Strunz & Farah on Building Technique in the McLaughlin and de Lucia Era

[@gypsyguitars]

one of thee finest guitar acts in this world = Strunz & Farah !!!

[@saxxxxxxxxx]

As a jazz fan, I have been blessed enough to see S&F twice. I’ve been a fan over 20 years but I never heard them talk before though. Hearing their words Now I feel like a child in the company of great men.

[@ChicagoBeaver]

Been a fan since 2001 when I found "Heat of the Sun, " in the cheap CD bin. That changed my entire approach to my own guitar playing after I heard that CD. It saved me from being a boring rock guitar player and it helped develop my own sound. Truly Strunz and Farah are my musical heroes, Forever!!

[@KyleS.1987]

These guys were my introduction to the world of virtuoso guitar playing when my guitar teacher played some of their stuff for me. Blew my 13 year-old mind. Can't wait for the interview!

[@billvanlammeren734]

Thank you,Troy . I'm so pleased that you have this style of music. The music i love. Also I want to say that your a fantastic teacher. Please continue with this type of music, for you have a new group of people that are interested in this technique. Thank you again......

[@brownholecharles]

Their solos are so brilliantly constructed. Very similar to gypsy jazz; always wondered if these legends ever jammed with Stochelo or Bireli

[@bijanghofranian5782]

Great guitarists that I have followed since early 80's. On another note: I thought the gadget hanging off the guitar was a mic, but it must be a camera capturing the right hand's fast picking that we see in the video.

[@TheGor54]

I have been listening to these guys for 20+ years... I never knew that they spoke verbally.

[@Tnageoff]

all praise the Internet and all praise cracking the code!

[@wth522]

I can't wait to buy this interview! I love these guys. Well done, Troy! I see Jorge uses a lot of arm movement in the faster lines. Sort of like Vinnie did in the 80s, but without the little finger grazing on body (I am more elbow with the little finger grazing and it works great for fast lines when I go above 120 sextuplets). Great stuff! Thanks, Troy!

[@JuddOakes]

I have been watching this over and over and am starting to think that alot of hybrid pickers or ones who switch tend to have more inclination towards upward pickslanting. i did quite a bit of hybrid stuff back in the day and seem to get a better grip under the string with the fingers pullback somewhat which would lead me to believe it would lead to upward pickslanting.

[@2361dcw]

You really need to get in touch with Ney Mello, Troy. That guy was figuring things out decades ago that everyone is just coming around to now.

[@hamandvaid]

I had never heard of Ney Mello, but just looked him up and picked myself off the floor a short while after. Absolutely, ridiculously amazing!!

[@jimnikas4302]

Love that you are including this duo in your picking analysis. Jorge is still a relatively unsung hero and at 70!? still rips. Check out the band Caldera for rtf era fusion and blistering solos. Cant wait to see the full interview. Troy, if you get a chance would love to see Ian Crighton up close He was blazing Al Dimeola style runs and keyboard unison lines back in the late 70's and is still active. I've heard some advanced tapping that he was doing around 77 or 78 and wondered if he predated Van Halen. Thanks man, you've done more than people realize to reveal the intricacies of pickstyle guitar.

[@troygrady]

Thanks Jim! Not familiar with Ian and a quick KZbin search pulls up mostly concert clips where the guitar isn't very audible. If you've got any better sources we're happy to take a look.

[@troygrady]

Thanks Jim! The first link I can't really hear the guitar at all, it's like they shut his mic off - strange mix! The second clip, the solo is honestly pretty sloppy. The unison lines with keyboard might be cleaner because they're slower and they sound composed, but I can't really tell. And herein lies the challenge of doing the interviews we do - we really don't want to make anyone look bad. And there are plenty of great players, who musically, I like a lot, and who wrote awesome tunes and played with great feel... but who I think it would be awkward for all concerned to do a "magnet"-style interview with.

[@jimnikas4302]

I completely respect that. I can also see that to really benefit fot the advancement of technique you have to be selective in who is analyzed. Thanks for taking the time to look and for doing what you do.

[@BrianAuer]

Hi Troy! Really digging these series you are making! These two are my favorite in the "Latin Jazz" pool. Super musical. I uploaded Nuevo Sol cover about a year ago. One of my favorite by them. I actually do the opposite with my picking I believe? Upward slanting? I don't know, you're the expert on that..ha .These two are a great choice to your series. Looking forward to watching more of this.

[@shawnibanez]

So sick that he got these guys on here!!!!

[@Janlaurenz75]

Very cool,i just now uploaded something similar between Picado fingerstyle and pick,cheers !! Jan Laurenz from Switzerland

[@rageofthebiscuit3668]

i love metal but this is just amazing

[@TheVINI78]

Is the music in the intro just a jam or a song ?

[@bingefeller]

can't wait for this!!!!!!

[@budandbean1]

Wow, really enjoyed this, thank you.

[@3dw3dw]

The album mosaico changed my life.

[@shredfactor7]

have you ever thought of trying to get Rick Graham or Andy James? just curious

[@Airtrooper719]

andy james would be amazing he's such a tight picker!

[@Khae.]

Rick Graham would be amazing to see here.

[@signorebuccie]

Andy James has totally been checking this shit out. His new stuff is all upward pickslanting. He rarely does two way stuff anymore because he's a natural upward slanter.

[@JuddOakes]

Man good stuff I see more upward pick slanting and at times almost like the reverse flextenion above the string being played like a reverse Albert lee which makes sense considering that Albert is a downward pick slanter I have done some experiments where I say to myself ok now I'm not going to rotate my forearm from upward pick slanting to see what is required and of course the door knocker movement is required but only on the up strokes Can't wait to see more

[@JuddOakes]

And of course beautiful music

[@troygrady]

Indeed!

[@BrianAnderson-7]

Wow, you got them to join in. A W E S O M E!

[@Kalashnikov1098]

Would be so sick to get John.

[@horstlippitsch]

Which kind of pick use Jorge? Dunlop jazz3?

[@rotebick]

Does anyone knows the song's name? Sound amazing!

[@hassaanawan367]

Bolero

[@baurissio]

How the model of this microphone is called?

[@brunogendron9173]

Both upward pickslanters only??

[@clarkfeeley1959]

Nah the dude on the left is down only he just uses trailing edge on ups.

[@ehv3876]

What is the tool used to put phone on the guitar plz ?

[@troygrady]

That's the Magnet, it's our device. May come to Kickstarter later this year

[@raulgonzalez3766]

Chido one!

[@IconicBattles]

Heard these guys in the 90s and was absolutely blown away and got a bunch of their CDs. To blow your mind, give a listen to their live version of 'Selva': kzbin.info/www/bejne/anjViK2OlrKeqck

[@chrischoir3594]

The guy on the left picks like Batio the guy on the right picks like you Troy

[@troygrady]

Ha! Indeed Ardeshir and Jorge have quite different mechanics - but they’re both great and it was great to meet them.

[@lllorez]

Sounded like they were going to play the middle section of Paranoid Android by Radiohead at the beginning of the vid.

[@BigBluesTribe]

Troy - any chance of featuring Vinnie Moore in upcoming videos?

[@troygrady]

How about a past video? We cover Vinnie's technique pretty well in the Antigravity seminar, and you can find a portion of that chapter is right here on our channel.

[@BigBluesTribe]

Oops - ok ;-)

[@hablahivan6110]

I learned to play with an acoustic guitar and I'm primarily upward pickslanter. Could it have any relation?

[@troygrady]

Not a crazy hypothesis! Plenty of great acoustic uwps players, from DiMeola and McLaughlin to David Grier and Brian Sutton in bluegrass. Maybe the size of the box naturally leads to an arm/hand position which facilitates uwps.

[@RobertOlsen]

Same here...

[@JorgeR2912]

Jorge Strunz reppin' Costa Rica bitches!

[@THEGhost902]

what song in the beginning video??

[@troygrady]

That's an unreleased song from their upcoming album. They don't have an official title for it yet. It's really beautiful.

[@Bomberomusician]

It's called " BOLERO #3 " will be on their next CD

[@FrallaN024]

Very nice :-)

[@Grahfx]

wooo don't stop playing ! :((

[@MrTubularBalls]

Cool!

[@Airtrooper719]

I would give anything to play like that

[@drumitar]

B-U-C-K-E-T-H-E-A-D GET HIM TROY !!!!

[@ericdavis472]

get Dick dale on here!

[@migyverman]

😂 Now that's hilarious! 😅