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Phil666th November 2014Awesome. Having a break from my beginners A Minor pentatonic lesson and came up here. My current lesson is hard enough to get perfect, this would take me into another incarnation
tonyk7th March 2014Amazing as usual.I know I should think positively but its safe to say i'll never be able to play one of your lessons
zeus3rd March 2014awesome ben! your AP is off the chain.
Darius Wave2nd March 2014Nice work Ben! I remember Chris alternate picking licks...really bad ass...I would not dare to make his style cover lesson in case of alt picking
Ben Higgins2nd March 2014Thanks for the comments, guys !
Guido Bungenstock2nd March 2014Wow, really awesome, Ben!!! ;-)
Monica Gheorghevici2nd March 2014Awesome lesson and insane playing as usual
Hajduk2nd March 2014Amazing as always Ben
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Welcome to my latest lesson!
This time we are looking at one of the fastest guitar players ever to burst onto the scene in the 80's - Chris Impellitteri.
Chris was very much into the whole neo classical thing that was popular at the time... super fast picking runs, sweep arpeggios, you name it. Similarities and comparisons to Yngwie were inevitable... but Chris has carved out his own niche in guitar history, playing some outrageously cool solos and writing some ultra kick ass songs.
Chris is notable for mainly using his bridge pickup during all his fast runs, as opposed to switching to the neck pickup like most of his contemporaries. This requires one to be more confident in their technique and muting abilites. The neck pickup can hide a lot of inaccuracies but the bridge pickup is not so forgiving.
Chris also plays a lot of arpeggios with alternate picking, when the tempo allows, instead of sweeping.
This asks a lot of dexterity of a player but it sounds great.
This lesson will work on:
- Stamina
- Speed
- Alternate picking
- Rhythm playing / riffing
- Sweep picking
- Tapping
So, are you ready to tackle a solo in the style of the Speed Demon? Get those hands warmed up and get started!
Tuning: E A D G B E Standard Tuning
Tempo: 190bpm
Time Signature: 4/4
Gear: Marshall JVM 410H. OD1, Red setting. BASS 2, MID 4, TREB 8, GAIN 4
Scales:
Scrubbing / forward / rewind: arrow right, arrow left keys
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
Jump to start: Home or `s` , you can also click/tap the lesson part again (the numbers above player)
Go to next part: PageUP or End.
Volume: ArrowUp / ArrowDown keys
Go to any part: Number keys (combinations also possible)
Pause or play: `k` or space key
Fullscreen: `f`, esc to close
Increase / decrease speed : `+` or `-`
