Product Details

• Actors: Yngwie Malmsteen
• Format: Color, Digital Sound, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Warner Brothers Pub.
• DVD Release Date: May 10, 2004
• Run Time: 45 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0001XALV4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #147,812 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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YNGWIE MALMSTEEN - DVD Movie

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24 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's the 1991 Instructional video remastered with extras!, November 23, 2004

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Vince Palamara "SECRET SERVICE/JFK/STEELERS/M... (South Park/Bethel Park, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Yngwie Malmsteen - Guitar Instructional (DVD)

I highly recommend this dvd to all guitar players and fanatics of the great Yngwie Malmsteen--often immitated (poorly), made fun of (due to jealousy) in the 1980's-1990's, but never duplicated. Malmsteen, Blackmore, Roth, Rothery (of Marillion), Rhoads, Hendrix, Page, Iommi, Petrucci, & Fripp: it doesn't get any better than this.

And it doesn't get much better than this dvd. Although there are several other vhs-only Yngwie Malmsteen instructional videos, this is clearly the best all-in-one feature of them all. In addition, the sound is remastered and there are several cool bonus features (Steve Morse, John Petrucci). Buy it!!!! ;-)

7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Yngwie Malmsteen-Instructional Showoff, August 16, 2008

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Deborah Mattingly Conner - See all my reviews

This review is from: Yngwie Malmsteen - Guitar Instructional (DVD)

Well i popped in this dvd hoping to get some good thorough tips and instruction on some cool speedy neo classical metal riffs. Instead, i see a brief introduction about how amazing and godlike malmsteen (and dont get me wrong, he's and incredible player!!!!) and then he talks little about the riffs he's about to play, then he just shreds away at full speed!! Yes he slows down a little bit, but it's still much too fast to understand exactly what he's playing. He gives no instructions or tips about anything he's playing. Pretty much, it's just him showing off his speed, which if you've heard of malmsteen, you've probably already seen. Good dvds would be Paul Gilbert's Intense Rock DVD, or John Petruccis Rock Discipline DVD.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Requires either skill or long term dedication, August 5, 2007

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JG (Dallas, TX) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Yngwie Malmsteen - Guitar Instructional (DVD)

I originally gave this DVD a bad review but after receiving a comment from someone in cyberworld, I figure I had better update my review now that I have five years of playing under my belt.

The DVD is rather fast paced and is basically a collection of fast riffs, Yngwie style. If you already have chops, and you like Yngvie's Neo-Classical shredding style, then you should be able to learn and assimilate the licks. As a sidenote, there is a section in which Yngie shows some "bluesy" licks.

If you were like I was when I first bought it over four years ago, then there will have a steep learning curve. You will have to practice them slowly, and would benefit from a recording device that you could use to record and play the licks back really slowly. That is what I do to learn the faster solos by guys like Yngwie and Matthias Jabs of the Scorpions.

For those that like theory, Yngvie identifies the context in which he plays the licks, for instance identifying the chords he would play the lick over and the keys in which he would play each lick. There are licks using several different scales, such as Harmonic Minor and Diminished. And, as you can guess from listening to Yngwie, he loves scalar solos although he does use arpeggios liberally as well.

A beginner or less experienced guitarist will have to think long term and will need to start very slowly using a metronome or some other timekeeping device, but once the licks brought up to speed, that person will have strong shredding skills.

Everything is subjective, but overall, I see this DVD as a repository of licks which should help you capture Mr. Malmsteen's sound. I must add that I did buy the book as well, which was of some help.