Me and my buddies followed Yngwie's tour bus to their hotel after the Rising Force concert back in '84. Yngwie and Jeff Scott Soto went on to their rooms. Marcel Jacob- bass player, (RIP) and brothers- keyboard player and drummer, Jens and Anders Johansson stuck around with us in the parking lot. They were very hungry, so we drove them to Whataburger down the road. We ate in the parking lot as we chatted with the guys. They were cool and funny Swedish guys. Great memories.

Oddly enough my parents introduced me to Yngwie back in 1984 when I was nine. They've heard about this new guitar player and bought me the Rising Force cassette for my birthday. That's great parenting right there! 👍

Absolutely kills me when some say Yngwie sucks or is overrated. Whether you like him or not, the man changed the way people viewed and played the guitar. End of story. Another great lesson David. Thanks.

Best guitar teacher on YT

I had the opportunity to hear Yngwie around 1980 when he was still living in Sweden and wasn’t famous. The band he played in performed some Deep Purple songs and Yngwie definitely stood out of the crowd already at that age. I was so amazed by his playing!

It's simple: David posts, I gotta watch. Thank you for not censoring yourself and trying to condense everything in a 4-5 minute video because your commentary and everything you have to say is both insightful and incredibly helpful.

David, first time I heard Yngwie was the free floppy 7in disc of Black Star in Guitar Player. As you said, hearing him for the first time was a jaw dropping experience. Seeing him in a small club in 1985 was even more jaw dropping, and by far the loudest experience of my life. He is the OG Shredder, and his bending and vibrato are out of this world. He has been as big an influence on electric guitar as any player.

I saw Yngwie about 3 yrs ago in a small arts center. Totally blown away! I didn't want to touch my guitar for a week. Great video David!

I heard Yngwie the first time on the radio as a kid on Swedish radio back in the mid 80's, it was the intro to Hot on your heels with Steeler, from that moment I was hooked, The first few years, with Steeler, Alcatrazz and the first few solo albums, pure gold! Yngwie rules!

If there’s a rating problem with YJM, it’s that he’s underrated on tone, vibrato and composition. It’s easy to miss his great riffage when he’s melting your face every 5 seconds. Great pentatonic player as well. The extended version of Making Love is one example.

One of the all time best Vibrato’s of all time. Thank U 🍺’ski!🤘

Here on DAAAVVE TV!!! (David Lee Roth Yankee Rose 🌹 video reference) Lol... Only YOU, my friend could take the sometimes frightening brilliance of YM and bring it to a level where a moderate to excellent guitar player could really get a useful and attainable result!!! And again WITHOUT TALKING DOWN TO OR AT, BUT TALKING "TO" YOUR VIEWERS!... THANKS MAN! The poor guy has had his ups & downs though... My band opened for him on a short two month leg of one of his three state tours here in Nevada, Arizona, and New Mexico in like 96 or 98ish... Watching him play every night for those dozen or so shows was mesmerizing to say the least. The low point on that short run was when there was a knock on my hotel room door at 3am-ish. I peaked out the peek hole just in time to see a mop of hair hit my door and fall down. It was Ynwie on the floor with a half drunken bottle of vodka spilling what was left in it on the floor and Ynwie peeing the rest of the bottle out all over himself and the floor... 😟 Although other people were laughing and walking on, and over him in the hall, I felt really bad for him. I got someone to help me get him in the shower, (YES... FULLY DRESSED!) Lol... and then laying him on his bed on top of a couple of garbage bags so he didn't soak the mattress... Bet ya haven't had an Ynwie reply like THAT before... Lol... Anyway, Keep the faith and keep fighting the good fight!!! God bless and take care bro...

Man, you're so cool and slow, nobody can guess you can be as fast as Yngwie ! Great lesson again.

Combination of Aeolian mode and harmonic minor is the infamous : Harmolian! Great lesson Dave as always

I remember first time hearing Yngwie I was is shock at how a guitar player could play so fast and actually sounding melodic totally blew my mind....another huge influence in my early years of guitar the album was Rising Force..

Why would anyone put a thumbs down Davids videos are incredible he is a top notch player im assuming the thumbs down people cant handle this lesson.

Dave you are a great teacher/player.Thank you for all the work you do to bring these lessons to all of us!

There goes DB again, playing the greatest players of all time in real speed without a practice run. Unreal brother. Unreal.

Yngwie was my biggest influence back in the day. Great video!

Love old Malmsteen..1st 3 albums were the best..saw him live in 85 with Mark Boals and then next yr with Jeff...saw him 6 or 7 times back in the day..unbelievable player..the whole band was unreal..they always played these really small venues..so front row was right there..ha,ha..great shows.. Thanks.man..👍

Thank you for all the hard work and dedication to this series. One of my favorites on KZfaq. Please keep it up. I appreciate it immensely.

You seem so kind & humble. Your videos are so interesting and I am amazed how versatile and amazing a player you are. Seems that there is very little you don't play. Thanks for everything you do

Oh yes! This period is so so awesome! Not only for the fire yngwie had.. but the tone was so tasty...much much dry and clear without all that delay and reverb

Another great lesson. I’m going to practice that first lick today

Superb lesson thank you. I’m a huge Yngwie fan, I first heard him back in 1984 and as you said yourself ‘my jaw hit the floor’ and I think from that moment on he changed my life forever.

The guy was known for his incredible speed & articulation, but he also had one of the best vibratos and a really, killer Strat tone. I loved the fact he stayed traditional in that sense, instead of playing a Jackson, or something. The first Alcatrazz album is still my fave thing by him, though.

Brilliant as usual. Perfect summary of Yngwie's contribution. I had the same jaw dropping moment when I first heard him.

Brilliant lesson. Thank you!

This is awesome, thanx a lot for this lesson, really appreciated!

That right hand is so compact and precise with the picking motion. Cool personality, nice and laid back and easy to understand.

Great tutorial! Thank you!

I think I heard "Hot on your heels" from the Steeler album for the first time on "The HM Show" with Tony Jaspers on BFBS (British Forces Broadcasting Service) which aired in Germany. Extremely influential radio show for the aspiring German metal youth. :-) And as everyone can imagine, Yngwie blew us away. Both for his rhythm guitar and his leads.

Excellent lesson

Very well done. Thank you.

thanks dave yngwie is the pioneer in neo classical metal his early tone back then for sure nobody sounded like him...keep shreddin'!!! \m/

That was amazing Dave! Thank you!

🔥 3:54 skip to 5:22 🔥 8:10 skip to 9:07 🔥 10:23 skip to 11:18 🔥 13:02 skip to 13:35 🤘

Great lesson man, thank you.

Killer lesson! The Harmonic Minor with no 3rd pattern absolutely rips. Yngwie's vibrato is god tier too!

Really Appreciate what you do man! I've learnt so much from your Lick videos and everything else. Keep being awesome!

I have been actively playing guitar for last three years hardest and most challenging licks which are also super melodic I saw in Yngwies music, thats first second just to show how much he influenced others Jeff Loomis quite recently uploaded few covers of Yngwies songs I mean thats tells it all, regarding his ego and whatever I mean I dont care much I just learn from him by studying his music!Thanks a lot for the lesson!

Great vid. When i was a 14 year old kid back in the mid 80’s Yngwie was one of my biggest influence. I was blown away when i first heard Rising force. I spent countless hours trying the best i could to learn his music. 30 years later im still enjoying playing them. On another note how about a lesson on Fates Warning. Jim Mathos is a fantastic musician who is surly underrated.

Great lessons and licks as always!

Man, another great lesson! I always look forward to Late night lessons! Thank you for commenting on "The Yngwie Effect" First time you here that guy, its either a terrifying experience or a a complete revelation. Also on the Randy/ Yngwie thing. Apples and Oranges. Spot on. Thank you.

Would love to see a series on Queensryche. Great cords, solos and harmonies.

I love your lessons... thank you so much

Great job, man. I appreciate having something new to work on during the "shelter in place"!

Cool, Thanks again bro.

Insane shredding! Really like this musical approach of explaining the harmonic context of Malmsteens licks.

I'm 100% with you man. The first time I heard Yngwie I thought it was some kind of trick. Yngwie changed my life. He taught me the importance of hard work and dedication. If one wants to be great, one has to put in the time. Those licks that took so many long hours of (mostly fun) practice to master will always be with me. GREAT VIDEO MAN !!!!! Just a tip for the guys who are learning this stuff, after you get a pattern down, it is OK to watch a movie or two while you are building up speed. Take your time and relax your hand and if you start to feel pain, put the guitar down. If you find your guitar is difficult to play, get it set up. It might not matter, but Yngwie uses light gauge string. Hendrix and VanHalen used/ use light string as well. Have fun.

Malmsteen is a legend

My exact response to Yngwie when I first heard/saw him in a video for Alcatrazz on MTV many moons ago. I remember I was speechless and my heart sank for the future of my own playing. LoL

Really good breakdown of his licks! Thanks Dave your style of teaching is really accessible :)

Brilliant video. I love Yngwie as a guitarist. Still my personal favourite to this day. Oh, and I love Star Wars too! 😀

I remember getting the Alcatrazz album and just being floored by Yngwie’s playing and tone. The singing lead intro to Hiroshima Mon Amour is what spoke to me, and the incredible technique of those flurries was just icing on the cake. Great lesson, thanks for sharing.

You do the best guitar lessons! And I love your attitude !

@5:44 love that lick, and this awesome video. Paused it to take in that lick, thanks for such a great informative video lesson, as an Yngwie fan, I truly appreciate it very much!

I keep holding my breath...I'm going to pass out !!!!Great lesson!

It's good you honor the Master with your lessons.

Your so great as a teacher.Yes his strat with Marshall stacks tone was incredible.. Wicked stuff,Marching out instrumental just blew me away..Thank you man,that's incredible

I like your vids,Dave!It's a mellow vibe and all the licks are well explained.

yngwie rules

Thank you, thank you, thank you. More Yngwie is always in order.

Thanks m8, I've learned a lot from your videos \m/

Thanks for posting this arpeggio lesson as well as mentioning Ron Keel. On a side note - there was a concert years ago in Marquette where Keel opened for Krokus who in turn opened for Kiss. Long story short, we end up at the Holiday Inn partying with Keel/Krokus. Keel had a good guitarist there who was in the movie Wayne's World, but the highlight was partying with Krokus guitarist: Mandy Moore. He had just left arguably the most potential-robbed R&R band of all time: Cobra (with power vocalist/Survivor singer: Jimi Jamison). The best lead I had ever heard up to that time was Cobra/Moore's "Blood On Your Money." That was the song that made me start taking guitar lessons. Cobra's upcoming but unfinished next album had their song "I'm a Fighter." But with Mandy Moore and the bass player (both Swedish) quitting and joining Krokus, the band was dissolved and the song auctioned off. Apparently there was quite a battle with Ted Nugent (washed up) who desperately wanted it but a band called Van Zant won out.

Your lessons are very articulate and concise. I came for the Yngwie and went to the Marty lessons all the way to the recent hirajoshi. Great content man.

Magnificent!!!!! I remember when then the Steeler stuff came out! Before I could even digest it... there was Alcatraz! There was EVH and Randy Rhoads...Now this cat! Then Rising Force and Marching Out!!!! Couldn't even believe someone could even achieve such heights! I saw saw Talas (Billy Sheehan) open up for YJM's Rising Force @ The Uptown in Kansas City back in the day. It was like they came from Mars or something! This whole other level of playing was becoming rampant and trying to come to terms with it was mind boggling to say the least!

youare a true Master!! thanks for this video!!

its hilarious watching Yngwie intentionally upstaging Bonnet on those Alcatraz live vids

For my 15th birthday my older brother took me to see Yngwie in '95 at Variety Theater in Cleveland with Billy Sheehan and Talas. When it was over Billy came out and played Highway Star with Yngwie. It blew me away at the time, of course when you're 15 I don't see how it couldn't lol.

Thanks for the lesson, I don't play anymore but still show an interest and it was really uplifting to listen to you and your passion for Yngwie's technique. You're a great mentor, explained everything very well indeed. I really feel your passion, made me want to pick up the guitar again. :D

Great lessons dude...

David you Amazing ! Just the first lesson without the min 3rd *** ex. was great for my playing shredability ! Thanks !

I like what you do. Thanks much. Verry interesting all the old and great 80s ideas. Thanks for all the lessons !!

I love Yngwie in HS spent an entire summer break learning Trilogy Suite. My favorite thing ever is a video of him jamming along to an MP3 player in front of a bunch of Marshall stacks.

I've been a Malmsteen fan since 1988. The guy is awesome! I've known several people that have met him at shows and such and their account is, Yngwie is always gracious to his fans. He just isn't a fan of members of the media and doesn't do interviews well. 🤘🏻

Just decided in lockdown to tackle some YJM and here is your video lesson. Cheers! Good advice... that this is not a rock up and do it, but a stack of practice and preparation.

Thank you

I owned a YJM 100 Marshall for ~5 years. That amp is hands down the best Marshall I’ve ever played. My playing style is different than Yngwie but I always throw in a Malmsteen line when jamming, his riffs are always ballsy and fun to play. Malmsteen “I don’t like DONUTS!”.

Yngwie is a master.... always has been. Great lesson and Marching Out is his best album.

"Late Night Lessons" ...it's 1:55am here. Haha Great vid!

Hope your doing fine during this crazy lockdown, David. It is written in your face, sorry man, hope to see you and all of us shine again as soon as possible . Thank you for this great lesson .

David, funny that you mentioned to not tense up and not hold yourself breath! Those are 2 things I was very guilty of for years and am now very aware of as I am delving deeper into Yngwie’s techniques. Thanks for your invaluable insight mate!

Absolutely WILD!

I had No parole from rock and roll the live Alcatraz album/lp

Awesome

Hey man great lesson today! I have actually been trying to work on Far Beyond The Sun and man there are some tough phrases in there! I have been a fan of Malmsteen for so so long and just always loved listening to him play and was to intimidated to try to learn it lol. Thanks for the Video! great playing by the way! You are a smooth player man!

I wish you were around when I started playing!

I'm a simple man. I see a new video from David, I click.

Yngwie wasn’t the first to incorporate Classical into rock. But most either didn’t go as far as he did or it sounded “hokey” when they did it.

I had a Custom Shop Malmsteen Strat from 1987 . He is a true genius . I can only play simple blues . Now I have carpal tunnel syndrome . I sold my Malmsteen Strat .

Any Yngwie video is good enough for me, speciallly those focusing on earlier stuff. I love the way you break it down so anyone can get it. I noticed you didn't play it at blistering speed, yet do to your flawless technique you delivered the goods once more. Please do a Pat Thrall video.

I'm loving this whole Yngwie series. I can't come close but it's so interesting. I bought Yngwie's book Relentless. Haven't started it yet. Anybody read it?

Sweet man! Would love to hear some Becker eventually

Malmsteen on the live alcatrazz japan album is just amazing!.

Perfect! that is a great take on Randy and Yngwie... Totally different styles even though they both were inspired by classical music. I miss this old Malmsteen style of playing, I think his best work was in his first few albums including Steeler and Alacatrazz. His phrasing and tone were out of this world. Thank you for posting these lessons I will start studying again as I have been inactive due to a physical limitation with my picking hand (index finger is fused so i cannot bend the middle joint to hold my pick the way i used to) But I am trying to find other ways and i know i will have to incorporate legato into my playing now for sure LOL Just wish I had guitar teacher-therapist! Sometimes I alternate between the thumb and middle finger and sometimes i am able to pick with the thumb and index finger in a certain position but its still not as good as it was before I had this problem and surgery. I love Yngwie's style and tone very much I never outgrew it. Looking forward to more of your amazing lessons!

I missed the kicking the pick part ~ j.k... My room-mate was playing Y.M when i walked in the house and said 'who the f was transposing those classical pieces' ? From that point i knew sh*t was about to change w/the Rock Godz ~ Think of it living in paradise, Maui a little behind because Everything has to come over not recognized because ya have to work like a dog (3 jobs) but every chance you can watch a sunset listening to such virtuosity can be pretty Shweeet ! Please Keep up the Great work + stay healthy (vitamins)☯🎶🎸🌟🌈a big u.s fan Dave🎵🤘🏞😎☇✨☇✨☇✨

I just found out your channel and the content is very good thank you for sharing, god bless you sir

Love your lessons! For those of us in a rush to get to the licks it'd be great if you put the timestamp for the start of each lick demonstration in the description

that was pretty cool