Major and Minor Sweeps
With both of the sweeps lessons, you can work with a variety of chords. Think of casual sweeps like spicy peppers--they don't fit every situation. I advocate playing music. Especially on guitar, it's too easy to play a bunch of noise. After you solo or fill, can people whistle or hum what you played? Strive for that. Here's how I've thrown these in. Note that sometimes a slow or controlled sweep makes more sense than a fast 11 note-per-beat sweep.
- end a solo, sweep and trill - on a section where the guitar is in the background, a sweeping arpeggio can compliment harmonies - if fills are done every 8 bars, and there's a bare spot every 4 bars, try a sweep - on a turn around, sweep and sustain a note to lead into a solo - use either the top or bottom 3 strings to add an rhythmic-arpeggio feel - when switching keys during a solo sweep up to a common note then down as a transition - accent the end of an intro (or outro) section I plan on a few more sweeps lessons to round out the topic. Link (http://walzguitar.com/resources/pdf/WalzGuitar-Sweeps-Major.pdf) Link (http://walzguitar.com/resources/pdf/WalzGuitar-Sweeps-Minor.pdf) 
Added on: 2009 08 11
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