Learn some Yngwie style runs to super charge your neo classical guitar playing.

Focusing on the 3 string sweeping arpeggios made popular by Yngwie Malmsteen.

One of Yngwie Malmsteen's most famous songs

This lesson demonstrates Harmonic Minor, Phrigyan Dominant and Diminished scales and arpeggios played in fast Malmsteen style. Useful for fast alternate picking and sweeped arpeggios.

In this lesson we are going to look at the amazing guitar style of Yngwie Malmsteen. We will use some of his favourite licks, arpeggios, and classically oriented phrases. Pay attention to his many picking techniques, such as alternate and sweep picking, and his scale choices. You should incorporate this techniques and scales to your playing and composing.

Alternate picking, Vibrato, Slides and Palm muting.

This lesson is reminescent of Yngwie's most important influences: Niccolo Paganini (1782-1840). It's like the final arpeggios of 24th Caprice. Paganini was called the Demon Fiddler because of the demonic air of his playing and his looks. Yngwie Malmsteen took many Paganini's stuff to make his own guitar style.

...a two strings sweep picking etude that begins in A major and finally modulates to C. Sweep picking is one of the most used techniques used by Malmsteen. If you don't know this technique check the Pavel's Sweeping lessons in this site and pay attention to the closer shots of my right hand movements.

In this lesson we will continue studying the Malmsteen playing. Today we have a very good exercise to practice alternate picking at high speeds, bendings and vibrato.