Quote (Makemetalmusic @ Mon, Feb 2 2009, 03:57am)
I can sweep expertly, it's not that hard. And I don't know too many scales honestly, bits and pieces of Diminished is it really, that's what I'm asking here.
You definitely can't sweep expertly if you don't know scales. That is unless you're the only person in the world with an exquisite knowledge of chord and arpeggio shapes but none of scales.
If you really want to know how to shred, learn some scales, and start playing them in creative ways. Nobody wants to hear you run up and down scales at even intervals (refer to every trivium solo off of the ascendancy album), but if you can make something creative and musical then you are on the right path.