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d.kid
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d.kid
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03/04/2023 7:12 am
#0 Originally Posted by: beginner
Anybody here who can play the Solo at the end of the movie "Crossroads", because I´m just learning the first arpeggio, but i don´t know if my picking style is right:

I play it like the power tab on mikes guitar site. I guess i should do sweep Picking, but i only do fast single downstrokes(At the moment I can play this measure with about 105 bpm(goal:130), and my right arm is not too tensed up, I think.

So can i just play it like i have learned it, or MUST i do sweep picking?

The arpeggios are 100% sweep picked. Vai plays them using the OPEN A to maneuver between the arpeggios. Open A on the first Am chord, open A on the third A7 chord and last chord Dm. This is the way Vai plays it