Sweep picking?

[DarkAxel]

Makes me wonder how feasible sweep picking would be wih a bass....

how about the dude from Dying Fetus, he sweeps on bass...
at about 1:40 mark, there it is for example

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8Jjy3Zy7kk[/youtube]

[D.o.S.]

I love metal, but that song fucking blows.

It does have sweep picking in it.

[ChetMagongalo]

I love metal, but that song fucking blows.

It does have sweep picking in it.

I agree. I think sweep picking on bass is a little silly. Sure you can do it but I think it's very wanky. Too much masturbation, and I masturbate on bass a lot.

[DarkAxel]

yeah, i know

i mean the fantastic thing is that we have a thread about sweeps that's mostly about Chat Atkins

that's so tasteful

but SOMEONE ASKED AND I HAD TO DO THIS

that being said - i don't know of any song with bass sweeps in it that's good or tasteful

[D.o.S.]

I love metal, but that song fucking blows.

It does have sweep picking in it.

I agree. I think sweep picking on bass is a little silly. Sure you can do it but I think it's very wanky. Too much masturbation, and I masturbate on bass a lot.

That's sort of my feeling, too. If the riff doesn't sound "musical" when you play it in half time, its probably just noodling. Of course, the whole point of a sweep is that it sounds like a sweep/video game-y, and that's not really my jam when it comes to bass.

[gunslinger_burrito]

What if "good sweeping" was used as it's own composition element?
Seems pretty clear to me that something written as a sweep was never meant to be played half time.

[BitchPudding]

If it helps I'm trying for tasteful sweeps with my bass playing. Less wank more helping with the melody.

[gunslinger_burrito]

[BitchPudding]

Yea, no offense to the shreddy wanker types of the world, but I hate shreddy wankerisms. I feel like its too show offy and doesn't really add anything to the song unless your someone like Yngwie Malmsteen who at least is making a melody of sorts.

Basically, fuck djent.

[goroth]

Yea, no offense to the shreddy wanker types of the world, but I hate shreddy wankerisms. I feel like its too show offy and doesn't really add anything to the song unless your someone like Yngwie Malmsteen who at least is making a melody of sorts.

Basically, fuck djent.

Seriously. Meshuggah is my favourite band that isn't Iron Maiden, but they birthed and simultaneously killed a whole way of playing. They are pretty much the only band that I listen to who play in that style.

I think it takes a fuck load of skill to make technical playing sound rad. A lot more skill than it takes to learn how to play technically advanced stuff. But for those bands that do I dig it, but they are more the exception that proves the rule.

Re sweeps - I do quite like it when you can combine sweeps in the middle of a riff or a melody line or whatever, so that the sweep isn't the focus. I'm not good enough to do that, but it's cool.

[D.o.S.]

What if "good sweeping" was used as it's own composition element?
Seems pretty clear to me that something written as a sweep was never meant to be played half time.

Right, which means that its melodic qualities are probably lacking.

You should, in theory, be able to play a good riff in a myriad of different ways and still have it strike you as a good riff. You can't do that with very many swept passages, even if they're just variations on arpeggios played quickly.

[jfrey]

Yea, no offense to the shreddy wanker types of the world, but I hate shreddy wankerisms. I feel like its too show offy and doesn't really add anything to the song unless your someone like Yngwie Malmsteen who at least is making a melody of sorts.

Basically, fuck djent.

Eh, there are plenty of bands that do it well. Listen to the second half of Selkies by Between the Buried and Me. A lot of sweeping in there (mostly in the last 2 minutes) and it's gorgeous. Scale the Summit is another good band for technical stuff done with nice melodies and stuff.

[D.o.S.]

ew, BTBAM. Trioscapes is pretty nifty, though.

[goroth]

Yea, no offense to the shreddy wanker types of the world, but I hate shreddy wankerisms. I feel like its too show offy and doesn't really add anything to the song unless your someone like Yngwie Malmsteen who at least is making a melody of sorts.

Basically, fuck djent.

Eh, there are plenty of bands that do it well. Listen to the second half of Selkies by Between the Buried and Me. A lot of sweeping in there (mostly in the last 2 minutes) and it's gorgeous. Scale the Summit is another good band for technical stuff done with nice melodies and stuff.

Alaska (album) was good fun.

[DarkAxel]

BTBAM are definitely my favourite band when it comes to sweeps