Frank Gambale with a "sweeping statement"

[MANVARD]

haha so easy anyone could do it if practicing every day until he dies:D

[QuistTV]

always will be the original master of sweep picking. AMAZING!

[theuglysoldier]

My girlfriend, whose met with Gambale a few times, tells me that Gambale apparently invented sweep picking - any real validity to this statement? I mean, from the looks of it he is pretty damn good at it...

[DemonBird]

@theuglysoldier He never invented it per say, but he definately did popularise it

[GuillermoSmyser]

Check out how his first fret is compensated. Like True Temperament frets. It's "bent" in the middle.

[jaredpaisaje1]

es wey es un moustro

[hsguitarist]

man this technique is the hardest one for R and L hand i think, but when you get it right makes improves your performance 300%

[Lydianshadow]

his fretboard looks like some sort of synthetic material.... but I think it's just ebony. Am I wrong, anyone?

[rmartin232]

@Lydianshadow hmm it does look like it's been finished with something, definitely a lot shinier than most fret boards, could just be the lights though

[Dking863]

@Lydianshadow it's made out of Ebony, I own an AES FG. I also own a Custom PRS that was ordered from the factory and then I had the fretts taken out, new ones put in that were bigger for more sustain, then I had the guitar put through a plex for leveling the frettboard to a 1000 of an inch and guess what? The Yamaha Frank Gambale kicks it's ass. they did some trick stuff. tremelo is attached to the neck, the Pickups are mounted to the body "no springs" all of this was done for sustain

[dirtydonki]

Not bad for a beginner :)

[Faststick]

Frank gambale outsmooths motor oil..

[brandon2784]

thats some scary playing

[chicks161]

you cant compare gambale with govan two different players and styles , i love both the players and gambale has took sweep to the max , complete legend

[Bastubeer]

well he obviously isn't sweeping, but that still was some nice fucking licks!

[mad00002]

@Bastubeer Well, I think the best term would be economy picking. You can see him sweep here and there, but obviously he goes to alternating picking with diatonic phrases.

[adamjohnlowe]

As much as i love this guy, it'll be always be guthrie for me <3

[vheadfacelegs]

@adamjohnlowe haha this is exactly how i feel

[Hanz780]

@adamjohnlowe GUTHRIE FTW

[PaulGilbertIsGod2]

@Hanz780 Guthrie, Gamble, Loureiro FTW!

[optoisolator]

this shows great dexterity but there's no feeling in this "music" whatsoever. Its exercise only. Like jogging. Guitar jogging. He does play songs which are killer and shows me I suck---

[WoWandMetalFTW]

this guy sweeps like a janitor hehehe

[supprize]

@WoWandMetalFTW well he did invent the technique

[marcelcelmar]

@supprize

no......sweep picking....way before....listen to jim hall in the 60's

[OrangePony75]

amazing left hand! how effortless it looks!

[jclar146]

YARG! he be singing his jaunty sea shanty to the crew! yarg!!!

[Chisuz]

it should make you practice with more zeal man!

[quesapa]

Majestuoso!!!

[Boogie1188]

Ha, this is from the Carvin DVD

[Constantine85abc]

amazing guitarist....makes u wanna quit...

[swinevomit666]

I quit

[tzatziki89]

i think that this video can make two things..1/ ..start practicing every day ..or 2/ never, not only play..but even have second thoughts of touching a guitar again..choose side please..ha ha..amazing..he is a computer!!!!!!!!!

[Rockmanzzzz]

that was amazing.

[skok65]

Wow, this is intense! I haven't seen this before. Great post.

[trionz420]

clean as shit

lite strings, heavy pick

[Raenydyne]

I think it might be the other way around. I've switched to heavy guage strings and I got out a thin pick and sweeps work much better. I used to use 8 guage with a jazz 3 for legato and was cool to sweep with but hard to sweep fast like this. Gambale is insane.

[shreddingjake]

not only does he pick economically but his fret hand is incredibly economical as well

[DEVARMONT7]

every time u cry, save up all your tears..... i will be the one who. XD

[zionburner]

its very easy to play like that, you "shredmasters" ...Just try! I waNNA SEE YA PLAYING LIKE THAT! COME!..hahaha...Gambale is the man! Absolutely.

[xxxxmatticusxxxx]

i changed my mind, maybe im just seeing things. iono. lol

[xxxxmatticusxxxx]

that shit is fretless wow lol, that took me a sec. BEFORE YOU CALL ME A DUMBFUCK LOOK CLOSELY!!!! A. one of his frets, its somewhere between 1-4, has a large curve in it, dead giveaway, (they r simply markers) B. he landed on one of the "markers" and a clean ass sound came out.

[00Dakka]

dumbfuck

[WhatUsernamesleft]

The notch is because the frets are intonation compensated or something like that.

And this would be impossible on a fretless.

[musiconscious]

TT frets or ~

[evilvon]

yepp

thats exactly how you're supposed to play.

keep it clean and effortless!

[ljguitar91]

jesusss

[6rosebudX]

15 000 views :D

gambale ftw!

[Fishies125]

How come nobody's posted the second improvisation from this video? It's amazing. I like it even better than this one.

[jeffloomis123]

any know of a tab for this?!@?# I need it so bad if you do!!

[DRGasMoney]

you forget that he's play a million notes when you hear the melody of the whole thing.

[walterockmx]

FUCKING AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!

[leitegabriel]

whoa

[soitupapy]

genio¡¡¡

[badpuppy1970]

Frank is amazing!

[johnaiton]

economy picking?

[sweepfast]

Hi johnaiton,

Some players have started calling it economy picking but Gambale calls it sweep picking.

It's all based on having odd and even notes on a string. If the player is playing from high to low or low to high there are a odd number of notes but, when the player needs to turn the shape around they must use a even number then after the shape is turned the player goes back to odd numbers of notes on a string.

Like three notes, then two notes to turn then back to three.

[sweepfast]

This odd even notes on a string holds true for both scale shapes and arpeggio shapes.

The reason some call it economy picking is because when a player starts to get it down they can play just as fast or faster than any other picking style but with less picking hand effort.

The problem is, it's not easy to master for 99.99% of players. So, calling it economy picking only holds true for the players that really master it.

[mrichman]

@sweepfast Funny, I find alternate picking to be far more difficult to master than economy picking, especially when crossing strings.

[bitcheznhos]

economy picking and sweep picking are two different things. sorry, you are wrong.

[Fishies125]

Dude, what is sweep picking? Basically continuing with one picking motion in the direction you're going when crossing strings. That's all economy picking is, just not necessarily limited to one note per string. So economy picking is in essence sweep picking and sweep picking may as well be called economy picking cuz its very purpose is to make picking arpeggios more economical.

[x7lost]

fail

[Fishies125]

Haha you guys are retards if you don't get that simple concept. Economy picking came from the idea of sweep picking, everyone knows that. Nobody even has the words to disagree with me.

[tbcass]

You're right

[Fishies125]

= - )

[arsguitarrica]

Really it seems like the two come hand in hand. Both enable you to play much faster and with less effort. One is for arpeggios and one is for more than one note per string. Hell the theory behind the two are the same get to the next string as quickly and effortlessly as possible.

[xxxxmatticusxxxx]

im not tryin to sound like a know-it-all prick just for the record lol. but economy picking is kind of like a mix between sweep picking and alt. picking.

[Fishies125]

Yep

[ICreamsodAI]

economy picking is the same shit as sweep picking but just between two strings. same exact technique. in fact, I've heard plenty of knowledgable guitarists call two string economy picking licks 'sweeping'. There's no point to really argue but that's how you would break it down.

[bitcheznhos]

my ass is hairy, now argue that

[ICreamsodAI]

I got nothin...

[jeffloomis123]

I actually see his technique as a mix between Sweeping and Economy. If you look at what he does, its such a weird technique; so effortless. But it makes perfect sense

[ICreamsodAI]

yeah that's exactly how I've looked at it. I've been trying to mimic it but have mostly failed horribly xD however it's almost doubled the speed of my 3 notes per string runs.

Gambale is the shit xD

[jittboy1]

there is amazing amount of theory behind what he does,probably the most technical player on the planet

[ICreamsodAI]

yessir

[trevskiw2008]

yes very true frank gambale and allan holdsworth the most technically exirting musicians alot of theory but even more for holdsworth you should check him out in my book holdsworth is the best living guitarist in the world.

[jittboy1]

i have had the opportunity to play with him at git gambale has alot more theory knowledge but i like both equal.i have studied holdsworth theory as well great stuff and makes alot of sence playing and building chords off the scale notes!!!!

[yenproject]

@johnaiton not economy, he play sweep pick of inteligence´s way (as like classic guitar o violin)

[video3gpbokep]

maestro frank gambale

[CarlosCepinha]

Holy Fuck thiz is some crazy PHRAZING!!!

awsome tecnique... but the way the notes are in this lines...

does someone know were I can find a tab?

(ye I'm lazy whateva)

[ImOnTheTube]

quite a statement

[Metalfreaklol666]

wow... this is amazing! im not into jazz but this guy beats most metal sweep guitarist by far

[JGBEK]

is their like tabs for this or is this a song

[emarum]

moron!!!

[ytsejam87]

Hahahaha!! You're killing me man!!

[BamBam56]

soooo...how bout them Niner's?

[FurioNfromHell]

Damn it... what a licks!

[majav15mg]

that was bullshit

[tzatziki89]

this cant be real ohh my god..so difficult staf and.. so clean..high top level guys.. cant imagine that can go further..

[Phrygian12]

look up Marshall Harrison

hes at Gambales level of clean but with the playing skills of Shawn Lane i would say 12 steps above the two the only thing is hes mainly a teacher i hope he comes out with another album soon so we can hear some of the sicks music ever

[sweepfast]

Phrygian12,

Dream on,

I know Marshall and have e-mail him a few different times. Marshall is a very good player but not near as polished as a Holdsworth, Gambale or Lane.

He has strong technique but, has very few songs to show for it. I would enjoy seeing Marshall try and get up on strange with Chick Corea and improvise over the highly complex melodic and harmonic ideas Corea comes up with live.

Gambale has been doing it for 20 years. Picking and playing are not the same.

[Phrygian12]

like i said "Hes Mainly a Teacher"

and i dont see how you can compare musicians

technique yeah but music? thats like arguing about which color is the best out of the color spectrum

[kotzen081]

thats so true

its foolish to compare musicians

skills maybe but music? lol just like you said

well put Phrygian12

[Phrygian12]

dont instigate a argument lol

[sweepfast]

I think you miss the point. I am not saying Holdsworth, Gambale or Lane are better at guitar than Marshall or anyone for that matter.

I used the word polished not better. By polished I mean range, and being able to play different styles very well at a high level.

The point I was making is, there are many players that can run through scales and arpeggios at whatever tempo, ask them to improvise with Chick Corea live and they will fall apart.

[Phrygian12]

no i think your missing your own comments point

"I used the word polished not better. By polished I mean range, and being able to play different styles very well at a high level."

your comparing,i wasn't talking about guitar playing-read both yours and mine comment(lol ow bad English yours and mine lol)

[sweepfast]

No,

As a matter of fact I know I am not missing my own point. Marshall does not have very many of his own musical works out there for the pubic to hear and judge.

Holdsworth, Gambale and Lane do. Based on that, it's rather clear a player like Gambale is a far more well polished player than Marshall.

Again, in your first post you talked about Marshall playing fast and clean...who cares, that's great and all but try and improvise with Chick live and see which is more difficult to do.

[sweepfast]

Now,

look at your first post you typed "hes at Gambales level of clean but with the playing skills of Shawn Lane i would say 12 steps above"

Is that not a classical form of comparing..I mean are you joking or what? The point I have tried to show you is picking speed or playing clean is fine, it's technical mastery but, it has little to do with truly playing.

You don't see Marshall posting videos of himself trying to improvise through very complex chord changes..I wonder why?

[Phrygian12]

your still missing the point read it again lol

im comparing technique not music

quit trying to sound wise

[Phrygian12]

lets just end this stupid argument lol

anyway

-peace

[sweepfast]

You need to learn not everyone is going to agree with you in life and they will point out why they don't agree which I have in posting back to "Phygian12"

I only used Gambale and his playing as my examples. Now, I will use Lane, there is no way coming or going that Marshall is at the same level Shawn Lane was in terms of picking notes at a fast tempo.

Phrygian12 over stepped with the technical comparison. I then just pointed out that learning to improvise well is harder than technique.

[Phrygian12]

just to let you know i was talking about technique,not musical in anyway

when i said 12 steps above im stating this cause Marshall can actually grab Lane

trust me the lessons Harrison gives are really complex finger runs

i was going to get lessons from him in 06 but took music theory instead(plus school,girlfriend and the fact that it was a 3 hour drive)

a fellow friend took lessons from him and his stuff is really hard to play(keep in mind im talking about technique)

[Phrygian12]

as for comparing Musicians

i find it pointless

its like trying to convince people that Magenta is the best color in the world

like you said "not everyone is going to agree with you in life"

now lets end it here like Real Musicians

(im assuming your also one)

hisami09 thanks for understanding

[sweepfast]

Therefor,

I made the point that talking about Marshall on this video is rather silly. Why even bring it up? Let Marshall prove himself like Gambale has and Lane did, then make any kind of comparison you like.

At this point, there is no comparison, end of story

[Phrygian12]

just to make sure we dont cause any more arguemnts with our selfs or any one els

comparing skills is understandable

ex.Herman Li's Economy picking is it smoother then Frank?(thats a no brainier)

now Marty Friedman's Music against Shawn Lane's

how can you compare music? you cant

i love Friedman he dosnt play complex stuff at all but his songwritting is amazing

Shawn Lane is just plain amazing to argue about whos better is pointless

[shredsuck]

what guitar is that?

[marshallpagoda]

holly shit O_o

[prsguitarsr4me]

too slow haha

[autobot1011]

the part from 10:00 to 19:00 is the best ;)

i want the tabs or note sheets for this!

[guitarlix]

As always, totally off the hook. But don't like the tone.

[MyShawnLaneVideos]

Possibly the best tone i've ever heard Frank use!

Frank, why can't you use a tone like that in your gigs and recordings?.. Whhyyyyyyyy? :-D

I like those perticular patterns he played in this clip too (and the little key changes he throws in now and then).

[davidow111]

six stars!!gambale is god

[johnhorneguitar]

Wow sweet!