Riff Playbook: Ben John Davis of Protest the Hero | Clarity

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Live Protest the Hero guitarist Ben John Davis stopped by the SH office to break down some of the riff-heavy sections from “Clarity,” the song that kicks off their setlist every night of a rather challenging live show.
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[@spiritcrusher5708]

How you gonna start a video with "the next and final riff"...? 😂 Hopefully that means we have more to look forward to.

[@blackmetalbreadstick]

Duuuude that is the classiest Schecter I’ve seen

[@gorgami29]

The Reaper Custom! I was going to grab one a while back, but I decided to go for a guitar shape that isn't overused lol

[@Jorgetime]

Wizard stuff

[@a11pu1poj]

YESS PROTEST

[@SamBrockmann]

PtH is the GOAT.

[@tylerhawksmoor9601]

they literally cloned truke to make this brother

[@tylersmith2211]

If y’all meant to line Rody and Ben up at 1:44 that’s some sly editing lol

[@SheetHappens]

wow - good catch!

[@gorgami29]

huh

[@giacomonoia7566]

Protest buying new guitarist identic to old one

[@Rogueeeeee]

Edit: yup I was wrong, thanks to jummysea463 for looking into the guitar pro transcription!
omg im 99% sure this is notated incorrectly. The 9/8 bar isn't 9/8, it's 9.5/8 (19/16, or 4/4 + 3/16). If you count the 8th note pulses through the whole section it doesn't line up as written.
4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 9/8 is incorrect
4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 19/16 is correct
4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 3/16 is also correct
this is my favorite chorus ever written i promise ive counted it thousands of times

[@zumokumibonsu4501]

It's 4/4, 4/4, 4/4, 9/8.

[@ProtestDeNiro]

yeah man and after being a fan for almost 20 years im almost 99% sure Ben John Davis is not a guitarist of pth. Jokes aside as and european im just so sad there is so little contact to the band except rody and buying the transcriptions off of tim and luke

[@Rogueeeeee]

@@zumokumibonsu4501 If you count the entire section this way you fall out of time and get to the end of the chorus too soon

[@Rogueeeeee]

@@ProtestDeNiro I think Ben John Davis is great, he's been an awesome addition to the band. He's been playing with them at their live shows, it's tough losing members but he's killing it

[@lauscho]

Well, this transcription comes right out of the Volition tab book, which is transcribed (and fully annotated) by Luke and Tim themselves, and if anyone's a trusted source on what time signatures are what in a PTH song, it's gonna be them. Bought my copy at the merch table of a PTH show in my city years ago, too. Sheet Happens has really blown up since then!