -> Day 24: regular 110 BPM / reverse 100 BPM
Oct 12st 2022 -> Day 25: regular 110 BPM / reverse 100 BPM (higher speeds are getting cleaner but still not what I want)
Oct 13st 2022 -> Day 26: regular 110 BPM / reverse 100 BPM
Oct 14st 2022 -> Day 27: got sick, didn't have the power to practice
Oct 15st 2022 -> Day 28: practiced still sick but effects were worse than usual
Oct 16st 2022 -> Day 29: still felt pretty bad
Oct 17st 2022 -> Day 30: regular 120 BPM / reverse 110 BPM on the 30th day I did it! after a little break, I felt better, well rested and I finished the challenge! I'll continue to come here and increase videeo speed, after I finish reverse I'll do the same for reverse


(PS. I cheated for the first 3 days, I practiced 3 times a day)

[egmaverikc]

60BPM, July 12. Thank you for lessons Bernth! Your lessons have really been helping me out a lot with my guitar playing.

[Bad.Rabbit]

I know this has been up for 2 years, but thanks, Bernth! I started this probably 2 months ago. I wake up at 5am to practice every day and started incorporating this exercise. I hit 120 today! I was really focusing on economy of movement, staying relaxed, and visualizing the arps as a whole

[lozsmb]

Can't wait to plug in and try this later today. I've literally been doing random excercises from your videos every day for 2 hours the past month and I've broken through a long plateau in my playing, I'm sure at the end of the month I'll be sweeping like a beast!