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→Sweeps and Arpeggios
A unique way to embellish a certain chord is to strum it slowly, arpeggiating it. The strum is still much faster than using individual pick strokes for each note - you play the strum just slow enough so that you can hear each note separate from the others but keep your hand's momentum steady like a normal strum.
1 2 3 E-------0-------0------------0-- B------0--------0------------0-- G-----1---------1------------1-- D----2----------2------------2-- A---2-----------2------------2-- E--0------------0------------0--
Alternate-picked arpeggios typically have less rhythmic variety on the individual notes. However, they have an ascending or descending nature that can form its own form of rhythm.