Question Over Lesson 25

No technically it isn’t the A shape. You are kinda doing the G shape there. As far as that shape goes for soloing I would recommend checking out perpetual burn by Jason becker, I would recommend listening to the whole song but the sweeping bit I mean starts around 1:40. The reason you may want to use it in your soloing would be that playing the same arpeggio but different shapes can sound really cool. If you have any more questions you can always ask!

You might have seen I’m still stuck with lessons 20/21 but isn’t a roll a rather easy form of sweep? I think it is easier to pull off.
But then again I don’t know the whole context.

Not really a roll can be pretty tricky to do cleanly. Sweeping a C shape is easier than a A shape for example. Rolling is basically barring notes and muting the note you played when you go to the next one by rolling. It’s pretty hard to explain in text

I know what you mean by roll. Still thought it might be easier..

Well the only shape where you don’t have to roll when doing 5 string arpeggios us the C shape. For all the others rolling is kinda easier when you get a hang of rolling. But rolling on itself is kinda tricky.

Like most things Jak it’s personal preference! I totally get where you’re coming from regarding the finger roll being less practical (or at least more difficult to play cleanly) – It’s something I’ve been looking closely at in my own playing.
I’ve found that sticking with it but going uber uber slow and almost imagining the part of your finger needed for the specific note roll being like a magnet to the string/fretboard (Rididulous I know haha but it helps) It’s a matter of training your whole finger to execute unorthadox positions
Basically, it’s not wrong to have your preference if you get the same job done harmonically either way! (But it’s a good pay off if your finger gets used to doing the roll thing even a little bit!)
Hope this helped!

How I see a D Major arpeggio at this location is with string skipping. I hope you’re feeling adventurous, because your fingers are going on a real journey with this one!
e 5 10!
b 3 7
g
D 4 7
A 5
E
Of course, there is no virtue in doing things the hard way. If you want to do some D Major sweeps, it’s a hundred times easier to just go down a few frets and use the D-chord shape. Unless you can name a serious reason for exclusively using one “caged” box, then feel free to jump in and out of it as much as you need to.
e 2
b 3
g 2
D 4
A 5
E
Regarding the shape you demonstrated and asked about, it might be easier to reach “sweeping speed” by rolling those sevens with your index finger and reaching up for the last note instead of going to the 5th fret. This could be called a “G shape” arpeggio. This is not an easy sweeping shape, and I’ll admit that I’m not even close to mastering it.
e
b 7 10
g 7
D 7
A 9
E 10
Of course if you don’t need to use the lower notes in the arpeggio, here’s another “hundred times easier” choice:
e 10 14
b 10
g 11
D 12
A
E
Have fun and good luck!

You know what, I’m not satisfied with my last answer. Looking back, “do something easier” was the wrong attitude for me to have. I realized you were probably far more interested in attacking the specific challenge rather than “how to go fast”. Here’s exactly what I would do if I wanted to get this specific shape up to speed: I would practice Jason Richardson-style finger walking through the pattern two different ways. I would strictly alternate pick through these two paths twenty thousand times each before attempting the upgrade to legato and sweeping. In fact, fuck it. I am going to do this. 20k each.
First Type:
5th string 5th fret is middle finger
4th string 4th fret is index finger
4th string 7th fret is ring finger
3rd string 7th fret is middle finger
2nd string 7th fret is ring finger
1st string 5th fret is index finger
Second Type:
5th string 5th fret is index finger
5th string 9th fret is pinky finger
4th string 7th fret is ring finger
3rd string 7th fret is index finger
2nd string 7th fret is ring finger
1st string 5th fret is index finger