What should I focus on to make swiping sound good? Anything else besides fretting hand muting?
I’ve been practising sweeping and swiping using spread triads arpeggios.
Using the ring finger to mute the string to be swiped.
Chord progression Em, Am, D, G, C, F#dim, B, Em
Heres the tab for the Em, Am, D, G
e------------------------------8----------------------7—
B---------------8-----------X----------7----------X-----
G------------X------------9----------X----------7-------
D----------9------------7-----------7----------5---------
A-------7--------------------------5-----------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------------
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This old thread goes into how evh doing swiping acually sounds good, might help?
Besides that you can hold your pick loose to not have the muted string sound out much.
Best advice is work whatever you don’t like thats happening into a form of musical expession. So it becomes a part of the music not a ugly note as it were?
This was just now, I think the swiping sounds alright, granted its a very specific example.
https://youtube.com/shorts/Br7oQmMKmnE
The evh example is one where the muted notes add to the music. And slurring your playing is a positive, you don’t have to get every note perfect, infact, doing that removes the vibe from it. Letting your hand go as long as you know where you’re landing is far better than getting it perfect.
Just go for it.
In terms of making “swiping sound good” that implies sounding it out. Put perhaps you mean making it silent?
I don’t think this is something you consciously practice - it’s more of a byproduct or just happens.
The best way to practice it is to not practice it.
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