Like Quote by Yngwie Malmsteen

To play sweep arpeggios correctly, you have to mute each note with the left hand immediately after picking it.

— John Petrucci

To get a feel for the right-hand picking technique, you have to let the pick 'fall' from string to string as if you were…

— Yngwie Malmsteen

If You're going to sweep the floor, sweep it better than anybody in town. And if You're going to play the guitar, really, really,…

— Carlos Santana

I always get frustrated when I hear someone talking about sweep arpeggios. Though there are plenty of licks and examples out there, no one…

— John Petrucci

I have no formal guitar training whatsoever, so it's been fun learning sweep-picking techniques. Working on these types of licks has thrown a whole…

— Zacky Vengeance

A good way to work on alternate picking is to choose three or four notes, and work on those. Too often, players who are…

— Al Di Meola

After a while I thought it didn't make any sense to use a pick. It's kind of like typing with one finger on each…

— Kevin Eubanks

In most places that are rich in guitar culture, everyone uses their fingers, like in Spain or Africa. In Japan there are string instruments…

— Kevin Eubanks

You can batter your guitar, and it won't distort too much, which is important for me because I play with my hands a lot…

— James Vincent McMorrow

I fingerpick a lot because I can get more of a range of feeling from the guitar than I can when I bash away…

— Suzanne Vega

When you just get mixed up & there's too much going on, then it's time to pick up your guitar.

— Les Paul

From the start, I held the pick in an unusual way. I used to bend my thumb way back in order to get a…

— Paul Gilbert