Yngwie Malmsteen's name hardly needs any introduction. Few guitarists have been able to apply the grandeur of classical music to electric guitar, rock and roll, as he does. As many people know, Yngwie is always accompanied by louder volume, faster speed, and more dramatic performance. After a career spanning decades, Yngwie has long since become a symbol, a logo.

Guitar World, a famous guitar website, recently conducted a quick Q&A interview with him, allowing us to understand the guitar hero more directly and frankly.

When was your first exposure to guitar?

"I come from a musical family. My mother is a jazz singer who also performs in choir. My father is a guitarist. My brother and sister are also musicians and they play classical violin and piano I got my first guitar on my 5th birthday. It was a cheap, bad quality acoustic guitar. But I didn't really feel it until I was 7 when I saw Jimi Hendrix smash it on TV to the glamour of the guitar. I think it's cool and I want to do that too."

What was the first "real" guitar?

"My brother also plays the guitar, but when I was getting better at it, he bought an early '70s replica Strat guitar. But when he's not at home, I still play his guitar .I had that guitar ever since, and my mom bought it from my brother for my next birthday so I could play him all the time. Later, when I was about 12, I got Got my first Strat guitar."

What was the first song you learned?

"A 17th century Swedish folk music. It's a very baroque melody in A harmonic minor."

Tell us about your first gig

"I was about 8 years old at the time. I had an electric guitar and a small amp, not great, but quite loud. It was on a small stage in our school cafeteria. I invited a friend from school to play drums. , but he didn't know how to play, so I taught him how to play the drums - so we could play and eventually we did. I threw my guitar on the stage and went crazy on stage. Everything I did was great extreme."

Have you experienced some "terrible" gigs?

"I always have the ability to recover from anything. It's called 'tennis memory'. If I have a problem, whether it's my problem or not, I always try to change my mindset to make everything better. I've never allowed myself to have a bad performance in the last 30 years, I've always had it in my hands. If I let things get out of hand, it's my fault, and I feel terrible."

What is your favorite device?

"It's my 1972 Fender Stratocaster guitar (call it the 'Duck'). I don't play it much anymore, but it does have something special. I love all my Marshall amps though, and I love my smoke machine. You can't finish the show without that."

When is your proudest moment?

"It's my latest album, Parabellum. This album is not made in the same way as any previous album. For the past 15 years, I've been on the road, and then into the studio and continue the cycle. But with the epidemic It all stopped. So I spent a year in the studio and wrote maybe 90 or 100 songs. For me, the songs that were on the album were the best.”

Any advice for newbies?

"I would start by asking them what they want to achieve. If it's fame or success, there are many ways you can achieve those goals. But if your goal is to be a complete musician, whether it's a composer or an artist, Then there are no shortcuts. You need a fair amount of dedication and hard work. And there will always be a lot of people who hate you."

What is more important - speed or affection?

"I'm sure there are a lot of empty examples of fast playing. If you listen carefully to the way I play, you will also hear a lot of fast phrases. But if you slow it down, you will hear the full behind those tempos. Harmony expression and emotional expression. For me, it’s not just the strumming element. You can listen to my vibrato without further ado.”

Finally, have you had any regrets in your career?

"I do regret a lot of things, but in the end these become lessons. If one can learn from lessons and correct, then that's also a good thing. With the valuable lessons I've gained from my past life, I think things That's it, I did the right thing under the circumstances - even if it might not have been the most right thing to do."