Play his music then
What a rediculous/stupid comment!mi2tom said:Play his music then
Check out his webpage there are quite few tabs to his songs. I've had my Malmsteen bug for more than 10 years nowthe.godfather said:What a rediculous/stupid comment!
Anyway, back to the question. I have had the Yngwie bug for about 2/3 years now. And it still hasnt gone away! I love my USA Fender Yngwie Strat to bits - the best guitar I have ever played.
As for his techniques - alternate picking mainly 99% of the time. People keep saying that he "sweep picks", but he hardly ever does! He alternate picks everything he can. He sometimes sweeps long arpeggios though.
Apart from that, just learn his scales. Phrygian and Harmonic Minor. That IS the Yngwie sound. Those scales are it.
Also, defenitely learn Pedalling. Thats what Yngwie usues 50% of the time too. Just repeated phrases or tones of little licks. Again, played in the Phrygian or Harmonic Minor modes/scales.
And lastly.....learn some of the riffs from his songs. They have made my playing come on leaps and bounds. Playing the riffs and licks from Black Star, Rising Force, I'll See The Light Tonight......
George is one mean sweep pickerChameleonfong said:There's also George Bellas, check out his site at http://www.georgebellas.com/
He has a couple "yngwielish" lesson.
hmmm..i just when there, seems like his lessons now cost money.. but you can still check out his videos.
Fong
Bah, it looks so effortless in those videos! DAMN HIM!Adagio_777 said:Yeah, very true. He will play an example and then say "now I will play it at a slow speed" and it will be played slightly slower than the original tempo, haha. You can still see how he plays by watching, but you're right, he doesn't spend too much time describing what he is actually doing.
I think a very important aspect of Yngwie's playing is his wide vibrato which is always intonated with perfection, probably because he has perfect pitch.
Here are a couple of vids for you -