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This is a lesson I composed for guitarmasterclass.net. I recorded it using a DI from my trusty Marshall JVM and a touch of reverb and delay added p...
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This is a lesson I composed for guitarmasterclass.net. I recorded it using a DI from my trusty Marshall JVM and a touch of reverb and delay added post recording.
I've been asked a few times for tips on how to play like Marty so I thought I'd re-post my observations here. Ultimately, the ideal goal is to sound like yourself but if you want to add a touch of Marty's style to your playing then here are some the things I noticed about his style:
KNOW YOUR RHYTHM:
It was years before I even started trying lead so I had a good basis of rhythm and timing. This is essential before anything else because you'll need it when it comes to putting phrases together in a solo, which Marty is a master at. One thing he does is to let phrases cascade over ther beat with no specific timing, instead of sticking rigidly to 4 notes or 6 notes per beat etc.. this makes it sound more sophisticated, being able to go from slow to quick phrases in an instant.. like Captive Honour or Skin O my Teeth. It helps to focus on certain strong target notes, so you can go a little loose and crazy with the notes in between.
Another player who does this a lot is Yngwie Malmsteen but Marty is a bit better at it in my opinion.
EXPRESSION:
In terms of technique, the 2 most important areas of Marty's sound is bending and vibrato. He's got absolute control of his bends.. he can bend up a whole tone, then bend up again another semitone for example (also a bend used a lot ob Dave Gilmour). Also, he doesn't always do 'instant vibrato'. He'll bend a note, wait a fraction, then apply the vibrato. It's all about control and choice. Where you want to be is to be able to be in control of when you use vibrato, how much, how wide etc.. and the same with bends.. you should be in control of how fast you bend etc. If you can spend some time working on these aspects (which most guitarists neglect, especially when they want to be 'shredders') then not only will you be closer to sounding like Marty but you'll also have an advantage over 90% of other guitarists ;)
Tone: Marty nearly always uses his bridge pickup.. with plenty of mid-heavy, bright gain for his early Megadeth era tone !
Also, try this: Take the natural minor scale of any key and delete the 4th and 7th interval. So the scale would go Root, 2nd, minor3rd, 5th, 6th, Root...
It means that you have to approach the shapes differently but this is a classic Marty sound.
Don't forget to visit my band, The Reckoning at http://www.youtube.com/user/TheReckon...
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steely dave