The man has mastered every technique on the instrument (and invented at least one of his own) and is an incredibly melodic composer. You say he only knows three scales, but hey, once you know one diatonic mode, you know them all. I personally don't like Yngwie, but I can't argue that he's not INCREDIBLY fluent technically. You know, it is possible for BOTH of them to be considered really good!
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I realize it appears that this thread has been dead for awhile now, but I'd just like to say that once you've sold over seven million albums worldwide, THEN you can make claims that Joe Satriani isn't good.
The man has mastered every technique on the instrument (and invented at least one of his own) and is an incredibly melodic composer. You say he only knows three scales, but hey, once you know one diatonic mode, you know them all. I personally don't like Yngwie, but I can't argue that he's not INCREDIBLY fluent technically. You know, it is possible for BOTH of them to be considered really good!
The man has mastered every technique on the instrument (and invented at least one of his own) and is an incredibly melodic composer. You say he only knows three scales, but hey, once you know one diatonic mode, you know them all. I personally don't like Yngwie, but I can't argue that he's not INCREDIBLY fluent technically. You know, it is possible for BOTH of them to be considered really good!
