In our last two lessons, we’ve used scale fragments and runs as the basis for developing economy picking technique. Our next step is to incorporate some lovely arpeggios into the fold, taking advantage of the mechanical and melodic possibilities of scale and arpeggio combos.
Many players who use alternate picking for scales and sweep picking for arpeggios feel as though they must mechanically ‘switch gears’ when they move from scalar phrases to one-note-per-string arpeggios because string changes are