Yngwie Malmsteen - ARPEGGIOS FROM HELL Tab

Artist : Yngwie Malmsteen
Song : ARPEGGIOS FROM HELL

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Yngwie Malmsteen Style

This trick was inspired by all the Yngwie Malmsteen fans who contribute to this site. They have a lot of good ideas to offer. I am not a big Yngwie fan, but I have always been impressed by the "sweep picking" idea. I have never been able to play really fast, and sweeping looks like a way to play faster than I ever have before.
Unfortunately, I had no luck with it for two or three months. Then I went to a music store and bought some new kinds of picks. When I tried the thick little picks, my sweeping instantly improved. I was using medium thickness large picks before. Here is a standard blues riff played with sweep picking using the new pick.

Key = A major


D D D D
E |----5--------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |------8-p-5--------------------|----------------------------------|
G |------------7b/\5--------------|----------------------------------|
D |------------------7------------|----------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|


David Farmer
Sweeping up with Arpeggios

A lot of you out there are probably looking to increase your speed as a guitarist. You can go right into playing songs by Steve Vai, Yngwie Malmsteen, and so on. But what good is learning a song when you cant play that fast yet? Well here are some arpeggio scales that may help you in a technique called sweep picking. My style may be unlike many people since I have learned it on my own but I hope that it'll help you in playing. when you play these besure you follow the pick directions. the D means to play downward (toward the floor) and the U means to play upward (toward the sky).

IMPORTANT!!! BE SURE TO START OFF SLOW AND THEN SPEED UP TO WARP SPEED. YOU W I LL LEARN BETTER THIS WAY. IT WOULD ALSO HELP I F YOU USE A METRONOME. START AT AROUND 50 OR 60 BPM AND MOVE UP TO AS HIGH AS YOU CAN GO.
Some of you may recognize that this is the piece that Ralph Macchio plays in the end of the duel between him and Steve Vai in the movie "Crossroads," the best movie in the world :). I have a clip of the entire duel on my website separated into many different real audio files. Come check it out if you'd like.


Sweep picking arpeggios



d d d d d d u u u u u
e |-----------------8-12-8----------------|
b |-------------10----------10------------|
g |---------5-9----------------9-5--------|
d |-------7------------------------7------|
a |-----7----------------------------5----|
e |-5-8--------------------------------8--|

d d d d d d u u u u u
e |-----------------7------------------|
b |---------------9---9----------------|
g |-----------7-9-------9-7------------|
d |-------6-9---------------9-6--------|
a |---5-7-----------------------7-5----|
e |-7-------------------------------8--|

d d d d d d u u u u u
e |-----------------7----------------|
b |-------------5-8---8-5------------|
g |-----------6-----------6----------|
d |-------5-7---------------7-5------|
a |-----7-----------------------7----|
e |-5-9---------------------------9--|

d d d d d d u u u u u
e |-----------------10-12-10-----------------|
b |--------------10----------10--------------|
g |---------7-10----------------10-7---------|
d |-------7--------------------------7-------|
a |---5-8------------------------------------|
e |-5----------------------------------10-8--|

d d d d d u u u u
e |----------------------------------------|
b |-------------------9-12-9---------------|
g |----------------10--------10-7----------|
d |-----------9-12----------------9-6------|
a |------8-11-------------------------8----|
e |-7-10--------------------------------7--|

d d u d u d u d u d u d u d d u
e |-------------------5----8-5--12--8--16--|
b |---------------5-----5------------------|
g |-----------5-----5----------------------|
d |-------7-----7--------------------------|
a |---7-----7------------------------------|
e |-5---8-------------------------------0--|

David Farmer

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Left hand warmup
These two excercise will help you warm up your fretting hand. If you haven't already done so, please go do the "Right hand warmup" exercise on my page.
The first excercise is really just a simple run in E minor, but it is a good warmup because it uses all four fingers and three strings. Repeat the lick over and over in a cycle. As before in my previous lesson, use a metronome and start slowly. You are not trying to be Yngwie Malmsteen with this. The main goal is to warm up your hands to prevent injury. I have had tendonitis in my left arm before, and it is bad news for guitar players!
The second excercise is the same pattern, but the key is C minor, therefore the fingering is a little different.
Don't forget alternate picking!

Key = E minor/C minor


Ex.1 (E minor)

E |-------------12----------15-14-|-12----12-------------------------|
B |----12-13-15----15-13-12-------|----15----15-13-12----------------|
G |-14----------------------------|----------------------------------|
D |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|

  Ex.2 (C minor)

E |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G |-------------12----------15-14-|-12----12-------------------------|
D |----12-13-15----15-13-12-------|----15----15-13-12----------------|
A |-15----------------------------|----------------------------------|
E |-------------------------------|----------------------------------|




Johan Lindgren
Half Tone Drill
I got inspired by Yngwie when I saw him on the Grammy award in Sweden...he played a live solo for the audience and he played a drill sequence and I thought that I wanted to play something like that so I just drilled every halftone steps in the Harmonic A Minor scale and....Taa Daa!!!


Key: A Harmonic Minor

|-12h13p12h13-------------|----------------------|
|-------------12h13p12h13-|-9h10p9h10------------|
|-------------------------|-----------9h10p9h10--|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|


|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-9h10p9h10-------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------11h12p11h12-|-----------------------------2----|
|-----------------------|-12h13p12h13-7h8p7h8-4h5p4h5-0----|


Beyond Inspired
This trick is inspired by a short drill in the song "Far Beyond the Sun" By Yngwie. When you can play it...try changing fingers to drill with each finger.


A Minor

|-----------12h13p12h13-----------12h13p12h13--|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-9h10p9h10-------------9h10p9h10--------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|


|---------10h12p10h12---------10h12p10h12--|
|------------------------------------------|
|-7h9p7h9-------------7h9p7h9--------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|


|---------8h10p8h10---------8h10p8h10--|
|--------------------------------------|
|-5h7p5h7-----------5h7p5h7------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|


|---------7h8p7h8---------7h8p7h8--|
|----------------------------------|
|-4h5p4h5---------4h5p4h5----------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|


Dim Arpeggios
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