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That’s right, the Rumble Bee! El vuelo del Moscardon, also known as The Flight of the Bumble Bee… if you happened to hear me play something that sounds like the Flight of the Bumble Bee, well, that’s exactly this tune! It is so exciting that I finally decided to transcribe it. As for the author: it’s not me, but Rimsky Korsakov. I simply "souped up" the version by Europe’s guitarist: Kee Marcello. He’s a cool cat! What can I say about this solo? Well, first of all it is part of the program in my Rock Guitar Master (and I am incredibly proud when I see my students play it perfectly)! Then, it is a real challenge as for the execution speed in these techniques:
- Alternate picking
- tapping
- string skipping
The notes go by so fast that when I have to play it I have to revise it for two days at the very least, otherwise I can’t even think it, let alone play it!
It normally takes at least 3-4 months to bring such a piece up to speed. If it takes less, we are either talking a monster student, or the piece is "almost" perfect. But it will take longer to eliminate that "almost" than it took to get there! And now some technical tips.
ate picking
The main riff, the one everybody is familiar with, is played with alternate picking. Make sure that:
- You don’t go too deep into the strings with your pick. If you go deep, it’s going to take more "muscle" to pick the string, and this will slow you down. Use nothing but the pick "tip". No more.
- Keep the "up and down" movement of the pick as narrow as possible; keep the pick close to the string. As if the tip were glued to it.
What about the right hand posture? Forget it, in rock there is no rule about right hand posture: that’s all crap! Just watch how many great guitarists hold their picks in just as many different ways. Who of them is right? All these guitarists agree on one principle:
you can only develop speed by practicing the highest tempo where you make NO mistakes This could nail you to the exercise for several months, because the no-mistake tempo is usually pretty low... but it’s the only way! Just think that the final result will be even more rewarding!
String Skipping
There are various fingerings for String Skipping on diminished arpeggios. This applies for both tapping and alternate picking. When the string is too far, I sometimes use the middle finger of the right hand... the very one you use for your worst gestures... Note: try slipping some of these diminished licks in your blues tunes, to add an unexpected “metal touch”!!! How can you do it? You’ve got a dominant chord? Just go up half a step and unfurl a diminished arpeggio. Example: use an F diminished arpeggio on E7. You have your choice here!!! Slip them in note for note at first. Enjoy!
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