I'm doing something similar where I stand on the stage, and i have midgets throw two guitars backwards and forwards at my hand. We played a few songs at a local bar last week using this technique, and all went well until someone requested Flight of the Bumble Bee. We went through 17 midgets in the first verse, then had to give up. RIP: Strippy, Boffo, Viagra, Domey, Tipsy, Kotter, Wookie, Pogo, Scuppers, Draino, Bulldog, Twelve, Velvet, Daisy, Bonzo, Urcle and Graham. You will be sorely missed :( #midgetsarepeopletoo
I personally prefer the intense, more staccato sounding alternate-picking, but this is absolutely mindblowing, uber fast, clean and smooth as silk, phenomenal player...
this is incredible, but I am curious as to how picking of that speed sounds on non synth electric guitar through an amp, not doubting the speed, just curious about the sound difference. Also was there a angled slope to those 3 picks ? or were they glued flat on top of each other, was hard to tell in the video. crazy stuff either way Rowan ! Cheers
+Cring0r I heard it unamplified. Sounds very clean and precise. Watch the video carefully, you can see the shape of the pick as I hold it up to the camera. Cheers Rowan
+Roy Marchbank Hi, crazy technique, I'm really interested in trying to create a similar pick myself to give it a try but it's hard to make out the pick from this video, could you give us some more detail please? Thanks
this is similar to the shawn lane technique,....he seems to be double jointed as well,.....doesn't even sound like music though,.....sounds like a old Atari video game,...but hey that's cool,!!!
Its pretty awful how much Shawn comes up in relation to Roy, because that means people just see speed. Not a thing in common with their styles or technique, but oh wow look how fast they are!
but Roy asked me not to call him Lord Marchbank anymore... lol, btw... I could listen to you guys all day!!! And is there Lager or Ale? (giggles) BEST WISHES!!!
Incredibly fast. I must admit, I like the sound of a note with no angle on the pick, actually the same angle as the string. I'd rather play a little slower with a fuller sounding note but hey, everybody's different! Enjoyed it nonetheless!!
WOW This guy is faster than Holdsworth and Lane! And picking every note! And remember you said nobody could be this awesome before you remember? LOL Happy Thanksgiving
Rowan. Didn't realise until I saw this video how funny you are : "Git it up ye" !!!! Also does the "J" in your name make you play faster : it helped Yngwie, is this where I'm going wrong ? I have a middle name beginning with "E": thinking of giving it a few more years of practice then changing it.
I found that as soon as I became known as Rowan 'J' Parker I could play twice as fast so I would recommend it with one caveat. You'll be sharing your initial with Donald J Trump, so maybe not...
@@jessebillson Yes, strange that the MIDI-sounding intro 'playing' somehow hits speeds in excess of 16th notes @ 360bpm+(rhythmically irregular) yet the live playing in this video maxes out at 16th notes @ 276bpm, even just as a single note tremolo. Magic, huh?
lastwinj I don't think it's a valid comparison. There is no control or articulation from this guy at all. Loathe avant garde in any case. Utter bollocks IMHO.
+Ryan Simmons Indeed. Redefines the meaning of shred and raises the technical bar to unprecedented levels. Meet your new god. Lovely chap as well. Sickening.
Funny nobody has commented on this, except Thomas Vammen Jensen, but the examples on this video are very sloppy for the sake of speed. Watching the videos carefully, one can see the large vertical movement needed to move the long surface of the three picks across the string. This is a good cheating gimmick, glue three picks and with one stroke you get three hits on the string.. combine this with three fingered scales = amazing speed. The problem is that if you take away the gimmick (the triple pick), you have just a regular player no faster than anyone out there. Shawn Lane didn't need any gimmicks to play at an amazing speed, he could do it with any guitar and any pick. If Mr. Roy is so amazing, let's see a video of him playing with a normal pick, to see what kind of feats he can do :)
right, instead of blowing smoke, why don't you record a video of Mr. Roy playing against you using a normal single pick? .. you won't do it, because that will expose the truth: wihout his gimmick pick, Mr. Roy is not any faster than you, or anyone else..
@@kirkwahmmet8406also if you watch the Shawn Lane a Second Look videos, he uses a range of picks to achieve different tones required to help replicate Shawn’s sound. If he wants to use a Phat Bhoy pick to create his own sound, for his own music, that’s his prerogative. Pick size doesn’t limit him at all. I am a life long, and beyond, follower of Holdsworth, I wouldn’t waste my time on following guitarists not worth their salt. We can all see from the plethora of material here and on Roy’s own channel that he is one of the greats, even if some are not yet willing to accept that fact.
@@ledhendrix5054 There are plenty of players who don't sound conventionally guitaristic at all. Allan Holdsworth, Stanley Jordan, Adam Fulara, TJ Helmerich to name just a few. I'm just not into the idea of being the arbiter of what is acceptable to do with the instrument or how to make it sound. If there is a fixed notion of how the instrument should sound then you are closing off or ruling out the possibility of innovation which to me seems an incredibly narrow and insular way to view the instrument and music in general. Re the whole speed debate, I'm beyond bored with it. Technique is just a tool to make music with. You need it as if you have none you can't play. The point really is technique should serve the music but this is subjective and again its not for me to dictate to someone how they should play. I will say that if you listen to Roys music it does contain passages of technical insanity but thats not the focus, he clearly has something to say and its really up to him how he chooses to do so. You can say subjectively that you don't like it or prefer something else, thats fine but always better to keep an open mind I think. Sometimes stepping outside your comfort zone is the best thing you can do, who knows what might come out of that. Cheers R
@@RowanJParker I'm way to busy to read that , and way to busy to go through the comments section and reply to things that really dont matter. I do appreciate it.
Sorry but I've compared this to Shawn lane and analyzed it. Shawn went from 18-22nps, Roy goes 33nps, much faster than the late Shawn Lane and Jason Becker on their primes.
@@stu73ke Yes. Roy is no alien he’s a human who is insanely good at what he does. I gather this arises from insane amounts of practice and no doubt a great deal of thought has gone into that. Much more than speed. Some of the comments here disgust me. Jealously seems at the root of the negativity.
@@madden7732 I don't think you've analysed his playing very closely then. Slow Roy's picking down in this very video and you'll see that his speed is in fact matched by a good number of players when playing actual scalar patterns: 0:17 - equivalent of 16ths @245-250bpm (16.67 nps) 5:53 - equivalent of 16ths @245-250bpm (16.67 nps) 6:17 - equivalent of 16ths @240bpm (16 nps) Rowan calling out the 'non-believers' and telling us to marvel at his playing like it's unparalleled at the end of this video is a little ridiculous in light of the above, not to mention that the quality of the playing is incredibly noisy, prone to double-striking of notes and very restrictive upon the actual musical tones coming through because he's picking so close to the saddles with a big weird pick - which probably gives listeners (who aren't familiar with slowing down audio and transcribing) the impression that his playing is faster than it is. There's quite a few guys in that ballpark of speed who also don't need to pick at the saddles and overwhelm the actual note with such a noisy pick attack - off the top of my Shawn Lane, Stephen Taranto, Martin Miller, Dave Davidson, Greg Howe, Jason Richardson, Jeff Loomis, Rusty Cooley, Al di Meola, Yngwie, Daniel Mongrain have all hit speeds around there and beyond, and in a much cleaner and more musical fashion.
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I am trying to develop my own alternative picking technique where I hold my right arm and wrist static and rapidly move the guitar up and down.
video! ... otherwise didn't happened... :)
+fender bender Now you sir are comedy gold. Damn near choked on my morning cuppa reading that.
I'm doing something similar where I stand on the stage, and i have midgets throw two guitars backwards and forwards at my hand. We played a few songs at a local bar last week using this technique, and all went well until someone requested Flight of the Bumble Bee. We went through 17 midgets in the first verse, then had to give up.
RIP: Strippy, Boffo, Viagra, Domey, Tipsy, Kotter, Wookie, Pogo, Scuppers, Draino, Bulldog, Twelve, Velvet, Daisy, Bonzo, Urcle and Graham. You will be sorely missed :(
#midgetsarepeopletoo
The midget called Viagra was guilty of stiff handling...
Laughed my ass off, great stuff...
What an incredible player. World class and into the stratosphere! INSANE.
I personally prefer the intense, more staccato sounding alternate-picking, but this is absolutely mindblowing, uber fast, clean and smooth as silk, phenomenal player...
Roy Marchbank has two sides, he's very inspiring and also very demotivating.
Ah now, that's just 2 sides of your reaction to him...
Roy's got the keys to the Lamborghini...tied to a rocket
Wtf ???
The dude sound like a keyboard/Rhodes on fire...
Jeeezzz, amazing skills 🙃
The new definition of fast, Roy Marchbank! Cheers!
Absolutely brilliant 🎶🎶
INSANE! Great video!
Hi guys great to see you’s again! Oh my god this made me laugh🤣 great banter, lotsa love 💕
About time, Roy is a beast
I met Roy in Perth in the late 90s.... he was frightening!!!
That is absolutely insane
Love this one!!!!
Amazing stuff
please do more videos with roy ! :-)
+Christoph Schmidt Have another in the can!
Amazing
GOAT!
"GET IT UP YE"
this is incredible, but I am curious as to how picking of that speed sounds on non synth electric guitar through an amp, not doubting the speed, just curious about the sound difference. Also was there a angled slope to those 3 picks ? or were they glued flat on top of each other, was hard to tell in the video. crazy stuff either way Rowan ! Cheers
+Cring0r I heard it unamplified. Sounds very clean and precise. Watch the video carefully, you can see the shape of the pick as I hold it up to the camera. Cheers Rowan
+Cring0r hi there, the patch i am using on this vid is non synth, guitar-eq-limiter-reverb, Slainte!
+Roy Marchbank Hi, crazy technique, I'm really interested in trying to create a similar pick myself to give it a try but it's hard to make out the pick from this video, could you give us some more detail please? Thanks
I love the line in the intro that sounds like someone falling down the stairs.
Incredible. Also, I can’t follow it melodically. So how do I listen to this?
I came here just to listen to that amazing accent!
this is similar to the shawn lane technique,....he seems to be double jointed as well,.....doesn't even sound like music though,.....sounds like a old Atari video game,...but hey that's cool,!!!
He's actually quite a bit faster than lane
In his favour he also composes some beautiful music. This is an exercise you’re listening to.
Its pretty awful how much Shawn comes up in relation to Roy, because that means people just see speed. Not a thing in common with their styles or technique, but oh wow look how fast they are!
Hey, does he do a sweep at the end or it's strict alternate till the end ? I can't even see what it is :)
MaChannel Pretty sure that's a sweep but I've seen Roy alternate pick arpeggios at lightning speed so maybe not. Cheers Rowan
MaChannel I slowed down the video, it’s a sweep.
but Roy asked me not to call him Lord Marchbank anymore... lol, btw... I could listen to you guys all day!!! And is there Lager or Ale? (giggles) BEST WISHES!!!
Dosent sound that clean but very interesting idea and pick :)
wow
Well....There ya have it folks
I honestly never thought I'd see another guitar player as good as Shawn lane.
I think in some ways he is better, but overall Shawn has it. Roy would say the same.
nice modified Ibanez clever
Insane. That is the cleanest player this side of George Bellas.
waw never thought anselmo can shred
Never thought a channel with no content could make an asinine comment... wait a minute, thats your whole function isn't it? In that case, well done.
@@RowanJParker are you pissed?
@@debuhokontra2006 Only by dumb comments.
Brutal display of violent dismemberment by excessive abuse of force.
Rowan... youre a funny lad
I have my moments...
Incredibly fast. I must admit, I like the sound of a note with no angle on the pick, actually the same angle as the string. I'd rather play a little slower with a fuller sounding note but hey, everybody's different! Enjoyed it nonetheless!!
I just shaved my balls and it instantly increased my picking speed by about 50bpm.
See, it does work...
WOW
This guy is faster than Holdsworth and Lane!
And picking every note!
And remember you said nobody could be this awesome before you remember?
LOL
Happy Thanksgiving
One more thing Rowan....
Your legato licks here are insane....
And as good as Allan Holdsworth!
Awesome!
I wish I could be this good someday!
Increases aerodynamics by decreasing drag.
Rowan. Didn't realise until I saw this video how funny you are : "Git it up ye" !!!!
Also does the "J" in your name make you play faster : it helped Yngwie, is this where I'm going wrong ? I have a middle name beginning with "E": thinking of giving it a few more years of practice then changing it.
I found that as soon as I became known as Rowan 'J' Parker I could play twice as fast so I would recommend it with one caveat. You'll be sharing your initial with Donald J Trump, so maybe not...
Is that intro real guitar thats actually played by an actual human ?
Unfortunately, yes.
Sounds like guitar pro to me
@@jessebillson Yes, strange that the MIDI-sounding intro 'playing' somehow hits speeds in excess of 16th notes @ 360bpm+(rhythmically irregular) yet the live playing in this video maxes out at 16th notes @ 276bpm, even just as a single note tremolo.
Magic, huh?
@@biscobisco1882 not to mention getting a midi pickup to track like that is 🤪
It's not
I better go shave ma baws
...Some picking by the way
Show the Paeck
reminds me of jinmo
lastwinj Jinmo?
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seems roy has musical talent though. was referencing the speed
lastwinj I don't think it's a valid comparison. There is no control or articulation from this guy at all. Loathe avant garde in any case. Utter bollocks IMHO.
agree. it's just the speed is all. roy is way more controlled. total kudos.
lastwinj Yeah, speed without control is meaningless. It's a good way to crash and burn.
Oh the sickness of it all... Honey where's my super glue?
+DragonBiscuit To glue your eyes shut so you don't have to witness the horror?
He is Scottish! Interesting
Well... Shit. Blistering. Rusty who?
+Ryan Simmons Indeed. Redefines the meaning of shred and raises the technical bar to unprecedented levels. Meet your new god. Lovely chap as well. Sickening.
All hail.
Shit, what about Shawn Lane?
BUSTED
While the speed is impressive, the sound isn't at all.
While the brevity of your comment is commendable, the content isn't at all.
Funny nobody has commented on this, except Thomas Vammen Jensen, but the examples on this video are very sloppy for the sake of speed. Watching the videos carefully, one can see the large vertical movement needed to move the long surface of the three picks across the string. This is a good cheating gimmick, glue three picks and with one stroke you get three hits on the string.. combine this with three fingered scales = amazing speed. The problem is that if you take away the gimmick (the triple pick), you have just a regular player no faster than anyone out there. Shawn Lane didn't need any gimmicks to play at an amazing speed, he could do it with any guitar and any pick. If Mr. Roy is so amazing, let's see a video of him playing with a normal pick, to see what kind of feats he can do :)
Possibly the least informed comment on Roy's playing so far...
right, instead of blowing smoke, why don't you record a video of Mr. Roy playing against you using a normal single pick? .. you won't do it, because that will expose the truth: wihout his gimmick pick, Mr. Roy is not any faster than you, or anyone else..
Jealousy oozing out of every pore there. Well done.
So you’re suggesting he gets a single pick stroke out of each pick. Ludicrous! He now uses his own ‘fat boy’ pick which has, very obviously one point
@@kirkwahmmet8406also if you watch the Shawn Lane a Second Look videos, he uses a range of picks to achieve different tones required to help replicate Shawn’s sound. If he wants to use a Phat Bhoy pick to create his own sound, for his own music, that’s his prerogative. Pick size doesn’t limit him at all. I am a life long, and beyond, follower of Holdsworth, I wouldn’t waste my time on following guitarists not worth their salt. We can all see from the plethora of material here and on Roy’s own channel that he is one of the greats, even if some are not yet willing to accept that fact.
It doesn't sound like guitar to me , when I was 12 I would of been well impressed with the speed , I did watch all of the vid too.
Does a guitar have to sound like a guitar? Its just a tool for making music.
@@RowanJParker hmmm.
@@ledhendrix5054 There are plenty of players who don't sound conventionally guitaristic at all. Allan Holdsworth, Stanley Jordan, Adam Fulara, TJ Helmerich to name just a few. I'm just not into the idea of being the arbiter of what is acceptable to do with the instrument or how to make it sound. If there is a fixed notion of how the instrument should sound then you are closing off or ruling out the possibility of innovation which to me seems an incredibly narrow and insular way to view the instrument and music in general. Re the whole speed debate, I'm beyond bored with it. Technique is just a tool to make music with. You need it as if you have none you can't play. The point really is technique should serve the music but this is subjective and again its not for me to dictate to someone how they should play. I will say that if you listen to Roys music it does contain passages of technical insanity but thats not the focus, he clearly has something to say and its really up to him how he chooses to do so. You can say subjectively that you don't like it or prefer something else, thats fine but always better to keep an open mind I think. Sometimes stepping outside your comfort zone is the best thing you can do, who knows what might come out of that. Cheers R
@@RowanJParker I'm way to busy to read that , and way to busy to go through the comments section and reply to things that really dont matter. I do appreciate it.
@@ledhendrix5054 So you took time out to reply to tell me you are too busy to reply. Not sure thats a logically consistent position...
Shawn Lane was faster and sounded 100x better. No gimmick with Shawn and no silly video game sound. To add....I hate Scottish accent.
Well allow me to say this in a thick Scottish accent then. 'Whit's yer name? ZigzagBawbag is it? Aye, um no surprised'
Sorry but I've compared this to Shawn lane and analyzed it. Shawn went from 18-22nps, Roy goes 33nps, much faster than the late Shawn Lane and Jason Becker on their primes.
It's not a gimmick. His compositions are not just speed picking you know. This is just an aspect.
@@stu73ke Yes. Roy is no alien he’s a human who is insanely good at what he does. I gather this arises from insane amounts of practice and no doubt a great deal of thought has gone into that. Much more than speed. Some of the comments here disgust me. Jealously seems at the root of the negativity.
@@madden7732 I don't think you've analysed his playing very closely then. Slow Roy's picking down in this very video and you'll see that his speed is in fact matched by a good number of players when playing actual scalar patterns:
0:17 - equivalent of 16ths @245-250bpm (16.67 nps)
5:53 - equivalent of 16ths @245-250bpm (16.67 nps)
6:17 - equivalent of 16ths @240bpm (16 nps)
Rowan calling out the 'non-believers' and telling us to marvel at his playing like it's unparalleled at the end of this video is a little ridiculous in light of the above, not to mention that the quality of the playing is incredibly noisy, prone to double-striking of notes and very restrictive upon the actual musical tones coming through because he's picking so close to the saddles with a big weird pick - which probably gives listeners (who aren't familiar with slowing down audio and transcribing) the impression that his playing is faster than it is.
There's quite a few guys in that ballpark of speed who also don't need to pick at the saddles and overwhelm the actual note with such a noisy pick attack - off the top of my Shawn Lane, Stephen Taranto, Martin Miller, Dave Davidson, Greg Howe, Jason Richardson, Jeff Loomis, Rusty Cooley, Al di Meola, Yngwie, Daniel Mongrain have all hit speeds around there and beyond, and in a much cleaner and more musical fashion.
can he play all my What Ifs?
I'm sure he lies awake at night worrying about that.