20 Minute Sweeping Workout!

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00:00 - Intro
00:54 - First shape
05:02 - Second shape
09:35 - Combining the shapes slow tempo
13:41 - Combining the shapes medium tempo
16:33 - Combining the shapes fast tempo
18:57 - Outro

[zantilla]

glad you're back. you're the only guitar educator on youtube i enjoy because you're just a chill guy. you're like tech death Bob Ross

[edelkebap]

Sounds like a Final Fantasy interlude, when the main character thinks back to when he was still a kid, looking up at the stars in the nightsky, while he's sitting with the love of his life.

[questingbeastband]

Brisk whimsical fantasy vibes throughout, 10/10

[phutureproof]

I am absolutely crap at sweep picking, been playing nearly 25 years, I cant quite do the last two segments of the video, but i have made more progress playing this once through each night for 3 nights in a row than I have in my entire 25 years, cheers brother.

Day four of practicing along with this and my right hand is settling into something new, it just feels more fluid, my left hand is tightening up a lot! like i said ive played for years and years and really just chugged along with metallica and megadeth (rhythm!) this is a fantastic video mate i cant thank you enough

I think the reason youre getting so many great comments on this video is because youve actually taken the time to sit with us all and play the damn thing, so many vids are like go practice this and then youre on your own, truly mate, this is gold dust!

Day 9 (?) I can do it guys :D i mean im not up to malmsteen speed but i can fucking sweep YES!

[matthewearl]

Thank you for simultaneously playing this and doing this workout with me. I had always thought you were AI generated Dean. Now you just proved to me that you can suffer with me through these lessons. You are now real in my eyes.

[justsumguuyyyy]

20 years in, i thought i knew all there was to know about sweeping and just sucked at it.

This is the first time I’ve heard of “pick planting.”

The manner in which you explain the physical aspects of the playing, the angle of the pick, the way you carry the momentum and the timing of the two hands…people do not generally cover this. Thank you.

[IMNOTZILL]

i've been buns at sweeping for too long, thank you for this

[michaelbrandt]

I've been struggling with sweeping watching all kinds of videos and this I believe is the lesson I needed brother much appreciated!!!

[DoomsdayMongrel]

Thanks for the practice routine, I'm trying to get back into some sweeps and stuff after not playing them for about 15 years and I tell you what, it's rough the muscle memory just isn't there anymore, gotta build it back up from scratch!

[corycourtney]

Wow, this was really really great. I appreciate that you do the whole exercise along with the metronome with us so I can hear when I'm on and where I need work. I'll be coming back to this for my morning sessions. Would love some exotic sounding mode/scale runs with alt picking or even classical finger picking. Thanks, Dean! You're amazing.

[eurosnuke]

I got your pick at brutal assault and got to meet you couple times after the show, man your voice is so soothing i cant ❤

[DeadGuitarDude]

Thanks Dean! Playing this along with you really boosted my confidence. But then I realized you talked while playing it too!!

[TheRandomSpectator]

THIS is the kind of sweeping tutorial I need! I can't sweep for shit, and I've never really been able to jive with other sweeping tutorials, but this I can work with.

[avatar]

Love that t shirt!! I remember watching that movie back in the early 90s!

[eelmobile]

Still struggling but this is really helpful, most whimsical sire!

[OldAdventureBikes]

Great exercise, This year I'm working on getting that classic Michael Romeo Crab claw hand.

[BassCommunion]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart for the clean tone you used here. THE other YouTubers should take some notes, it's about practicing to get better not to get a headache neither we care about your toan in these kinds of content

[VisceralDisgust]

Yo, cheers Dean for this. I've been doing this consistently and gone from total beginner to beginner! xD Ty

[frankpongratz]

It would be awesome to see ways to extend these shapes to the lower strings. I like that you added the lowest note as well, when I learned how to do these it was only one note on the A string.

[zeusm]

Cool vid, it reminds me of Gambale’s video. I like the idea of this, if this is intermediate, I want to see an advanced sweeping lesson.

Please do a vid/lesson with Chris Storey, his lick of the week sweep picking is still something I practice a lot. Lick of the week 2.