Wow, I was close! My guess was Locrian + melodic minor) The C# (if in E) pops up here and there in Metallica songs, which sweetens them. Master of Puppets main riff, Creeping Death little bridge to verses, Spit out the bone interlude riff (the bass "solo") as a few examples of it. Great video Jake, and thanks for mentioning me! ;-) Btw, if to analyse Megadeth this way, it might be basically the chromatic scale))
lol. Yeah, thought the same thing about Megadeth near the start of this video xD haha The 'flow' is real; how one note, or note groups feel against another.
Megadeth likely would be the same, as Ride the Lightning and other such Metallica songs were written by Mustaine. Couple of Megadeth tunes with the same sorta thing off my mind: 1000 Times Goodbye, The Scorpion intro, Countdown to Extinction, Holy Wars, Devil's Island, Hook in Mouth, etc.
It's an E Natural Minor scale. You're thinking of E-Dorian minor. There are more than one minor scales you know. Here, try this Natural Harmonic scale used by Randy Rhoads: (E Natural Minor = E,F#,G,A,B,C,D#,E) It's the E Natural Minor scale only you sharp the 7th tone.
Dude... from a professional musician who loves Metal and plays Metal, Jazz and Classical, I have to say your way of explaining metal is genius. Congratulations brother!
Thanks for this, I’m an older musician who enjoys learning different styles. This was extremely informational and just plain fun😎 You did an excellent job, and I will be looking for more of your videos!
Men curious you talk about jazz, I noticed that the b2 and the b5 in the minor scale are the respectives sevenths of the 3rd and the 6th chords, used a lot in jazz. Isn’t it the same scale, but in minor for Metallica and major for jazz?
Right?! In 11 years of learning and playing guitar I have her very little interest in learning music theory. Mostly because this is a hobby for me and I have very little time. But......in just over 11 minutes he made me want to learn music theory. This was an epic video and lesson!
I just learned more in 2:30 of your video than I do in the entire series of most youtubers. Excellent, concise, engaging. A really well structured video. Great job man.
I love when a professional or a teacher is explaining things in a way someone understands, not just showing how clever they are, by throwing 100 theoretical terms to the pupils. Thank you very much! Genius video, to explain Metal in 11 minutes, great!!!
00:35 - Video Summary 01:07 - The "Metallica Scale" 03:12 - Turning it into Powerchords 04:50 - Where it's heard 05:13 - Riff Strategies 06:19 - Pedaling 07:12 - The Metal Rhythm Holy Trinity 09:50 - Additional Theory and Final Thoughts
It doesn't necessarily have to be demonic. It could just be human emotions, depressed, pissed off, anger, rage, hate, violence, war, or even just stress. Or it could be monsters from movies, fantasy and fiction, Godzilla, Frankenstein, Wolfman, Orcs, Goblins, dragons, vampires, aliens, those sorts of things. It doesn't have to be evil spirits or about dark spirituality. I don't know why people are so obsessed with that, or possessed by that? Could be sharks, or a car crash, or a swamp monster. Anything. It doesn't have to be Linda Blair or sewer clowns, or whatever. LOL. It's like Evil Dead was about deadites/kandarian demons, but in Army of Darkness it eventually was just Ash fighting a bunch of skeletons. Dark doesn't always have to be totally creepy. It can even be humorous. What is kind of weird is how many dark notes there are. Basically any note from the entire chromatic scale can be made to sound dark if you use it with the right combinations of notes. I wonder if that works in reverse? Hmmm... Exodus have written about Piranha and even cannibalism, so that's a good thing. Satan and demons have become played out topics in metal. At the end of the day all we really want is good guitar playing and good musicianship all around.
You've probably been told this a million times but you've got a great voice, man. Deep and sonorous- a great DJ or reporter's kinda voice. Your musical knowledge is incredibly helpful as well!!
Could we just appreciate how this man makes a f*cking awesome video with some really useful information (which I'll definitely be using) AND the fact that this man talks to the camera as if you're actually in a classroom or something with him? Good job man, keep up the good work!
AWESOME LESSON-I’ve written and played out some of my Metal Songs, “Mutant Bat Virus”, “Gallop Of The Four Horsemen”, and the “Contracting Expanse”. But recently I hit a plateau. You’re concise and well presented lesson not only gave me new concepts to work on but, also some embellishments to add to my previously recorded songs! Keep Rocking and a million miles of thanks!!!!!!!
Signals Music Studio seems to be the most informative, intelligent, beneficial channel while at the same time being easy to understand and relatable. This guy knows his stuff, more than many of us could hope to learn in our lives. I really appreciate what is offered and I wish great success and happiness!!! Thank you, good sir! 👍🏻🤘🏻🖤🎶🎥🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻👏🔥😈. Yeah, thank you, and Rock On!!!
HateHater yup. And also I think that is a little bit better than this guy. signals studio is great though, but Adam has a music degree (he graduated from Berkeley).
Leo Viegas nice! Idk for sure what exactly it is, but I like Signals videos better. It might just be he's more relatable for me, maybe just how he explains stuff.. either way I'm glad we can have both! Rock on my friend!
Wow this was excellent!! As a long time guitarist and metal fan, you really nailed the simple theory behind the foundation of what you feel intuitively “just sounds good” and “metal” when you play. Basically it’s the minor scale + flat 2nd and flat 5th. That’s it! Then you can take it and run with it, mix it up, etc. But that nails the foundation. Thanks for explaining it in this way, adds a new level of understanding!
You helped me getting into metal music alot! i've been struggling on how to get into metal music for long 4 years ago and never got a chances to learn but here i am (except piano keyboard which i already had basic) as a solo game developer, I didn't only want to program and hire people to work on things as im on a budget saving for a better PC, not only this saves me a lot of time but i've made a music that i wanted using this scale.
The whole thing is like a Bob Ross painting. Random color spot here and there and voila - perfect mountain range landscape. Here it is: basic power chord, some palm mutes in between and voila: almost perfect thrash metal riff in a minute. Really astounding. Great job.
Coming from a Metallica fanboy who knows absolutely nothing about music, I've got to say this video was super instructive. You have a great way to explain and teach, good job!
I couldn't explain the theory components or techi aspects of anything I hear(Metal riffs, chords, progressions, etc) or play by ear... So I know I have been a lucky sumbitsh w/the rare skillset to hear, dissect- then immediately apply to my songwriting, composing, & performing. Ao, 20yrs, or 20k/tuition annually- it appears that I've been blessed!
This was the most practical course to metal riff writing I've ever come across. The simple explanation of the concept and then the immediate demonstration was awesome. I'm very rhythm and formula oriented so it resonated well with me. Thanks!
4 years old now this video, I’m glad I found it today (actually it found me of course). Very inspiring! The next step in my guitar journey. Thank you Jake! I hope you are alright .
The most interesting thing is that minor scales are rich in chords.. and with this kind on "new" notes, omg you have an amazing oportunity to create somthing new and awesome... The possibilities are endless
I got into theorie since 1year. I should have 25 years ago. It did so much to me. This is a great video as it introduce you to chromatic note (especially the evil dissonance) added to the minor scale. Music theorie is not rule to follow but, as mentioned a way to understand the music. I recommend everyone to learn the diatonic scale and its 7 modes and from add the harmonic and melodic scale. I also use the neapolitan scale (it use the flat 2 et flat 5 and the major 7 notrs ...DISSONANCE). Completing the scale arsenal you also need to learn the Diminished, and augmented scales. As simple as that \m/
Listen again, at leaste when I listen to Far Beyond the Sun live version i hear pure awesomeness and never think of the technical part of it. He might of influenced a generation of speed shredders but thats not what he was about, Malmsteen uses it as a means to an end, not the end itself.
This is very tempting.... It's a little niche and is sort of outside of my interest these days but I have some very simple methods to crafting neoclassical shreddery. It'd be a LOT of fun though, you may see a vid about this soon =D
I so wish that music theory was presented in this format back in the day, the A/V makes it easy to understand the building blocks of music. Thank you so much for taking the time to produce these videos and put them up there for wannabes like me to enjoy.
6:44 "we usually call that pedaling when we constantly return to a consistent note" - ok man!! I've been searching for a word for this for over a decade. I believe this is a Baroque technique (I play Baroque keyboard music), one of the many neo-classical things in metal, and I've asked on classical forums and metal forums for years and years what this technique was called. While "pedaling" sounds a bit modern and probably isn't exactly what I'm looking for, at least in the classical music sense, I finally have *something*. Absolutely incredible :)
Great video and thanks for including the reference to the locrian … that’s the bit where it motivated me to comment. Understanding that we have a music system built on 12 semi tones in one octave and all the respective derivatives in scales, modes and chords is one thing, how to use them constructively, is what I find as the biggest challenge. Thanks for opening the door for us on that schematic approach along with the worked examples you played.
I've been writing songs in this style for years, you did an awesome job explaining it. But now everyone will know the secret! Btw, I know it's not fully correct, but I tend to just say E Phrygian with b5 but I guess it's all semantics
As if you don't already know, and if it wasn't BLOODY OBVIOUS to anyone with an open and honest mind - you are REALLY FUCKING TALENTED and a kind spirit for bothering to share your knowledge with the rest of the world, really appreciate all that you do!!!
I was gonna say the Locrian/Minor scale or Locrian modal interchange something like that. Since Kirk is a student of Satriani I can assume he's well knowledged about modes. I've also heard him say Wherever I May Roam is the Locrian mode with a Dominant solo.
The solo in that song is mostly Phrygian Dominant. The main riff feels like phrygian but uses lots of extra notes, including the tritone and the major 7th. The verse as well uses a bV chord, way outside of any E key but fits fine in "E Metallica". The bridge goes through a straight ascending Double Harmonic Major scale, and its LOVELY!
The Locrian b4, Lydian dominant or phrygian dominant is over played. The N6 = harmonic min b2 or melodic min b2 are also EMATIC scales Joe wrote a song on Engine of Creation using an Ematic scales.. He went more in depth...rather than just playing linear he study chords within them...after he got done noodling (fucking around.lol) he was like...WTF..didnt people notice that shit was WEIRD.lmao Never the less...You can play A double harmonic min with a b7... it'll just be one of the modes from the N6... Harmonic min b5 or Melodic min b5 From A as the root....for clearity A Harmonic min b5 = D dorian b2, #4,...F mix, #2, #4 A Melodic min b5 = D lydian dominant b2...lmao The F mix #2, #4 is just F Hungerian MAJOR This way you can play is as Dominant too.lmao Half or FULL diminished. MAJ or min You'll get use to it...if you play A lydian b3 over the minor's TONIC. You can make it minor or FULL diminihsed...All b3 intervals. AKA the devils's INTERVALS...ya evil bastards.lmao Or you can take the MArty approch....just FUCK the pentatonic scale. Fuck it all up....What he meant was...play the other 7 notes too.lmao
Thank you so much. I really enjoyed watching this. I've been playing metallica for more than 27 years and never understood anything about music theory. I wish there was UA-cam back then...
As a drummer with trying to write riffs so that I can take advantage of my perfect pitch, this video answered a lot of questions I had about this topic, especially explaining the relationships between notes in the scales/modes. This is awesome, thank you so much.
You probably forgot an important thing in composing them, (or chose to omit because this IS a theory vid) which is the right hand technique included. Tho this is a theory vid, adding stuff like downpicking every note gives a lot of grit and at the same time acts as a sort of compressor, making sure that every note you pick is loud and has the same relative volume and attack as the last note. Another thing is adding the octave in your powerchord whenever a long duration of a single powerchord is played. It gives a ton of girth and sounds thick as fck. All that aside, great video and this makes me wanna pick up my guitar and write riffs again.
All good points! I honestly feel like I could break this video down into a dozen different videos with more detail, but I'm trying to cram in as much as I can in 10 minutes. Attention spans are short these days ya know =P
MiCaCasTuCaCa A good band to start practicing riff composing is just about as good as any other, but I do recommend starting off with the Big 4 (Met, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax) which are all great foundations for heavy, standard tuning riffs. If ya wanna take it up a notch, try Nuclear Assault, Machine Head, Judas Priest or maybe even 5FDP. They make some of the tastiest and heaviest riffs IMO, but who knows. The world is big and there are a lot of bands.
Doubt you check these but man, this is the best video I’ve watched in a while. Very helpful to someone who just hit a year of playing and got into riffing
I find myself making up riffs with these exact notes, not having any idea about the scale. They just sound heavy, and disturbing. Makes for perfect METAL!!! Great video, bro.
Very informative and the aeolian/locrian mixed is the great summary. You effectively broke down how simple (and boring) the metal riff constructions are!
Never knew I’ve been playing it all along😂. Those beats you explain made me think of how I pick. Like just randomly. And just randomly play the 3,5,7,9,12 frets. Bar them and just make anything up basically. Do the same on different strings and make anything up. That’s awesome🤘🏽😎🎸.
I made a comment literally yesterday to a musician friend of mine to the effect of "I'm not creative enough to write music I'm too formulaic. There's no equation to write music." Thank you for showing me the way. I guess unless you're majoring in a musical field, music theory just doesn't come up. Glad I found your channel!
What i never understand about building chords from scales is this; when you're turning the notes into power chords, all of the notes you add are not necessarily in that scale. Here for instance the C# you need for the F# power chord wasnt in the scale. why is that okay? does that F# chord have a 'special' place in the scale?
![Demonstrating All 7 Modes in Parallel [MODAL MUSIC THEORY]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bwaeBUYcO5o/mqdefault.jpg)
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![How To Write a METAL Solo - Theory, Scales, Techniques, Strategies [GUITAR LESSON - COMPOSITION]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/wuSJHUhacmI/mqdefault.jpg)
![How to Sound Like Daft Punk, Tool, or EVERY Rock Band using Minor/Aeolian [Riffing With Modes #6]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/Bz_q96JhSOg/mqdefault.jpg)
Wow, I was close! My guess was Locrian + melodic minor) The C# (if in E) pops up here and there in Metallica songs, which sweetens them. Master of Puppets main riff, Creeping Death little bridge to verses, Spit out the bone interlude riff (the bass "solo") as a few examples of it. Great video Jake, and thanks for mentioning me! ;-)
Btw, if to analyse Megadeth this way, it might be basically the chromatic scale))
Andriy Vasylenko you are everywhere frrrrrieeennnnnd!!!!! 😂 love this channel!!
I came here to say the same thing, figures it would be you with the top comment here :D . Love your channel man!
I still can't get why people find and like almost every comment I leave on UA-cam))
lol. Yeah, thought the same thing about Megadeth near the start of this video xD haha The 'flow' is real; how one note, or note groups feel against another.
Megadeth likely would be the same, as Ride the Lightning and other such Metallica songs were written by Mustaine. Couple of Megadeth tunes with the same sorta thing off my mind: 1000 Times Goodbye, The Scorpion intro, Countdown to Extinction, Holy Wars, Devil's Island, Hook in Mouth, etc.
"It's not in the key of Em but who cares, I'm gonna use it 'cause it's evil" has got to be one of the best approaches to songwriting.
Yeah i agree😂😂
No
Certainly the most metal way to do it lmao
It's an E Natural Minor scale. You're thinking of E-Dorian minor. There are more than one minor scales you know. Here, try this Natural Harmonic scale used by Randy Rhoads: (E Natural Minor = E,F#,G,A,B,C,D#,E) It's the E Natural Minor scale only you sharp the 7th tone.
Haha
Dude... from a professional musician who loves Metal and plays Metal, Jazz and Classical, I have to say your way of explaining metal is genius. Congratulations brother!
No. No it isn't.
Thanks for this, I’m an older musician who enjoys learning different styles. This was extremely informational and just plain fun😎 You did an excellent job, and I will be looking for more of your videos!
Men curious you talk about jazz, I noticed that the b2 and the b5 in the minor scale are the respectives sevenths of the 3rd and the 6th chords, used a lot in jazz. Isn’t it the same scale, but in minor for Metallica and major for jazz?
Right?!
In 11 years of learning and playing guitar I have her very little interest in learning music theory. Mostly because this is a hobby for me and I have very little time. But......in just over 11 minutes he made me want to learn music theory. This was an epic video and lesson!
@@Douglas_I It's good when the guy explaining it isn't boring as shit.
"Who cares, were gonna use it cause it's evil"
Love it
I just learned more in 2:30 of your video than I do in the entire series of most youtubers. Excellent, concise, engaging. A really well structured video. Great job man.
YES YES YES
I love when a professional or a teacher is explaining things in a way someone understands, not just showing how clever they are, by throwing 100 theoretical terms to the pupils. Thank you very much! Genius video, to explain Metal in 11 minutes, great!!!
Really nicely done.
Funny seeing you here 🤔
Didn't think I'd see Adam here. A surprise sure, but a welcome one
Hi Adam! Nice to see you here.
Idk, not enough heterogeneity if I say so myself
I was just watching your videos, lol
00:35 - Video Summary
01:07 - The "Metallica Scale"
03:12 - Turning it into Powerchords
04:50 - Where it's heard
05:13 - Riff Strategies
06:19 - Pedaling
07:12 - The Metal Rhythm Holy Trinity
09:50 - Additional Theory and Final Thoughts
Wish scotts bass lessons would do this for his videos. Thanks!
I see soad reference I subscribe
Signals Music Studio yeah! Beat'em to it :)
Best Lesson Ever.
It doesn't necessarily have to be demonic.
It could just be human emotions, depressed, pissed off, anger, rage, hate, violence, war, or even just stress. Or it could be monsters from movies, fantasy and fiction, Godzilla, Frankenstein, Wolfman, Orcs, Goblins, dragons, vampires, aliens, those sorts of things. It doesn't have to be evil spirits or about dark spirituality. I don't know why people are so obsessed with that, or possessed by that? Could be sharks, or a car crash, or a swamp monster. Anything. It doesn't have to be Linda Blair or sewer clowns, or whatever. LOL. It's like Evil Dead was about deadites/kandarian demons, but in Army of Darkness it eventually was just Ash fighting a bunch of skeletons. Dark doesn't always have to be totally creepy. It can even be humorous. What is kind of weird is how many dark notes there are. Basically any note from the entire chromatic scale can be made to sound dark if you use it with the right combinations of notes. I wonder if that works in reverse? Hmmm...
Exodus have written about Piranha and even cannibalism, so that's a good thing. Satan and demons have become played out topics in metal. At the end of the day all we really want is good guitar playing and good musicianship all around.
62 year old late comer to guitar. I had so much fun with this. No longer stuck in the blues, which I love. Thank you. Newly christened metalhead.
Nice. Metal riffing sure is fun. I got back into playing last year after a long break.
You've probably been told this a million times but you've got a great voice, man. Deep and sonorous- a great DJ or reporter's kinda voice. Your musical knowledge is incredibly helpful as well!!
Right, his voice is pretty cool. Every word is perfectly articulate and clearly spoken.
True
5 years old and I am still watching your videos. Thanks!!!
I am enjoying the cheery tone in your voice while explaining/playing the disturbing tones on your guitar.
Just from the intro, this guy has become my favorite tips and instructions channel on UA-cam. Very original and informational
Brandon Bowe so far he’s tying up almost everything I’ve learned in music theory into digestive bits
9:14
I like how "nasty tritone" is "666666666" in tabs
Ty Hender devil's interval
It's the tritone of the root note of the scale. Not inaccurate.
It's the number of semitones from the root. A perfect fifth would be 7.
Another killer video by the internet’s most underappreciated guitar teacher. My metal career begins today!
6:10 accidentally rewrites Atlas, Rise
Lmao ur right
It's exactly when "it starts to sound more like metal" !
i thought that bit sounded awfully familiar haha
yeah ahahahahh they even are the same notes from one of the riffs from "Master Of Puppets"
oops xD
I'm a music graduate fan of music and theory for more than 20 years and I learned new possibilities with you!
i like your lessons!
Could we just appreciate how this man makes a f*cking awesome video with some really useful information (which I'll definitely be using) AND the fact that this man talks to the camera as if you're actually in a classroom or something with him? Good job man, keep up the good work!
AWESOME LESSON-I’ve written and played out some of my Metal Songs, “Mutant Bat Virus”, “Gallop Of The Four Horsemen”, and the “Contracting Expanse”. But recently I hit a plateau. You’re concise and well presented lesson not only gave me new concepts to work on but, also some embellishments to add to my previously recorded songs!
Keep Rocking and a million miles of thanks!!!!!!!
8:59 Bro, that is a legit riff. Like, a proper Metallica riff.
I’m impressed by how he can talk and play. Especially when he’s talking in general yet keeping perfect time. Man that’s hard to do!
it's been a few years but in another video, I recall him saying it took him a long time to learn how to do that
Producer: So Metallica, what scale is this song in? Minor, blues or phrygian?
Metallica: Yes
Diminished?? Specifically the half-whole diminished/ dominant dimished
😂😂😂
more like....
YEAH
Lmfao
Phrygian *is* a minor scale.
Signals Music Studio seems to be the most informative, intelligent, beneficial channel while at the same time being easy to understand and relatable. This guy knows his stuff, more than many of us could hope to learn in our lives. I really appreciate what is offered and I wish great success and happiness!!!
Thank you, good sir! 👍🏻🤘🏻🖤🎶🎥🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻👏🔥😈. Yeah, thank you, and Rock On!!!
HateHater
Check Adam Neely's channel
Thank me later
Leo Viegas oh, yes! Adam is great!
HateHater yup. And also I think that is a little bit better than this guy. signals studio is great though, but Adam has a music degree (he graduated from Berkeley).
Leo Viegas nice! Idk for sure what exactly it is, but I like Signals videos better. It might just be he's more relatable for me, maybe just how he explains stuff.. either way I'm glad we can have both! Rock on my friend!
Leo Viegas both are great
I keep coming back to this video over and over. Really great stuff man
Wow this was excellent!! As a long time guitarist and metal fan, you really nailed the simple theory behind the foundation of what you feel intuitively “just sounds good” and “metal” when you play. Basically it’s the minor scale + flat 2nd and flat 5th. That’s it! Then you can take it and run with it, mix it up, etc. But that nails the foundation. Thanks for explaining it in this way, adds a new level of understanding!
holy shit dude. I'm a metal guy, who plays guitar and I've never even heard of this stuff man. def need to try this out
The dude has to scream “SHAZAM!”
0:11 i was expecting a YEAH!!! Great content as always 10/10.
You helped me getting into metal music alot!
i've been struggling on how to get into metal music for long 4 years ago and never got a chances to learn but here i am (except piano keyboard which i already had basic) as a solo game developer, I didn't only want to program and hire people to work on things as im on a budget saving for a better PC, not only this saves me a lot of time but i've made a music that i wanted using this scale.
best nusic channel by far on the net. no bullshit, no long ass introductions. natural ability in front of a camera. keep it up.
“Demonic goofy metal goodness.”
I bet that is the name of Metallica’s next album.
Copyright pending. Lol
No it will be Fagtallica: Journey into the Abyss lol Megadeth
I wish.
dave mustaine taught them and the ripped him off thank the lord he left metalica and found god
@Rick 1776-1970 i also heard goopy, i guess he means that visual style when the letters are dripping or something, not entirely sure how its goopy
Thanks Mike Shinoda
Damn I can't unsee that now 😂😂
The whole thing is like a Bob Ross painting. Random color spot here and there and voila - perfect mountain range landscape. Here it is: basic power chord, some palm mutes in between and voila: almost perfect thrash metal riff in a minute. Really astounding. Great job.
Coming from a Metallica fanboy who knows absolutely nothing about music, I've got to say this video was super instructive. You have a great way to explain and teach, good job!
Dude….you’re the real master of justice for lighting. I effing love your channel.
Minor 'Em All
Ride The Minor
Minor of puppets
And Minor For All
The Minor Album
Minor
ReMinor
St. Minor
Death Minor
Minored... To Guitar Destruct
I’d think about changing ‘Ride the minor’. Not exactly the best album name
@@lewismisseldine5847 Thanks for convincing me to keep it the way it is. 👌
Lars's Wig no problem man. Happy to help
"Ride the minor"
*FBI WANTS TO KNOW YOUR LOCATION*
Let's not forget about "Minor Up Your Ass"
"This went on for a while" GOLD.
Great video
U basically put everything I've learned to do over the past 20 years into music speak
I couldn't explain the theory components or techi aspects of anything I hear(Metal riffs, chords, progressions, etc) or play by ear... So I know I have been a lucky sumbitsh w/the rare skillset to hear, dissect- then immediately apply to my songwriting, composing, & performing.
Ao, 20yrs, or 20k/tuition annually- it appears that I've been blessed!
This was the most practical course to metal riff writing I've ever come across. The simple explanation of the concept and then the immediate demonstration was awesome. I'm very rhythm and formula oriented so it resonated well with me. Thanks!
4 years old now this video, I’m glad I found it today (actually it found me of course). Very inspiring! The next step in my guitar journey. Thank you Jake! I hope you are alright .
That E-F at the beginning, with that distortion, made my mind continue it with Radiohead, Airbag intro.
This is a pretty damn good lesson. Would definitely help some aspiring metal heads. Keep metal alive!
not enough "YEEAAA-UHH's" in the intro, not true Metalica, 2/10
Sounds like Mustaine.
And too much gain.
He also didn't sue anyone in the intro. Fail.
MOOOORE GAIIIIN !!!! \m/
LOL.... xD
The most interesting thing is that minor scales are rich in chords.. and with this kind on "new" notes, omg you have an amazing oportunity to create somthing new and awesome...
The possibilities are endless
Exactly, you have the perspective.
Fantastic video! I just learned more in 11 minutes watching this video than I learned in the past 10 years.
One of the best videos I ever watched on this platform
5:41 slight different order could be master of puppets
6:30 reminds me of Creeping Death
6:41 reminds me of the outro to Seek and Destroy
6:30 reminds me of Am I Evil
@@charlescosio4821 yep
2:18 Frayed Ends Of Sanity
6:41 is super similar to a riff from Megadeth's Wake Up Dead, the part after the first solo, about a minute into the song.
8:13 eye of the beholder
Jake, your videos are very informative and you make it seem easy. Your metal playing is amazing. Just awesome
Jake, I wouldn't have been able to compose the music I make now without your channel. You're amazing.
This is the best metal guitar tutorial channel on yt hands down. You taught me so much more than anyone else it's unreal.
I got into theorie since 1year. I should have 25 years ago. It did so much to me. This is a great video as it introduce you to chromatic note (especially the evil dissonance) added to the minor scale. Music theorie is not rule to follow but, as mentioned a way to understand the music.
I recommend everyone to learn the diatonic scale and its 7 modes and from add the harmonic and melodic scale. I also use the neapolitan scale (it use the flat 2 et flat 5 and the major 7 notrs ...DISSONANCE).
Completing the scale arsenal you also need to learn the Diminished, and augmented scales.
As simple as that \m/
Yan Racicot
Youve been playing guitar for 25 years with no knowledge of theory? Man you probably suck horribly.
TheBenjammin5150 I don't know I never sucked anyone. Apparently you are the expert.
I hope Metallica sees this, they need some fresh riffs, LOL
They're too big of a band. Plus they dont care
bruh hardwired has some more than just “fresh” riffs on it
@@pallbearer1175 some riffs are just a different variation of an old riff
I don’t know how anyone can complain about a band that has released 10 studio albums and have done more live shows than anyone else.
@@AreEnTee "Too big of a band" are you saying they're not regular people that use youtube?
This is awesome!! Hope to see lessons for slayer and sepultura someday
one of the best youtube videos about making riffs
Exactly the video I was looking for ! I learned and understood more with this 11 minutes video than with any "lesson" on this website !!! Thank you !
Any chance of a neoclassical style lesson? :) Be really cool to hear you give your take on Yngwie/Romeo/Becker/etc!
Muhammed Suicmez
Listen again, at leaste when I listen to Far Beyond the Sun live version i hear pure awesomeness and never think of the technical part of it. He might of influenced a generation of speed shredders but thats not what he was about, Malmsteen uses it as a means to an end, not the end itself.
This is very tempting.... It's a little niche and is sort of outside of my interest these days but I have some very simple methods to crafting neoclassical shreddery. It'd be a LOT of fun though, you may see a vid about this soon =D
Todd Tolson "in minor, of course" *LOL*
Todd Tolson his taste declined after that accident. His Alcatrazz stuff was amazing imho.
Wow, I can't believe I haven't seen this earlier. This is the most helpful video I think I've ever watched!
Pretty sure this channel will have 100K subs real soon . This is awesome content
thank you :)
I so wish that music theory was presented in this format back in the day, the A/V makes it easy to understand the building blocks of music. Thank you so much for taking the time to produce these videos and put them up there for wannabes like me to enjoy.
6:44 "we usually call that pedaling when we constantly return to a consistent note" - ok man!! I've been searching for a word for this for over a decade. I believe this is a Baroque technique (I play Baroque keyboard music), one of the many neo-classical things in metal, and I've asked on classical forums and metal forums for years and years what this technique was called. While "pedaling" sounds a bit modern and probably isn't exactly what I'm looking for, at least in the classical music sense, I finally have *something*. Absolutely incredible :)
Love the way you explain and teach! Great vids!!
Thanks for sharing!
I was listening to Sepultura and Nuclear Assualt today and they were indeed using the evil F to E and E to F.
This scale for melody is an equivalent of what "OUGH" and "YEAH" are for lyrics
Greatly composed video. Never learned that much in 10 mins before! Stay awesome, mate!
Great video and thanks for including the reference to the locrian … that’s the bit where it motivated me to comment.
Understanding that we have a music system built on 12 semi tones in one octave and all the respective derivatives in scales, modes and chords is one thing, how to use them constructively, is what I find as the biggest challenge.
Thanks for opening the door for us on that schematic approach along with the worked examples you played.
I've been writing songs in this style for years, you did an awesome job explaining it. But now everyone will know the secret!
Btw, I know it's not fully correct, but I tend to just say E Phrygian with b5 but I guess it's all semantics
You’re not down picking, not Metallica enough.
"Metallica scale" = chromatic scale
MJ Trace
😂😂😂😂
Metallica use a lot of up picking with their rhythm especially the first 4 albums
😂Sam Kinison😂 Nono, that's the Slayer scale
glenn sawyer James Hetfield is known for only down picking.
8:58 Death - Evil Dead
awesome I'm going to be writing with this scale I never wrote a metal song before I can't wait!
As if you don't already know, and if it wasn't BLOODY OBVIOUS to anyone with an open and honest mind - you are REALLY FUCKING TALENTED and a kind spirit for bothering to share your knowledge with the rest of the world, really appreciate all that you do!!!
I was gonna say the Locrian/Minor scale or Locrian modal interchange something like that. Since Kirk is a student of Satriani I can assume he's well knowledged about modes. I've also heard him say Wherever I May Roam is the Locrian mode with a Dominant solo.
The solo in that song is mostly Phrygian Dominant. The main riff feels like phrygian but uses lots of extra notes, including the tritone and the major 7th. The verse as well uses a bV chord, way outside of any E key but fits fine in "E Metallica". The bridge goes through a straight ascending Double Harmonic Major scale, and its LOVELY!
Signals Music Studio If it wasn't for Misirlou I would probably have forgotten the Double Harmonic Major.
The Locrian b4, Lydian dominant or phrygian dominant is over played.
The N6 = harmonic min b2 or melodic min b2 are also EMATIC scales
Joe wrote a song on Engine of Creation using an Ematic scales..
He went more in depth...rather than just playing linear
he study chords within them...after he got done noodling (fucking around.lol)
he was like...WTF..didnt people notice that shit was WEIRD.lmao
Never the less...You can play A double harmonic min with a b7...
it'll just be one of the modes from the N6...
Harmonic min b5 or Melodic min b5
From A as the root....for clearity
A Harmonic min b5 = D dorian b2, #4,...F mix, #2, #4
A Melodic min b5 = D lydian dominant b2...lmao
The F mix #2, #4 is just F Hungerian MAJOR
This way you can play is as Dominant too.lmao
Half or FULL diminished.
MAJ or min
You'll get use to it...if you play A lydian b3 over the minor's TONIC.
You can make it minor or FULL diminihsed...All b3 intervals.
AKA the devils's INTERVALS...ya evil bastards.lmao
Or you can take the MArty approch....just FUCK the pentatonic scale.
Fuck it all up....What he meant was...play the other 7 notes too.lmao
Wow, found this this video totaly random - but it helped me alot. Keep up the great work. Def. worth the sub! Cheers \m/
great lesson, effective teaching. thank you!
Thank you so much. I really enjoyed watching this. I've been playing metallica for more than 27 years and never understood anything about music theory. I wish there was UA-cam back then...
As a drummer with trying to write riffs so that I can take advantage of my perfect pitch, this video answered a lot of questions I had about this topic, especially explaining the relationships between notes in the scales/modes. This is awesome, thank you so much.
You probably forgot an important thing in composing them, (or chose to omit because this IS a theory vid) which is the right hand technique included. Tho this is a theory vid, adding stuff like downpicking every note gives a lot of grit and at the same time acts as a sort of compressor, making sure that every note you pick is loud and has the same relative volume and attack as the last note. Another thing is adding the octave in your powerchord whenever a long duration of a single powerchord is played. It gives a ton of girth and sounds thick as fck. All that aside, great video and this makes me wanna pick up my guitar and write riffs again.
All good points! I honestly feel like I could break this video down into a dozen different videos with more detail, but I'm trying to cram in as much as I can in 10 minutes. Attention spans are short these days ya know =P
Thanks for this info, I'm trying to learn this stuff and this is a good orientation video for me. So thanks again for what you do and share.
Signals Music Studio Amen to that.
MiCaCasTuCaCa A good band to start practicing riff composing is just about as good as any other, but I do recommend starting off with the Big 4 (Met, Megadeth, Slayer and Anthrax) which are all great foundations for heavy, standard tuning riffs. If ya wanna take it up a notch, try Nuclear Assault, Machine Head, Judas Priest or maybe even 5FDP. They make some of the tastiest and heaviest riffs IMO, but who knows. The world is big and there are a lot of bands.
Nepzd have you heard the riffage on the last couple of Stryper albums. They are killer. Check out God Damn Evil, their latest record.
Walking up the minor scale to the fifth, then stepping down to the tritone, I can't *not* think of In the Hall of the Mountain King
Great song.
Bozo took the time to bold
8:21 actually sounds almost like Disposable Heroes' verse riff :D
No-No, it is "Eye of the beholder" intro :)
Doubt you check these but man, this is the best video I’ve watched in a while. Very helpful to someone who just hit a year of playing and got into riffing
I find myself making up riffs with these exact notes, not having any idea about the scale. They just sound heavy, and disturbing. Makes for perfect METAL!!! Great video, bro.
The Frayed Ends of Sanity is literally the first song that came to mind when he just played the F and Bb back and forth
Same
Oh-we-oh! Ohhhh-oh!
2:19
And that, gentlemen, is how you write The Frayed Ends of Sanity.
That's a really fun song to jam on.
And Room for one More by Anthrax.
8:08 It sounds like Eye of The Beholder by Metallica
Very informative and the aeolian/locrian mixed is the great summary. You effectively broke down how simple (and boring) the metal riff constructions are!
Grazie. Hai spiegato in un modo incredibile in solo 10 minuti un argomento molto complesso da capire.
6:38 You just created a Rammstein riff right there.
Yeah, it sounds a bit like the one from sehnsucht
slayer
“Demonic goopy metal goodness” hahaha!!!
2:20 he just took the pants off "The Frayed Ends of Sanity".
Never knew I’ve been playing it all along😂. Those beats you explain made me think of how I pick. Like just randomly. And just randomly play the 3,5,7,9,12 frets. Bar them and just make anything up basically. Do the same on different strings and make anything up. That’s awesome🤘🏽😎🎸.
I made a comment literally yesterday to a musician friend of mine to the effect of "I'm not creative enough to write music I'm too formulaic. There's no equation to write music." Thank you for showing me the way. I guess unless you're majoring in a musical field, music theory just doesn't come up. Glad I found your channel!
3:06 This almost sounds like master of puppets. Cool!
Lil J Wtf? Which part?
Połlisz Slaw the very end
Aaah yep i got it
That voice...Radio bruh
1:43 sound like airbag from radiohead....
this is life changing. So well explained, relevant, concise (thank you for fwding through you nooding!), and just made sense for once! Thank you
Starts with a crazy flashy intro and litteraly a second later
"Good evening, im jake lizzio"
love it
What i never understand about building chords from scales is this; when you're turning the notes into power chords, all of the notes you add are not necessarily in that scale. Here for instance the C# you need for the F# power chord wasnt in the scale. why is that okay? does that F# chord have a 'special' place in the scale?
I'll be doing a lesson on that shortly- power chord music theory. Stay tuned!
Why wouldn't it be ok?
The F#5 chord could be used for a temporary mode change from the Mixed Locrian/Aeloean scale to the Phrygian/Dorian Mixed Scale.
In metal people often play power chords that contain notes outside of the scale anyway
8:10 “Shortest Straw” - Metallica
Actually Eye of the beholder.
The God That Failed exactly what I said too lol
It was almost “In the Hall of the Mountain King” so many times
I've watched a LOT of riff writing videos, and this is easily one of the most useful
This has to be the best video ever on writing riffs.. thanks!