Hello fret board walkers! This post I'm going to talk about the playing of one of the smoothest players around, Yngwie Malmsteen. I first started learning Yngwie licks about 20 years ago and I am still far from mastering up to his fluid playing of them. However, 'trying' to play them has helped me along as a guitar player.
Rather than learn his licks note for note, I just learned the 'scale' or 'key' that he plays in often.
Dance around in this scale:
A Harmonic Minor: A B C D E F G# A
Make up chord progressions of:
A minor (A C E)
C major (C E G)
D minor (D F A)
E minor (E G B)
E major (E G# B)
F major (F A C)
G major (G B D)
Jam around in this key and you'll gradually get a feel for the Yngwie style!
