You also have to learn chord/arp. substitution. Try a C maj. 7 arp over Am9 and vice versa for example. Try Dm7 over F maj 7. Or, if the chord is G7, I'll slide from the G root up to the 3rd B and then slide up to D and execute a Dm7 ala Frank. His two books that originally came with a cassette are priceless learning materials.
@69torus since there are only 7 notes in the major scale then we have only 7 numbers. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7. in chord theory it works like this 1-3-5-7-2-4-6. the 9-11-13th are really just the 2-4-6. cause there's only 7 notes. Phryg is the 3rd. it looks like this from the key center 3-5-7-2-4-6-1. if in Ionian and you want to play an arp. then try the Phrygian arp because it looks like this. 3-5-7-2 and is the same as Ionian with the Root missing and a 9th added. Aeolian 6-1-3-5 is a 13th w/triad
@Dking863 Yes, I'm aware of all that, but you're introducing extraneous information. A phyrgian arp? 3-5-7-2... Well, that's just an E mi7 arpeggion (in C ). Since you're addressing modes, phrygian relies heavily upon the semitone E-F to help give it a somewhat "exotic" sound, which is nice over E minor but not neccessarily the best choice over C Maj 7, due to the F natural. An Emin7 arp over C maj7? Of course, it's just a C Maj7/9 with no root.
Sure, and you have to apply that arpeggio sweep to Maj. 7. min 7, for a start at least. The right hand and left hand remain consistent on 2 ocatve sweep arpeggios. I used to work it with a metronome ALOT. It still hasn't "clicked", in that fast 2 octave sweeps from still sound quite contrived. However, it has done wonders for arpeggio application all over the neck at slow tempos.with Rhythmic variation. Experimenting with Frank's formula over ballads has been what works for me.
Can anyone direct me to a guitarist with sick chops who also goes totally unhinged (like Hendrix torturing feedback)? Gambale is too polite for my tastes.
I'm not into that at all. The notes or the tone. Everytime I hear about Gambale and sweeping, it just sounds bad when he tries to play on distortion. He doesn't have the touch for it.
@stratthead First, mister connoisseur, he is using "some" distortion and sustain (unless I have fuzzy ears), second, Gambale never TRIES to play (he just does), and third, when you'll have his resumé (one of his boss was Chick Corea) i'll accept your judgement about his TOUCH. You're probably the kind that thinks your car is faster with a noisy muffler.
@guitargirlie93 He is an incredible guitarrist, but his licks wouldn't fit in my opinion into a rock song, take for example guitarrist like Van halen, Steve Vai, Randy Rohads Michael Schenker, Slash, Jeff beck, Joe Satriani, Warren Demartini and others, they hhave a typical rock kind of phrasing.
@iperman68 you mean the basic triad arpeggios along with pent. scales.. it's harder to solo over a full chord then over a 1-5-1. remember-since most of this is basic music then you can play almost anything over the music that conforms to theory. It's not as hard as it looks so try this. find the key center and as the tune moves just play the extensions. Now you'll sound way out of the loop and if you want to sound in then just play the triads with the 7th. good luck
@Dking863 Yeah, Im an not anti theory but consider that theory is only and explanation of what creative guitarists have discovered over time. Its not like when the guitar was invented a theory book fell from the sky...Some people can figure things out on their own..some have to be told. If you know a wide array of techniques and have a creative spirit, you can dip into an infinite pool of possibility...some painters that are untrained can paint infinitely better than someone who studied in art..
yeah speaking for myself, i was very stubborn against theory. i constantly went to guitar center to play and learned alot of techniques from alot of different people, giving me a good sound however theory is putting in all in perspective for me...its pointless to be able to sweep etc yet not know the pentatonic scale...alot of young guitarists are in the same boat especially in metal...
I can tell you this. if you don't know theory you will only progress to a certain point. In music, two things are happening. tension and resolve. what notes create this. since a chord is made up of thirds. then what note creates this tension if your in Phyrigian. it's the third or the seventh. But there's more. since the major scale is the root of music theory. what can be used as a substitute and here's the most important rule. a scale is boring but a chord is melodic. use chords..
@PhilxEulogyx A lot of people refer to it as "theory" but in essence, knowledge of chords, scales, pentatonics, hexatonics etc . . . is really the vocabulary of musical language.
love all the music theory but remember it is theory.
one person minor is anothers major. I think some of the best players dont know what they are doin.
drills,scales, speed bag, heavy bag, jab, hook, . its all the same but that alone wont make you good whatever the art. it is that other quality that makes one stand out. for the rest of us we're just putting in time.
Why does it always have to be a contest with some people?
It's pretty obvious that Frank Gambale has an encyclopedic knowledge of the guitar & has probably forgotten more about playing than most people could ever hope to learn.
Sperzel. the diminshed scale is hardly played. melodic minor and harmonic minor came from Mixolydian. the melodic has one difference then the major scale..,.b3 the harmonic minor has two b3 and a b6 from the major scale. so your comment is somewhat wrong. the altered dominate created these patterns, "this is dominate subject" as long as your still in the key center, just flat the 3rd and 6th and Bam your harmonic minor dude now. but this will only occur at certain points along the song.
the diminished scale is used! but its note played up and down like other modes. Gambale and all jazz players use snipets of it and combine it with the modes. Most of the time it is used with the dorian mode. Its used a lot in tri tone patterns as well.
First off, there's a "reply"-button you can use so that I can actually see that you've replied to my comment.
Secondly, diminshed scales/arpeggios is actually used frequently in neo-classical music. If you can't see that then, that's kinda sad And you're babbling about where the different minor scales are derived from! I know very well how such scales are constructed. Did you actually have point with your comment or did you just wanna try and show off your "wide" knowledge in music theory?
dude your off.... an arpeggio is nothing more then a chord. It's either a basic triad or it's a 7th... not much more complex then that. First of all. what is a diminshed scale... and really what chords go behind it. I took lessons from the guy who taught Frank Gambale music theory. DON MOCK who taught at GIT and did the videos on Pattuci. gambale, robbin ford, Mamlsteen. and 80 other guys. music theory is everything if you want to smoke on the guitar.
I'm sorry, but you're an absolute disaster to discuss with. You're just jumping from one music theory-related subject to another without actually giving me a response to what I'm saying. The other comments was about constructing minor scales, wich we clearly we're not talking about. Now your trying to tell me what an arpeggio is for some reason. It just sounds like you want to brag or something.
@Dking863 I wouldnt be bragging about knowing Don Mock then getting where harmonic minor and melodic minor incorrect. Check the start of the comments for the true origin of melodic and harmonic minor.
The altered dominant is also the 7th mode of harmonic minor just so you know...
I'm friends of Don Mock. the first instructor at GIT who did the video series.when they filmed Yngwie he would call out scales as Melodic minor when in fact they werent'' Don would stop the taping and tell Yngwie that he was wrong,, after an hour of this Yngwie gets pissed off and says. "i don't know theory, everyone thinks I do but I don't. You guys at GIT are a bunch of freaks" so later that night one of the instructors took that and put it on the answering machine. they later took it off..
I'm always amazed at the way so many people get so fired up about the differences between Yngwie & Gambale. To me, it's like comparing Chinese food to French food, or whatever. Not everyone likes Chinese food. Would it be right to say that a person is a fucking moron because he or she doesn't like the taste of Kung Pao Chicken? Dking863 does, however, make a valid point. Improvising in a Jazz setting is much more difficult. You really have to know your shit or have a REALLY good ear.
no what i am is a true music purist and musician. you on the other hand probably think elvis is king of rock n roll and the beatles are great. When in fact elvis was a mediocre artist. Chuck berry and little richard are the true kings of rock n roll Fact if not for little richard there would be no beatles,rolling stones, james brown or Jimi hendrix all which he discovered. it dont take a high iq to play jazz or anything except bad sense of timing and out of tune guitar,
Do you really think that Elvis would be the monumental legend he is today if he was considered mediocre? He brought something entirely new to the table, that was his legacy, and it does NOT make him mediocre. I dont get why you bash on jazz either... Jazz has of course its own style and personality, appearently too great for you to even begin to understand so i wont bother lecturing you about it :-)
u have no sence of music at all my friend, if u claim jazz is bad sense of timing. I partly agree with the Chuck Berry and Litle Richard comment, but claiming that jazz don't require more than bad timing and out of tune guitar, just makes me laugh.. Jazz is one of the most advanced forms of music there is, and u have no idea what u are talking about.
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i do respect frank gamblae but jazz is the kindergarten amaturish music. Jazz /punk/ grunge is what you learn when either you cant keep time,too stupid to learn more complicated stuff, or think playing out of key and out of tune is cool.
@FingerNubs lmao i wish i could hug you after reading this.....POWER TO THE PEOPLE! hot can be cool and cool can be hot and both can be each other but jazz.....jazz is jazz
@garykeller15 You are an amature idiot. Jazz is the hardest form of music. Oh what you play a few power chords and can play over with a pentatonic scale or a harmonic minor and a few pitch harmonics and you think you're tough shit? Go look up a traditional Jazz arrangment sheet If u can even read music which I doubt highly and try to play all the things with mixed inprov overdone subsitiutions ect. Look up Jody fisher or pat martino and tell me that.
Yes Gambale is such an amateur player that he was handpicked by Chick Corea to play with him and won a Grammy award and was nominated for another. From a technical standpoint Gambale was playing as fast as Yngwie at the same time, probably before and so were other jazz players. No one in mainstream rock had heard of technique like Yngwie's when he came out but believe me jazz/fusion players were playing crazier stuff way before, its easy to deny what you are saying because it simply isn't true
Lol i like the Kindergarden view of jazz fusion to untraiend ears.
Totally love both Malmsteen and Gambale, Malmsteen is my fav coz no-one makes a simple hamronix minor scale sound so mad, but i withotu a doubt acknowledge Gambale as the better musician and guitarist (since i been doing a jazz course at uni my ears have been opened up to this :)
I totally dig the shred-fusion moreso than any other jazz fusion genre
People who say we should not compare are self righteous pricks! What's wrong with competition? Not a damned thing. Not wanting to compete or state who's best is part of the pussification of America and the whole of western civilization IMO.
You guys comparing Yngwie to Gambale are hilarious! I love Yngwie, but get real guys, he can't even stand in Frank's shadow. If you think he can, you just don't have musically mature ears yet....keep listenin' :)
Yeah Shulai1, you sure DO know when it's him... same #%$ every song... blah, blah, blah... sweep, minor 9 arp, blah... blah, no creativity... blah... distortion... blah, blah.
Gambale has continued to shape and hone his playing and expanded to new heights as an artis in creating new tones, chord voicings and solo patterns. Gambale kicks Yngwies ASS! ha ha
the truth is that malmsteen is far superior in every aspect on the guitar! just look at record sales and how famous he is!you say malmsteen plays only minor scales and sound the same all the time..but so does gambale..but gambale tries to sound like alan holdsworth when it comes to chords and playing the shit notes without a sense of music to it..you can remember a malmsteen solo..but not a gambale solo!"because there is no melody..i bet you can´t even think of a melody gambale made.
Dude STFU! There's no way ur that fucking stupid! You're trying to pick a fight to amuse yourself! It's like most stupid ass fans will have heard of Slash long before they know who Alan Holdsworth is. Does that mean that Slash kicks Holdsworth's ass? I think not! It's not Frank Gambale's fault that the average listener is a fucking moron and would rather listen to a faggot poser like Yngwie! So fuck off!
okay i get it bro chill the fuck out!i never told you to fuck off our something..i don´t like gambale as much as you like malmsteen..but i would never call you fucking stupid for listening and liking gambale..i hate gambale..but is he your grandpa or something because you defend him with fucking Machine guns"!chill bro! its only music!
Les Pauls are my favorite solid bodies. But these Yamaha SB type guitars run a close 2nd ever since I saw Santana play his in the 70's. Although Carlos' was a one of a kind custom. I wish they would change out those ugly ass inlays however! Also I wish the would make them in natural, flamed or quilted rather than just pant them solid.
in what sense did you mean get off drugs?..you can´t possible think gambale is better than malmsteen..put them screen on screen and compare them...and you see that gambale is just a old sorry fat fuck with no talent..i can play gambale's music with no problem..but playing malmsteen is a different story...you take a jazz guitarist and take a real shredder...and you see that shredders kicks their ass all day long.
You're a waste of time fool! Yngwie has a secret basement is his house that he plans to hide in if anyone would happen to suggest he play on the same stage with Gambale! I'm sorry but that neoclassical shit he plays was already written by classical composers! So end the end Yngwie is just playing rehearsed solos that he has memorized! Fusion players like Gambale, Howe, Holdsworth, and Henderson are improvisors! Yngwie can't hang!
Yngwie is a rock legend. Gambale is a guitar player from the 80's that never will be Yngwie status in the guitar world. I dont care who is better really .. Put the two next to each other on stage and ask the majority of America who looks the part of a guitar wizard..... The dude with long hair, wicked shreds, Fender, and a line of fanboys outisde,,,. or butterbean. Frank probably has more understanding of the finer points of guitar, but in no way shape or form , rocks or shreds, like Yngwie.
You reason like a fucking idiot! Just because one is popular doesn't mean he's better than the other! It just means that music fans are morons! For example, based on your rationale, Michael Jackson was more popular than either Gambale, Ynwie or any guitar player for that matter! So therefore everyone should listen to Michael and ignore guys that play guitar. Keep thinking like an idiot! It's entertainment for people who are enlightened!
no i did not mean it in that way!.i mean michael jackson got famous because he had a god given talent! and you can´t fucking be serious and deny that!..but so is malmsteen! in 1984! no body even heard of such speed and technique! that´s why mr.malmsteen got famous! because he had something nobody had!as a guitar player! are you gonna deny that to?
You're rationale states that since Yngwie sold more records then he must be better! My point is that if record sales are an indicator of who's skill is greater then why listen to guitar players at all! Singers like Michael Jackson have sold more records than Yngwie and Frank combined! So based on your rationale that record sales or popularity indicate who's best we shouldn't be listening to either of them! Cause vocalist are way more popular!
yngwie is getting a bit tubby too, hes just hanging on to his big gay 80's hair. I love Yngwie and i have for years, but he's not a patch on Gambale. Frank is some sort of freak
try this part..listen 2 songs of gambale and then 2 tracks of yngwie and you will see that yngwie will blow him away..but i can agree that most people can´t listen a whole album of malmsteen..
Your ears are still in kindergarten from listening to that elementary school harmony that Rockers like to solo against! There is no way your ear will understand the complex harmonies associated with jazz/fusion until you become acclimated to hearing more complex harmonies. Once you understand this then Frank lines will make since to you. But right now your ears are in kindergarten.
After reading your comments I've come to the conclusion you have no understanding of music... There is a big difference between malmsteen and Gambale.. And here it is.. Yngwie plays against one mode... His entire song is based on one key. that's easy to shred to but here's the difference.. In jazz the key center changes, Now that's much harder to play against. these are called secondary dominates, they act as a 1 chord in a progression and yet this is a dominate chord.
Shulai your a &** idiot. Yngwie took most of his solos from classical violin solos.playing against one mode is easy. nothing hard about that. that's why guys go into jazz that were shredders.. it gets boring playing the same scale.. here's one for ya. try this D7 to G#7 to C7 to F#7. create that jam and solo over it. then lets throw this in at the end Bm7b5b9 to Gm7b5 addb13 then back to D#7 solo over that and make it work the first time you play it. Now we're making music. good luck dude
just curious what scales would you use... dominant 7 progressions kind of looks like your doing sub dominants except for the fact that D going to G# is a b5 or #4 not a perfect 5th, and then for Bm7b5b9 you could use the octonic (Half-Whole) scale starting on D but i'm just curious how you would approach it, i'm not much of a jazz player i just like theory
Actually, it does require a bit of theory knowledge to play what Yngwie does as well. You can't just play a harmonic minor scale or diminished arpeggios over random chords if you want it too sond authentic. Yngwie always knows what chord he's soloing over and takes it into concideration.
However, it is very true that jazz is ALOT more difficult too improvise over. And especially the fusion stuff that Gambale's into.
@autumnreign78 that's exactly what I was talking about, they function as a chord in place of the modal chord your in. since most people just say this in jazz, let's play a 2-5-1 in D or 2-5-1-7 in Cb. It's really a study in itself and I have a number of books on this subject.
I just call it a shift in the key center. since it's hard to solo if your in Dorian and the guy next to you is playing a secondary dominate.
The new edition to jazz/fusion style is guthrie govan, and he's lightning fast and has absolutely flawless technique and he knows practicaly every technique.
This Cracking the Code is great. When Frank is sweeping down it looks like the pick is around 20 degrees to the string, then upstrokes > 45 degrees. All guestimations. I would think then the upstrokes would sound different, maybe thinner, but I don't hear any difference. I suppose I'll get Gambale's speed picking DVD.
Gambale has matured into one of the finest living Jazz/Fusion players on the planet. He's so distinctly original. Everyone who hasn't should listen to 'Truth and Shredding' - amazing!
I've only recently really 'discovered' Gambale. Although I was aware of his work. Thanks to youTube I am having a great time seeing this amazing guitarist at work and he has to be the most musical of 'technique' players. I think Al di Meola is another example of that though.
yea he does, even though in the future i want to be playininstrumental rock or older metal like mr. big and stuff, i'm starting to learn and focus alot on jazz and blues because no matter what genre you want to play you gotta learn that stuff or at least get a little taste of it.
What a refreshing comment - most guitar threads degenerate quickly into the usual metal/jazz/blues/hedrix/dimeola/vai etc nonsense. There is room for them all.
If you don't mention Allan Holdsworth for guitar/jazz/instrumental prowness....you have skipped something essential...Frank is standing on the shoulders of great players that preceded him...Allan is an amazing talent too...but I do think Frank is amazingly versatile where Allan is not so much...but that is another topic isn't it?
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To Sabavef:
Fuck up moron, Alex Skolnick eats him for breakfast in jazz, metal, or anything else. Frank "any note will do" Gambale can't even fucking play in tune, and his phrasing is super vague and inaccurate let alone his terrible guitar tones. So what if he can sweep pick fast - who couldn't in the 80's?
'Aussie' my ass - look at his name, his folks are Italian for fucks sake.
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Fuck Frank Gambale. He's a shredder trying to play Jazz....you want to hear someone who can shred in Jazz and still PLAY JAZZ?! Al DiMeola or John McLaughlin.
frank gambale is incredible, i have os much respect for him, he is probably at his best palying right now, th at up close shot of his sweeping technique is os badass.
Yup can't agree more; in terms of pure technique he's the only 'technique' driven player I can really listen to without getting bored. This is probably an unfair statement though, because Frank is a musician first and foremost - which is precisely while the likes of Malmsteen et al at so boring after a few hearings.
the close up slow mo at the end is amazing to watch, that's about the speed it takes for my mind to finally track what's going on :>) - thanks for post!
"its a marshall at low volume. do you expect him to bring a full rig for this type of situation?"
Marshalls suck. He could use Soooo many other amps. The Fandago by Riviera, any Elmwood amp, a Deizal Einstein...I made a students Behringer toaster amp sound 3x better than that.
Franks ronch tone is notoriously hit and miss.
It's like he could care less. Too bad, he's such a killer player.
though i agree with what you're saying.. i think endorsements play one factor, as well as the not caring.. i still hear beauty in his tone, from his fingers.. im a tone junky myself but sometimes the sound of the player can overcome crap gear
There are amps that give good tone, even at low volumes. I have a Mesa/Boogie that does just that, so it's certainly achievable.
Frank just doesn't have good distorted tone, but his clean tones are usually good. I like his '80s tone, like in the Monster Licks video, but nowadays it sounds like a transistor amp with a distortion pedal in front.
Cool vid, though, tone or no tone. Always fascinating to see masters like Gambale rip it up, and then actually see how they do it in slow-mo.
hey do u know who originally made this song cuz i see a bunch of other videos of guitar players covering it and well u sound like u know wats up so i was jw who made this, was it frank?
It's that crappy marshall solid state he's playing through. Personally, I think they all suck. Evertime I hear them they sound like crap, but then I've never been a fan of solid state amps but that's definitely why his tones sounds like that in this video.
Why must I put up with these clueless babies. This video was made from a video called Cracking the Code.
Why is the video called Cracking the Code? Because it's a video study of picking technique and how different players pick.
Gambale is not trying to phase any notes here kid. He was playing exercises that a slow motion camera was recording to study how Gambale uses his sweep picking style.
I mean really some of the tards on youtube...it's unreal.
no thats comment that guy left is from a dragonforce wannabe who thinks any thing thats played different or with their own phrasing sucks,alot of this stuff is flying right over their heads they simply dont understand it
No, it is not played in strict time using a metronome. But to my ears, it sounds like he rushed ahead at the particular part of the arpeggio, which (to me), is a mistake.
I have heard Gambale play this shape many times. There are time frames when he increases tempo then slows back down then he increases speed again.
Again, it's not a set tempo so to call it rushed or out of time makes no sense. Trust me, Gambale can sweep these shapes in his sleep. He rarely makes mistakes with them and to my ears him just increasing then decreasing speed is not a mistake.
The notes are very even and clean at the faster speed and slower speed.
"What you are hearing is a increase in the speed at which the shape is being played. You are trying to compare the start of the shape to the end. If there was a tempo, he increased the speed so the timing is spot on dude."
I didn't understand?
That is exactly what I'm telling you. That he is trying to keep a general tempo but he increases the speed at the end of the sweep, and then returns to the original tempo. i.e. it's a bit of a (probably) unintentional increase in tempo.
I do not mean "it's not even in tempo" I mean he is not keeping the speed on the arpeggio even.
He is not playing in "Free time". He's playing sixteenth notes, and he speeds up after the first four notes.
Or is free time another name for sloppy?
I guarantee a guitarist of Frank's calibre is keeping a pulse/beat in his head when he plays without a metronome or drummer, it just goes with the territory.
There is never truly "Free tempo" unless you're a shitty player.
When I say free time I mean he is not holding to a set tempo. He is clearly playing the shape faster at the end of the shape than the start of the shape.
Sloppy? What are you deaf? Every single note sounds out clearly in that shape. What you are hearing is a increase in the speed at which the shape is being played. You are trying to compare the start of the shape to the end. If there was a tempo, he increased the speed so the timing is spot on dude.
In other words when the shape starts at 32 seconds, he is playing the shape at a give tempo in his mind. Then by seconds 37 and on he started playing the shape at a faster tempo.
The point being, you were trying to make it sound like he is playing out on time. When a player is not playing to a set tempo which is clearly the case in this video clip and then starts playing the shape faster, it does not mean he is out of time, only that the speed on the shape was increased.
Hmmm, there is no tempo. Do you hear a back beat? He is playing in free time or open space here friend. It's better you not comment if you are going to post things like that. It makes you sound rather silly.
the clean segment at the beginning....is some of the sweetest soloing i have heard on youtube. why doesnt frank play clean more often? the distortion lessens the sugar for me...
Looks like a Yamaha to me. Same wood combos as a Les Paul but with double cutaway, if memory serves me correctly. They may be making a Frank Gambale signature model now, I don't know.
This episode of The Commish was a lot more musical than I expected.
adisharr 6 months ago
You also have to learn chord/arp. substitution. Try a C maj. 7 arp over Am9 and vice versa for example. Try Dm7 over F maj 7. Or, if the chord is G7, I'll slide from the G root up to the 3rd B and then slide up to D and execute a Dm7 ala Frank. His two books that originally came with a cassette are priceless learning materials.
69torus 10 months ago
@69torus since there are only 7 notes in the major scale then we have only 7 numbers. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7. in chord theory it works like this 1-3-5-7-2-4-6. the 9-11-13th are really just the 2-4-6. cause there's only 7 notes. Phryg is the 3rd. it looks like this from the key center 3-5-7-2-4-6-1. if in Ionian and you want to play an arp. then try the Phrygian arp because it looks like this. 3-5-7-2 and is the same as Ionian with the Root missing and a 9th added. Aeolian 6-1-3-5 is a 13th w/triad
Dking863 8 months ago
@Dking863 Yes, I'm aware of all that, but you're introducing extraneous information. A phyrgian arp? 3-5-7-2... Well, that's just an E mi7 arpeggion (in C ). Since you're addressing modes, phrygian relies heavily upon the semitone E-F to help give it a somewhat "exotic" sound, which is nice over E minor but not neccessarily the best choice over C Maj 7, due to the F natural. An Emin7 arp over C maj7? Of course, it's just a C Maj7/9 with no root.
69torus 8 months ago
Sure, and you have to apply that arpeggio sweep to Maj. 7. min 7, for a start at least. The right hand and left hand remain consistent on 2 ocatve sweep arpeggios. I used to work it with a metronome ALOT. It still hasn't "clicked", in that fast 2 octave sweeps from still sound quite contrived. However, it has done wonders for arpeggio application all over the neck at slow tempos.with Rhythmic variation. Experimenting with Frank's formula over ballads has been what works for me.
69torus 10 months ago
Wow, he looks like he's just warming up for the actual video. Great!
JasonLeonPike 10 months ago
saw him livewith a tape and a marshall stack ; with the mullet and the yellow s540 FG Ibanez model...the guy is smiling ..very good memeories!!
,after the show; Bireli lagrene liva acoustic, alone too!!very impressive too
billbocate 11 months ago
Can anyone direct me to a guitarist with sick chops who also goes totally unhinged (like Hendrix torturing feedback)? Gambale is too polite for my tastes.
dzre2087 1 year ago
@dzre2087 Try J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. He's like Neil Young gone nuts.
fivedaysinjune 9 months ago
@dzre2087 i often have the same yearning. i guess tribal tech comes a little closer...
onamemmet 6 months ago
Master Gambale !
gemballi 1 year ago
I one day hope to be able to play 0:38-0:49
;)
JonP1961 1 year ago
I'm not into that at all. The notes or the tone. Everytime I hear about Gambale and sweeping, it just sounds bad when he tries to play on distortion. He doesn't have the touch for it.
stratthead 1 year ago
@stratthead First, mister connoisseur, he is using "some" distortion and sustain (unless I have fuzzy ears), second, Gambale never TRIES to play (he just does), and third, when you'll have his resumé (one of his boss was Chick Corea) i'll accept your judgement about his TOUCH. You're probably the kind that thinks your car is faster with a noisy muffler.
bsharporbflat 1 year ago
im a young fusion player aged 18, check out my channel
TomRichardson92 1 year ago
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@TomRichardson92 Checked it out and you are very good..thanks
bsharporbflat 1 year ago
@garykeller you have indeed proved that you don't know anything about jazz.
PappiAli 1 year ago
Awesome, cool slow mo
untappedfury 1 year ago
He has hairy knuckles like me. Good thing for us Robin Williams still holds the title
chype 1 year ago
do not doubt this mans skills.
thepissflap 1 year ago 2
The clean tone is incredible.
kabustard 1 year ago
Dear Frank, he does look old! :-(
Uberloinvongenchler 1 year ago
That slow motion view of his sweeping is very interesting.
cowboytonydee 1 year ago
So is this film not being made now or what?
Dooality 1 year ago
Cool slow motion!
Liberty4UandMe 1 year ago
Cool slow motion!
Liberty4UandMe 1 year ago
sik
persini 1 year ago
He's my butcher!! I didn't know he was also a guitarist!!
danlovesnan 1 year ago 3
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A great jazz Fusion guitarist yes he is!!
a great rock guitarrist no he is not
iperman68 2 years ago
@iperman68 How do you know he isn't a good rock guitarist? Which rock song did you hear by him that you didn't think was particularly good?
guitargirlie93 1 year ago
@guitargirlie93 He is an incredible guitarrist, but his licks wouldn't fit in my opinion into a rock song, take for example guitarrist like Van halen, Steve Vai, Randy Rohads Michael Schenker, Slash, Jeff beck, Joe Satriani, Warren Demartini and others, they hhave a typical rock kind of phrasing.
iperman68 1 year ago
@iperman68
You are clueless...
whatshendrix 1 year ago
@iperman68 you mean the basic triad arpeggios along with pent. scales.. it's harder to solo over a full chord then over a 1-5-1. remember-since most of this is basic music then you can play almost anything over the music that conforms to theory. It's not as hard as it looks so try this. find the key center and as the tune moves just play the extensions. Now you'll sound way out of the loop and if you want to sound in then just play the triads with the 7th. good luck
Dking863 8 months ago
Colonel Kurtz!
How'd you get out of the jungle?
paulscary 2 years ago 3
@paulscary Best comment EVER! LOL!
RichieAlek 1 year ago
@Dking863 My mistake i didnt read the email first, youve got a valid point, thanks for the charts btw
PhilxEulogyx 2 years ago
@Dking863 Yeah, Im an not anti theory but consider that theory is only and explanation of what creative guitarists have discovered over time. Its not like when the guitar was invented a theory book fell from the sky...Some people can figure things out on their own..some have to be told. If you know a wide array of techniques and have a creative spirit, you can dip into an infinite pool of possibility...some painters that are untrained can paint infinitely better than someone who studied in art..
PhilxEulogyx 2 years ago
Que isso???
Loucuraaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!
Mestre Gambale!!!
tiuzinho1 2 years ago
yeah speaking for myself, i was very stubborn against theory. i constantly went to guitar center to play and learned alot of techniques from alot of different people, giving me a good sound however theory is putting in all in perspective for me...its pointless to be able to sweep etc yet not know the pentatonic scale...alot of young guitarists are in the same boat especially in metal...
PhilxEulogyx 2 years ago
I can tell you this. if you don't know theory you will only progress to a certain point. In music, two things are happening. tension and resolve. what notes create this. since a chord is made up of thirds. then what note creates this tension if your in Phyrigian. it's the third or the seventh. But there's more. since the major scale is the root of music theory. what can be used as a substitute and here's the most important rule. a scale is boring but a chord is melodic. use chords..
Dking863 2 years ago
@PhilxEulogyx A lot of people refer to it as "theory" but in essence, knowledge of chords, scales, pentatonics, hexatonics etc . . . is really the vocabulary of musical language.
davidhilton 1 year ago 3
love all the music theory but remember it is theory.
one person minor is anothers major. I think some of the best players dont know what they are doin.
drills,scales, speed bag, heavy bag, jab, hook, . its all the same but that alone wont make you good whatever the art. it is that other quality that makes one stand out. for the rest of us we're just putting in time.
BlueRoseRocketBand2 2 years ago 5
Why does it always have to be a contest with some people?
It's pretty obvious that Frank Gambale has an encyclopedic knowledge of the guitar & has probably forgotten more about playing than most people could ever hope to learn.
DoubleIntruder 2 years ago 47
@DoubleIntruder You are 110% correct on that assessment !
Dan.
gtrDan1963 1 year ago
@DoubleIntruder Very wise words my friend :)
EpiPeavey 1 year ago
Sperzel. the diminshed scale is hardly played. melodic minor and harmonic minor came from Mixolydian. the melodic has one difference then the major scale..,.b3 the harmonic minor has two b3 and a b6 from the major scale. so your comment is somewhat wrong. the altered dominate created these patterns, "this is dominate subject" as long as your still in the key center, just flat the 3rd and 6th and Bam your harmonic minor dude now. but this will only occur at certain points along the song.
Dking863 2 years ago
the diminished scale is used! but its note played up and down like other modes. Gambale and all jazz players use snipets of it and combine it with the modes. Most of the time it is used with the dorian mode. Its used a lot in tri tone patterns as well.
benno369 2 years ago
First off, there's a "reply"-button you can use so that I can actually see that you've replied to my comment.
Secondly, diminshed scales/arpeggios is actually used frequently in neo-classical music. If you can't see that then, that's kinda sad And you're babbling about where the different minor scales are derived from! I know very well how such scales are constructed. Did you actually have point with your comment or did you just wanna try and show off your "wide" knowledge in music theory?
Sperzel 2 years ago
dude your off.... an arpeggio is nothing more then a chord. It's either a basic triad or it's a 7th... not much more complex then that. First of all. what is a diminshed scale... and really what chords go behind it. I took lessons from the guy who taught Frank Gambale music theory. DON MOCK who taught at GIT and did the videos on Pattuci. gambale, robbin ford, Mamlsteen. and 80 other guys. music theory is everything if you want to smoke on the guitar.
Dking863 2 years ago
I'm sorry, but you're an absolute disaster to discuss with. You're just jumping from one music theory-related subject to another without actually giving me a response to what I'm saying. The other comments was about constructing minor scales, wich we clearly we're not talking about. Now your trying to tell me what an arpeggio is for some reason. It just sounds like you want to brag or something.
Best of luck to you
Sperzel 2 years ago
@Sperzel That diminished scale is actually the 7th mode of the harmonic minor scale,
hence its brilliant use in neoclassical. You will also find lydian dominant is another favourite
of neoclassical.
MrOzGuitar 1 year ago
@Dking863 Harmonic and Melodic minor did not come from mixolydian. It was invented by Bach to
keep the perfect cadence of V-i in a minor progression...to do this, you end up raising the 7th note
of the scale, as v - i cadence in a minor key(of A for this example) would be Em - Am...by raising the
7th note of the minor scale, we get a V7 - I cadence, which is the strong resolution in music. Melodic
minor was then created so vocalists didnt have issues pitching a 1 and 1/2 step interval.
MrOzGuitar 1 year ago
@Dking863 I wouldnt be bragging about knowing Don Mock then getting where harmonic minor and melodic minor incorrect. Check the start of the comments for the true origin of melodic and harmonic minor.
The altered dominant is also the 7th mode of harmonic minor just so you know...
MrOzGuitar 1 year ago
I'm friends of Don Mock. the first instructor at GIT who did the video series.when they filmed Yngwie he would call out scales as Melodic minor when in fact they werent'' Don would stop the taping and tell Yngwie that he was wrong,, after an hour of this Yngwie gets pissed off and says. "i don't know theory, everyone thinks I do but I don't. You guys at GIT are a bunch of freaks" so later that night one of the instructors took that and put it on the answering machine. they later took it off..
Dking863 2 years ago
hes so good with his right hand his left just does whatever and it still sounds good jk lol
morelandjames 2 years ago
I'm always amazed at the way so many people get so fired up about the differences between Yngwie & Gambale. To me, it's like comparing Chinese food to French food, or whatever. Not everyone likes Chinese food. Would it be right to say that a person is a fucking moron because he or she doesn't like the taste of Kung Pao Chicken? Dking863 does, however, make a valid point. Improvising in a Jazz setting is much more difficult. You really have to know your shit or have a REALLY good ear.
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no what i am is a true music purist and musician. you on the other hand probably think elvis is king of rock n roll and the beatles are great. When in fact elvis was a mediocre artist. Chuck berry and little richard are the true kings of rock n roll Fact if not for little richard there would be no beatles,rolling stones, james brown or Jimi hendrix all which he discovered. it dont take a high iq to play jazz or anything except bad sense of timing and out of tune guitar,
garykeller15 2 years ago
You're a good laugh.
TheBelva85 2 years ago 3
I really dont understand you
Do you really think that Elvis would be the monumental legend he is today if he was considered mediocre? He brought something entirely new to the table, that was his legacy, and it does NOT make him mediocre. I dont get why you bash on jazz either... Jazz has of course its own style and personality, appearently too great for you to even begin to understand so i wont bother lecturing you about it :-)
AJGNW 2 years ago
u have no sence of music at all my friend, if u claim jazz is bad sense of timing. I partly agree with the Chuck Berry and Litle Richard comment, but claiming that jazz don't require more than bad timing and out of tune guitar, just makes me laugh.. Jazz is one of the most advanced forms of music there is, and u have no idea what u are talking about.
stuenes 2 years ago
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i do respect frank gamblae but jazz is the kindergarten amaturish music. Jazz /punk/ grunge is what you learn when either you cant keep time,too stupid to learn more complicated stuff, or think playing out of key and out of tune is cool.
garykeller15 2 years ago
Jazz is kindergarten and amateurish? LOL! Do you believe the moon is made of cheese as well?
FingerNubs 2 years ago 73
@FingerNubs lmao i wish i could hug you after reading this.....POWER TO THE PEOPLE! hot can be cool and cool can be hot and both can be each other but jazz.....jazz is jazz
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stuenes 2 years ago
Hey, I'm jist curious. What is more complicated?
animefanb0y 2 years ago
@garykeller15 - Jazz is "kindergarten amaturish music?"
Are your parents siblings?
logansGT 1 year ago 4
@garykeller15 You are an amature idiot. Jazz is the hardest form of music. Oh what you play a few power chords and can play over with a pentatonic scale or a harmonic minor and a few pitch harmonics and you think you're tough shit? Go look up a traditional Jazz arrangment sheet If u can even read music which I doubt highly and try to play all the things with mixed inprov overdone subsitiutions ect. Look up Jody fisher or pat martino and tell me that.
TheBeatlesCom 10 months ago
Yes Gambale is such an amateur player that he was handpicked by Chick Corea to play with him and won a Grammy award and was nominated for another. From a technical standpoint Gambale was playing as fast as Yngwie at the same time, probably before and so were other jazz players. No one in mainstream rock had heard of technique like Yngwie's when he came out but believe me jazz/fusion players were playing crazier stuff way before, its easy to deny what you are saying because it simply isn't true
xelad1 2 years ago 5
Lol i like the Kindergarden view of jazz fusion to untraiend ears.
Totally love both Malmsteen and Gambale, Malmsteen is my fav coz no-one makes a simple hamronix minor scale sound so mad, but i withotu a doubt acknowledge Gambale as the better musician and guitarist (since i been doing a jazz course at uni my ears have been opened up to this :)
I totally dig the shred-fusion moreso than any other jazz fusion genre
MichaelGumley 2 years ago 2
Heh, all this comparing players to other players is ridiculous. Allan Holdsworth got so sick of it that he closed down his forum in March.
bingefeller 2 years ago
People who say we should not compare are self righteous pricks! What's wrong with competition? Not a damned thing. Not wanting to compete or state who's best is part of the pussification of America and the whole of western civilization IMO.
osensei2987 2 years ago
You guys comparing Yngwie to Gambale are hilarious! I love Yngwie, but get real guys, he can't even stand in Frank's shadow. If you think he can, you just don't have musically mature ears yet....keep listenin' :)
ericlarkins 2 years ago
gambale plays shit music! every guitarist that plays jazz/fusion sounds the same!..but malmsteen you know when its him!
Shulai1 2 years ago
Yeah Shulai1, you sure DO know when it's him... same #%$ every song... blah, blah, blah... sweep, minor 9 arp, blah... blah, no creativity... blah... distortion... blah, blah.
Gambale has continued to shape and hone his playing and expanded to new heights as an artis in creating new tones, chord voicings and solo patterns. Gambale kicks Yngwies ASS! ha ha
luvtorekord 2 years ago
the truth is that malmsteen is far superior in every aspect on the guitar! just look at record sales and how famous he is!you say malmsteen plays only minor scales and sound the same all the time..but so does gambale..but gambale tries to sound like alan holdsworth when it comes to chords and playing the shit notes without a sense of music to it..you can remember a malmsteen solo..but not a gambale solo!"because there is no melody..i bet you can´t even think of a melody gambale made.
Shulai1 2 years ago
Elvis played guitar and he's way more famous! So I guess Elvis would've kicked Yngwie's ass huh?
osensei2987 2 years ago
in a way your right but you know and i know that i don´t mean it in that way..because elvis did not get famous because of the guitar.
Shulai1 2 years ago
Dude STFU! There's no way ur that fucking stupid! You're trying to pick a fight to amuse yourself! It's like most stupid ass fans will have heard of Slash long before they know who Alan Holdsworth is. Does that mean that Slash kicks Holdsworth's ass? I think not! It's not Frank Gambale's fault that the average listener is a fucking moron and would rather listen to a faggot poser like Yngwie! So fuck off!
osensei2987 2 years ago
okay i get it bro chill the fuck out!i never told you to fuck off our something..i don´t like gambale as much as you like malmsteen..but i would never call you fucking stupid for listening and liking gambale..i hate gambale..but is he your grandpa or something because you defend him with fucking Machine guns"!chill bro! its only music!
Shulai1 2 years ago
Les Pauls are my favorite solid bodies. But these Yamaha SB type guitars run a close 2nd ever since I saw Santana play his in the 70's. Although Carlos' was a one of a kind custom. I wish they would change out those ugly ass inlays however! Also I wish the would make them in natural, flamed or quilted rather than just pant them solid.
osensei2987 2 years ago
and malmsteen cracks them both on guitar!
Shulai1 2 years ago
Get off drugs!
osensei2987 2 years ago
in what sense did you mean get off drugs?..you can´t possible think gambale is better than malmsteen..put them screen on screen and compare them...and you see that gambale is just a old sorry fat fuck with no talent..i can play gambale's music with no problem..but playing malmsteen is a different story...you take a jazz guitarist and take a real shredder...and you see that shredders kicks their ass all day long.
Shulai1 2 years ago
You're a waste of time fool! Yngwie has a secret basement is his house that he plans to hide in if anyone would happen to suggest he play on the same stage with Gambale! I'm sorry but that neoclassical shit he plays was already written by classical composers! So end the end Yngwie is just playing rehearsed solos that he has memorized! Fusion players like Gambale, Howe, Holdsworth, and Henderson are improvisors! Yngwie can't hang!
osensei2987 2 years ago
Yngwie is a rock legend. Gambale is a guitar player from the 80's that never will be Yngwie status in the guitar world. I dont care who is better really .. Put the two next to each other on stage and ask the majority of America who looks the part of a guitar wizard..... The dude with long hair, wicked shreds, Fender, and a line of fanboys outisde,,,. or butterbean. Frank probably has more understanding of the finer points of guitar, but in no way shape or form , rocks or shreds, like Yngwie.
freemind321 2 years ago
You reason like a fucking idiot! Just because one is popular doesn't mean he's better than the other! It just means that music fans are morons! For example, based on your rationale, Michael Jackson was more popular than either Gambale, Ynwie or any guitar player for that matter! So therefore everyone should listen to Michael and ignore guys that play guitar. Keep thinking like an idiot! It's entertainment for people who are enlightened!
osensei2987 2 years ago
no i did not mean it in that way!.i mean michael jackson got famous because he had a god given talent! and you can´t fucking be serious and deny that!..but so is malmsteen! in 1984! no body even heard of such speed and technique! that´s why mr.malmsteen got famous! because he had something nobody had!as a guitar player! are you gonna deny that to?
Shulai1 2 years ago
You're rationale states that since Yngwie sold more records then he must be better! My point is that if record sales are an indicator of who's skill is greater then why listen to guitar players at all! Singers like Michael Jackson have sold more records than Yngwie and Frank combined! So based on your rationale that record sales or popularity indicate who's best we shouldn't be listening to either of them! Cause vocalist are way more popular!
osensei2987 2 years ago
yngwie is getting a bit tubby too, hes just hanging on to his big gay 80's hair. I love Yngwie and i have for years, but he's not a patch on Gambale. Frank is some sort of freak
toby1kenobe 2 years ago
try this part..listen 2 songs of gambale and then 2 tracks of yngwie and you will see that yngwie will blow him away..but i can agree that most people can´t listen a whole album of malmsteen..
Shulai1 2 years ago
Your ears are still in kindergarten from listening to that elementary school harmony that Rockers like to solo against! There is no way your ear will understand the complex harmonies associated with jazz/fusion until you become acclimated to hearing more complex harmonies. Once you understand this then Frank lines will make since to you. But right now your ears are in kindergarten.
osensei2987 2 years ago
Haha, you are so fucking stupid. Do they let you out of the house?
emixolydian 2 years ago
After reading your comments I've come to the conclusion you have no understanding of music... There is a big difference between malmsteen and Gambale.. And here it is.. Yngwie plays against one mode... His entire song is based on one key. that's easy to shred to but here's the difference.. In jazz the key center changes, Now that's much harder to play against. these are called secondary dominates, they act as a 1 chord in a progression and yet this is a dominate chord.
Dking863 2 years ago 2
Shulai your a &** idiot. Yngwie took most of his solos from classical violin solos.playing against one mode is easy. nothing hard about that. that's why guys go into jazz that were shredders.. it gets boring playing the same scale.. here's one for ya. try this D7 to G#7 to C7 to F#7. create that jam and solo over it. then lets throw this in at the end Bm7b5b9 to Gm7b5 addb13 then back to D#7 solo over that and make it work the first time you play it. Now we're making music. good luck dude
Dking863 2 years ago
just curious what scales would you use... dominant 7 progressions kind of looks like your doing sub dominants except for the fact that D going to G# is a b5 or #4 not a perfect 5th, and then for Bm7b5b9 you could use the octonic (Half-Whole) scale starting on D but i'm just curious how you would approach it, i'm not much of a jazz player i just like theory
smartguytaytay 2 years ago
Actually, it does require a bit of theory knowledge to play what Yngwie does as well. You can't just play a harmonic minor scale or diminished arpeggios over random chords if you want it too sond authentic. Yngwie always knows what chord he's soloing over and takes it into concideration.
However, it is very true that jazz is ALOT more difficult too improvise over. And especially the fusion stuff that Gambale's into.
Sperzel 2 years ago
@Dking863 actually secondary dominates do not function as 1, they function as the V of some other chord in the original key.
autumnreign78 8 months ago
@autumnreign78 that's exactly what I was talking about, they function as a chord in place of the modal chord your in. since most people just say this in jazz, let's play a 2-5-1 in D or 2-5-1-7 in Cb. It's really a study in itself and I have a number of books on this subject.
I just call it a shift in the key center. since it's hard to solo if your in Dorian and the guy next to you is playing a secondary dominate.
Dking863 8 months ago
The new edition to jazz/fusion style is guthrie govan, and he's lightning fast and has absolutely flawless technique and he knows practicaly every technique.
7stringdragon 2 years ago 3
This Cracking the Code is great. When Frank is sweeping down it looks like the pick is around 20 degrees to the string, then upstrokes > 45 degrees. All guestimations. I would think then the upstrokes would sound different, maybe thinner, but I don't hear any difference. I suppose I'll get Gambale's speed picking DVD.
flodamanatee 2 years ago
Gambale has matured into one of the finest living Jazz/Fusion players on the planet. He's so distinctly original. Everyone who hasn't should listen to 'Truth and Shredding' - amazing!
sonicpsychiatry 2 years ago 2
"Truth IN shredding", by the way
TapizadosPropergoles 2 years ago
juste le meilleur sur ce petit jeu
secretlis 2 years ago
I've only recently really 'discovered' Gambale. Although I was aware of his work. Thanks to youTube I am having a great time seeing this amazing guitarist at work and he has to be the most musical of 'technique' players. I think Al di Meola is another example of that though.
arthurmee 2 years ago 3
I'd say that Al sucks on electric though, in terms of phrasing and vibrato and such. Gambale can scream it up when he wants to.
Th1sWasATriumph 2 years ago
Gambale is the best guitar player for ever
danielpacheco31 2 years ago 3
What type of camera is that? 0:31
picalau 2 years ago
i'm not really into jazz and stuff, way more into bands like Racer X or Paul Gilbert but Frank Gambale is seriously amazing
guitarman46464646 2 years ago 4
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you must be a moron or a kid then or both
ziemass 2 years ago
Gambale is very genre-transcendental, hopefully artists like him will turn you on to jazzier stuff
shreddingjake 2 years ago
yea he does, even though in the future i want to be playininstrumental rock or older metal like mr. big and stuff, i'm starting to learn and focus alot on jazz and blues because no matter what genre you want to play you gotta learn that stuff or at least get a little taste of it.
guitarman46464646 2 years ago 3
What a refreshing comment - most guitar threads degenerate quickly into the usual metal/jazz/blues/hedrix/dimeola/vai etc nonsense. There is room for them all.
dummyguava 2 years ago
If you don't mention Allan Holdsworth for guitar/jazz/instrumental prowness....you have skipped something essential...Frank is standing on the shoulders of great players that preceded him...Allan is an amazing talent too...but I do think Frank is amazingly versatile where Allan is not so much...but that is another topic isn't it?
Chromatype 2 years ago
Gambale is versatile, Allan is Allan.
Galactu5 2 years ago
frank gambale is a steaming turd compared to holdsworth
TheEarlOfDublin 2 years ago
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To Sabavef:
Fuck up moron, Alex Skolnick eats him for breakfast in jazz, metal, or anything else. Frank "any note will do" Gambale can't even fucking play in tune, and his phrasing is super vague and inaccurate let alone his terrible guitar tones. So what if he can sweep pick fast - who couldn't in the 80's?
'Aussie' my ass - look at his name, his folks are Italian for fucks sake.
JediKeSula 2 years ago
"Any note will do?" Dude do you even know a shit abt scales or modes?
Define phrasing.hahaha ur a loser man
duderocks6483 2 years ago
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Fuck Frank Gambale. He's a shredder trying to play Jazz....you want to hear someone who can shred in Jazz and still PLAY JAZZ?! Al DiMeola or John McLaughlin.
audiorage092 3 years ago
frank gambale is incredible, i have os much respect for him, he is probably at his best palying right now, th at up close shot of his sweeping technique is os badass.
ekalen6 3 years ago 3
Yup can't agree more; in terms of pure technique he's the only 'technique' driven player I can really listen to without getting bored. This is probably an unfair statement though, because Frank is a musician first and foremost - which is precisely while the likes of Malmsteen et al at so boring after a few hearings.
cluckingfell 2 years ago
heheheeh bah baita arpejo feito ali!!!
jorrannes 3 years ago
the close up slow mo at the end is amazing to watch, that's about the speed it takes for my mind to finally track what's going on :>) - thanks for post!
zebopper 3 years ago
God that ronch tone is AWFUL. C'mon Frank.
The clean tone is ok, your playing is sick.
guitarguy10000 3 years ago
its a marshall at low volume. do you expect him to bring a full rig for this type of situation?
Shogun777 3 years ago
"its a marshall at low volume. do you expect him to bring a full rig for this type of situation?"
Marshalls suck. He could use Soooo many other amps. The Fandago by Riviera, any Elmwood amp, a Deizal Einstein...I made a students Behringer toaster amp sound 3x better than that.
Franks ronch tone is notoriously hit and miss.
It's like he could care less. Too bad, he's such a killer player.
guitarguy10000 3 years ago
though i agree with what you're saying.. i think endorsements play one factor, as well as the not caring.. i still hear beauty in his tone, from his fingers.. im a tone junky myself but sometimes the sound of the player can overcome crap gear
Shogun777 3 years ago
There are amps that give good tone, even at low volumes. I have a Mesa/Boogie that does just that, so it's certainly achievable.
Frank just doesn't have good distorted tone, but his clean tones are usually good. I like his '80s tone, like in the Monster Licks video, but nowadays it sounds like a transistor amp with a distortion pedal in front.
Cool vid, though, tone or no tone. Always fascinating to see masters like Gambale rip it up, and then actually see how they do it in slow-mo.
YngtchieMusic 2 years ago 2
I used to have that same amp (MG100DFX I think) and never liked a sound I got out of it.
andrewt248 3 years ago
Metal could use a guy like this
sebavef 3 years ago 2
the arp, like I said, is a major SEVENTH, there are no 9ths or 11ths in there. And yes, I can aurally distinguish between b9s, #9s, #5ths, etc...
He's not playing AGAINST the beat, he is accelerating slightly at one part of the arpeggio.
largemoose 3 years ago
hey do u know who originally made this song cuz i see a bunch of other videos of guitar players covering it and well u sound like u know wats up so i was jw who made this, was it frank?
guitarman46464646 3 years ago
"playing against the beat something alot of jazz players do and this is all over in Latin Jazz
but he dosnt do it when they film him(the pick cam)
im guessing cause Largemoose is probably use to
standard triads you know those basic arpeggios so hearing them in being play with different intervals or even morphing the triad
to like 9ths or 11ths arpeggios would sound strange to beginners(not try to offended anyone)"
first of all, we were talking about TEMPO, not sonority.
largemoose 3 years ago
the buddha of guitar...
headoyster 3 years ago 3
I agree, I don't know if it's the vid or my computer or what, but the tone sounds pretty crappy
P3313 3 years ago 6
It's that crappy marshall solid state he's playing through. Personally, I think they all suck. Evertime I hear them they sound like crap, but then I've never been a fan of solid state amps but that's definitely why his tones sounds like that in this video.
Fishies125 3 years ago
Pretty posh pad...
thefaker10 3 years ago
I saw him with Chic Corea. He is awesome, playful and lyrical and what technique! He had lots of hair then too LOL!
Jay435 3 years ago
Haha fake hair nonetheless.
Fishies125 3 years ago
Frank Gambale couldn't suck if he wanted to.
The man is amazing :-)
guitarttimman 3 years ago 5
Gambale is God.
bitcheznhos 3 years ago
Gambale is Gambale.
God is God.
Moplu 3 years ago
why would you bother making the same statement twice?
jamietrhcp17 3 years ago
Oh I made it once, not twice! I just wanted to say it's kinda bullshit that everyone's like OOHH MALMSTEEN IS GOD!! that's so crap!
No hard feelings my friend...
Moplu 3 years ago 2
I forgot to say that they say it everytime they see a 'good' guitarist. Vai, Satch, Frank, and so on...
Moplu 3 years ago
what has this world come too??? arrogant little cunts that think Frank Gambale sucks??? please god kill me now
itsvoogle 3 years ago
" But to my ears, it sounds like he rushed ahead at the particular part of the arpeggio, which (to me), is a mistake."
Oh yes, most definitely a mistake. LMFAO!
I have never seen a guitarist so imperfect, other than myself. Is that a contradictory statement?
123jozef 3 years ago
u r smoking crack with your thoughts. thanks 4 the laugh
bitcheznhos 3 years ago
maybe hes use to hearing the root then muted strings and then a 5th
:p
Phrygian12 3 years ago
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awful tone and playing, sucks!....no tone whatsoever or phrasing, pure exercises, sucks
jcfiallos 3 years ago
Why must I put up with these clueless babies. This video was made from a video called Cracking the Code.
Why is the video called Cracking the Code? Because it's a video study of picking technique and how different players pick.
Gambale is not trying to phase any notes here kid. He was playing exercises that a slow motion camera was recording to study how Gambale uses his sweep picking style.
I mean really some of the tards on youtube...it's unreal.
sweepfast 3 years ago
no thats comment that guy left is from a dragonforce wannabe who thinks any thing thats played different or with their own phrasing sucks,alot of this stuff is flying right over their heads they simply dont understand it
Phrygian12 3 years ago
so what is this secret tuning he uses?
Metallimeister 3 years ago
I'm not going to nitpick details.
No, it is not played in strict time using a metronome. But to my ears, it sounds like he rushed ahead at the particular part of the arpeggio, which (to me), is a mistake.
largemoose 3 years ago
I respectfully disagree.
I have heard Gambale play this shape many times. There are time frames when he increases tempo then slows back down then he increases speed again.
Again, it's not a set tempo so to call it rushed or out of time makes no sense. Trust me, Gambale can sweep these shapes in his sleep. He rarely makes mistakes with them and to my ears him just increasing then decreasing speed is not a mistake.
The notes are very even and clean at the faster speed and slower speed.
sweepfast 3 years ago
playing against the beat something alot of jazz players do and this is all over in Latin Jazz
but he dosnt do it when they film him(the pick cam)
im guessing cause Largemoose is probably use to
standard triads you know those basic arpeggios so hearing them in being play with different intervals or even morphing the triad
to like 9ths or 11ths arpeggios would sound strange to beginners(not try to offended anyone)
Phrygian12 3 years ago
"What you are hearing is a increase in the speed at which the shape is being played. You are trying to compare the start of the shape to the end. If there was a tempo, he increased the speed so the timing is spot on dude."
I didn't understand?
That is exactly what I'm telling you. That he is trying to keep a general tempo but he increases the speed at the end of the sweep, and then returns to the original tempo. i.e. it's a bit of a (probably) unintentional increase in tempo.
largemoose 3 years ago
I do not mean "it's not even in tempo" I mean he is not keeping the speed on the arpeggio even.
He is not playing in "Free time". He's playing sixteenth notes, and he speeds up after the first four notes.
Or is free time another name for sloppy?
I guarantee a guitarist of Frank's calibre is keeping a pulse/beat in his head when he plays without a metronome or drummer, it just goes with the territory.
There is never truly "Free tempo" unless you're a shitty player.
largemoose 3 years ago
It seems to have gone over your head.
When I say free time I mean he is not holding to a set tempo. He is clearly playing the shape faster at the end of the shape than the start of the shape.
Sloppy? What are you deaf? Every single note sounds out clearly in that shape. What you are hearing is a increase in the speed at which the shape is being played. You are trying to compare the start of the shape to the end. If there was a tempo, he increased the speed so the timing is spot on dude.
sweepfast 3 years ago
In other words when the shape starts at 32 seconds, he is playing the shape at a give tempo in his mind. Then by seconds 37 and on he started playing the shape at a faster tempo.
The point being, you were trying to make it sound like he is playing out on time. When a player is not playing to a set tempo which is clearly the case in this video clip and then starts playing the shape faster, it does not mean he is out of time, only that the speed on the shape was increased.
Understand?
sweepfast 3 years ago
that major 7th arp is not even in tempo
largemoose 3 years ago
In tempo?
Hmmm, there is no tempo. Do you hear a back beat? He is playing in free time or open space here friend. It's better you not comment if you are going to post things like that. It makes you sound rather silly.
sweepfast 3 years ago
nice crib
7522IF 3 years ago
the clean segment at the beginning....is some of the sweetest soloing i have heard on youtube. why doesnt frank play clean more often? the distortion lessens the sugar for me...
android90beats 3 years ago 5
What kind of guitar is that?
utube9000 3 years ago
Looks like a Yamaha to me. Same wood combos as a Les Paul but with double cutaway, if memory serves me correctly. They may be making a Frank Gambale signature model now, I don't know.
stevem7 3 years ago
That would be the Yamaha SBG1000 set neck.
Frohman128 3 years ago
always the same questions.
Knutorius 3 years ago