Yngwie Malmsteen Anthology (Guitar Recorded Versions) (Paperback)

~ Yngwie Malmsteen (Author)

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Product Description

Tab transcriptions for 23 songs from the original shred-master who brought the neo-classical style into the forefront of the metal movement. Titles include: Black Star * Deja Vu * Dreaming (Tell Me) * Eclipse * Far Beyond the Sun * Heaven Tonight * I'll See the Light Tonight * Icarus Dream Suite Opus 4 * Rising Force * You Don't Remember I'll Never Forget * and more.

Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation (February 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0634049879
• ISBN-13: 978-0634049873
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #877,868 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Malmsteen 101, March 25, 2006

By	Jim Kane - See all my reviews

I recommend this book to all guitarists who wish to challenge themselves. As far as Malmsteen tabs go, this is the best there is. It is really thick and gives you both the musical notation and conventional fret numbered tabs for each line of music. Some fans may not like that most of the songs are conventional songs with verses and chorus and an interlude followed by guitar solo, but I think it is the way to go. Flip around, learn an arpeggio here, some chromatic spiral over there. It is fun for any guitarist who likes the way Malmsteen does it and is willing to sit down with a music stand. Here's a tip. When you play on the higher frets don't use your pinkey

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3.0 out of 5 stars The Bad With The Good, April 9, 2009

By	YJM "amazon fan" (Somewhere In The South) - See all my reviews

Such a sad state of affairs the metal music industry these days. We are inundated with Neu Metal garbage, and before that it was grunge. Grunge as everyone knows completely killed heavy metal in this country and sent it underground for ten years or so. So around 1999 is when Neu Metal exploded in this country, characterized by 7-string guitars tuned down a whole step (or more), simple repetitive riffs, no guitar solos, and singers screaming about how terrible their life is. Hey bud, I don't need your problems, I have enough of my own! Gone are the days of heavy metal music that was fun, with no political overtones and lots of fantastic musicianship.

So go to any sheet music store and what will you find on the store shelves, tons of grunge and neu metal tab books. There might be the odd Dream Theater, Randy Rhoads, Joe Satriani, or Steve Vai book on the shelf, but 95% of it is garbage. But low and behold we get this crumb thrown at us called Yngwie Anothology, a shredders wet dream! Well not really. There is clearly a HUGE difference in the skills of the transcribers for this book and the songs reflect that. The anthology pulls songs from the following albums:

1. Rising Force
2. Marching Out
3. Trilogy
4. Odyssey
5. Eclipse
6. Seventh Sign

The songs from Yngwie's first three albums are transcribed fairly accurately, but the songs from the rest of the albums are botched badly. I defy anyone, including the transcriber to play the fast arpeggio interlude in the song the Seventh Sign, as written in this book. The same horrible treatment was given to the arpeggio interlude in DeJa Vu. It's a disgrace these transcriptions made it into print because they are very clearly wrong.

So three stars for the transcriptions to the first three albums. The song selection is decent, but when you put together an anthology songbook you're simply not going to be able to please everyone. Had the songs from Odyssey, Eclipse, and Seventh Sign been transcribed with the same accuracy as the songs from the first three albums this would have been a five star book easy. Especially because it's the first Yngwie tab book in the past 10 years or so. What a shame too, because Yngwie has released some fantastic albums lately, namely Alchemy, War to End All Wars, Attack!!, and Unleash the Fury. But the sheet music companies only transcribe what is popular, and shred style guitar hasn't been popular for the past 18 years (except for underground players who post up on youtube).

Lastly I just want to add, that the Japanese still respect good music and continue to transcribe Yngwie's work. If you can find any Young Guitar magazines with his songs transcribed you're in for a treat, as they are incredibly accurate transcriptions. Hit up Ebay for those.

2.0 out of 5 stars This is not the tab book to get, September 12, 2009

By	James H. Bailes Jr. - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

While some of the songs are tabbed with a certain degree of accuracy (by that, I mean the positions on the fretboard that Yngwie plays them), the overwhelming majority of the songs will not be physically possible to replicate even at half speed if you go by the way the songs are transcribed in this book. Meaning no disrespect to the transcribers, they've tried to transcribe the solos using "the box method" as much as possible. Yngwie uses linear lines, going up and down the fretboard.
There are plenty of other books out there with much more accurate transcriptions than this. Search Amazon, ebay, craigslist, etc. But save yourself some money as this book simply is not a useful tool.