Guido Bungenstock30th September 2014Really great & smooth, my friend!!!! ;-)
Monica Gheorghevici30th September 2014Great lesson!!!
Hajduk30th September 2014Thats awesome Ben, Thank you
Nava30th September 2014A great way of learning the the style and patterns of arpeggios!
Great workout
Ben Higgins30th September 2014Cheers Guys !
catashi13th February 2017I love Ben Higgins' playing!!! What a boss
Todd Simpson15th February 2017Agreed!! Boss level playing!!!
I love Ben Higgins' playing!!! What a boss
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Tony MacAlpine Style
tony macalpine, autumn lords, maximum security, shrapnel, 80's shred, neo classicalby Ben Higgins - Difficulty8
Yngwie Malmsteen: Runs
yngwie, yngwie malmsteen, neo classical, tony macalpine, becker, friedman, racer x, vinnie moore, shrapnel era, impellitteriby Ben Higgins - Difficulty7
Neoclassical MacAlpine
tony, macalpine , maximum security, neoclassical, sweep picking, alternate picking, bends, by Daniel Realpe - Difficulty9
Chris Impellitteri...
chris impellitteri, neo classical, shred, speed picking, 80's metalby Ben Higgins - Difficulty8
Legato & Picking:...
paul gilbert, racer x, mr big, shrapnel, 80's metal, cacophony, vinnie moore, tony mcalpine, yngwie, legato, fast pickingby Ben Higgins - Difficulty9
Jason Becker Style
jason becker, perpetual burn, cacophony, 80's shred, neoclassical, shrapnelby Ben Higgins - Difficulty4
Melodic MacAlpine
Tony Macalpine, Tears Of Sahara, Maximum Security, alternate picking, bends, melodic, by Daniel Realpe - Difficulty9
Warrior in Battle
Yngwie Malmsteen, Vinnie Moore, Jason Becker, tapping, sweeping, sweep, arpeggios, neo classical by Thiago Trinsi
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Welcome to my new lesson!
This time, I'm looking at Tony MacAlpine's sweep tapping style and bringing it down in tempo to make it accessible to anyone wanting to delve into this technique.
Adding tapped notes to sweep arpeggios requires us to move our picking hand over the fretboard in order to tap. If the shapes are recurring in close succession then it is often impractical to try to return the picking hand back to its usual position and instead it's easier to leave the tapping hand over the fretboard even whilst sweeping the arpeggio shapes. You will get a chance to use this approach in this lesson.
You will notice that there is an odd timing to this lesson. That's because there's a bar of 7/8 next to 2 bars of 4/4 recurring throughout. After memorising the sweeps you'll not need to worry so much about that as you'll just know what to play. Just remember that the count in at the start of the backing track is for 7!
When you've learned these shapes and feel more comfortable with adding taps to sweep arpeggios then you can up the tempo and start being more experimental with how you place them over music.
Enjoy!
Tuning: E A D G B E - Standard tuning
Tempo: 170 bpm
Time Sig: 7/8 & 4/4
Gear: Ibanez RG7421, Nick Crow 8505 Amp Plugin, Guitar Suite Tube Screamer, Poulin LeCab 2.
Key: Bm
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