Troy I've been playing guitar for +20 years, have seen all the REH stuff etc. I must say your videos are by far the best instuctional material ever made on the subject of shred guitar playing. AMAZING job!
These vids just show how much of a genius yngwie is, because he was doing all this stuff with little or no instruction in his youth, he just played a lot and came up with amazing techniques.
ProgMax1992 Agree 100%,never in the history of guitar instruction has anyone's playing been so dissected and scrutinized under a harmonic microscope,explained in such detail...
+Troy Grady I always have a hard time practicing chromatic scales. When learning a new scale we start out playing slow, and chromatic scales mess with my head, as I always feel I am hitting a wrong note! They are rewarding, though, once you can play them at speed. I really enjoy practicing some of Paganini's chromatic scales.
Great to see other people who appreciate the depth and genius of Malmsteen's playing. Thanks Troy Grady for all these great videos (I've only discovered you in the last few weeks).
I love your "Dinosaur yawns". [Troy]. When you finish a run and power slide your fingers down the string. You do this nearly every time, mostly when you don't really have to. I LOVE this, it's so rock/metal.
Troy really cool how you mentioned it is more like a EVH lick than a standard YJM one because when i first got marching out and heard it i thought "damn yngwie has that style covered as well!"
I am a self taught player for 20+ years and I alwaya said and say YJM has the most awesome biomechanics ever. Your great job seems to confirm that. Congrats man!
I always get so hyped for new vids! There's not a day that goes by where I don't check...haha! Keep 'em coming (can't wait for that next Cracking the Code episode).
In 1984 Yngwie was a little wild and slightly imperfect but just 1 yr later in Japan he was GULP...Flawless!! That concert made me feel so inadequate at the time. Hiroshima mon amour was also stunning.
Fantastically entertaining and elucidating analyses, as always, Troy. Thank you! One observation of note, which I know is outside the scope of technique being analyzed here, is how Yngwie appears to go from 1-2-4 fingering to 1-2-3 fingering, instead, on the ascending 7s run around 12:00 In the first clip from '86 he appears to using 1-2-4. Have you noticed if Yngwie varies left-hand fingering on the same note patterns much in the upper registers? I know I often go back and forth on what feels best, once I get around the 12th fret.
There are many great players and not taking an ounce from Yngwie and what he accomplished it seems the the narrative is the same and that is that each of these guys did what felt comfortable to them in attaining their goal, and if it didn't they changed their direction. Troy thanks for making it so obvious...
Thank you for this Troy and for all your videos I feel my speed and accuracy has improved ten fold since I found you I will be investing in some of your lessons like antigravity because of it you truly are an amazing individual and your videos are educational and humbling as I am not quite near where you are hahaha But I am getting it because of you
Hey Troy, I'm not really into Yngwie but I'm having fun watching your videos. They are great. You have a very good production team. I'm jealous. :) You inspire me. Thanks.
+Quail Studios Tutorials Ditto. Yngwie and heavy metal shredding is not my cup of tea, either, but Troy Grady's analytic and instructional videos are top-notch and useful even to those of us who don't dig the metal shredding style of playing, which I personally find infuriating and boring to listen to. Give me Jimmy Page any day with his tasteful style of playing, commitment to diversity of style and resistance to overplaying, which uses the random flurry of notes to serve the interest of the song and the music, whereas metal shredding is built around the technical aspect of guitar playing itself. (Then again, Jimmy Page was not simply a guitarist but a producer responsible for presenting the essence of Led Zeppelin's music as a band unit and as such, he had a larger overview of the music. Eddie van Halen will never live down his criticism of Page's playing by essentially bragging that he was a much better player than Page but even Eddie never saw the larger picture that Zep was about 4 equally-inspired musicians that Page coordinated and steered in the right direction with the resultant music taking on a life of its own in the sum of its parts.) IMHO, the Heavy Metal genre of rock music sucks because unless a unique taste is developed for it, it all sounds the same and therefore monotonous and boring, like disco music was and country music basically is. I have a Yngwie DVD that has him playing with an orchestra and I'll never want to watch it again. Within it is a part where he also shreds on acoustic guitar and it also sounds boring, partly because his electric acoustic guitar sounds unnaturally "quarky" and the faster that he plays it, the worse that it sounds.
+DDEENY Very interesting thoughts. I have to agree with much of what you say. Music has to move the audience, and the more they are moved the better the musicians seem to be. Music is about communication not just fast and flashy notes.
I played a Fender Mustang (light blue) back around 1977 that my friend's dad bought for me to play, as his son, my friend, played drums, and knew we wanted to start a band, and knew I could play but couldn't afford an electric guitar.It was never my guitar, but I was the one who played it all the time. I see you dropped a single coil-sized hum-bucker in the bridge position. Anyway, great teaching method!
I wish this type of video was available when I was a teen. I showed someone this very riff, since Yngwie used to do it a lot in his live solos. I got shot down and told Yngwie would *never* count outside of 4 and 3. It just created more aggravation when I pointed out 4+3=7, and no, I wasn't missing a note when playing the riff.
Marching Out was my first YJM album as well...bought it in '99. Absolutely loved it. I preceded to buy every YJM album but none ever compared to Marching Out (for my taste)...with the exception of maybe Facing The Animal and Inspirations
Troy, love the fact that you've chosen a shorter scale 24" length Mustang as your shred machine. Always the choice of anti shredders everywhere! Ever thought about contacting Fender to see if they would connect you with Yngwie and get the ultimate interview / lesson. I'm sure they'd be interested in someone bringing new life to technically a misunderstood guitar. Maybe also worth connecting with Rod Chappers and become an endorser of his gear if he builds you a custom 22.5 or 24" machine.
Blackdog Yes I would also buy a 12, 14 or better yet 20in radius, tall fret, short scale guitar to learn Holdsworth chords and licks. Wish some company made one.
Hi Troy. This level of analytic is what is needed to break me into the next level of playing. Thank you! Now on to my question: You seem to ignore questions on this video about your amp and signal chain you used. I would gladly send you some money if you share that info because I would love to get this same tone. Thanks!
Dear Troy, thanks for your amazing videos, please, could you make a video about what is the best or more efficient height of strings or how to set up a guitar in a correct way, many of us live in cities where is really hard to find a good luthier, thanks, Troy!
Only the bridge is on and it looks like it's a Duncan 59, the mini one that fits in a single coil slot. Nowadays they are Zexcoil for lower noise but the sound is similar.
So he does this over 4/4 with the 1 switching places over the pattern as he changes position before ending with the bend on the 1 on the last time through?
Will you ever have YJM as a special guest? Not really sure if he is even aware of all details that you analyze but would be great to have some feedback from him.
I'll never be able to play like Yngwie because he's really tall and has big hands that... oh wait, Troy has smaller hands than mine. Damn, now what's my excuse?!
A dumb girl will never be a math genius and a math genius will never be a pro football player. In other words in the end it is just all about a talent. The girl might learn certain math patterns and the math genius surely knows how he shoud play the football, they might even put a lot of energy to get better but they will never be really good at it, no matter how hard they'll try. If you are not gifted knowing the mechanics will not help you.
@@kkarx "Anyone can learn anything given enough time and the proper instruction." Albert Einstein. It has more to do with the quality hours you're willing to put in than "talent".
@@sunnibird That is so wrong. If it was true than every pro musician would be at about the same technical level but they are not. Look at lick library for an example and two of the players. Danny Gill and Andy James. Danny was not able to learn how to pick anywhere near as fast as Andy even though he was instructed by world class guitar teachers. Why? You can blame him for practicing incorrectly or he simply does not have talent for this task.
@@kkarx Completely untrue. Talent is developed most of the time and especially learning an instrument. Composition can also be learned. However no amount of learning will give you a song like Penny Lane, Here There And Everywhere or Yesterday. Those songs can only come from a genius admittedly.
Troy, have you ever played a Scalloped neck? If so, what are your thoughts about it. By the way I saw your article in Guitar World Magazine by the way, great article.
Nope, never have! I have not really paid much attention to fret height on my guitars. The Les Paul is sort of medium height, the Mustang is vintage with very low frets.
I can't play this with the same picking pattern for some reason. Even if I start with a down stroke on the 2nd string and sweep the change, I end up starting the second repetition on the 2nd string with an up, sweeping from the 7th to the 1st note instead of going up-down.
Wut? It's down up down on b and then down up down up on e So 1down 2up 3down 4down 5up 6down 7up repeat Also First we have the pepsi lick and now the 7up lick lol
nblax41 Slow it WAY, WAY down! Practice it with up on the E, down on the B, without ever sweeping an up on the B. Do not ever allow that to happen... If you accidentally sweep two upstrokes in a row slow it down more until it doesn't happen. Don't ever allow the improper upstroke or your brain will think it's OK and it will keep on doing it. If you ALWAYS pick it properly you should get it down in two or three weeks. It takes discipline, it's not instant gratification, but the reward is waiting if you do it in this manner.
Yngwie is famous for his use of fingers as the source of the picking motion. It's clear that these lines can be played without that. Does Yngwie's method require less effort, or is he less likely to make a mistake because the movements are smaller? Anyone's guess!
thank you very much for answering troy, by the way, l kind of remember a video where you talked about this, and you said something like it's fascinating that yngwie finds consistency doing it that way, could you please tell which video it is, i can't seem to find it.
Interesting question. Spanish Fly is six-note groupings. However the smoothness that Yngwie achieves here really makes it easy to confuse the two. And the fact that it's an unusual group like seven, which throws off the meter, contributes to this.
Its amazing hearing that old Marching out bits his sound was so much better in the 80,s then now.It was warm and fat now its just cold and trebely yikes!
How about descending 7s, (e-string) D-U-P (position shift down) U (b-string) D-U-D (repeat). I would do it, although to be honest, [for the descending version] I prefer plain economy picking. But for ascending 7s, its (DW)EP all the way, 100%.
Unlike Yngwie, who has NO teaching skills.......AT ALL, you are pretty damn good..................👍 I`ll be a way better guitarist after watching your lessons.................you got yourself a new subscriber...........Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Bro....🤗
Lets make a needed distinction. Harmonic minor is a scale and phrygian dominant is the 5th mode from it. The difference is where you put the root and how do you construct your melody. As a good soloist you should not need someone to play a chord so you will know what mode you are playing. You should describe the chord changes with your solo so it suggests the harmony ,Pat Metheny's words not mine :D
Troy I've been playing guitar for +20 years, have seen all the REH stuff etc. I must say your videos are by far the best instuctional material ever made on the subject of shred guitar playing. AMAZING job!
Cool, thanks Tony! Glad to make our contribution.
ABSOLUTELY TOTALLY. TROY IS BRILLIANT. AND THE FIRST EVERY GUY TO DO THIS.
& I’ve been playing for over 30 years & some of the stuff he comes up with is over my head...
Wish his videos were around when I started plying. Could have saved a lot of time and mistakes.
These vids just show how much of a genius yngwie is, because he was doing all this stuff with little or no instruction in his youth, he just played a lot and came up with amazing techniques.
Totally!
These vids just show how much of a genius Troy is ! Sry for the copy & paste action right there ;)
ProgMax1992 Agree 100%,never in the history of guitar instruction has anyone's playing been so dissected and scrutinized under a harmonic microscope,explained in such detail...
+Troy Grady I always have a hard time practicing chromatic scales. When learning a new scale we start out playing slow, and chromatic scales mess with my head, as I always feel I am hitting a wrong note! They are rewarding, though, once you can play them at speed. I really enjoy practicing some of Paganini's chromatic scales.
After 20 years of playing your videos are the only teachings that got me to be able to play what I never could. Your amazing man
Great to see other people who appreciate the depth and genius of Malmsteen's playing. Thanks Troy Grady for all these great videos (I've only discovered you in the last few weeks).
Thank you Topher Grace for this great lesson
I love your "Dinosaur yawns". [Troy]. When you finish a run and power slide your fingers down the string. You do this nearly every time, mostly when you don't really have to. I LOVE this, it's so rock/metal.
Troy really cool how you mentioned it is more like a EVH lick than a standard YJM one
because when i first got marching out and heard it i thought "damn yngwie has that style covered as well!"
Thank you Troy for filling another Saturday with new licks.
Amazing as always.. by far the most complete (entertaining, educational,etc. ..) guide to unlocking your musicality
I am a self taught player for 20+ years and I alwaya said and say YJM has the most awesome biomechanics ever. Your great job seems to confirm that. Congrats man!
Indeed he does!
What an incredible, informative video! All of your videos have been extremely helpful even after 30 + years of playing!
I always get so hyped for new vids! There's not a day that goes by where I don't check...haha! Keep 'em coming (can't wait for that next Cracking the Code episode).
The overall explanation is so awesome, that almost lessens your amazing guitar skills! Thanks for the series and for the work put onto them!
Again, the way you articulate his style with words is brilliant! Thanks :)
You are amazing Troy! This is maybe your best episode, so far. Best wishes from Sweden (and btw my older brother played with Yngwie in late 70s :O) )
In 1984 Yngwie was a little wild and slightly imperfect but just 1 yr later in Japan he was GULP...Flawless!!
That concert made me feel so inadequate at the time. Hiroshima mon amour was also stunning.
I love the sound of this. It's an uneven note grouping but it sounds even at high speeds.
troy is the real genius to me to figure all these things out i appreciate your efforts sir.
Fantastically entertaining and elucidating analyses, as always, Troy. Thank you! One observation of note, which I know is outside the scope of technique being analyzed here, is how Yngwie appears to go from 1-2-4 fingering to 1-2-3 fingering, instead, on the ascending 7s run around 12:00
In the first clip from '86 he appears to using 1-2-4. Have you noticed if Yngwie varies left-hand fingering on the same note patterns much in the upper registers? I know I often go back and forth on what feels best, once I get around the 12th fret.
Yes I've noticed this. If he's got big hands and the frets are smaller up there, then I don't see why not. Good catch!
IT is so awesome to see shredding on a mustang!
There are many great players and not taking an ounce from Yngwie and what he accomplished it seems the the narrative is the same and that is that each of these guys did what felt comfortable to them in attaining their goal, and if it didn't they changed their direction. Troy thanks for making it so obvious...
Thank you for your fine research, Troy. I love your process of analysis.
Thank you for this Troy
and for all your videos I feel my speed and accuracy has improved ten fold since I found you
I will be investing in some of your lessons like antigravity because of it
you truly are an amazing individual and your videos are educational and humbling as I am not quite near where you are hahaha
But I am getting it because of you
Hey Troy, I'm not really into Yngwie but I'm having fun watching your videos. They are great. You have a very good production team. I'm jealous. :)
You inspire me. Thanks.
+Quail Studios Tutorials Ditto. Yngwie and heavy metal shredding is not my cup of tea, either, but Troy Grady's analytic and instructional videos are top-notch and useful even to those of us who don't dig the metal shredding style of playing, which I personally find infuriating and boring to listen to. Give me Jimmy Page any day with his tasteful style of playing, commitment to diversity of style and resistance to overplaying, which uses the random flurry of notes to serve the interest of the song and the music, whereas metal shredding is built around the technical aspect of guitar playing itself. (Then again, Jimmy Page was not simply a guitarist but a producer responsible for presenting the essence of Led Zeppelin's music as a band unit and as such, he had a larger overview of the music. Eddie van Halen will never live down his criticism of Page's playing by essentially bragging that he was a much better player than Page but even Eddie never saw the larger picture that Zep was about 4 equally-inspired musicians that Page coordinated and steered in the right direction with the resultant music taking on a life of its own in the sum of its parts.) IMHO, the Heavy Metal genre of rock music sucks because unless a unique taste is developed for it, it all sounds the same and therefore monotonous and boring, like disco music was and country music basically is. I have a Yngwie DVD that has him playing with an orchestra and I'll never want to watch it again. Within it is a part where he also shreds on acoustic guitar and it also sounds boring, partly because his electric acoustic guitar sounds unnaturally "quarky" and the faster that he plays it, the worse that it sounds.
+DDEENY Very interesting thoughts. I have to agree with much of what you say. Music has to move the audience, and the more they are moved the better the musicians seem to be. Music is about communication not just fast and flashy notes.
I played a Fender Mustang (light blue) back around 1977 that my friend's dad bought for me to play, as his son, my friend, played drums, and knew we wanted to start a band, and knew I could play but couldn't afford an electric guitar.It was never my guitar, but I was the one who played it all the time. I see you dropped a single coil-sized hum-bucker in the bridge position. Anyway, great teaching method!
Wow thanks troy!! I was always wodering about those licks!!
I wish this type of video was available when I was a teen. I showed someone this very riff, since Yngwie used to do it a lot in his live solos. I got shot down and told Yngwie would *never* count outside of 4 and 3. It just created more aggravation when I pointed out 4+3=7, and no, I wasn't missing a note when playing the riff.
I f***n love your videos man!!
Marching Out was my first YJM album as well...bought it in '99. Absolutely loved it. I preceded to buy every YJM album but none ever compared to Marching Out (for my taste)...with the exception of maybe Facing The Animal and Inspirations
Troy, love the fact that you've chosen a shorter scale 24" length Mustang as your shred machine. Always the choice of anti shredders everywhere! Ever thought about contacting Fender to see if they would connect you with Yngwie and get the ultimate interview / lesson. I'm sure they'd be interested in someone bringing new life to technically a misunderstood guitar. Maybe also worth connecting with Rod Chappers and become an endorser of his gear if he builds you a custom 22.5 or 24" machine.
Blackdog Yes I would also buy a 12, 14 or better yet 20in radius, tall fret, short scale guitar to learn Holdsworth chords and licks. Wish some company made one.
I can't believe Troy only has 81k subscribers!
Hi Troy. This level of analytic is what is needed to break me into the next level of playing. Thank you! Now on to my question: You seem to ignore questions on this video about your amp and signal chain you used. I would gladly send you some money if you share that info because I would love to get this same tone. Thanks!
Dear Troy, thanks for your amazing videos, please, could you make a video about what is the best or more efficient height of strings or how to set up a guitar in a correct way, many of us live in cities where is really hard to find a good luthier, thanks, Troy!
This man must give a clase MI or berkley . The Best guitar teacher in the world so far .
great demonstration
Totally excellent loved it. \m/
Hi Troy...may i ask you which type of pickups these are?
Only the bridge is on and it looks like it's a Duncan 59, the mini one that fits in a single coil slot. Nowadays they are Zexcoil for lower noise but the sound is similar.
Troy Grady thanks Troy...a hello from switzerland
Nice video, thanks. You have major skills.
great video! but I think that on the kree nakoorie example, the second seven group starts on the C (not D). does not leap frog. look at 11:55
You may be right about that! The audio sync may actually be off by one note in this clip which is I think where the confusion arises here. Good catch.
What picks do you use and amp are you playing? Awesome videos Btw!
So he does this over 4/4 with the 1 switching places over the pattern as he changes position before ending with the bend on the 1 on the last time through?
There is a c sharp at the end, is that right? Because the lick is supposed to be in g major.
Anyway, cool video as always!
What is the rhythm on these ascending 7ths?
Will you ever have YJM as a special guest? Not really sure if he is even aware of all details that you analyze but would be great to have some feedback from him.
We haven't, and we're so swamped with production that we'd love to have more time for interviews. Hopefully down the line!
I'll never be able to play like Yngwie because he's really tall and has big hands that... oh wait, Troy has smaller hands than mine. Damn, now what's my excuse?!
A dumb girl will never be a math genius and a math genius will never be a pro football player. In other words in the end it is just all about a talent. The girl might learn certain math patterns and the math genius surely knows how he shoud play the football, they might even put a lot of energy to get better but they will never be really good at it, no matter how hard they'll try. If you are not gifted knowing the mechanics will not help you.
@@kkarx "Anyone can learn anything given enough time and the proper instruction." Albert Einstein. It has more to do with the quality hours you're willing to put in than "talent".
@@sunnibird That is so wrong. If it was true than every pro musician would be at about the same technical level but they are not. Look at lick library for an example and two of the players. Danny Gill and Andy James. Danny was not able to learn how to pick anywhere near as fast as Andy even though he was instructed by world class guitar teachers. Why? You can blame him for practicing incorrectly or he simply does not have talent for this task.
You can always blame your gear!
@@kkarx Completely untrue. Talent is developed most of the time and especially learning an instrument. Composition can also be learned. However no amount of learning will give you a song like Penny Lane, Here There And Everywhere or Yesterday. Those songs can only come from a genius admittedly.
Do you have a video on trilogy suite? I would love to watch it.
Troy, have you ever played a Scalloped neck? If so, what are your thoughts about it. By the way I saw your article in Guitar World Magazine by the way, great article.
Nope, never have! I have not really paid much attention to fret height on my guitars. The Les Paul is sort of medium height, the Mustang is vintage with very low frets.
***** Thanks for answering.
How long does it take to build speed like that? And how do you practice speed?
check out more of his videos theres one where he explains that and its not just a matter of practice, its all about downward pickslanting
Just a word of note, Randy Rhoads did chromatic type patterns too. I Don't Know uses a decending 4s pattern towards the end of the solo.
Neil Kirby just a word of note, almost everybody uses chromatic type patterns, ;)
I believe that Troy is playing this lick incorrectly.
I can't play this with the same picking pattern for some reason. Even if I start with a down stroke on the 2nd string and sweep the change, I end up starting the second repetition on the 2nd string with an up, sweeping from the 7th to the 1st note instead of going up-down.
Wut? It's down up down on b and then down up down up on e
So 1down 2up 3down 4down 5up 6down 7up repeat
Also
First we have the pepsi lick and now the 7up lick lol
nblax41 Slow it WAY, WAY down! Practice it with up on the E, down on the B, without ever sweeping an up on the B. Do not ever allow that to happen... If you accidentally sweep two upstrokes in a row slow it down more until it doesn't happen. Don't ever allow the improper upstroke or your brain will think it's OK and it will keep on doing it. If you ALWAYS pick it properly you should get it down in two or three weeks. It takes discipline, it's not instant gratification, but the reward is waiting if you do it in this manner.
Troy Grady can you please do DVD's
We really don't have the manpower to print up physical disks and mail them out, but you never know down the line. Thanks for watching!
***** DVD's are very soon to be a thing of the past. My DVD player is already looking suspiciously like a VHS machine.
troy, i can see yngwie is flicking his thumb when he does the miny sweep when ascending a scale, why is that?, is that something beneficial?
Yngwie is famous for his use of fingers as the source of the picking motion. It's clear that these lines can be played without that. Does Yngwie's method require less effort, or is he less likely to make a mistake because the movements are smaller? Anyone's guess!
thank you very much for answering troy, by the way, l kind of remember a video where you talked about this, and you said something like it's fascinating that yngwie finds consistency doing it that way, could you please tell which video it is, i can't seem to find it.
Is this the same as the lick from spanish fly?
Interesting question. Spanish Fly is six-note groupings. However the smoothness that Yngwie achieves here really makes it easy to confuse the two. And the fact that it's an unusual group like seven, which throws off the meter, contributes to this.
greensp4rk ed isn’t staunchly picking every note. He uses legato to achieve similar results
George lynch did amost same exact thing on Into the fire, six note pattern, but snds just like it, an OUTSIDE pattern...
"Happiest of all keys" lol nice
any tabs?
Its amazing hearing that old Marching out bits his sound was so much better in the 80,s then now.It was warm and fat now its just cold and trebely yikes!
How about descending 7s, (e-string) D-U-P (position shift down) U (b-string) D-U-D (repeat). I would do it, although to be honest, [for the descending version] I prefer plain economy picking. But for ascending 7s, its (DW)EP all the way, 100%.
Unlike Yngwie, who has NO teaching skills.......AT ALL, you are pretty damn good..................👍
I`ll be a way better guitarist after watching your lessons.................you got yourself a new subscriber...........Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Bro....🤗
Please do Jeff loomis
I guess Troy is able to figure out how the piramyds were built
Lets make a needed distinction. Harmonic minor is a scale and phrygian dominant is the 5th mode from it. The difference is where you put the root and how do you construct your melody. As a good soloist you should not need someone to play a chord so you will know what mode you are playing. You should describe the chord changes with your solo so it suggests the harmony ,Pat Metheny's words not mine :D
These are nice tricks and techniques but do you have any videos that are more musical? Such as guthrie govan style licks or phrases?
Tony Macalpine might be more to your liking perhaps?
Soon you shall be enjoying even more of my money.
Oh, the Xbox games and expensive european cheeses we will buy with all this loot. Kidding, thanks so much for the support, as always!
Lol, you guys are providing a lot for what you're asking. I'm always happy to buy your videos and tab packs.
+Troy Grady nooo! Whyy?? Why an Xbox instead of the clearly superior PS4?? :P
because xbox pads are better. i'm a ps4 guy btw.
who the hell thumbs downed this??? are you insane?
Amazing job Troy! I think he does something very similar here: th-cam.com/video/Td9hMm28xPk/w-d-xo.htmlm48s
Great find! That's probably the sevens mechanic as well. That's crazy fast.
Yngwie, is very skilled but his music is just not enjoyable to listen to for me. Too much focus on solo's and that gets boring.
Listen his early albums.