Rising Force - Yngwie J.Malmsteen - Guitar Solo Tab

About Yngwie J.Malmsteen

Few instrumental tracks demand as much from a lead guitarist as "Rising Force" by Yngwie J. Malmsteen. Rooted in E minor and driven at a relentless 180 BPM in standard tuning, the piece is essentially a showcase of neoclassical shred technique: rapid alternate picking, sweep-picked arpeggios, and legato runs that borrow heavily from Baroque phrasing. The key challenge is keeping every note clean at full tempo, especially through the descending and ascending arpeggio sequences where sloppy fretting becomes obvious immediately. Use the Practice Toolbar to isolate those arpeggio runs and loop them slowed down, gradually nudging the tempo up only once each pass feels controlled. The Heavy Metal context means tone matters too: you want a high-gain sound with good note separation, since a murky tone will bury the detail that makes this style work. Accuracy and evenness across the strings are the real tests here, not just raw speed.

• At 180 BPM in E minor, the neoclassical arpeggio sweeps require a clean, relaxed picking motion or the individual notes blur together at full speed.
• Standard E tuning is used throughout, so no retuning is needed, but string tension and action should be set up to handle fast legato passages comfortably.
• Practising the scalar runs with a metronome at 50 to 60 percent speed before pushing the tempo is the most reliable way to build accuracy on this piece.