Jack here jbf music and guitar lessons, what I’ve got for you here are these 3 killer
Zakk Wylde guitar licks; Crazy Horse, Angel Of Mercy and a trademark improvised shred
run.
All played fast, isolated, slow and with tabs which are up on Patreon.com/jbfmusic.
Yeah, the aim is that by the end of this you’ll have those licks, of the bare bones of them
under your fingers.
So how can we tackle Mr. Wylde’s style and blistering speeds- good question!
And this is a huge part of why it’s taken me so very long to do a proper video on him!
Ok, so we’re hitting the ground running!
The good news is that being an improvised lick, you don’t really have to play this
verbatim, just sort of let rip- which was one of the obstacles I sort of needed to try
and navigate around for getting more familiar with his style.
Once you’ve got a feel for the fingering at a slower speed, try picking the string,
to lock in whatever speed you want to try it at like this
Then have a pop at it, try to keep both hands as relaxed as possible; Rick Graham and kiko
loureiro’s guitar method for doing that is explained with the little I in the corner.
You might wan to economy pick here; push down through the B strings- not a deal breaker
if not, try it and see if it sticks.
But what you probably will want to do; and this goes for the rest of the licks as well
really.
Is downward pick slant; hold your pick and forearm so that it’s angled like this.
Not to derail this video, you can get a quick pickslanting 101 tutorial with the I in the
corner.
The one time you might need to upward slant if that final bit of legato in bar 2.
But alright let have a quick run down of this:
Triplets, but essentially term picking, using this note as a point to pivot back down the
scale, same idea but going to the 10 th fret.
Coming down and toggling between that 7th and 10th fret.
Back up the scale, that same sort of pivot trick; which a lot of modern players seem
to really like doing as well!; dcome down, probably upward pick slant for these pull
offs, resoling to this note here.
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Ok, this is all about getting a strong sounding pull off, with as little tension and effort
as possible; check out how to do that along with 5 more great tips on making legato easier
with the wee i up yonder.
Once you get it locked in, it’s not too tough, just make sure to get it comfortable
at a moderate speed before cranking up the bmp to 100%!
Trying to smash through this one, like the last lick was admittedly a pitfall for me!
I’m probably just alternate pick.
But right, the main thing here is the pattern, we’ve got one of each.
Then they always come in groups of two; on the E string and one pull off on the B string.
So, 10th fret twice, B string pull off once, 11th fret twice, B string onece, that again-
which you should be able to see from the overlay on the tab there.
And after that 2nd 11th fret we just go with one pull off on the e string.
In an ideal world you’ll nail this last pull off, but with that position shift, you
might end up missing it- not the end of the world at all!
Then this displaced rhythm; using groups 3 of 3 notes; like this, then 2 groups of three
notes doing this.
If you dig this cool, sort of syncopated sound Zakk get’s here give the I up there a click
for a breakdown on rhythmic displacement.
Final note, have your wah on, keep it on the lower frequencies for bars 4 and 5, the push
in down more for bars 6 & 7
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Ok, this starts of easy enough, then the speed run had me floored for a while, so let’s
get in to how to tackle this bad boy!
I think he uses light wah for the more melodic part then seems to lay off it for the run.
Hammer on, pick these notes, add vibrato.
For a detailed breakdown of how to keep this bend and vibrato thing sounding good and not
like this
Check out the tutorial with the little I, repeat that phrase two more times.
Then tap this note while sustaining the bend, and release it.
Now!
I’m playing with 10s here, and there’s a fair bit of string tension so I need to
put a bit of effort in to these bends.
What’s been a game changer for me it making a mental note after these bends and focusing
on keeping my fingers loose and relaxed.
I kept slopping this because I was retaining too much tension from the bends.
Hopefully that will let some of you guys, who like myself prefer the strings to fight
back a little bit!
Then downward pickslant and start on a down to keep it like Zakk Wylde picking style.
Or, you know start on an up and upward pickslant if you find that more natural.
It’s a fairly nice shape in that we don’t have to shift positions.
If this Ludacris speed is a bit beyond you here are 3 workarounds:
1.
Use hammers ons, pick each strings once, or twice and let your left hand do the heavy
lifting.
Ideally add some light palm muting so the sound is a bit more authentic.
2.
Use the Paul Gilbert Triplet technique, so pick the first 3 then hammer on.
Or Hammer on the first 3 then pick; doesn’t really matter at all which way round you start
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Click there for how Andy James does those sorts of runs, or check out the playlist for
more signature guitar licks.
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