Sweep picking in jazz
Welcome ! In this video I'll speak about sweep picking on jazz guitar
sweep picking is a widely used effect that it sounds like this :
first, let's see how to play this
let's take this Dm7 (later I'll improvise on a backing track inspired by So what)
on a Dm7, we can the D dorian scale (here it is)
this is the first sweep picking lick :
Starting with an upstroke, then a sweep (3 downstrokes with a steady movement)
and with the right timing we'll press the fingers on the fretboard
we don't want the 3 notes to ring at the same time, but one after the other
the lick ends up with an "up down" on C and B
what's important in the sound this lick, which we'll play fast, is the sweep section
here is the precise movement to do at the right hand :
and it's not 3 strokes, but a single steady stroke
what's difficult is the left hand : playing the notes one by one with the exact timing
as I said, we don't want the notes to ring together but one after the other
more slowly :
we can also play this lick going down, but let's play another extremely common lick
the "Cry me a river" lick !
the sweep is on upstrokes
on D dorian this lick can also be played here :
the trick here is to avoid playing a barre : we'll prefer playing a "rolling finger"
(even if we'll play this lick so fast that it's not absolutely necessary)
let's play it again :
these were licks on Dm7 (D dorian) with a downstroke and an upstroke sweep picking
this technique was widely used in the bebop era because Charlie Parker played this kind of licks very often
here is an example on Dewey Square (on AbMaj7 Abm7 EbMaj7) at 1:14 :
this sweeping licks existed long before Charlie Parker, but they were not used so systematically
Django Reinhardt or Charlie Christian used sweeping licks for example
to work this licks on a steady tempo I'll play them on a Dm7 backing track (140 bpm)
we can play the 2 precise licks I showed you, but we can create thousands of sweeping licks in D dorian
the starting note is not necessarily in D dorian but it's not a problem at all, it sounds great !
let's do that on the backing track
this is the main exercise you'll have to do : playing the right notes, with a good technique and in the tempo
a common mistake on this pretty slow backing track is to play the sweep too fast
playing the triplet with a sweep at this tempo is not so easy ! When we'll play at 170 bpm it will be easier
if what I've talked about is easy for you, let's go a bit further
first thing to notice : we can play this sweep picking with thousands of different notes on D dorian
here are a few examples :
here is what Wes Montgomery (or sometimes Barney Kessel) likes to do :
it's based on licks that go up the neck and that aim the notes of D dorian : Dm7 9 11 13
this was a first tip : play your sweeping licks on different notes of D dorian
it will customize you licks a lot and it's important !
Second tip ! You can also use sweeping licks on "out" notes
the triplet doesn't last long so the "out" feeling is not to hard (and then you resolve on Dm7)
here are examples :
here it's sort of a Bbm7, but what matters is that the notes are out of D dorian
and that the last one is in D dorian
here is another lick (same shape) :
finding "out" sweeping licks can be really great to customize your playing
this is what I will do now, on a Dm7 (170 bpm)
I hope you liked this video and that you'll now be able to play or even customize sweep picking licks in jazz
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