I didn’t get great picking footage of this but I’ve been learning the whole solo of Tornado of Souls. Three weeks ago I could barely play it with the 155 BPM track on youtube. Now I’m doing halfway decently at 198 - album tempo! That Ben Eller 200 Weekend Wankshop video is super, super helpful and entertaining.
This has really helped my USX motion. Before, it felt incredibly awkward but there’s some stuff in this solo that’s vastly easier if I just rotate my wrist out of my usual DSX and I’m getting better at it.
I guess there’s also a lot of rotating or double escape (or whatever we’re calling it) on the sweeps - which are still the hardest part for me. Particularly the big one right before those fast arpeggios.
Speaking of those, there’s footage of me playing those with DSX elsewhere on this forum. I switched to USX because it is indeed much easier to pull off.
that ending section is insanity. The whole thing is easier to play on my Les Paul but I lose the 24th fret so I just power through it that last bit.
anyone else learned this one already?
Other things to keep in mind: