I love how demonstrates it slowly and thoroughly. Not like Zakk Wylde. When he does a demonstration I get this douchy "I can play it and you can't I want to keep it that way" vibe. But with Marty it's like "I've got tens of thousands of licks and phrases I'll let you learn this just because I want to share my love for music with you" vibe. I love it.
His phrasing is really unorthordox. Even when he slows down an arpeggio it's very hard to copy because his note groupings are so unusual. It's really refreshing to hear someone sound so different.
ive always been a big fan of marty since playin guitar 5 years ago... as seen from the vid- not only is he a pretty good teacher in terms of explaining what he's doin... but from how he plays- the last phrase he plays illustrates his good command of the fretboard with little effort and still stayin true to his unique sound :)
It is amazing that he picks downwards with individual attacks when descending the arpegio, instead of sweep picking upwards. It is very clear in this video.
marty friedman is one of the most innovative guitarist on that planet. he not only plays guitar amazingly well and completely clean and tight. but he totally re thinks the way the guitar should be played.
The KE2 has a Floyd Rose trem , 24 frets, and 2 Humbuckers. This is a 22 fret custom that was made for Marty in the 80's. His signature model (KE1) was a 24 fret model based on this guitar.
I really love megadeth's new guitarist's skills, especially his tapping and shredding skills, but marty's solo's have something special. And they have like their own message or something... like angry again and so on. Fast is not enough, and that's why i like marty's as megadeth lead guitarist, more than the rest of them.
A scale is the division of an octave into intervals, eg. 7 intervals of a diatonic scale. a chord is 2 or more notes of a scale played simultaneously. An Arpeggio is the notes of a chord played in sequence. a sweep is a guitar technique where the notes of an arpeggio are played on consecutive strings with one downward or upward pick-stroke
@DarthNader11 I play a jackson kelly, and even when i'm sitting down I don't have to pick like that. My picking style didn't change at all when changing from a strat to a explorer-shape. Its just marty's preference i guess.
@askwho69 in the very fast part in the solo, marty(according to tabs and live performances) pulls off from the 14th fret to the 10th fret on the e string consecutively and gradually stretches up the frets to the 17th fret pulling off to the 10th fret, also arpegiating to the 12th fret B string all the time. Thats a megastretch and its harder since hes arpeggiating to that b note.
i just figured out how he holds his pick and his picking pattern. I thought it looked weird but I see now the he hold his pick gypsy style and also picks down strokes gypsy style even while he is picking up toward the lower string like gypsy picking
@1madaboutguitar well it kind of is, since economy is using some sweep picking. You're right in the sense that he doesn't use the conventional sweep picking technique where you ascend and descend and use hammer ons and pull offs, but he is clearly (at least in this video) sweeping through 2 or more notes to do some of his arpeggios, some others he combines some alt picking in the middle. Its sort of a more gambale-esque version of sweeping but its definitely sweeping
has anyone else here watched Martys drugs video its hilarious the interviewer asks marty how he plays so great and he replies drugs i take loads of drugs LMAO
does anyone have the tabs for the arpeggio at the start his fingers cover what he is playing for a bit of it , and im too lazy to figure it out at the moment :P
@DarkWarrior450 well actually i find that stock pick ups on a good ibanez are great seeing as their dimarzios (which kick fucking ass might i add, one thing we have in common) and i also put my midrange up high i find it makes your sound more clear as appose to the buzzing sound of high treble. i like a smooth sound when i shred sorta like michael angelo batio but for 80s shred like helloween i add lots of treble for it to idk exactly i rougher tine some what...
can smeone PLZ help me. im sieng these videos with like no tabs on the side or anything. how do learn how to play seing them play it. pls help. like sometimes i dont know wat string hes on and like its REALY comfusing me.
@rampage222555 hmm the only stretch in the tornado of souls solo is the one handed tapping thing... the rest is pretty easy to nail with short fingers... lucretia is more based on these crazy stretch slides
yeah man. i guess my hands are decent sized. i've been playing for just over 2 years now, and i only started playing seriously about 10 months ago. 1st-5th fret is an easy stretch 1st-6th is playable but kinda tough 1st-7th i can stretch it, but i couldn't play on it like that, so it doesn't really count. once i practice and play a bit more my stretch might get a bit better, but not by much i don't think.
when the guitar's standard tuning (4th 4th 4th 3rd 4th) is moved from EADGBE, the notation remains the same. That is to say that, regardless of whether what looks like an f#+Maj7 on the fretboard is actually an f#+Maj7, F+Maj7, or a D+Maj7 as a result of dropped tuning it will still look the same on staff paper. Other instruments are permanently in this state. The trumpet's C only looks like a C; it sounds like a Bb. This is known as "transposition".
@Mrfatparakeet1 try to sweep an arpeggio really clean at a really slow speed so it is perfect. whatever speed you are comfortable with. then build up speed slowly. also dont tense up, keep your wrist and arm loose and relaxed and hold your pick with a loose soft grip. also hold the pick so that there is not a lot of material that can be seen. hold it not at the top but sorta below the middle so there's just a bit of pick used to sweep. less material=less resistance. watch some lessons on RUclips
@maidenforever999 I know what you mean about crappy treble pickups. But, like DW450 I have switched out the cheap pickups (in my cheap guitars) for better. I have a Jackson V and an Ibanez Radius each with EMG 81s. All great companies. Dimarzio rocks too, had a ToneZone and a Fred and loved them. The body wood changes tone too, like the V is thinner-sounding than the basswood Radius with the same pickup. Metal On Gentlemen!
@DarthNader11 I've played one as well (before it was "borrowed"... indefinitely). Your picking technique doesn't have to change to play one. You especially do not have to adopt the style that Marty uses.
well in his latest concerts he has his iceman and a prs guitar on the rack so maybe his contract ended i know herman still has his ibanez signature model selling and its all he uses
Yeah dude, all of these guys are on a whole level beyond me, haha. sorry about that first like freakishly fast reply to yours, lol. I just got done uploading a video and I was like "Whoa, did somebody seriously comment it that fast?"
@KinetiK138 lol, he can play circles around pretty much anyone if not everyone. And you know why he picks like that, right?(obviously not) It's because it defines his tone to what it is when he plays because the way most people play guitar, the picking hand tends to muffle or palm mute while playing.
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I love how demonstrates it slowly and thoroughly. Not like Zakk Wylde. When he does a demonstration I get this douchy "I can play it and you can't I want to keep it that way" vibe. But with Marty it's like "I've got tens of thousands of licks and phrases I'll let you learn this just because I want to share my love for music with you" vibe. I love it.
His phrasing is really unorthordox. Even when he slows down an arpeggio it's very hard to copy because his note groupings are so unusual. It's really refreshing to hear someone sound so different.
yeah, I haven't heard anyone else play like him. especially when he has a clean tone. Almost like he's playing a koto or some other instrument.
" I don't do many long stretches "..... Tornado of souls solo ?? Stretch from the 10th fret to the 17th ?? :| ..
ive always been a big fan of marty since playin guitar 5 years ago... as seen from the vid- not only is he a pretty good teacher in terms of explaining what he's doin... but from how he plays- the last phrase he plays illustrates his good command of the fretboard with little effort and still stayin true to his unique sound :)
This guy is a monster. Never uses those basic positions
of sweeping techs.
Genius!!!
Love this pattern. It's so playful!
You play excellent Marty! Thanks for sharing this with us.You were great in young Frankenstein too!
That a minor arpeggio run is one of the most amazing sounding things ever. you can do so much with it but coming up with variations.
Awesome Marty!
he gives alot of good advice in this video about music in general... especially about mixing up the order of the scales
It is amazing that he picks downwards with individual attacks when descending the arpegio, instead of sweep picking upwards. It is very clear in this video.
I learned how to make my sweeps more interesting after watching this thanks
A good thing I have the Guitar World's Issue on March 2009 included with Friedman's lessons and interviews! Go Mr. Heavy Metal!
Marty and Jason, both guitar gods!
Friedman was doing guitar world lessons for about 5 years in the 90s. I have most of them
I always get impressed by the way he holds his pick...
"""Always I like Friedman's Arpeggio""". He is very talent Guitarist & I think he is a good Arpeggios Maker.
marty friedman is one of the most innovative guitarist on that planet. he not only plays guitar amazingly well and completely clean and tight. but he totally re thinks the way the guitar should be played.
No way dude!!! that's awesome!
this guy has amazing talent, listen to him
The KE2 has a Floyd Rose trem , 24 frets, and 2 Humbuckers. This is a 22 fret custom that was made for Marty in the 80's.
His signature model (KE1) was a 24 fret model based on this guitar.
Marty is just too good to learn from.
OMG! This guy rules.
streching like a boss!
The tornado of souls solo feels like a sports car that's shifting gears as it gets faster and faster. I fucking love it.
Marty is the man
I really love megadeth's new guitarist's skills, especially his tapping and shredding skills, but marty's solo's have something special. And they have like their own message or something... like angry again and so on. Fast is not enough, and that's why i like marty's as megadeth lead guitarist, more than the rest of them.
Marty = Winning!
i like his ideas on stretching(and doing it less).
surprisingly he's a very good teacher as well
A scale is the division of an octave into intervals, eg. 7 intervals of a diatonic scale. a chord is 2 or more notes of a scale played simultaneously. An Arpeggio is the notes of a chord played in sequence. a sweep is a guitar technique where the notes of an arpeggio are played on consecutive strings with one downward or upward pick-stroke
Good God, his stretching abilities are insane.
he has a cool aproach to things
@DarthNader11
I play a jackson kelly, and even when i'm sitting down I don't have to pick like that. My picking style didn't change at all when changing from a strat to a explorer-shape.
Its just marty's preference i guess.
@askwho69 in the very fast part in the solo, marty(according to tabs and live performances) pulls off from the 14th fret to the 10th fret on the e string consecutively and gradually stretches up the frets to the 17th fret pulling off to the 10th fret, also arpegiating to the 12th fret B string all the time. Thats a megastretch and its harder since hes arpeggiating to that b note.
good guy he actually plays it slow enough to learn!
i just figured out how he holds his pick and his picking pattern. I thought it looked weird but I see now the he hold his pick gypsy style and also picks down strokes gypsy style even while he is picking up toward the lower string like gypsy picking
It's worth it!
What is the name of this tutorial?
@1madaboutguitar well it kind of is, since economy is using some sweep picking. You're right in the sense that he doesn't use the conventional sweep picking technique where you ascend and descend and use hammer ons and pull offs, but he is clearly (at least in this video) sweeping through 2 or more notes to do some of his arpeggios, some others he combines some alt picking in the middle. Its sort of a more gambale-esque version of sweeping but its definitely sweeping
has anyone else here watched Martys drugs video its hilarious the interviewer asks marty how he plays so great and he replies drugs i take loads of drugs LMAO
There are the great guitarists. And there's the consummate musician Marty Friedman...
does anyone have the tabs for the arpeggio at the start his fingers cover what he is playing for a bit of it , and im too lazy to figure it out at the moment :P
@DarkWarrior450 well actually i find that stock pick ups on a good ibanez are great seeing as their dimarzios (which kick fucking ass might i add, one thing we have in common) and i also put my midrange up high i find it makes your sound more clear as appose to the buzzing sound of high treble. i like a smooth sound when i shred sorta like michael angelo batio but for 80s shred like helloween i add lots of treble for it to idk exactly i rougher tine some what...
can smeone PLZ help me. im sieng these videos with like no tabs on the side or anything. how do learn how to play seing them play it. pls help. like sometimes i dont know wat string hes on and like its REALY comfusing me.
I'd love to hear anything you put out. And also I don't feed the trolls.
Major sounding arpeggios sounding like major sounding arpeggios. OMgawd:P
@synlynzero yeah but when he plays the solo live, he doesn't do that massive stretch, he plays the pattern a little bit different.
@TheTurning That's the same way i hold mine. Not sure why, it's just feels right for me.
@nicknchrist What do you mean? Like you have a floyd and wanna tune to drop D? messege me about it
Anyone has tabs for this?
@secanesam no i want to shred like that now lol
i know it takes time i should really make the effort to learn it , but i just cant be bothered
@rampage222555 hmm the only stretch in the tornado of souls solo is the one handed tapping thing... the rest is pretty easy to nail with short fingers... lucretia is more based on these crazy stretch slides
@synlynzero yeah dude, the beastly part of the solo requires a lot of stretching!!!
ha ha ha ha oh man... just about made me fall off my chair... I haven't laughed that hard since I first heard dragonforce!
@ tmib92
well hes playin with ibanez isnt he, right now?? Last I heard he was bein endorsed by ibanez... correct me if im wrong
Wich Jackson model is that ?
what tune is it on
@dusted04 ik it was the same for alternate picking it sounded sloppy then i finally got it. but sweep picking is so much harder
what do you mean for "slant their picks"?
@nextbest47 begin with basic scales, learn songs by ear, improvise, learn chords all over the neck etc
i need tabs no idea where his fingers are at?!
@Shadowofcreation where?
@guitarplayerk11 Probably his KE1 signature
yeah man. i guess my hands are decent sized.
i've been playing for just over 2 years now, and i only started playing seriously about 10 months ago.
1st-5th fret is an easy stretch
1st-6th is playable but kinda tough
1st-7th i can stretch it, but i couldn't play on it like that, so it doesn't really count.
once i practice and play a bit more my stretch might get a bit better, but not by much i don't think.
@afox8520 I'm noticing I pick like that when I do pinch harmonics.
what tunning is he using?
your right i was spinning my face off thinking he was starting on f sharp, guess he's tuned down a whole step.
@MagnumBullets47 All of Rust In Peace was already written when Marty joined Megadeth, he just had to add his own solos.
Dracula is teaching us how to play arpeggios in a guitar
@dusted04 just practice to a mentronome really really slow and then build up speed slowly each day. no need to rush anything
he sounds so jazzed about it, CHECK IT OUT!!
this is Marty Friedman
ah k man thanks for clearing that up :)
when the guitar's standard tuning (4th 4th 4th 3rd 4th) is moved from EADGBE, the notation remains the same. That is to say that, regardless of whether what looks like an f#+Maj7 on the fretboard is actually an f#+Maj7, F+Maj7, or a D+Maj7 as a result of dropped tuning it will still look the same on staff paper. Other instruments are permanently in this state. The trumpet's C only looks like a C; it sounds like a Bb. This is known as "transposition".
@Mrfatparakeet1 try to sweep an arpeggio really clean at a really slow speed so it is perfect. whatever speed you are comfortable with. then build up speed slowly. also dont tense up, keep your wrist and arm loose and relaxed and hold your pick with a loose soft grip. also hold the pick so that there is not a lot of material that can be seen. hold it not at the top but sorta below the middle so there's just a bit of pick used to sweep. less material=less resistance. watch some lessons on RUclips
@DarkWarrior450 for sure bro who cares what we use as long as we keep the metal alive...
DAMN STRAIGHT!
@maidenforever999 I know what you mean about crappy treble pickups. But, like DW450 I have switched out the cheap pickups (in my cheap guitars) for better. I have a Jackson V and an Ibanez Radius each with EMG 81s. All great companies. Dimarzio rocks too, had a ToneZone and a Fred and loved them.
The body wood changes tone too, like the V is thinner-sounding than the basswood Radius with the same pickup.
Metal On Gentlemen!
has anybody tabs for that???if you have msg me plz
sick
hes tuned to e flat so it was kinda hard for me to learn it but i got it
I hear that Marty is not fond of sweep picking,did he use sweep in this video?
he recently switched from Ibanez to PRS.But i always associated the kelly shape with him.
lmfao "I haven't laughed that hard since I first heard dragonforce! "
hahahahahaha
@DarthNader11 I've played one as well (before it was "borrowed"... indefinitely). Your picking technique doesn't have to change to play one. You especially do not have to adopt the style that Marty uses.
Thanks! :D It's a Led Zeppelin Special Issue but it includes Marty Friedman's lessons. :D
YEAH!!
@rampage222555 Its interesting you say that because live, he doesn't do the killer stretches in Tornado of souls
@skolnick14 thanks ill try that out
he does have an odd picking stlye but he is really good-he def played a huge roll in the guitar world.
marty do arpeggios in a different way
that's aewsome, sounds interesting
just had a deja vu of watching this video
well in his latest concerts he has his iceman and a prs guitar on the rack so maybe his contract ended i know herman still has his ibanez signature model selling and its all he uses
Yeah dude, all of these guys are on a whole level beyond me, haha.
sorry about that first like freakishly fast reply to yours, lol.
I just got done uploading a video and I was like "Whoa, did somebody seriously comment it that fast?"
impressive I can play well and just looking for pointers on playing better it does the trick .
@KinetiK138 lol, he can play circles around pretty much anyone if not everyone. And you know why he picks like that, right?(obviously not) It's because it defines his tone to what it is when he plays because the way most people play guitar, the picking hand tends to muffle or palm mute while playing.
Are his frets bigger than normal?
i always thought arpeggio meant "broken chord" .. even if was wrong it helped me understand the difference lol
what arpeggio is that taken from?