Bass Sweeping?

[santucci218]

yeah but like. when i think sweeping i think running your finger (usually your thumb) twards the ground and than back up away from the ground with your pointer finger...ask baudin about it. lol

 

[Erlend]

i don`t think the term sweeping has anything to do with your right hand...

 

[Rakie]

i don`t think the term sweeping has anything to do with your right hand...

He's thinking like a guitarist. For my buddy sweeping is ALL about the right hand (Guitarist) for the left its just hammer on's and pull offs.

 

[Erlend]

i thought the term came from doing one arpeggio all the way up, and then go into another arpeggio the way down. alterating between chords.

 

[Rakie]

i thought the term came from doing one arpeggio all the way up, and then go into another arpeggio the way down. alternating between chords.

yea but its called "Sweep picking" for guitarists because you "Sweep" with your hand, in one continuous motion with the pick.

from a technical pain in your ass standpoint, your left hand is sweeping, your right hand is just playing fingerstyle really quickly... now as a fingerstyle player, i DO consider it "Sweep picking" as a bassist, but if you did it that way on a guitar, it basically wouldn't be sweep picking.

 

[Rakie]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gxEtYj8VU6A

You could watch that, its a guitarists idea of it. John Petrucci, Dream theater.

 

[Erlend]

yeah, i see your point. just mixing up different terminology here

 

[Rakie]

Well i mean, realistically... Its more like this. Sweeping on a bass is going to be different then on a guitar. Can you sweep on a bass ? yea, is it different then on a guitar? of course. Can you Slap on a guitar? yeah, just like on a bass? no.

So its all boiled down to what you perceive something as. Generally speaking, "Sweeping" is a "guitar thing" just like slapping is a "Bass thing"


EDIT: Also sweeping (of course) isn't dedicated to arpeggio's solely.

 

[Dave W]

Billy Sheehan does it too. In his Advanced Bass video, he shows how in much better detail. It's pretty cool...you should check it out!

 

[Grueber]

Billy Sheehan does it too. In his Advanced Bass video, he shows how in much better detail. It's pretty cool...you should check it out!

I've always heard that he sweeps too, but had never heard/seen it for myself. What approach does he use?

 

[gollumsmeagol]

OK;;;;;

"Real " sweeping technique on bass:
I think Adam Nitti and Franck Hermanny are the best exemples for this technique :

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=gsnSJMzuWEQ
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=NRNMwNgYqvI

 

[mutedeity]

There are quite a few approaches to sweeping. Erlend's technique, which is pretty much the same as Troy Tipton's is one way. Another approach is to play down with the thumb and up with the finger/s. Sometimes I use a combination of the techniques and also up and down thumbstrokes, depending on what I am doing. I have also been working on a slap sweep for the double thumb technique. I will be interested to see Erland's video to compare the approach.

As for slap being a bass thing and sweep being a guitar thing, I think the person that said that needs to pay more attention.

 

[RED5]

Doesn't Mike Watt call his EB the "Thunderbroom"? and away we go...............

 

[beandip]

strum as if your playing an acoustic
learn each part seperatly then put them together
and make sure your not picking each string individually

 

[ManOnStreet]

I've always heard that he sweeps too, but had never heard/seen it for myself. What approach does he use?

Same as Erlend, Billy use 3 fingers (one/string) for downstroke and the 3rd finger for upstroke.
You can also use ur index finger like a pick when you do a "sweep" as Mike Flores (if i'm not wrong).

 

[Funkenstein]

Franck Hermanny and Adam Nitti are the two guys I ripped my technique from. Sweep down with the thumb, tapping is used to turn around at the top and index finger sweeps back down. So I guess it's sweep-tapping. I'm nowhere near close to these guys though, they're in a league of their own!

Good luck with it =]

Joe

 

[El-Bob]

OK;;;;;

"Real " sweeping technique on bass:
I think Adam Nitti and Franck Hermanny are the best exemples for this technique :

http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=gsnSJMzuWEQ
http://fr.youtube.com/watch?v=NRNMwNgYqvI

I love frank's playing

 

[makanudo]

i can think of one name
the one and only Billy Sheehan..

 

[funkybass4ever]

I've done it but not perfected the technique yet, when i do i will be sure to post a how to

 

[markkoelsch]

Look up Troy Tipton of the band Zero Hour. He sweeps like a mad man, and is just plain silly fast all around. A super nice guy as well. I think he has videos on you tube,