Wei, don't lah say cheating!

The other trick is to cover your left hand with a cloth and then sweep... pretty much the same effect like a string dampener, but more "wtf?!" coz no one can see your fingers move...

Anyway, I find that ascending arpeggios are easier to play clean because, like you said, you can use your palm to mute the string after moving on.

...descending arpeggios on the other hand have always been bothering me. A dampener would be the most effective solution, but maybe not necessarily the most efficient?

I'd love to hear what the sweeping sifus here think, especially Gapnap... (though he'll probably com up with some indie comment or just say "Practice more!")

You know, actually string noise probably shouldn't be that big of a problem. If at slow tempos you can play an arpeggio cleanly without excessive string noise, then I guess at faster tempos there shouldn't be excessive string noise too...

...but as in most things, what should be and what is are 2 very very different things. I've been trying to make my arpeggios cleaner at slow tempos and then slowly work up the speed, and I still get lots of string noise! /doh

This damn thing has been bugging me for the past 3 years or so... argh!

no lah... your maths all screwed up Ledzep... 50 divide 200 = 3/4 Teko lah....