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  • 2 string arpeggios?

    I'm lookin for some help playing 2 string arpeggios. You know the ones, they're used all the time, Rising Force, Sultans of Swing, i think Randy Rhodes uses them a lot...

    E----15p12-----
    B-----------12

    and the tons of other variations of that.
    When something like that is repeated over and over, is it best to inside pick or outside pick?

  • #2
    Re: 2 string arpeggios?

    Called 'rakes' and I covered them in pretty good detail on some sweep threads in this section.

    Pete

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    • #3
      Re: 2 string arpeggios?

      With the lick you cited, i would pick with an upstroke on the E string, pull-off, and downstroke the B string. Or sometimes I do two downstrokes.

      Thats just donny style.

      If u wanna practice those, the end of the solo to metallica's 'ride the lightning' is all two string arpeggio's. Thats how i learned em! [img]graemlins/headbang.gif[/img]

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      • #4
        Re: 2 string arpeggios?

        John Petrucci once told me to outside pic of course that was in a written lesson and not to me personally
        I keep the bible in a pool of blood
        So that none of its lies can affect me

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        • #5
          Re: 2 string arpeggios?

          When you guys do a rake like the example above, do you bar your index finger on the 12th fret?

          If I am not supposed to, how am I supposed to have the speed to go from the 12th fret on the E string to the 12th fret on the B string without lifting my finger off too much, making the E string ring out when I lift off?

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          • #6
            Re: 2 string arpeggios?



            [ December 26, 2002, 10:50 PM: Message edited by: Bababueee ]

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            • #7
              Re: 2 string arpeggios?

              With a rake like the above, I would bar the 12'th fret, however deaden the strings not being played. So you can fret the 12'th fret E and deaden the 12'th fret B with one finger. Then roll your finger from the E to B string thus doing the opposite (deadening then 12'th fret E).

              If that made any sense [img]graemlins/stupid.gif[/img]

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              • #8
                Re: 2 string arpeggios?

                Yes, that made perfect sense, thanks! And that's the way I've been playing it... and it just feels "cheap", like "cheating", and feels entirely "wrong" and a "lazy" way of playing it. But, I guess it's okay then... [img]images/icons/smile.gif[/img]

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