Jason becker and malmsteem help!

Jason becker uses a lot of arpeggios and Malmsteem seems to be able to pull fast runs out of nowhere and still be on key--sometimes he isnt, but most of the time he is---where do they get the ideas for their arpeggios? anyone know what scale they use? how on earth are they able to keep on key while doing all thsee crazy runs up and down the neck---anyone know how malmsteem soloed and what key/scale he used?

malmsteen usually uses just the minor scales and its alternates, melodic and harmonic. he loves using the harmonic minor because of the classical sound that it produces. you have a pretty good ear to notice that he sometimes plays out of key. its probably just some passing tones at the wrong beat. just practice your licks slowly at first and then build up speed when your comfortable playing them, but be comfortable with the speed you choose. these guys didnt become fast overnight. just practice and you will be better that those guys. hope i helped

Hey thanks a lot, i had a feeling it was harmonic minor, and you confirmed this. thanks for the advice--it was really helpful thanks.

You can notice a certain pattern in Malmsteen's licks, he plays the same licks in nearly every song he has written. When you learn them you might be able to "pull those scales and licks out of nowhere."
Just learn many positions where you can play E-Minor,A-minor arpeggios and play those arpeggios sweeping :)
Use 3, 5 and six string versions of them and before you even notice, you play stuff like Becker, and Malmsteen. Hmm.. Yep..