Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Sweep-picking is a guitar technique that involves playing one note per string, moving the picking hand in a smooth fashion, in a single up- or down-stroke (rather than using alternate picking) while lifting the fingers of the fret hand to dampen the note. Useful for very fast arpeggios . This technique was popularized by Frank Gambale and Yngwie Malmsteen. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.