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Yngwie Malmsteen
I had never heard any of this guys songs, then I stumbled upon "Trilogy Suite Op:5". How the heck does this guy play so damn fast?!?! I did a bit of research on his guitar, the fender strat. I noticed his fretboard is "scallopped"(I think thats how you spell it?) Anyway this means inbetween the frets the neck pushes in rather than slightly out. Does this affect his speed?
# 1
I have a book of his where he say that his scalloped neck serves the purpose for him to get a better grip on the strings and has nothing to do with his speed. He said the scallped neck actually makes it HARDER to play fast.
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# 2
# 3
Teh scalloped frets means there is more space between the string and the fret board which would hinder speed cause you would have to press down more to get sound out of the string. His speed merely stems from coordinationa achieved through lots of practice. Any idiot with 6 years of time can work up to it easily. I mean really easily, time and patience.
# 4
Actually, scalloped frets require lighter picking and lighter fretting.
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# 5
Dude,
Indeed i have never played a scalloped guitar but it would seem the opposite would be true? by all means correct me if i am wrong.
Indeed i have never played a scalloped guitar but it would seem the opposite would be true? by all means correct me if i am wrong.
# 6
What I've heard is that when he is pressing the strings he is not at all reaching the scale and thus he is getting faster because thus he eliminates a lot of effort.
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# 7
Thats what makes it easyer Seiko, what Slow Diver said. You dont have to reach the fretboard, just the frets. Ofcourse, I shouldn't say easyer, some dont like scalloped fretboards. I haven't played one either, but I hear good and bad things about them, and my old guitar teacher taught me a bit about them, on how they need a light touch and everything.
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# 8
the scalloped frets thing is not realy helping to play fast - i tried it more then once. the clue is that it makes you play with less action. now everyone thinks when you use a scalloped neck you can play faster because of the lower movements.. but infact you can use the VERY SAME technique of low action on a normal fretboard too - and voila - you will also be able to play faster.
but then again - once and for all - SPEED IS UNIMPORTANT!! *L*
but then again - once and for all - SPEED IS UNIMPORTANT!! *L*
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# 9
Yes, feel is the important thing, which I think Yngwie sometimes lacks.
And I also read something on cyberfret.com about playing with low action movements. They called it power practising (Just a name for it I guess). I've been at it for a couple monthes. Its really a great technique.
[Edited by Josh Redstone on 12-24-2002 at 11:31 AM]
And I also read something on cyberfret.com about playing with low action movements. They called it power practising (Just a name for it I guess). I've been at it for a couple monthes. Its really a great technique.
[Edited by Josh Redstone on 12-24-2002 at 11:31 AM]
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-And it was good
-And it was good
# 10
the scalloped necks aren't hard to play its just hard to remember that if you press to hard then your strings wont inotate and you will be sharp its the same with those extra jumbo sized frets.
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# 11
Dudes,
Indeed, thanks for filling me in on that i was unaware of the silly ease of playing scalloped as being similar to lowered action. And i agree most of Malmsteens playing is lacking in feeling and speed is relatively unimportant, especially if you are just going to do the same **** in different keys every song. Or rather different keys same scales....ahahha...which is why i laugh at malmsteen in all his glory. Though he has amazingly captured the hearts and minds of many...
Eh...
Lowered action rules.
Indeed, thanks for filling me in on that i was unaware of the silly ease of playing scalloped as being similar to lowered action. And i agree most of Malmsteens playing is lacking in feeling and speed is relatively unimportant, especially if you are just going to do the same **** in different keys every song. Or rather different keys same scales....ahahha...which is why i laugh at malmsteen in all his glory. Though he has amazingly captured the hearts and minds of many...
Eh...
Lowered action rules.
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