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The Legend of the Rent was way Hardcore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They may not be the best for writing entire pieces of music, but for a phrase in a guitar solo or just one riff in a song, they are absolutely wonderful.
As a metalhead, this is some of the best shit I've seen. I knew about diminished 7th for a long time but never knew how much I could get from them. That lick you played is seriously worthy of the best metal bands. Stellar. Thanks man!
Great vid! The first moment I was aware of this kind of progression was in Opeth's "The Leper Affinity" around the 3 minute mark. Thanks for breaking down just what's happening with this "briny bubbling demonic sound" (awesome description).
I’ve been on YT a long time and have never subscribed to anyone, I’ve always been in extreme death and blackmetal bands. Vocals/guitar. As I grow older and my hair grays I’ve opened up to more writing/listening styles. I dig your “teaching” method and your radio! voice is calming to me. I’m subscribing to you in hopes that after tomorrow or maybe the next day (the time I’ll dedicate to watching your stuff) THAT you’ll continue posting. Cheers buddy!
>a minor third is three half steps That is only half the definition. It also needs to be three pitch-classes apart, too. F-Ab is a minor third; F-G# is not. F-Ab-B-D is not an Fo7, that's an inverted Bo7.
You're absolutely correct. I accept all criticism towards me when it comes to my disregard for enharmonic equivalents. I'm going to be making a "disclaimer video" shortly that mentions how viewers need to balance my approach towards music theory and this comment will probably make an apperance. Long story short, I skip over many important theoretical concepts in order to get people writing and making music as quickly as possible. I can't rationalize spending time explaining enharmonics in a video like this where I just want to demonstrate a dim7 arp built off F.
Signals Music Studio As a music teacher, I can respect simplifying a complicated topic to quickly explain it to people new to the subject. I'm glad you actually know the differences and aren't just misinformed and talking about something you don't understand, something I see far too often on TH-cam. I look forward to the bonus explainer video!
@@nicolamorales7081 They are not "literally" the same note. Just because they share the same sound doesn't make them the same note. Diminished harmony is difficult to get right and it's understandable to get parts of it wrong but that doesn't mean that just because two chords sound the same that they are the same chord.
@@AnAmericanComposer "Just because they share the same sound it doesn't make them the same note". Could you please explain this? Isn't the note just a the name for the sound (frequency)?
Ive been dabbling with guitar since my teens....(I'm now 40++ lol) playing " by ear and what sounds good"....after picking the guitar back up I wanted to truly learn and have been working on acalea learning the fret board correct and a much. I came across ypur channel today and am blown away at the way every thing you teach is explained in a way to not only understand but grab the guitar and start working on the lessons and see it all come together......got a new dedicated follower today great lessons!!!!
I’ve heard this exact sound before with the m3 interval sound, and I’m so glad I now know exactly what it was! I think I know what to add to a song I wrote a while ago…
Great lesson! One of my favorite players, Jeff Loomis, uses Dim7 arpeggios a lot. My favorite example is from the solo in "The River Dragon Has Come" by Nevermore. It uses a repetitive pattern of these arpeggios alongside some chromatics in a way that works out to be really musical and a great fit for the song.
I NEVER comment on videos. I’m not even a guitar player (I play drums, learning bass, and I’m starting to compose) and I absolutely love your videos. The content is great, really knowledgeable and applicable. Not only that, but I can tell you’re really passionate about teaching, and I love seeing you have fun with it with these silly intros. Please keep it up! If I have any recommendations, I want to learn more of the modes of harmonic and melodic minor. Thank you again!
Between the Buried and Me - Augment of Rebirth intro came instantly to mind after hearing the first arpeggio run. Figured out its secret with no prior knowledge of its tab. I'm proud, thank you, Jake!
Amazing how at 5:46, the superimposed screens disappear and... that hanging painting on the wall hits you as the analog response to the "4 screens in one" you used to illustrate the cluster of arpeggios. When "So that is what all four harmonies would sound like" met "So that is what all four harmonies would LOOK LIKE". BOOOOM!!!
I've learned more from watching your channel for a day than I've learned from 12 years of music lessons for four different instruments. I'm in shock that you don't have more subscribers, man.
There is a Band called Viremia they also use a lot of diminished Arpeggios in a quite cool way. Some Parts of your piece really remind me of a more soft Version of that band . Nice Video as always
Good day, I dont know if this will get to you but so far this is the most understandable lesson for dim7's. Pleas put tags in this video because whenever I type Diminished 7 it does't appear on the results. Please put as much tags on this video as you can coz this is really helpful. Thank you! More Power!
The only TH-cam channel I love to watch everytime... even when I sleep I use to listen to his teachings!... Awesome Jake!! Love from Nagaland_ Northeast India💕
Testament started this diminished stuff and it sounded cool as f.... ( Take a listen to "Confusion Fusion" from the "Practice what you preach" album ) A few years later Cannibal Corpse and app. 99% of all brutal death metal bands used it. It sounds dark, chaotic.... just utterly COOL !
Hey, just a tip from a recent subscriber who usually gets your videos through my stream, sometimes older ones, sometimes recent ones: Would you consider adding to your titles some sort of indicator of how advanced your individual videos are? I really enjoy your videos and will probably end up watching most of them. I'm a teacher, so I can probably get something out of your perspectives on various levels. But an indicator as described would be welcome as a tool to choose my desired level of immersion in the moment. #millennial I imagine such an indicator would help giving people at different levels an appropriate feeling of mastery, as well: If a beginner really jived with one of your videos, where you extruded your usual relaxation about the theory, and they felt safe in exploring, but then encountered your similar easy going attitude at levels way above their heads, that might sabotage some of that self-esteem bonus I think they really get from watching your videos.
Been working on a song and have a section that I knew was bland and missing something. I think this is exactly what it needs. Subbed. You're a kickass teacher.
This is basically a video of how play like Jeff Loomis but like the simple way! Lol It's awesome though! Jeff just stretches the fuck out of these licks!!!
I just subscribed a few minutes ago thanks to a different video, but if I hadn't, I'd have subscribed purely on the basis of this video's thumbnail alone (Legend is my favorite movie of all time :-) )
It’s useful in death metal and other subgenres of metal that favor ugliness and evil. I’m not a music theory expert by ANY means but I’ve come up with some cool stuff using minor 2nds, minor 3rds, and tritones over the years. It helps that I play that kind of music lol. It’s also useful to note that you can use perfect 4ths and 5ths to move around without adding “color”, so it preserves the chaos you’re creating with the evil internals.
Hi, Jake. I think you did a good job of discussing some of the things that writers and players can actually do with diminished seventh arpeggios and patterns in their music. Thanks for a straightforward, useful video.
Your instruction is top notch as always. You have helped me progress faster than I ever could just messing around on my own. I kinda want ro reguest an instructional for the solo to Bark at the Moon. It has been a long time goal of mine to nail that whole song but I am stuck on the last half of the solo. Thanks for the vids so far!
Loved the video, but the explanation on music theory is confusing. *Theory rant* Because you wrote it *F Ab B D* you essentially wrote out a Bminor7b5 chord in second position or a B half diminished 7. However, being built off the root of F, the notes should be *F Ab Cb Ebb* to spell out the fully diminished 7th chord. I can understand enharmonic equivalents make them sound identical when played in that position and most people would probably feel more comfortable not saying *Cb* and *Ebb* . *Theory rant over* . This video is spectacular considering some don't even think of diminished chords as being viable for normal use, let alone harmonization. Using all the chords in a given scale at will open up plenty of doors in music.
One thing I like to do with diminished arpeggios is go up with them on a song to build suspense and then going back into a mode or letting out a sustained root note at the end. It sounds wonderful, anyone reading this should give it a try :)
The piece sounds like dream theatre .... Thanx man!!! Really helped me.. always thought about how can I use dim7 sound !!?! I think after watching your video , some ideas grew in my head...
I first heard harmonized diminished 7th arpeggios at the end of the first solo in The Leper Affinity by Opeth. It's got a cool vibe when used in context like that.
This channel is badass! It's also crazy to think I live like 55 minutes away from you in Roscoe, IL. I'm a music theory/technique nerd and play in the band Cacotopia.
Really really great video. I love the way you explain the "evilness" in playing something so randomly cool. Just another badazz tool for the book my brother!! Cant wait to put this in some of my original wacky evil tunes...lmfao. Much love coach!
Did Ardra give you the skills to play those arpeggios? -No, I learned how to build them with guitar theory. Did Ardra teach you those practice shapes? -No, I looked them up in a guitar lesson book. Did Ardra even lift one finger to demonstrate even the most BASIC of diminished riffs? -N-no, I took lessons once a week from a professional guitar instructor who showed me how to get started. Well, it sounds to me like - with a lot of dedication and hard work - you managed to learn diminished arpeggios all on your own, without Ardra!
The Harmonic MAJOR and Harmonic Minor...VII, II, IV. vi chords both are Possible FULL diminished, FULL DIMISNISHED are SYMMETRICAL = All b3 or WH INTERVAL From A Harmonic min G#...B....D....F.........B....D.....F....G# VII Loc b4, bb7 II Loc Maj6 IV Dor #4 vi Lyfian #2 C Harmonic MAJOR...= ion b6( Ab) B D F Ab VII Lo, bb7 II Dor b5 IV lyd b3 vi Aeo b1...converted to ion #2, #4, #5 They're not the same scale... what it dose mean is you can play any of these full diminished into MAJOR or Min Keys as A MAJOR or A min...........C MAJOR or C min or like this... G7 into C MAJOR or C min E7 into A MAJOR or A min The harmonic min b5 and melodic minor b5 both also have possible FULL diminished I, iii, v, VI chords What you do is VAMP the Lydian b3...IV of harmonic MAJOR Aka...Lydian DIMINISHED or inverted over the minor's TONIC A lydian b3......instead of F lydian b3 ( C Harmonic MAJOR) It'll help you get used to altering that chord to a possible full diminised.. But...you were used to that play A minor pentatonic Blues variation 1 The A harmonic min b5 is the III chord of F HUNGERIAN MAJOR Ion...#2, #4, b7.... it's simular to Lydian b3 or Lydian #2. You'll simply get F7 too....or it's now MAJOR or min Half or FULL diminished. A The Melodic min b5...will also give you D lydian dominant b2 Augmented chords are also SYMMETRICAL G#. C, E.........C...E...G# From A harmonic minor....you could had play G# AUGMENTED or C augmented into F min/Maj7 why would it be help to alter the A min to A dim?? You could had play A dim...B dim into C Melodic min.. instead of F7...G7 into C min all de time... Harmonic min b2 or Melodic min b2 You can modulate to G minor ...ish The A dim will simply turn into the II chord from the Minor's tonic count A melodic min b2 will simply turn it in Bb AUGEMTNED...as the iii chord of G minor..ish.... You counld also play Bb Augmetned to B min /D MAJOR... Just try it...it'll be as if you played A# augmented into B Harmonic minor. It'll help you get used to playing the FULL diminished (WH/HW) you can stack it...whatever...such as play DOMINANT chords every b3 intervals. If you get lost or need help..the MESSIANI MODE will help you get used to playing different intervals of SYMMETRICAL scales.. such as the WHOLE TONE... It's continus learning process... There's 9 -ea PARALLEL (diatonic) 7 NOTES scales... That's 63 MODES...not just only 7 or 21 I nevered Had guitar lessons becuase I was a problem child wanting to play the DEVIL's MUSIC.......BLACK in BLACk....Lmao Angus be playing E DORIAN ish...with b5 throw in here and there 1, b3, b5,6. or There's many reasons I dunnn play in a church band either... 1, b3, b5, bb7.....AKA DEvils' INTERVAL's....which is BANNED by the Church BACH is my Hero.lmao Roben FORD...also has lessons how to apply is in blue ish riffs
Didn't recieve a text notification of this video, checked to make sure the bell was clicked, turns out I was unsubscribed. TH-cam is getting out of hand.
Most of the harmonising examples sound like something you'd hear in a NES game from the 80s like Castlevania or something. Though 6:31 reminds me of The Residents. Love it!
1:38 That's supposed to be F - Ab - Cb - Ebb. I know it's easier to understand B instead of Cb and D instead of Ebb, but if you begin to explain it's a sequence on minor 3rds, than stick with it. You even label them as minor 3rds, but then write the wrong note.
Yeah, but in reality, actual Fdim7 chords don't really exist, or are very rare. The dim7 is built on the 7th degree of the minor key, and this would mean we would be in the key of Gb minor. This is more commonly known as the key of F# minor (I mean, 3 sharps in F#m vs 7 flats + 2 double flats ion Gbm), and the actual VIIdim7 chord in that key is E#dim7. (Well, technically you could use Fdim7 in the key of Gb major as a borrowed chord from the parallel minor, but the key of Gb major is pretty rare - and even in that case, it may be more common to just use enharmonic equivalents that are easier to read. Another use would be in the key of Bb as the VIIdim7/IV. So yeah, I guess it does exist, but it's very rare.) If you use an Fdim7 chord (so that the bass note is actually an F, not an E#), for example in the key of A minor, it's actually an inversion of the G#dim7 chord, or in the key of Cm it would be an inversion of the Bdim7 chord. But Fdim7 is generally a better chord name than G#dim7/F, because both have enharmonically the same notes in them, which means that they basically convey the same message to the accompanist (playing an Fdim7 or a G#dim7/F is exactly the same thing on a piano or a guitar). But Fdim7 is a more simple chord symbol than G#dim7/F, making it a bit easier to read. And since both convey the same message, using the one that's easier to read is usually preferable. You rarely see dim7 slash chords, unless the bass note is not a chord tone (for example F#dim7/G).
I understand what you say, and like I said as well, it might be easier (it is) to read B and D instead of Cb and Ebb, but to be accurate, you (he) should use Cb and Ebb instead of the enharmonics. For example, if I had to classifiy a chord that's written as F - Ab - B - D I would be confused at first, or classify it wrong (instead of beeing Fdim7 it could be Bdim7). If it was written as F - Ab - Cb - Ebb I would classify it as an Fdim7 very easily.
PCanas Yeah, especially if you are going to call the interval between all of the chord tones a minor third (instead of one and a half steps), then using proper note names would make sense. I think he could have chosen a simpler diminished chord to start with, for example he could have chosen F# or G# as the root. But if you see Fdim7 chord symbol in an actual musical context, most of the time it's not referring to a chord that has an Ebb in it. Most of the time it's an inversion of Bdim7 or G#dim7. I really don't have a problem with calling Bdim7/F or G#dim7/F an Fdim7. In non-classical music (especially pre-20th century) context making a distinction between the different enharmonic spellings of the same diminished chord doesn't really make much sense (because the different enharmonic spellings are all about voice leading, but traditional voice leading doesn't really apply that strictly to most non-classical music). But yes, in an educational video it's always good to try to be as accurate as possible.
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00:58- Music Theory
04:37- Harmonizing
07:04- Writing a passage
10:13- ARPEGGIOUS DIABOLUS
Signals Music Studio are you using some sort of guitar pedal during the harmonizing parts?
You have a great channel, dude.
Nice vídeo, but, the download page has errors in PHP :c
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I somehow forgot the account password. I appreciate any tricks you can offer me!
@Holden London Instablaster ;)
you deserve an oscar just for that intro
Rudy Ayoub I agree!
Fuck are you doing here
No way! awesome! now I gotta unsubscribe from here too.
Oscar people are delicate at the head. They can't handle this music.
@Michael C Because Rudy is here...
OMG we need Gsus after watching this video.
Junver Vasig underrated comment haha
I AM THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE RESOLUTION
That took so long for me to get
I see what u did there
Solid.
So now we know what tenacious d played on that faithful night
Mr WiseGuy fateful?
tobalt1 haha yeah lol
The Legend of the Rent was way Hardcore!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
......tribute........
Mr WiseGuy haha omfg dead tho
4:30 - “you’re not supposed to write songs based entirely on diminished arpeggios”
Opeth - *hold my beer*
Please give me a few songs
Necrophagist
Link from Legend of Zelda: hold my sword
Any tech death song ever:
Not just Satan's chord, but Bowser's too ... if my childhood gaming memory serves ... ?
Ultimate Koopa from Super Mario 64
They may not be the best for writing entire pieces of music, but for a phrase in a guitar solo or just one riff in a song, they are absolutely wonderful.
Yes, I completely agree. Just a little splash and it takes a phrase to new heights. Use sparingly!
Malmsteen got busted
It's like spicy sauce, you want to add just the right amount
Nice vid. Thanks satan.
Daniel Nodland lol
Satan is a real legend
this is some dank ass music theory.good.
v o i d
Andrei Grozea ah y e s
cool and, good
you'r P I L E No, the theory here is actually a fail.
dude this is pretty epic, sounds very Cacophony-ish (band)
Jason Becker taught Marty the ways of the Tones of Hell.
As a metalhead, this is some of the best shit I've seen. I knew about diminished 7th for a long time but never knew how much I could get from them. That lick you played is seriously worthy of the best metal bands. Stellar. Thanks man!
Yngwie Malmsteen - Arpeggios From Hell
That piece is fucking hard
Reminds me also at the beginning from Cavallino Rampante from YJM
Someone just found malmsteen
Some of the most unique content in TH-cam. Love everything you put out !
Love from India ❤️
Wow! Satan seems like a nice guy.
Yeah he shares his knowledge
What else do you need from a devil
I'm Batman But my Christianity is against sharing.
Promiscuous Dope Fiends Official I know that and it's ok
God did create him. And arpeggios. HMMM
Ripp Russell but he never bothered to share it
really reminds me greatly of the Castlevania score to the video game from the original NES.
Mega Man 3 and Final Fantasy 6 came to mind.
Link and zelda
Great demon-stration!
Dude, I'm so glad you're publishing these lessons. I've been binge learning like mad from your channel. Now i need to practice! Thank you!
Great vid! The first moment I was aware of this kind of progression was in Opeth's "The Leper Affinity" around the 3 minute mark. Thanks for breaking down just what's happening with this "briny bubbling demonic sound" (awesome description).
The secret to Rings Of Saturns sound
Testament's "Confusion Fusion" from Practice What you Preach is an entire song written using Dim7 arpeggios.
Megadeth - Skull Beneath The Skin intro is a great metal example.
The break of Bad Omen too :)
I’ve been on YT a long time and have never subscribed to anyone, I’ve always been in extreme death and blackmetal bands. Vocals/guitar. As I grow older and my hair grays I’ve opened up to more writing/listening styles. I dig your “teaching” method and your radio! voice is calming to me. I’m subscribing to you in hopes that after tomorrow or maybe the next day (the time I’ll dedicate to watching your stuff) THAT you’ll continue posting. Cheers buddy!
You my friend are one of the best teachers I’ve ever came across. Thank you for all your hard work, we all appreciate it 🙌
>a minor third is three half steps
That is only half the definition. It also needs to be three pitch-classes apart, too. F-Ab is a minor third; F-G# is not.
F-Ab-B-D is not an Fo7, that's an inverted Bo7.
You're absolutely correct. I accept all criticism towards me when it comes to my disregard for enharmonic equivalents. I'm going to be making a "disclaimer video" shortly that mentions how viewers need to balance my approach towards music theory and this comment will probably make an apperance. Long story short, I skip over many important theoretical concepts in order to get people writing and making music as quickly as possible. I can't rationalize spending time explaining enharmonics in a video like this where I just want to demonstrate a dim7 arp built off F.
Signals Music Studio As a music teacher, I can respect simplifying a complicated topic to quickly explain it to people new to the subject. I'm glad you actually know the differences and aren't just misinformed and talking about something you don't understand, something I see far too often on TH-cam. I look forward to the bonus explainer video!
Ab and G# are literally the same note. Fo7 and Bo7 are literally the same chord. You just want to criticize. Lame.
@@nicolamorales7081 They are not "literally" the same note. Just because they share the same sound doesn't make them the same note. Diminished harmony is difficult to get right and it's understandable to get parts of it wrong but that doesn't mean that just because two chords sound the same that they are the same chord.
@@AnAmericanComposer "Just because they share the same sound it doesn't make them the same note". Could you please explain this? Isn't the note just a the name for the sound (frequency)?
The end piece sounds like a Mario Bros. castle level piece of music !! Awesome !!
Thy Art Is Murder uses these a lot. It's cool that they have created so much content out of this kinda limited scale.
Ive been dabbling with guitar since my teens....(I'm now 40++ lol) playing " by ear and what sounds good"....after picking the guitar back up I wanted to truly learn and have been working on acalea learning the fret board correct and a much. I came across ypur channel today and am blown away at the way every thing you teach is explained in a way to not only understand but grab the guitar and start working on the lessons and see it all come together......got a new dedicated follower today great lessons!!!!
I’ve heard this exact sound before with the m3 interval sound, and I’m so glad I now know exactly what it was! I think I know what to add to a song I wrote a while ago…
Great lesson! One of my favorite players, Jeff Loomis, uses Dim7 arpeggios a lot. My favorite example is from the solo in "The River Dragon Has Come" by Nevermore. It uses a repetitive pattern of these arpeggios alongside some chromatics in a way that works out to be really musical and a great fit for the song.
Jeff is God in human flesh in my eyes LOL. I wish I could turn back time and discover his music again for the first time.
I NEVER comment on videos. I’m not even a guitar player (I play drums, learning bass, and I’m starting to compose) and I absolutely love your videos. The content is great, really knowledgeable and applicable. Not only that, but I can tell you’re really passionate about teaching, and I love seeing you have fun with it with these silly intros. Please keep it up! If I have any recommendations, I want to learn more of the modes of harmonic and melodic minor. Thank you again!
*RUN, CHRISTIANS! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES*
Between the Buried and Me - Augment of Rebirth intro came instantly to mind after hearing the first arpeggio run. Figured out its secret with no prior knowledge of its tab. I'm proud, thank you, Jake!
Amazing how at 5:46, the superimposed screens disappear and... that hanging painting on the wall hits you as the analog response to the "4 screens in one" you used to illustrate the cluster of arpeggios. When "So that is what all four harmonies would sound like" met "So that is what all four harmonies would LOOK LIKE". BOOOOM!!!
I've learned more from watching your channel for a day than I've learned from 12 years of music lessons for four different instruments. I'm in shock that you don't have more subscribers, man.
There is a Band called Viremia they also use a lot of diminished Arpeggios in a quite cool way.
Some Parts of your piece really remind me of a more soft Version of that band .
Nice Video as always
Good day, I dont know if this will get to you but so far this is the most understandable lesson for dim7's. Pleas put tags in this video because whenever I type Diminished 7 it does't appear on the results. Please put as much tags on this video as you can coz this is really helpful. Thank you! More Power!
You're the absolute man when it comes to your videos. Well spoken and not confusing to watch or learn from.
Testament’s “Eerie Inhabitants” comes to mind...
The only TH-cam channel I love to watch everytime... even when I sleep I use to listen to his teachings!... Awesome Jake!! Love from Nagaland_ Northeast India💕
Testament started this diminished stuff and it sounded cool as f.... ( Take a listen to "Confusion Fusion" from the "Practice what you preach" album ) A few years later Cannibal Corpse and app. 99% of all brutal death metal bands used it. It sounds dark, chaotic.... just utterly COOL !
Sounds like endgame boss music >:)
im sure some zelda game has used this, maybe Links Awakening has.
Man your channel is a friggin gold mine in youtube, you deserve so many more views.
Hey, just a tip from a recent subscriber who usually gets your videos through my stream, sometimes older ones, sometimes recent ones:
Would you consider adding to your titles some sort of indicator of how advanced your individual videos are?
I really enjoy your videos and will probably end up watching most of them. I'm a teacher, so I can probably get something out of your perspectives on various levels. But an indicator as described would be welcome as a tool to choose my desired level of immersion in the moment. #millennial
I imagine such an indicator would help giving people at different levels an appropriate feeling of mastery, as well: If a beginner really jived with one of your videos, where you extruded your usual relaxation about the theory, and they felt safe in exploring, but then encountered your similar easy going attitude at levels way above their heads, that might sabotage some of that self-esteem bonus I think they really get from watching your videos.
Every experience leads to freedom ! Thank you Jake.
EVERYDAY YOU ARE MY MORNING COFFEE! EVERY MINUTE IS FULL OF LEARNING! THANK YOU! I CAPS ALL BECAUSE I GET EXCITED!
Been working on a song and have a section that I knew was bland and missing something. I think this is exactly what it needs. Subbed. You're a kickass teacher.
I love how understandable you make all your videos,as a beginner it's really appreciated
Awesome vid! The sound of these really reminds me a lot of Jeff Loomis's solo from The River Dragon Has Come by Nevermore
This is basically a video of how play like Jeff Loomis but like the simple way! Lol It's awesome though! Jeff just stretches the fuck out of these licks!!!
I just subscribed a few minutes ago thanks to a different video, but if I hadn't, I'd have subscribed purely on the basis of this video's thumbnail alone (Legend is my favorite movie of all time :-) )
It’s useful in death metal and other subgenres of metal that favor ugliness and evil. I’m not a music theory expert by ANY means but I’ve come up with some cool stuff using minor 2nds, minor 3rds, and tritones over the years. It helps that I play that kind of music lol. It’s also useful to note that you can use perfect 4ths and 5ths to move around without adding “color”, so it preserves the chaos you’re creating with the evil internals.
Ah so this is this trick to writing almost every technical death metal solo I've ever heard. Very cool \m/
That was super fun. Same basic topic: can we get a Necrophagist lesson?
This pretty much was that lol
Phrygian Dominant is the most common mode used in Necrophagist’s music, specifically in their guitar solos.
Hi, Jake. I think you did a good job of discussing some of the things that writers and players can actually do with diminished seventh arpeggios and patterns in their music. Thanks for a straightforward, useful video.
"dimonic" I cant stop laughing, that intro was funny
Man this reminds me of a small section in DT's Nightmare to Remember. Shit was about to hit the fan and then MP's corny vocals kicked in
DAYYYY AFTAHH DAYYYY
I guess he is still better option than la brie if he wanted to created a demonic vibe
*Me not expecting a reply from Signals*
HAOW CUD YOU PREPARE
FOR WOT CUD HAPPEN NEXT
Syed Ibrahim or even JP, i think hes got a deeper baritone but MP has the right amount of grit to his vocals
Cow Monger for me MP is a pretty decent vocalist for metal.. idk why he gets so much stick for it! -_-
You're a nice teacher :D ! Keep up the good work.
Your instruction is top notch as always. You have helped me progress faster than I ever could just messing around on my own. I kinda want ro reguest an instructional for the solo to Bark at the Moon. It has been a long time goal of mine to nail that whole song but I am stuck on the last half of the solo. Thanks for the vids so far!
Loved the video, but the explanation on music theory is confusing. *Theory rant* Because you wrote it *F Ab B D* you essentially wrote out a Bminor7b5 chord in second position or a B half diminished 7. However, being built off the root of F, the notes should be *F Ab Cb Ebb* to spell out the fully diminished 7th chord. I can understand enharmonic equivalents make them sound identical when played in that position and most people would probably feel more comfortable not saying *Cb* and *Ebb* . *Theory rant over* .
This video is spectacular considering some don't even think of diminished chords as being viable for normal use, let alone harmonization. Using all the chords in a given scale at will open up plenty of doors in music.
One thing I like to do with diminished arpeggios is go up with them on a song to build suspense and then going back into a mode or letting out a sustained root note at the end. It sounds wonderful, anyone reading this should give it a try :)
Blotted Science! Great lesson! SUbbed!
Just recently found your channel. You were born to do this. Thanks for all these great videos.
Great video bro.
Isolating those small shapes is really perceptive - that's exactly the kind of information that intermediate guitarists need.
Dat stupid B string, need to move whole shape always, great video!
THAT COMPLETE PIECE WAS A MASTERPIECE!!!
WELL DONE YOUNG MAN...
The whole time of this video my mind was screaming „Rings Of Saturn“. Thanks a lot for the elaborate explanation.
The piece sounds like dream theatre .... Thanx man!!! Really helped me.. always thought about how can I use dim7 sound !!?! I think after watching your video , some ideas grew in my head...
Vow, cool technical brutal death metal stuff! The first band that crossed my mind was Infant Annihilator, but in reality there are tons of them.
I first heard harmonized diminished 7th arpeggios at the end of the first solo in The Leper Affinity by Opeth. It's got a cool vibe when used in context like that.
This got to me in the right moment!
Great video!!
This channel is badass! It's also crazy to think I live like 55 minutes away from you in Roscoe, IL. I'm a music theory/technique nerd and play in the band Cacotopia.
Yngwie used this in his video called Arpeggios from Hell. Which is actually a very fun song to learn.
Just loved your teaching jake 🙏
Born of Osiris played with this scale a lot in their album The New Reign (or Eternal Reign which is a revised version)
This is awesome! Thanks for the great lesson!
this is some great stuff man!! keep it coming!!! it's amazing how much this reminds me of the harmonic minor scale
Really really great video. I love the way you explain the "evilness" in playing something so randomly cool. Just another badazz tool for the book my brother!! Cant wait to put this in some of my original wacky evil tunes...lmfao. Much love coach!
Did Ardra give you the skills to play those arpeggios?
-No, I learned how to build them with guitar theory.
Did Ardra teach you those practice shapes?
-No, I looked them up in a guitar lesson book.
Did Ardra even lift one finger to demonstrate even the most BASIC of diminished riffs?
-N-no, I took lessons once a week from a professional guitar instructor who showed me how to get started.
Well, it sounds to me like - with a lot of dedication and hard work - you managed to learn diminished arpeggios all on your own, without Ardra!
Rafe Tizer who is Arita?
Ardra? Star Trek The Next Generation reference, good episode!
The Harmonic MAJOR and Harmonic Minor...VII, II, IV. vi chords both
are Possible FULL diminished,
FULL DIMISNISHED are SYMMETRICAL = All b3 or WH INTERVAL
From A Harmonic min
G#...B....D....F.........B....D.....F....G#
VII Loc b4, bb7
II Loc Maj6
IV Dor #4
vi Lyfian #2
C Harmonic MAJOR...= ion b6( Ab) B D F Ab
VII Lo, bb7
II Dor b5
IV lyd b3
vi Aeo b1...converted to ion #2, #4, #5
They're not the same scale...
what it dose mean is you can play
any of these full diminished into MAJOR or Min Keys
as A MAJOR or A min...........C MAJOR or C min
or like this...
G7 into C MAJOR or C min
E7 into A MAJOR or A min
The harmonic min b5 and melodic minor b5
both also have possible FULL diminished
I, iii, v, VI chords
What you do is VAMP the Lydian b3...IV of harmonic MAJOR
Aka...Lydian DIMINISHED or inverted over the minor's TONIC
A lydian b3......instead of F lydian b3 ( C Harmonic MAJOR)
It'll help you get used to altering that chord to a possible full diminised..
But...you were used to that play A minor pentatonic Blues variation 1
The A harmonic min b5 is the III chord of F HUNGERIAN MAJOR
Ion...#2, #4, b7....
it's simular to Lydian b3 or Lydian #2.
You'll simply get F7 too....or it's now MAJOR or min
Half or FULL diminished.
A The Melodic min b5...will also give you D lydian dominant b2
Augmented chords are also SYMMETRICAL
G#. C, E.........C...E...G#
From A harmonic minor....you could had play
G# AUGMENTED
or C augmented into F min/Maj7
why would it be help to alter the A min to A dim??
You could had play A dim...B dim into C Melodic min..
instead of F7...G7 into C min all de time...
Harmonic min b2 or Melodic min b2
You can modulate to G minor ...ish
The A dim will simply turn into the II chord from the Minor's tonic count
A melodic min b2 will simply turn it in Bb AUGEMTNED...as
the iii chord of G minor..ish....
You counld also play Bb Augmetned to B min /D MAJOR...
Just try it...it'll be as if you played A# augmented into B Harmonic minor.
It'll help you get used to playing the FULL diminished (WH/HW)
you can stack it...whatever...such as play DOMINANT chords every b3 intervals.
If you get lost or need help..the MESSIANI MODE will help you
get used to playing different intervals of SYMMETRICAL scales..
such as the WHOLE TONE...
It's continus learning process...
There's 9 -ea PARALLEL (diatonic) 7 NOTES scales...
That's 63 MODES...not just only 7 or 21
I nevered Had guitar lessons becuase I was a problem child wanting to
play the DEVIL's MUSIC.......BLACK in BLACk....Lmao
Angus be playing E DORIAN ish...with b5 throw in here and there
1, b3, b5,6. or
There's many reasons I dunnn play in a church band either...
1, b3, b5, bb7.....AKA DEvils' INTERVAL's....which is BANNED by the Church
BACH is my Hero.lmao
Roben FORD...also has lessons how to apply is in blue ish riffs
Your videos are absolute GOLD for me ! Thank you !
Love you! This video helped a lot since I write death/prog metal (atleast trying to)
Your channel is pure gold!
Or pull a Rings of Saturn and do 'em half a step apart lol
That's just a chromatic scale, no?
He means harmonizing in minor 2nds (aka half step apart). One guy plays a pattern, the other guy plays the same pattern one fret higher.
my ears already bleed
Didn't recieve a text notification of this video, checked to make sure the bell was clicked, turns out I was unsubscribed. TH-cam is getting out of hand.
Definitely getting Mario / Bowser vibes from this, really cool sounding!
Another great lesson and explanation. the arpeggios reminds me of the scene in crossroads, the guitar battle with Ralph Macchio and Steve Vai.
Dude, these are super entertaining and EXTREMELY helpful. Thank you!!!
Brilliant lesson. Instant sub. Thank you so much .
Major seconds arpeggios with harmony sound just like the Rings of Saturn... awesome...
This is one of the best guitar lessons I've ever seen on TH-cam.
Cool video! Was looking for a while for an idea of making a "pure f***ing evil sounding" thing. Glad I've found one. Thanx a lot! Like and sub.
harmonize a diminished 7 with an augmented 7! that sounds totally badass
that intro was life changing
"you know, reminds me of home :)" for f*cks sake Jake, you made me choke
i love how simple this is, and for such an amazing sound too! thanks for the lesson!!
a video on the Whole tone scale would be Wicked!
Most of the harmonising examples sound like something you'd hear in a NES game from the 80s like Castlevania or something. Though 6:31 reminds me of The Residents. Love it!
1:38 That's supposed to be F - Ab - Cb - Ebb. I know it's easier to understand B instead of Cb and D instead of Ebb, but if you begin to explain it's a sequence on minor 3rds, than stick with it. You even label them as minor 3rds, but then write the wrong note.
PCanas Lol I just posted almost the same.
Yeah, but in reality, actual Fdim7 chords don't really exist, or are very rare. The dim7 is built on the 7th degree of the minor key, and this would mean we would be in the key of Gb minor. This is more commonly known as the key of F# minor (I mean, 3 sharps in F#m vs 7 flats + 2 double flats ion Gbm), and the actual VIIdim7 chord in that key is E#dim7. (Well, technically you could use Fdim7 in the key of Gb major as a borrowed chord from the parallel minor, but the key of Gb major is pretty rare - and even in that case, it may be more common to just use enharmonic equivalents that are easier to read. Another use would be in the key of Bb as the VIIdim7/IV. So yeah, I guess it does exist, but it's very rare.)
If you use an Fdim7 chord (so that the bass note is actually an F, not an E#), for example in the key of A minor, it's actually an inversion of the G#dim7 chord, or in the key of Cm it would be an inversion of the Bdim7 chord. But Fdim7 is generally a better chord name than G#dim7/F, because both have enharmonically the same notes in them, which means that they basically convey the same message to the accompanist (playing an Fdim7 or a G#dim7/F is exactly the same thing on a piano or a guitar). But Fdim7 is a more simple chord symbol than G#dim7/F, making it a bit easier to read. And since both convey the same message, using the one that's easier to read is usually preferable. You rarely see dim7 slash chords, unless the bass note is not a chord tone (for example F#dim7/G).
I understand what you say, and like I said as well, it might be easier (it is) to read B and D instead of Cb and Ebb, but to be accurate, you (he) should use Cb and Ebb instead of the enharmonics.
For example, if I had to classifiy a chord that's written as F - Ab - B - D I would be confused at first, or classify it wrong (instead of beeing Fdim7 it could be Bdim7). If it was written as F - Ab - Cb - Ebb I would classify it as an Fdim7 very easily.
PCanas
Yeah, especially if you are going to call the interval between all of the chord tones a minor third (instead of one and a half steps), then using proper note names would make sense. I think he could have chosen a simpler diminished chord to start with, for example he could have chosen F# or G# as the root.
But if you see Fdim7 chord symbol in an actual musical context, most of the time it's not referring to a chord that has an Ebb in it. Most of the time it's an inversion of Bdim7 or G#dim7. I really don't have a problem with calling Bdim7/F or G#dim7/F an Fdim7. In non-classical music (especially pre-20th century) context making a distinction between the different enharmonic spellings of the same diminished chord doesn't really make much sense (because the different enharmonic spellings are all about voice leading, but traditional voice leading doesn't really apply that strictly to most non-classical music). But yes, in an educational video it's always good to try to be as accurate as possible.
Bb major 7th: Bb C# E# Bbb
This is a cool lesson. Next you should try this out and make a lesson using Augmented Arpeggios.
This is one of the best guitar lessons I've ever had. Thanks man!
Is Necrophagist's Diminished To Be based off of this!? I'm not a shredder, but i can totally hear bits of it through this whole vid!
That intro was a feat of creativity that will go unmatched for millennia.
I saw you on TH-cam some years ago just got back around 'Dimonic Diminished' is very Dimonic.😭🤣