Yngwie Malmsteen - Black Star (live)

Beethoven was a selfish composer and player. Mozart was a selfish composer and player.
I'm pointing out that just because you're a selfish player doesn't mean you aren't brilliant. People go to watch HIM at his concerts, not the orchestra.

A lot of the brilliant classical composers were able to write pieces with featured instruments that were quite technical yet very involved in the surrounding music. A lot of those same composers were able to write pieces that didn't survive on the virtuosity of a single player. Malmsteen's songs survive only because he plays fast. Virtually nothing else is even remotely interesting to listen to or interestingly written in his songs (i.e. Orchestral parts, bass, drums, keyboard).

I wouldn't say he's a brilliant musician. He has an extremely accomplished technique and theoretical knowledge but I don't think that automatically goes hand-in-hand with brilliance. So many Malmsteen fans just seem like classical name-droppers and, congruently, have a fairly limited knowledge and understanding of classical music and yet use it as a justification for calling him "brilliant".

yeah i didnt even watch this whole video. check out 4:21.

"Wow, I am sustaining this note for sooo long. I wonder how long exactly though. Lemme check my watch"

thats what i mean. hes a brilliant musician, but while hes playing live he could suddenly decide to go completely out of tempo with the rythm section, and wouldnt care because to him, they dont really matter.

and obviously with this style of music there is going to be a huge emphasis on the lead guitar.

Um thats because he composed the music and the orchestra didn't, therefore, its HIS music so the orchestra is going to play HIS music. This has nothing to do with harmony so Im not really sure what you are getting at. "His music is about himself"? Well, yeah thats the way its supposed to be. He is a cocky guy though.

yes, but i mean that he didnt play to go along with the ORCHESTRA, he composed the orchestra to go along with HIM. the orchestra is an unimportant part of this performance. malmsteen is a very good, but very selfish player. his music is about himself, not anything to do with a rythm section

You think he improvised at that orchestra? he composed all of those pieces.

not exactly. the orchestra was there, and then he played whatever he felt like on top of them. he didnt play WITH them.

1. yngwie is obviously a good guitarist.
2. he sparked the neoclassical genre
3. yes, his harmonic minor soloing/diminished runs get repetative.

rhythm section? he played with a whole damn orchestra...is that rhythm enough for you?

No, I don't think Malmsteen knows how to play musically with a Rhythm section. I've never seen him do it. He only thinks about himself when he plays and that's what makes his music as terrible as it is. He just has a speed gimmick and throws in other players into the mix for the novelty of it.

he is the best and i wuld completely agree if he dosnt act like theres a rythym section he defently did not wake up this good this takes years of many rigouros hours of hard pratice.

JASON BECKER <3 in my opinion jason's music is more emotional and the guys is just more pationate about guitar well thats what i think

haha hes so cocky. hes def not the greatest

ainen.

If I was Malmsteen's rhythm section I'd be bored to tears. It's just a vamp for 6 minutes. It F**king S**ks ! In most of his songs his playing barely even acknowledges that he has a rhythm section. The guy is a gimick and a joke.

well made point artha5

That's called speed.Different guitarists have different stle, and it's his style, it is one of the reasons why he's famous!If you think that it is not good, then post a video yourself and tell me how to play another idiotic verson of amazing Black Star!

best guitarist in this fuckin world..

Well, it seems you overstudied music too much and not common sense. It's very simple, you don't like it then just don't listen to it. I don't know what kind of a person comments like 3 or 4 times on a video of someone he doesn't like..

You're absolutely right concerning the dominant emotions of today's society: rage. That seems to be the foundation of metal, and why so many people can tap into it. Our world is full of angry people.

To say that Malmsteen writes exclusively angry music however, is just as stupid as it is uninformed. This furious guitar work constitues for a large part of his repertoire, but you've yet to hear Amberdawn, Forever One, Guardian Angel, Blue, Miracle of Life, Brothers, Dreaming, Like an Angel..

ON THE ACOUSTIC PART :

the eq on the guitar.. does yngwie have the middle very high since he get a little bit poppy sound when he shreds? or what adjusment gives this sound..then i mean (treble,bass,middle etc...what should i have it on to get this nice sound...???

Classical music is mostly expressed by explicit phrasing, like singing or reciting. Too many arpeggios makes no sense as far as any articulate or serious expression, unless we're talking about rage, which is exactly what most musicians express today, boredom and rage.
People that lived 200 years ago were not as oppressed as we are today, hardly in touch with nature and real knowledge, saturated with ignorant technological education, and fear of dying, musicians like Ingwie mostly deal with rage.