When I play, I tend to use one finger and rake down the stings with one finger. I know Jaco did this, so it must not be that bad. But I just want to know what you guys think. My bass instructor told be I should try and fix it, but I've been playing that way for the past 3 years. Like in lick to sweet emotion by aerosmith, the intro lick I fixed my sweep picking on that song yesterday, but it took me forever and was to hard. I just want to know if you guys think I should break the habbit or not.
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Sweep Picking
- Thread starter Robbiethebassis
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I don't know of any sweep picking in the intro to sweet emotion. It does involve string skipping, but not any sweep picking.
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Perhaps you're talking about another riff, but in the transcriptions I have seen there is no sweep picking.
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Perhaps you're talking about another riff, but in the transcriptions I have seen there is no sweep picking.
Bruce Lindfield said:Jaco never played with a pick!
You don't have to use a pick to do sweep picking. I wrote a book on sweep picking ([Invalid or Expired Link Removed]. When I play fingerstyle i use the index finger for the upstroke and the thumb for the downstroke. You can also use your thumb for a pick and do up and downstrokes with it.
