How To Write Catchy Pop Punk Guitar Leads

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  • @maverickpanda
    @maverickpanda 5 років тому +72

    This seriously needs to be a series it’s so good

  • @BlakeMcConnellMusic
    @BlakeMcConnellMusic  6 років тому +35

    all gear used is in the description, hopefully this was helpful and brought you through some interesting techniques and the theory behind them. thank you for watching. the songs in the video are: the wonder years - woke up older, neck deep - cant kick up the roots, knuckle puck - swing, the story so far - framework

    • @sondeland9041
      @sondeland9041 4 роки тому

      What tunning did you use in the video

    • @RamanN00B
      @RamanN00B 4 роки тому

      do you have tabs for these parts? also great video!

    • @SirSoloSoul
      @SirSoloSoul 3 роки тому

      Are you currently in a band?

  • @Sleepyhumphrey
    @Sleepyhumphrey 6 років тому +92

    Learning scales is a must in playing the guitar I just learned scales a couple months ago and trust me it’s so much easier

    • @MatthewPusey44
      @MatthewPusey44 6 років тому +15

      I find what really helped me was playing the scales over a backing track in the same key, that was what changed it from playing a scale on sequence to being able to improvise.

    • @Sleepyhumphrey
      @Sleepyhumphrey 6 років тому +4

      Matthew P if you need too find a song key use tunebat. It’s an amazing website

    • @uprii
      @uprii 2 роки тому

      what scales? and what do they do

    • @RabbiB0Y
      @RabbiB0Y 11 місяців тому

      Not really

  • @antoinejackson493
    @antoinejackson493 6 років тому +42

    You do not know how long I have been waiting for a video like this.
    Time to break out the strat

    • @mightylo5980
      @mightylo5980 3 роки тому +2

      Time to break out the Tom delonge strat

  • @gleebybooer
    @gleebybooer 6 років тому +14

    Thanks for making this man, I clicked on this and knew that you would be one of the best to listen to because of the sheer amount of music content you pump out. Your covers are a godsend man, thanks for the videos👍

  • @nitjared6148
    @nitjared6148 6 років тому +25

    my favorite pop punk leads are the hammer-on pull-offy ones in songs like the intro of staircase wit and the secondary intro riff in empty space.

    • @nitjared6148
      @nitjared6148 6 років тому

      with lots of open strings. i suppose this is more popular in twinkly-midwest emo bands but it fits into pop punk well too.

  • @evan.snider
    @evan.snider Рік тому +1

    Blake these are great videos. Keep up the work!!

  • @MatthewPusey44
    @MatthewPusey44 6 років тому +1

    Thanks, Blake! I've been looking for something like this for a while, really helps me understand what they're doing. Giving it a go now.

  • @THATguyTOMO
    @THATguyTOMO 5 років тому +1

    As a Rhode Islander, I appreciate the Providence College books and stuff you rep. Keep rockin bud!

  • @tessamekers
    @tessamekers 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you so much for this video, lots of useful information! Will definitely check out the rest of your channel.

  • @Gabingus69
    @Gabingus69 9 місяців тому

    Thanks man, very useful and informative

  • @YourManAlexSmith
    @YourManAlexSmith 3 роки тому

    This was really helpful!

  • @tylerrenfrow6572
    @tylerrenfrow6572 6 років тому +1

    More stuff like this! Very helpful!

  • @OmnipotentSag
    @OmnipotentSag 11 місяців тому

    The 4th and 5th ways are using a lower note over a higher string and clusters utilizing diads and triads. -=80)

  • @alexzemaitis1207
    @alexzemaitis1207 Місяць тому +1

    What song is at 0:00?

  • @lofipoppunkradio
    @lofipoppunkradio 3 роки тому +2

    Dude your guitar tone is absolutely epic! How do you get about it?

  • @andresstoner5839
    @andresstoner5839 9 місяців тому

    AWESOME AS USUAL! Can you do any of Good Charlotte, any of the first 3 albums?

  • @TeamPaidToDrive
    @TeamPaidToDrive 3 роки тому +1

    More videos like this if possible! Maybe some acoustic rhythms and leads? (unless you already have those videos?) 👍 🤘

  • @trippowen
    @trippowen 5 років тому +24

    Is there tabs for the song you demonstrated in this video?

  • @tylercrone1660
    @tylercrone1660 5 років тому +1

    most helpful video I've seen, great job and thank you

  • @kintaro_f
    @kintaro_f 4 роки тому

    awesome tutorial, that lead octave riff was absolute killer 🤘

  • @FakePlasticDrummer6
    @FakePlasticDrummer6 5 років тому

    Cant Kick Up the Roots is one of the best Neck Deep songs! Love that its in the background

  • @TheProTalentGaming
    @TheProTalentGaming 5 років тому +3

    Can you make a video on how to write a rhythm part to match a lead?

  • @Gringooo88
    @Gringooo88 6 років тому +1

    This is a great video, would love to see a rhythm approached one

  • @MrMixolydian7
    @MrMixolydian7 2 роки тому

    Great video. Thank you! Did you go to law school? I used to work at a college bookstore and recognize those books below your sign.

  • @mateuslacerda7413
    @mateuslacerda7413 4 роки тому

    He looks like the film director character from Mulholland Drive.

  • @SelinaNotSelina
    @SelinaNotSelina 6 років тому +2

    how to get me to watch teh video: have a paramore picture as the background. i still liked the video tho :)

    • @nehemiahzo_
      @nehemiahzo_ 5 років тому

      SelinaNotSelena while Paramore is a decent band, the singer in most songs is literally just talking about boys and boyfriends and it makes me want to die

  • @pucksheet4456
    @pucksheet4456 3 роки тому

    thanks man

  • @KaliDreamer
    @KaliDreamer 5 років тому +4

    Great video-what song is that @2:15

    • @Candpals
      @Candpals 4 роки тому

      Kali Dreamer Swing by Knuckle Puck! Incredible song and one of my favorite guitar intros out there!

  • @SamC_182
    @SamC_182 6 років тому

    Great video

  • @peik5569
    @peik5569 6 років тому +4

    How do you find new music to listien to? And how could I get my own band's music to your ears?

    • @MatthewPusey44
      @MatthewPusey44 6 років тому +4

      I normally look for pop punk news / release blogs and check back once a week, scroll through and see what's new. Spotify does me well with the discover feature and Mondays weekly playlist. Also check out reddit.com/r/poppunkers, hope this helps.

    • @peik5569
      @peik5569 6 років тому

      @@MatthewPusey44 Thanks mate!

    • @MatthewPusey44
      @MatthewPusey44 6 років тому

      @@peik5569 No problem buddy, rock on

    • @nitjared6148
      @nitjared6148 6 років тому

      look through bandcamp.com. follow youtube recommendation rabbit holes. The best finds are the small bands no one really knows.

  • @Sleepyhumphrey
    @Sleepyhumphrey 6 років тому

    See what I do is I’ll search up a song on tunebat to find the song key and I’ll just play along those scales in order to find the notes it’s a lot easier then tabs. Tabs may be easy to find the notes but it’s a lot funner if you do scales and learn by ear and is also 2 birds with one stone. I’m also a singer to so I use my guitar too figure out vocal notes

  • @Aezthet1C
    @Aezthet1C 6 років тому +2

    Can you share the guitar tabs?

  • @jamessouthern7823
    @jamessouthern7823 2 роки тому

    what play style would blink be considered out of the 3 u mentioned

  • @brandonreyes-castellanos9408
    @brandonreyes-castellanos9408 6 років тому +19

    When recording the rhythm and lead guitars together, do you eq them the same?

    • @BlakeMcConnellMusic
      @BlakeMcConnellMusic  6 років тому +14

      yeah in this video they’re just identical for the sake of time and efficiency. if i was doing it for real they’d be completely independent

  • @SpaceyDamoto
    @SpaceyDamoto 5 років тому +4

    0:00 Name Of Song?

    • @IanHaghighat
      @IanHaghighat 5 років тому +3

      Woke Up Older by The Wonder Years

  • @lightartorias552
    @lightartorias552 4 роки тому +1

    Great video! And awesome personality! I usually dread listening to someone explain guitar stuff, but you had food energy and a chill vibe. I had fun checking out your video. Please make more how to's! I am now subbed 🤘
    (Also, cool thing including your Gamertag. It would be pretty chill if you played rainbow six siege)

  • @nicholaskaprielian3379
    @nicholaskaprielian3379 3 роки тому

    Any chance you can tab out what you played for each part?

  • @alexispgls1498
    @alexispgls1498 4 роки тому

    where is the candle ?? :) good job

  • @eliot_3475
    @eliot_3475 4 роки тому

    can someone tell me the song that plays at 2:14

  • @sam-oy5xx
    @sam-oy5xx 6 років тому

    thank you!

  • @beatlesrulez1995
    @beatlesrulez1995 9 місяців тому

    Sounds like most of Sum 41😅. Great tutorial nonetheless

  • @Iamkenuff
    @Iamkenuff 6 років тому +1

    @blakemcconnel are you in law school? I noticed those books in the background and they look like my law school books.

    • @BlakeMcConnellMusic
      @BlakeMcConnellMusic  6 років тому

      yes those are some of my old 1L books. i'm currently a 2L

    • @afterrabbits
      @afterrabbits 6 років тому

      what university do you attend? @blake

  • @jamiecovers451
    @jamiecovers451 4 роки тому +1

    What tuning are you using I'm trying to follow but your guitar sound totally different to mine I'm in Drop D DADGBE. Edit: your actually in D standard not Drop D so to follow you'd have to tune to C# G# C# F# A# D#

    • @markcm
      @markcm 4 роки тому

      I was wondering the same, I heard it announced as “drop-D” but it sounded off when I tried to follow along. It sounds to me more like drop-D tuned down a half step?

    • @sebastianlindon8992
      @sebastianlindon8992 2 роки тому +2

      "You're actually in D standard"
      "To follow you'd have to tune to (proceeds to list drop C# tuning)"
      What kind of drugs are you on dude

  • @toadetteremotewithwiimotio3330
    @toadetteremotewithwiimotio3330 4 роки тому +1

    „...Is using the Major Scale“
    *laughing in Sum 41*

  • @okkyadmojo1739
    @okkyadmojo1739 5 років тому

    Could anyone plese tell me what song he used as for backsound(all songs in this video)
    Thanks
    A
    Lot

    • @nathan-hq2jw
      @nathan-hq2jw 5 років тому

      i shazam’d it, it’s woke up older by the wonder years

  • @isetmfriendsofire
    @isetmfriendsofire 4 роки тому

    I'm a little confused, I won't lie.
    So what are you doing with the octave leads specifically, when compared to just playing the basic 4 octaves?

    • @johnnylifts8385
      @johnnylifts8385 3 роки тому +1

      The 4 octaves is the exact same melody pitched an octave higher basically. The same empty space that’s left from the rythym guitar will still be there, lead guitar should make fill the mix more but not only that, add to and harmonize the rythym melody. Use more notes than the rythym guitar on the off beats

  • @veryhairylarry1036
    @veryhairylarry1036 4 роки тому

    nice

  • @Esho5196
    @Esho5196 6 років тому +9

    You a law student? I’m pretty sure we have the same Property book lol

    • @BlakeMcConnellMusic
      @BlakeMcConnellMusic  6 років тому +9

      yes, i’m a 2L currently. thankfully forever finished with property

    • @Esho5196
      @Esho5196 6 років тому +9

      @@BlakeMcConnellMusic Hell yeah man! 1L right now, in the thick of property. Stoked to see another pop punk lovin future attorney out there

  • @mxtchhhhh
    @mxtchhhhh 6 років тому

    The sample parts you put together for the video sound WSTR as fuck

    • @BlakeMcConnellMusic
      @BlakeMcConnellMusic  6 років тому

      i just realized the single note one is super similar to lonely smiles by wstr

  • @TheLexiconDevils
    @TheLexiconDevils 3 роки тому

    Just listen to the Buzzcocks

  • @januescandallo8436
    @januescandallo8436 6 років тому

    COOOOL

  • @nehemiahzo_
    @nehemiahzo_ 5 років тому

    Help! I love punk but every time I play it I get death core instead. Please end me!

    • @nehemiahzo_
      @nehemiahzo_ 5 років тому

      Sorry I mean help

    • @nehemiahzo_
      @nehemiahzo_ 5 років тому

      No I don’t

    • @koronahoe6943
      @koronahoe6943 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/4Pjfr_MLeSY/v-deo.html this might help

  • @yudhabengbeng
    @yudhabengbeng 4 роки тому

    In 5:14 , what's name the technic?

  • @antagonist8765
    @antagonist8765 5 років тому +3

    dude you need subtitles!

  • @edmlampung4199
    @edmlampung4199 2 роки тому

    Pop punk + troffical house 👇 ua-cam.com/video/YtHIpONETwI/v-deo.html

  • @sickstickcontrol
    @sickstickcontrol 4 роки тому

    Can I hire you to play guitar on a punk EP i'm writing?

  • @hadinasrallah8928
    @hadinasrallah8928 5 років тому

    what amps do you use? and if you use digital amps like bias fx what settings would you recommend as a starting block

  • @nehemiahzo_
    @nehemiahzo_ 5 років тому

    @BlakeMcConnell how did you eq the guitars

  • @ericcoombs
    @ericcoombs 4 роки тому

    It’s a no-brainer. I’ve been playing guitar for 15yrs and I’ve always been playing the same genre. When I hear “pop-punk” I think... NOFX, MxPx, Blink-182, Green Day, Allister, Rise Against and many more. You know you begin to date yourself when all the bands who people now claim as “pop-punk” are not what you know of as such... I’m 32yrs old now. All these new bands don’t have that sound

  • @MichelOsef
    @MichelOsef 6 років тому +3

    Great video, but... the background music is just too loud, it's making it hard to really understand everything you're saying.

  • @Gabingus69
    @Gabingus69 9 місяців тому

    You in law school or something? Can’t help but notice the law books.

  • @metalheadblues
    @metalheadblues 4 роки тому

    I'm a bit tired of metal , time for some pop punk!

    • @koronahoe6943
      @koronahoe6943 4 роки тому

      ua-cam.com/video/4Pjfr_MLeSY/v-deo.html

  • @queti9678
    @queti9678 2 роки тому

    :)

  • @kecoadisko77
    @kecoadisko77 5 років тому

    Can you add the subtitle on indonesian language ??

  • @calebeaton1503
    @calebeaton1503 5 років тому

    Dude you need to add tabs in your video its annoying just listening and trying to follow along

  • @anthonyholmes3457
    @anthonyholmes3457 4 роки тому

    Amazing video