Marty Friedman - Arpeggio lessons

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[@VillainsvsVillains]

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.

[@Pcron7]

" I don't do many long stretches "..... Tornado of souls solo ?? Stretch from the 10th fret to the 17th ?? :| ..

[@tested211]

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.

[@otakurocklee]

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.

[@AaronAttelOfficial]

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 :)

[@gfinetti]

This guy is a monster. Never uses those basic positions of sweeping techs. Genius!!!

[@codebabe]

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.

[@JohnPennello]

You play excellent Marty! Thanks for sharing this with us.You were great in young Frankenstein too!

[@almete]

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.

[@Captivehonour17]

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.

[@zzzhuh]

Love this pattern. It's so playful!

[@LilOlFunnyBoy]

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

[@romrzb143]

"""Always I like Friedman's Arpeggio""". He is very talent Guitarist & I think he is a good Arpeggios Maker.

[@cezar40]

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.

[@bdamotta]

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.

[@rooguitar]

Awesome Marty!

[@HipHopAn0n]

he gives alot of good advice in this video about music in general... especially about mixing up the order of the scales

[@Mahavishnu80]

Friedman was doing guitar world lessons for about 5 years in the 90s. I have most of them

[@Jagguar20]

Marty and Jason, both guitar gods!

[@ozzyayres1]

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

[@keanoscarermitano619]

A good thing I have the Guitar World's Issue on March 2009 included with Friedman's lessons and interviews! Go Mr. Heavy Metal!

[@Parliaments100s]

The tornado of souls solo feels like a sports car that's shifting gears as it gets faster and faster. I fucking love it.

[@visualkeirockstar]

I learned how to make my sweeps more interesting after watching this thanks

[@KarzGuitar]

@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.

[@TheTurning]

I always get impressed by the way he holds his pick...

[@UTubergskye]

OMG! This guy rules.

[@xelad1]

@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

[@rosenbluntz]

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".

[@XFunkWizardX]

Marty is just too good to learn from.

[@bluechameleon18]

There are the great guitarists. And there's the consummate musician Marty Friedman...

[@rampage222555]

@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.

[@alconsirra]

this guy has amazing talent, listen to him

[@TheTrevasaurusRex]

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!

[@mitchellbotting]

@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 KZbin

[@iownjoo]

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?"

[@AaronAttelOfficial]

@ tmib92 well hes playin with ibanez isnt he, right now?? Last I heard he was bein endorsed by ibanez... correct me if im wrong

[@slayerbbk]

Anyone has tabs for this?

[@jan1080]

Major sounding arpeggios sounding like major sounding arpeggios. OMgawd:P

[@austinfailz]

Good God, his stretching abilities are insane.

[@Bruno1P]

streching like a boss!

[@matthew12222]

good guy he actually plays it slow enough to learn!

[@abhirupmandal995]

I hear that Marty is not fond of sweep picking,did he use sweep in this video?

[@RebornGuitarLearner]

People, we're all hear to learn the glorious art of metal aren't we? As Hendrix said "When the power of love overcomes the love of power the world will know peace."

[@MegatallicViking]

No way dude!!! that's awesome!

[@KenSushi]

@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.

[@johnland82]

@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.

[@NosajDurmit]

He said he did an E major scale so you could definitely figure out what he did by ear if you have been playing for a while. Dont bother learning exactly what he did, if you look at the full pattern of Major Minor and Diminished arpeggios and practise the shapes you can do what he did and more in no time. Try to incorporate slow arpeggios into your playing before you start sweeping as to avoid sloppy bad sounding playing.

[@Metguy123]

surprisingly he's a very good teacher as well

[@reandor]

How do you know it is some glitch due to audio compression or sth else during converting the audio. Do you honestly believe he doesn't know what his guitar's tuning is?

[@rockermetalhead1200]

Wow, really, Marty has small hands. I didn't know that. I thought these famous guitar shredders in the world had big hands. Hmm, well I guess Marty and I have something in common, because I have "small hands" too. Oh,and by the way, what guitar is he using. Is it a Jackson Kelly or the Warrior? Cool lesson Marty.

[@TheChickThatRox]

are you in standard tuning? can you say the notes or at least the proper key during lessons? thanx sooooo much!

[@freemetalguitar]

@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!

[@ConnorShawMusic]

Marty is the man

[@maidenforever999]

@DarkWarrior450 for sure bro who cares what we use as long as we keep the metal alive...

[@codebabe]

i like his ideas on stretching(and doing it less).

[@metalkritic]

he does have an odd picking stlye but he is really good-he def played a huge roll in the guitar world.

[@9erMatthew]

@synlynzero yeah but when he plays the solo live, he doesn't do that massive stretch, he plays the pattern a little bit different.

[@iownjoo]

Man, if you think that Marty Friedman doesn't know theory, than you probably haven't listened to him enough. And if you think he doesn't show emotion, then you DEFINITELY haven't listened to him enough. He manages to be fairly technical in his solo albums, the whole time putting out stuff with tons of emotional riffs. Look at his work in Cacophony if you think he doesn't know theory.

[@MetellusTin]

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.

[@NCRTXXX]

I think its true man, he said that in a guitar clinic here in Argentina. Sorry for my english.

[@mauricetomas]

Marty = Winning!

[@MxGouda]

Dracula is teaching us how to play arpeggios in a guitar

[@cannabutters]

lmfao "I haven't laughed that hard since I first heard dragonforce! " hahahahahaha

[@NosajDurmit]

I'd love to hear anything you put out. And also I don't feed the trolls.

[@DarthNader11]

@seaman1737 He picks like that because he is playing a Jackson Kelly and the shape of the body only permits you to play that way while sitting. Notice because you never see him picking that way when he plays live. I guess you could just say its unique to people who player the explorer shape.

[@MichaelLozano12]

@nicknchrist What do you mean? Like you have a floyd and wanna tune to drop D? messege me about it

[@Mrfatparakeet1]

I can't do appreggios to save my life.. Any tips? I think I'm bad at sweeping

[@zackyguitars]

he has a cool aproach to things

[@LwPsMusic]

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

[@DarkWarrior450]

@maidenforever999 dude, the super high treble is something you want for 80s shred solos. I personally boost my midrange when playing metal, which a lot of players don't and the Jacksons just have the "balls n chunk" for that kind of thing. The stock pickups in any guitar, whatever the brand, are usually bad so i change em out for better ones like DiMarzio's :)

[@sully93]

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

[@NickF97S]

@Shadowofcreation where?

[@slingman6]

the metronome will be your best friend. Just move it up one notch at a time.

[@seafooddynamite]

It's not about the technique. It's about the results

[@abhirupmandal995]

Is Marty sweep picking here?Cuz I remember once he said that he doesn't sweep at all and sweep picking is lame

[@madmaxx4178]

yeah he uses sweep picking he just hates to admit that he sweep pickd

[@arlos21]

He said that about tapping and whammy bars..

[@tombstoneharrystudios584]

He’s addressed this in another video...he doesn’t pooh-pooh sweep picking...he pooh-poohs the straight-up-and-down patterns that sound like exercises. Sure, they impress other musicians but they’re not serving the music Play Music not a technique is his motto

[@akidk1499]

He doesn't like to do sweep etudes. But he does sweep etudes in many songs too like 0-7-2 Namida Thunder March Evil Thrill

[@Jed9133]

what arpeggio is that taken from?

[@Batminsong]

What is the name of this tutorial?

[@Entropy03021990]

what do you mean for "slant their picks"?

[@Moozer11]

btw shred picking is actually called sweep picking carcosa

[@foxybrown2]

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

[@metabog]

Are his frets bigger than normal?

[@DarkWarrior450]

@guitarplayerk11 just about any jackson is a shred machine. Personally i like the soloists but the warrior is a true metal machine.

[@beanabus77]

Y'know one can't really hide behind gain!!! Ultimately if it ain't clean, well clean, it's always going to be messy.... Alan Holdsworth uses relatively light gain, I think, for example. Although the ultimate test is playing your widdly licks through a mild crunch setting - say gain at 3/4. Nasty!

[@auntjemima52]

@MagnumBullets47 All of Rust In Peace was already written when Marty joined Megadeth, he just had to add his own solos.

[@browncovfefe]

what tune is it on

[@mannyegbert]

hey man, i agree that any real guitarist has to have that sense of music. but i guarantee you if anyone on the earth asked marty a question about guitar or music theory he wouldnt look like an idiot. He knows his shit. theres a big difference between knowing the scales and restricting yourself to them.

[@M3TALLICA444]

Just listen to each note and tab it one by one yourself. And he's also tuned down. (I think Open D maybe?)

[@dodgepeters2050]

just watched paul g and marty on young guitar part 3, its something paul has like 5 pedals, marty none and his tone kills, paul play 1 million notes, cause hes limted to his boxes , hes great. but marty melodic bends and style to burn killsl ook at his face, marty is never outclassed dos bends,melody, care for each note, phrasing are unworldly.

[@newname363]

i always thought arpeggio meant "broken chord" .. even if was wrong it helped me understand the difference lol

[@ACE101896]

this is Marty Friedman

[@westchelsea]

is there a dropped note in his tuning?

[@marsnall]

what tunning is he using?

[@Cortex606]

The guitar is tuning in ???

[@longination]

your right i was spinning my face off thinking he was starting on f sharp, guess he's tuned down a whole step.

[@MegadethAcdclover]

@Fektthis im a chick dude!19yrs old!!marty friedman lover and guitar player, not only guys know good shit!!!he is one of my idols. were u able to do it??!!

[@iownjoo]

Ah, I gotcha. I prefer satch over vai though. I like Marty Friedman because he's so exotic and stuff, there's not really any other guitarist out there that sounds like him.

[@keanoscarermitano619]

Thanks! :D It's a Led Zeppelin Special Issue but it includes Marty Friedman's lessons. :D

[@fonfolino2000]

marty do arpeggios in a different way that's aewsome, sounds interesting

[@MLoer]

Wich Jackson model is that ?

[@bluechameleon18]

What's with the injury? I thought Dave was the one that hurt his hand...

[@hesh3216]

he sounds so jazzed about it, CHECK IT OUT!!