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From:  Takeshi Oda <toda@m...>
Takeshi Oda <toda@m...>
Date:  Mon Oct 2, 2000  8:08 pm
Subject:  Re: [vocalist-temporary] malmsteen vs clapton


> I've just talked to that guitarist friend of mine. He said: "is he nuts?!
> Malmsteen is OBVIOUSLY more complex." He asked you to be more specific about
> WHERE Van Halen played like Malmsteen ( in private, if you and the list
> will ).

I'm talking about hammer-ons as a way to accomplish very fast scalar
passages. What is so complex about pure diatonic scales and
arpeggios? They are much more playable than Summers' writing, which jumps
all over the place physically and tonally.

Tako


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