Yngwie Malmsteen Lesson These are a bunch of licks and scales that he liked to use. Especially on his first two albums. Fortunately, since then he's branched out, incorporating modes, and other things like chromatic runs and more major sounding scales. But this will give you an idea of where he started when he did his first two solo albums. If you listen to Rising Force or Marching Out, then listen to Fire and Ice or 7th Sign, you can hear a big difference in his playing. Less of the dark minor songs, listen to Leviathan off of Fire and Ice, very major sounding, now if he can only do the same with his lyrics....:) Just kidding! 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--------------------------------------13~-----|| ----------------------------------------------|| ----------------------------------------------|| ----------------------------------------------|| ||-12p7------15p12--------19p15--------------------|| ||------8----------12-----------17-----------------|| ||--------9-----------12-----------16/21~~~~-------|| ||-------------------------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------------------------|| ||-------------------------------------------------|| ======================================================================= h = hammeron p = pulloff /\ = slide x = ghost note t = tap (right hand) ~ = vibrato * = picked harmonic bf = bend full tr = trill rb = release bend p.s. = pick scrape dive = dive with bar b = bend / step written over note