Alex Skolnick: Triads and Sweep Picking | Reverb Guitar Tricks

Alex Skolnick, resident shredder of famed Bay-area thrash outfit Testament and leader of the Alex Skolnick Trio, came by the office to discuss triads and sweeping techniques. Triads are the basic ingredients to a chord and Alex shows how versatile and essential they are in music. Then, Skolnick shows you how triads can be used in sweeping and how to use sweeping in the context of a solo or melody. Read more about triads, sweeping and Alex Skolnick at Gear used: ESP AS-1 Alex Skolnick