Trouble playing the sweep arpeggios on the higher frets

has anyone faced trouble playing the sweep arpeggios on the higher frets ...

uhh well yest night i was trying "Alone in the Dark" by TestAmenT ... the intro leads have a lotsa sweep arpeggios on ~15th fret ...

fcuk i felt my fingers are too fat for playing that high up the fret ...

has anyone else felt that? ... and any quick fix for that ? (except practice

 

The quick fix is WEIGHT TRAINING :

 

well ... to tell u the truth ...

i did weight training ... and u know what it makes your finger muscles less supple n agile ...
true your finger strength increase, but, at the cost of speed ...

so: no thanx to your advice ...

 

u shud hav mentioned it then ikn da first post....

 

c'mon ...

how would i know that this dude was interested in my weight-traning?

 

hmm...wo bhi hai...neways i suck wid guitars so i cant help u much....try googling it...

 

ha ... google wont tell me wha tto do ..

and the answer that i expect ("practice" hbbt: ) is something iu dont wana listen to ...

even if i practice hard i cannot fit my fingers in the fretboard ... :annoyed:

 

try getting some demo videos...(i used those loong back).....thats the only thing i can advice...let da guitar gurus take over

 

like Malmsteen hbbt:

i have his VDO ... m he plays as if there is no way u cud mess up playing that ...

anyway i have noticed that all the gr8 guitar players ahve got slender fingers ...
boooooooo

 

ive got slender fingers but aint gr8 wid guitars :

 

no one here to help!

 

man look at Vai's fingers. his pinky's bigger than my middle!!

 

YEAH ...

i think that i can make it a rule that all the great guitarists (infact all great musicians) have long n slender fingers ...

infact there is a theory in palmistry ... where the kinda fingers determine your inherent inclinations ... like toward arts literature science etc ...

 

hahah...i have stubby fat fingers too.

but somehow ive managed to sweep cleanly..even in the higher frets.

u could try to change ur frets to jumbo..or a guitar with a longer scale length..umm..
sticky situation u are in..
u cant do much abt ur finger size ..u could mess arnd with ur guitar to compensate for it.

 

well dude i dont wanna pick up a bass guitar for that :

but yeah even i feel cant do much about it :cry2:

 

sss one word "practice" .... lol ok ok ... wont bug ya .
umm ..try changing your hand position when you sweep .. i had trouble sweeping as well . and experimented by putting my hand at diff angles ... or putting my thumb over the neck .. or behind it ..u know .. all sorts... so yeah try different positions to make sweep

 

thanx for that ..
wonder y it never struck me to experimnt with diff thumb positions ...
anyway good ...
i'll see ...

 

@Sssslyer. Simple solution. Dont sweep. Dont play that song either. Testament Sucks. Alex Skolnick cannot even hold the guitar properly. They are all a bunch of retards. Go listen to Boyzone or Back Street Boys. Then you wont have to sweep in their songs if you try playing them. :beer:

 

even a better advice ...

:drunk: ron
:grin:

 

Anytime Pal. That's what friends are for.