Guthrie Govan Discussion

[Yngwie_is_teh_haxor]

Someone tell me how to play like yngwie.

[splatter]

Play harmonic minor scales and work on your high kicks.

[Cabbage]

^^^nailed it

A.) Listen to his music
B.) work on arpeggios
C.) Work on flinging your guitar over your shoulder and around back to its original position. (note: use strap-locks!!!)
D.) Practice critical Yngwie facial expressions!:

[stormcrow]

HAH! That's awesome... that second pic is hideous.

[Yeah but guthrie]

Yeah, thing is with yngwie, it is easy to copy his harmonic minor stuff, but to get the fire that he has, and writing some of the stuff he does is something else, such as the rising force album, and his concerto suite, other than that i wish you the best of luck in your harmonic minor yngiwe impressions.

[RD]

People always think he's just using Harmonic Minor, wich is does use indeed, but if you ask me, he's also using Dorian mode alot. And probably Melodic Minor as well.

Further you need to master the following techniques to a very high degree:

- Sweeppicking
- Alternate Picking
- Economic Picking
- Hammers 'n Pulls
- Vibrato
- And some more Vibrato

So it's really not that simple; he pretty much uses every solid technique in the book.

Stage presentation is important for an artist like Yngwie indeed. You can make fun of it, but I think Yngwie is fun to watch. I can't listen to it for over 10-15 minutes or so, but it's 10 great minutes!

[RD]

Oh and don't forget the make-up I saw him live in Holland once, and I think he used eye-liner or something

[sumis]

eyeliner is important, as is using at least ten picks per song: the more notes you play, the more picks you need, eh?

one rolex on each wrist is optional, but it might definitely help.

"release the fuckin' fury!"

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[Yngtchie Blacksteen]

It's easy to make fun of him, but few of those who laugh at him can play like him.

As for the first post, you need to be a bit more specific.

[Cabbage]

It is easy to make fun of him, but dont get me wrong, I love Yngwie. I saw him in concert back in like 1984 or 85 or so, as the opening act for AC/DC. (It was right after Rising Force came out, whenever that was...) He absolutely blew away everyone. Me, the crowd, AC/DC....Definitely one of the most entertaining and inspiring shows I've ever seen.

Around that time Guitar Player magazine had come out with 'Black Star' on a cheap little thin plastic record single insert (as in, phonograph record...) plus the transcription (done by Steve Vai I think?).

Seriously, when me and my friends first heard Black Star on that cheap ass little record, we thought, "Holy Sh*t!! No way!! That has to be a sped up recording or something!!!" (I wish I still had that record...)

The comment about the fire in his playing is so correct. His picking is amazing to watch. Plus he pulls all that off live while doing the high kicks, guitar flips, etc....

So seeing him live so soon after the Guitar Player mag thing was truly amazing and inspirational. It definitely steered me into an Yngwie-wannabe-clone phase.

Also, Yngtchie Blacksteen is the best forum name ever.

[splatter]

It is easy to make fun of him. Truly... but I have to respect the guy. It's not easy doing all those high kicks, particularly in leather pants.

[sumis]

hey! no one is allowed to make fun of yngwie who doesn't realize the fact that is his genius! i've seen him live numerous times (well, three) and have listened to him since rising force was released (yes, i'm that old). i've defended yngwie sooo many times in front of ignorant music snobs that i'm entitled to make fun of the bastard. and btw: i'm a swede! (and also a music snob, i have to agreee; just not an ignorant one )

fact is. i've come to apppreciate yngwie even more nowadays. not his later records really, but just what he's doing and representing on the guitar. in my view, he's a blues player, but with a different harmonic vocabulary ...

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[Cabbage]

[splatter]

I don't think anyone could say that he doesn't have phenomenal technique. He basically invented neoclassical shred by himself. I used to be absolutely captivated by his playing, and wore my fingertips bloody trying to imitate his playing. His playing does seem to have come about fully formed when he was in Alcatrazz (at least that was the first I heard him) and never seemed to grow. I wish he'd progressed - I think he could have done some remarkable things.

[sumis]