![]() ![]() In the process, we also requested a peek behind the technical curtain, and boy did we get it. When Derryl sent us a note saying he watched the show, we wasted no time in peppering him with questions about the development of his space-age array of fretboard superpowers. His blazing speed and tasty phrases have won a number of celebrity admirers, from George Lynch to Dweezil Zappa - with whom he’s set to release an album later this year.Ĭlick here to download tablature for this solo in both PDF and Guitar Pro formats. ![]() Derryl employs his seemingly effortless dominance of the instrument’s physical mechanics, both left hand and right, in service of an encyclopedic and endlessly tasteful command of modern jazz and fusion harmony. The archetypal modern lead player, his total command of the guitar’s many colors is both highly enjoyable as a listener and terribly scary as a fellow player. ![]() But out of the melee of technical competition, something ironically straightforward actually happened: we all got better.Ī particularly stunning product of the generational advance of musical technology is fusion virtuoso, and Cracking the Code viewer, Derryl Gabel. In the process, he kickstarted a kind of breathless arms race in guitar technique - a promise of stardom via innovation - that was sometimes a little like a Silicon Valley guitar bubble. Eddie Van Halen reinvigorated ’80s rock guitar with a double shot of blazing energy and subversive creativity.
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