examples of Sweeping

[Suckbird]

Recommend me some sweep picking bassist!
If i understood it right then sweep picking is when u play alot of notes very fast, i would like to learn some simple sweep picking basslines or maybe the best way is to learn from the guitarists?

Thanks, Sam--

[bryan bailey]

Sweep picking is an arpeggiation of a chord, or a scale as you play. Instead of picking every note individually, you sweep the plectrum in the constant back and forth motion, and hammer on and off the notes you play.

I have never seen a bassist sweep pick. And I gaurantee it would sound like ass.

[Mon Rominee]

I'm a weeping bassist over this thread.

[Jean Baudin]

I've been doing sweep arpeggios since the 80s... although, it's not useful for much. It's on a few nuclear rabbit songs.

I think I did it on one of the conklin cherished challenges. Let me check.

Yep.

http://www.conklinguitars.com/cherishedaugust.html

Granted, it's on a 9-string.

[Matt Till]

I thought this thread was about bassists who are also janitors.

[Matt Till]

I think what Victor Wooten does during the "verses" of Sinister Minister could be considered sweep picking.

[Mon Rominee]

Dood, in order to be a sweeping bassist, you need to scallop the entire fretboard, and most definitely use your axe's flamethrower option to batttle mighty 3 headed dragons on yer 3rd album cover.

while wearing spandex.

[Papersen]

Well, I can think of two "famous" players who play that technique on bass.

1- Scott Hubell

Here you have two exercises from him:

Ex 1

Ex 2

2- Adam Nitti

Another master of this technique. The intro of his tune "Skitzo" shows it pretty well.

Hope it helps

[Nickthebassist]

I know a bassist who can do sweep picking on bass.......never seen him do it, but the guitarist in his band told me he can do it.

[Suckbird]

Hmm, i think i mixed up the words
I meant shredding or shuffling, sorry!

[CrazyArcher]

Sweep technique on bass? What for? You'd better have a 6-stringer for that. Also, sweep picking on guitar sounds impressive, on bass it's more likely to sound like tons of humming.

[corinpills]

Sweep picking? What year is it?

[Waabs]

Billy Sheehan can do it. I don't have any specific examples but when I saw him in Steve Vai's band he had a solo and from memory he was doing it with fingerstyle!