I think learning something by ear is one of the most beneficial things you can do as a musician. Nothing develops musicianship faster than transcribing a piece that you love. Sure learning to read sheet music and learning theory is super beneficial as well, but ultimately the ear is our most valuable tool as a musician.
The verse is in Hungarian minor (1 2 b3 #4 5 b6 7) in case anyone was wondering. Playing two minor chords a semitone apart is very characteristic of this scale
@@timwatchesmovies 7 is one semitone below the root note, so #7 would be just the tonic. This naming convention is based on the major scale so OP is right.
This really is my favorite series from you! Not necessarily my favorite type of music, but it's pretty interesting to see you tackle stuff like this. You are a great guitarist with a really good ear! More of that, please! :)
C# Standard is my favorite tuning to play in, but barely anyone else plays in that tuning, so it always makes me happy when I see big content creators or bands play in C# Standard.
I never realized the stamina and chops needed to play this song until I learned it myself. My picking hand fell off immediately after I play through the song. Fortunately enough for me, I had my hand replaced with a power drill so I can tremolo pick at 7000 bpm forever!!! \m/
Man, I know punk is frowned upon in the metal community. But that's one genre that taught me that it's not as simple as you think. Some punk drummer have the stamina of gods to pull off full show. And funny enough, I think black metal as always fallen in this circle of genres that the rest of the metal community just underestimates. But when you try to play them exactly how they were originally played you're left with a: holy shit moment haha
@@manuele.itriagom.728 I used to play in a punk band and the drummers definitely have the toughest job, especially the ones that do backing vocals at the same time, machines!
Please do more of these! Its really inspiring for me to see other people play stuff, since I have LOTS of songs I want to play but am never able to decide... I listen to CoB for a while now, but only a tribute cover made me actually give it a closer look since it looked like fun and it was... Since you seem to have quite a similar taste in metal as I have, I already found lots of good stuff through your channel! Keep it up! (also already said it, but the new studio looks fireeeee)
OMG behemoth are the best!! im learning this song too!! can't wait to praise it more when my LCFR pedal arrives! you have no idea how helpful this video will be :'D
It's so cool to see someone, that I would genuinely consider better at guitar playing than me, learning a song I already can play. Keeps me motivated. Cool video
I was there, as well. Jannus Live, formerly Jannu🎉s Landing. Btw: it’s Saint Petersburg, not Saint Pete Beach. at the other end of the Pinellas County peninsula.
Totally nostalgic, I spent so much time dissecting songs I wanted to play. The internet wasn’t a thing back then, and guitar mags only had radio friendly songs and Tom Petty tunes. Which was ok for playing bar mitzvahs, but if you wanted to play anything good, you had to wear the tape out pausing and rewinding. Nice to see the traditional way still exists.
I hated that so much, the assumption among magazines and music stores that classic/blues rock is everything when in reality it's a small niche compared to both metal and pop music. No i don't want the who or tom petty tabs, i want to learn davidian damnit, and no i dont want to try this jackson through a fender amp.
The speed and accuracy that you put these songs together in your mind cannot be understated. This song is such a pain to learn, had to change my entire style of playing to keep up with those trems.
Nergal dobrze komponuje. Czasami prosto ale zajebiscie. Behemoth is one of the best black metal band on the world. Most important things - są z polski. 🤘🤘🤘
I can remember my friend pushing play then rewind over and over, to learn a song, today is a little easier, but you still have to have talent, you remind me of my friend back in the 80's. Dating myself there. Love your videos
This track is one of my favourites! Glad I got to watch you break it down and put it back together! The shifting time signatures at the start of the faster part of the solo are a nice twist in a relatively straightforward piece.
Sounds good! Only thing that might need to be corrected is that in the "coolest riff" that you mentioned with the short tremolo picked section you have to let the previous note slightly ring as you go back and forth between the two strings. At least according to my ears. Typical in black metal I think, same has to be done with Satyricon - Mother North in section where you tremolo pick back and forth between two strings the previous note is left to ring and not muted out by lifting your fretting finger.
God damn I am an old school 48 year old thrasher and I am not supposed to like this kind of shit but it was so brutal that I fell in love with it 🔥🤘🔥.I just can't get these guitars out of my head.🔥🔥⛏️
I remember learning this in college. The other guitarist for our group was a superior player on basically every metric, but couldn't play this. Turns out I had him beat on exactly one thing: sustained, high tempo tremolando. Go figure!
Ola, thou art in Sweden, Hallowed be thine strings. Thy riffs come, Thy challenges be done, On Earth, as it is in Hell. Give us this day our daily Shred, And forgive us our sloppy playing, as we forgive those who use poor impulse responses. Lead us all into Wacken and Bloodstock, And deliver us from Guitar Center. For thine is the Swola, the chug, the coffee, forever. Sverige
tremolo picking is a lot easier with the 'correct' way of holding your pick I just started holding it 'correctly' after 20 years of playing and found that tremolo picking is a lot easier it does take some getting used to though
Hey Ola. I remember you saying Dehumanizer is your favourite Black Sabbath album. Maybe in your next video you learn a song from that album. Probably try "I" because that is a kickass song.
Ola I have learned from years of playing technical music that you will have a much easier time switching between picking styles by learning them out like I sweep pick, alternate pick, trem pick, and down pick using the same motion and pick grip just in different intervals and slightly different amounts of pressure that's will develop over time I hope this helps and good luck on your guitar journey to always be progressing as we all are as guitar players God bless
Ola brought us "The Haunted"! As for Behemoth, their music sounds like a tornado. The guitars are insanely fast. I remember they opened for King Diamond at the Masquerade w/ Black Dahlia and Nile when I first saw them. What a lineup for Atlanta, right. Odd that I don't hear many people comment on Behemoth's drummer, because he is insanely fast. You should also do some Dimmu Borgir, like playing Blessings Upon the Throne of Tyranny. Progenies of the Apocalypse is good too, slower, but that is mixed and mastered insanely well. Btw thanks for the URM plug.
gOdz, this makes me wanna play! I haven't played my guitar in almost a year... My life has gone thru so many changes in the last 2 years; 2nd divorce, major Depression & anxiety, and I converted a minivan into a home(#vanlife) and have traveled from the east coast of the USA all the way to the west coast. I have stayed in national forests, in Walmart parking lots, and right now I am in the rugged mountains of Arizona(and I love it!)... and in a week or so, I am heading back east! I have reconnected with relatives, some I haven't seen in 20 years or even more, and I got to meet my 3 grandsons for the first time! Yes, I am a grandpa! That just sounds bizarre. LOL To say 'there's been alot going on' is a HUGE understatement! hahaha But I miss my guitar... I have it right here with me in my van, an Ibanez RG421 that absolutely will CHUG! 🤘😈🤘 My favorite Behemoth album is actually Demigod. I have a BOSS GT-1 and excellent Audio-Technica studio headphones so I can play any style or sound I can dream up... THANK YOU, OLA for your inspiration! I think I can play again! Time to practice my tremolo picking!!! 😂
I've watched a couple of your "Ola Learning Shit" videos now, love watching you work! I wish I could work out songs like that by ear, so quickly and easily. You're truly quite masterful a guitarist man. Although, with your tremolo picking, try to use your wrist more rather than tensing up and using your whole forearm. You'll find you can do fast tremolo picking for a much longer time using a loosey-goosey wrist action. 😎 PS: More Black Metal please. 🤘
I agree with Ola about that one riff being the coolest riff in the whole song. And it only appears once. I love playing this song, especially that riff.
Learning some Behemoth! Have a great Friday everyone!
Oh mighty Ola, please bless us with a Ola Learns Megadeth - Five Magics
Hi Ola,have a great friday too man
Perfect way to wake up on a Friday! Solid 6/10 brother 👏
Ola where can i buy that solar branded string wrap/strap you have on the headstock for my solar BLB?
Is that a production model cuz can’t find a 27 scale v and want one
I feel cleansed from all the evil 😈 in this track muhahaha
Ayo Scott what’s good bruv
Muahahahaha sup Shred
TRVELY EVIL!
🤘🏻
Of the fire and the void. The whole point is this is hell
Can we talk about how goddamn good Ola’s tone is in this video? What a monster!
2:33 Ola gives up on Behemoth and switches to One by Metallica
Absolutely amazing to watch a real musician pick apart a song and learn it piece by piece... And so quick!
I think learning something by ear is one of the most beneficial things you can do as a musician. Nothing develops musicianship faster than transcribing a piece that you love. Sure learning to read sheet music and learning theory is super beneficial as well, but ultimately the ear is our most valuable tool as a musician.
Something I need to get better at 😏
The verse is in Hungarian minor (1 2 b3 #4 5 b6 7) in case anyone was wondering. Playing two minor chords a semitone apart is very characteristic of this scale
Minor nitpick, Hungarian minor has a #7, not a regular 7
@@timwatchesmovies 7 is one semitone below the root note, so #7 would be just the tonic. This naming convention is based on the major scale so OP is right.
Got tabs for that? 🤣
@@malcolmrff search it on TH-cam. There are heaps of videos.
Best scale besides halfstep-wholestep (dunno whats the english name) and harmonic minor/phrygian dominant
This really is my favorite series from you! Not necessarily my favorite type of music, but it's pretty interesting to see you tackle stuff like this. You are a great guitarist with a really good ear! More of that, please! :)
the power of music is simplicity . This Behemoth track is simple but great composition. great work Ola!
Well, it depends on the song/piece
hell yeah
@@marhofficial there are as many examples of simple songs that are great as there are complex ones in my opinion
U right...🤘😈🤘...
But with a technical drumming inside 😎
I remember when this album came out. Absolutely blew my mind. I loved it and still love it to this day. Beautiful glorious album.
Tremolo picking is my absolute favorite sound in metal. It's so intense and ominous.
facts. It's what made me want to play guitar when I was a kid.
C# Standard is my favorite tuning to play in, but barely anyone else plays in that tuning, so it always makes me happy when I see big content creators or bands play in C# Standard.
?? A lot of bands use this tuning. Especially later Pantera
C# is my fav programming language.
@@vovanikotin Hey, mine too!
@@zacharythomas5839 Pantera does use C# standard, but most of is NOT tuned to 440Hz, which is frustrating.
Between the Buried and Me have use C# standard for every song they've ever written. 11 albums worth I believe.
I never realized the stamina and chops needed to play this song until I learned it myself. My picking hand fell off immediately after I play through the song. Fortunately enough for me, I had my hand replaced with a power drill so I can tremolo pick at 7000 bpm forever!!! \m/
lmao
HAHA! im imagining you posting an ad looking for a drummer and in requirements it says “must be able to play at 7000 bpm consistently” 😂
Man, I know punk is frowned upon in the metal community. But that's one genre that taught me that it's not as simple as you think. Some punk drummer have the stamina of gods to pull off full show. And funny enough, I think black metal as always fallen in this circle of genres that the rest of the metal community just underestimates. But when you try to play them exactly how they were originally played you're left with a: holy shit moment haha
@@manuele.itriagom.728 I used to play in a punk band and the drummers definitely have the toughest job, especially the ones that do backing vocals at the same time, machines!
😂
Dude this is by far my favorite series you've done, keep them coming! Also I would really like to see you try Opeth in one of these!
Saw them live a few years ago and they opened with this, its one of those amazing concert moments you'll always remember.
this series brings me such joy, thank you Ola!
7:39 that belch really added to the brutality/heaviness of the riff there 😂👌🏼
that actually made me spit beer out my nose...cuz I read your remark first, then he did it...haha....
Please do more of these! Its really inspiring for me to see other people play stuff, since I have LOTS of songs I want to play but am never able to decide... I listen to CoB for a while now, but only a tribute cover made me actually give it a closer look since it looked like fun and it was...
Since you seem to have quite a similar taste in metal as I have, I already found lots of good stuff through your channel! Keep it up!
(also already said it, but the new studio looks fireeeee)
OMG behemoth are the best!! im learning this song too!! can't wait to praise it more when my LCFR pedal arrives! you have no idea how helpful this video will be :'D
Nice! My pedal arrived earlier this week so hopefully yours will be there very soon!
@@ZeroMilk hell yea! are you enjoying yours?
I’m jealous of the both of you. When I saw that it was out, I wasn’t able to snatch one up
Whatever dude
@@bigmike9527 the fucks your problem? dude
Now it's time to learn Inferno's drum part on the new drumkit! :)
🥵 wew lad, that's gonna be some work. Inferno is up there with the best drummers on the planet, in my opinion
seconded!
IMO 90% of Behemoth songs are all about Inferno. He has this very cool atmospheric style, I often repeat songs to hear his use of cymbals.
It's easy! Taka-taka Taka-taka-taka
@@dudapol spam the China symbal. one of the most defining element of behemoth drum sound.
Ov Fire and The Void live is one of the heaviest and most powerful experiences I’ve ever had holy cow
Greetings from Poland! That's my favorite Behemoth album 🤘
It's so cool to see someone, that I would genuinely consider better at guitar playing than me, learning a song I already can play. Keeps me motivated. Cool video
One of my all-time favorites by Behemoth. Greetings from Germany!
Absolutely insane band. No idea how Nergal can play this shit and sing at the same time. Great job man
@tonycaronia1068 Nergal is super talented and I don't think he gets enough credit.
I went to this show in St. Pete (Florida), and this is the song with literally every head in that place banging. It was stellar live
I was there, as well. Jannus Live, formerly Jannu🎉s Landing. Btw: it’s Saint Petersburg, not Saint Pete Beach. at the other end of the Pinellas County peninsula.
Totally nostalgic, I spent so much time dissecting songs I wanted to play. The internet wasn’t a thing back then, and guitar mags only had radio friendly songs and Tom Petty tunes. Which was ok for playing bar mitzvahs, but if you wanted to play anything good, you had to wear the tape out pausing and rewinding. Nice to see the traditional way still exists.
God save the tabs
I hated that so much, the assumption among magazines and music stores that classic/blues rock is everything when in reality it's a small niche compared to both metal and pop music. No i don't want the who or tom petty tabs, i want to learn davidian damnit, and no i dont want to try this jackson through a fender amp.
Nice work Ola. I am always impressed when musicians are able to figure out another musicians compositions.
The cymbal work in this song's intro was always amazing. I know it's a lot of studio magic, but the precision still has to be there to get it.
im lovin your honesty alot...watching u pick out this song iby hear is invigorating...THANKX
That was awesome man. We need an "Ola Burps in C#" album though.
This was awesome, loved that you learned the song in half an hour and then played it damn near perfectly. I hope you do plenty more of these videos!
The speed and accuracy that you put these songs together in your mind cannot be understated. This song is such a pain to learn, had to change my entire style of playing to keep up with those trems.
overstated/ underestimated
I love the fact that you are doing more of these types of videos 🤘🤘
Nergal dobrze komponuje. Czasami prosto ale zajebiscie. Behemoth is one of the best black metal band on the world. Most important things - są z polski. 🤘🤘🤘
I can remember my friend pushing play then rewind over and over, to learn a song, today is a little easier, but you still have to have talent, you remind me of my friend back in the 80's. Dating myself there. Love your videos
That guitar tone is spot on. We all want metal, but I wonder if you should try an episode from a genre outside of your main wheelhouse.
Love your humbleness Ola,..Love cheers from Västergötland =)
I love this song! On what is probably my favorite album.
Evangelion is so underrated
Dude i shit you not yesterday i blasted this song like 5 times through the whole day, couldnt get It out if my head and today you upload this hahahaha
THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SONGS EVER OMG OLA THANK YOU!!!!
This track is one of my favourites! Glad I got to watch you break it down and put it back together! The shifting time signatures at the start of the faster part of the solo are a nice twist in a relatively straightforward piece.
Sounds good! Only thing that might need to be corrected is that in the "coolest riff" that you mentioned with the short tremolo picked section you have to let the previous note slightly ring as you go back and forth between the two strings. At least according to my ears. Typical in black metal I think, same has to be done with Satyricon - Mother North in section where you tremolo pick back and forth between two strings the previous note is left to ring and not muted out by lifting your fretting finger.
Nasty song, I have to listen to this album again ! Thanks for the cover 😊
7:40... great backing vocal technique! 🤣
Lol
The Call of Cleansing
this is my fav series by far, I love this learning process, keep it going Ola!
God damn I am an old school 48 year old thrasher and I am not supposed to like this kind of shit but it was so brutal that I fell in love with it 🔥🤘🔥.I just can't get these guitars out of my head.🔥🔥⛏️
Young pup. Time you fell in love with the dirtier side of metal....
that bloody charvel strat in the back is calling me.......an aside, Ola never disappoints.
Fucking love this song, got to play it with the band during soundcheck a couple of years go when they offered that for VIP packages. Had a great time.
That’s so fucking cool
The face and hand gesture during the blasts.. lol.. priceless
Evangelion is probably my favorite Behemoth album, just a banger from start to finish
Just found this song today because of you and now I can’t stop listening to it.
Would you be able to do Emperor- I am the black wizards, or another song? Keep up the good work man ! You helped me really dive deep into guitar!
Excellent song choice
Inno a satana would be more challenging for him. ;)
I'd rather say "the loss and curse of reverence" or "curse you all men"
Emperor is amateur playing. Although I do love them. It's nothing hard. It's not Jason Becker or Malmsteen.
@@zacharythomas5839 Does it have to be?
It's impressive how Ola can inmediatley learn songs by ear!! hail the king
This song is kick ass af. Also my fav by Behemoth. 🤘
I love these videos. It's really cool to watch your process as you learn these by ear!
I remember learning this in college. The other guitarist for our group was a superior player on basically every metric, but couldn't play this. Turns out I had him beat on exactly one thing: sustained, high tempo tremolando. Go figure!
Wow!
That's actually really cool and wholesome ngl
Killer song, certainly a classic in my book! Great work, as always, Ola!
How about doing some Pantera Power Metal Album stuff do a track off that. Great video Mate.
So fun to watch
Is this a custom jimmyclip or does solar design string clips now? That'd be amazing!
I second this question...answers please! 😁
I would much rather give Ola the money than overpriced Jimmyclip co.
That's what I've been wondering for quite some weeks now. I hope it gets released on the Solar website
Yes! I want one too!
My favourite too! A must-have in one's go-to riffage flexing.
Ola, thou art in Sweden,
Hallowed be thine strings.
Thy riffs come,
Thy challenges be done,
On Earth, as it is in Hell.
Give us this day our daily Shred,
And forgive us our sloppy playing, as we forgive those who use poor impulse responses.
Lead us all into Wacken and Bloodstock,
And deliver us from Guitar Center.
For thine is the Swola, the chug, the coffee, forever.
Sverige
@Zachary Baylor 🤘Amen!!!!🤘
This is the ultimate editing nightmare from hell lol. Solid take Ola!!
tremolo picking is a lot easier with the 'correct' way of holding your pick
I just started holding it 'correctly' after 20 years of playing and found that tremolo picking is a lot easier
it does take some getting used to though
I missed it if he talked about it, but how do you hold it?
Bernth got a lesson for that
Love me some behemoth! Plus Sir Ola playing this kick ass track! this is awesome!
Would love to see, Ola learns Arch Enemy
The intro to this song has got to be one of my favorite songs to play. It so much fun to play.
Whenever you're in for a challenge, try any song by King Diamond.
Or Jason Becker or Malmsteen.
Andy is God.
Wouldn't have known this if it wasn't for you. Awesome song. Thanks Ola!
Behemoth is a band from my country of Poland. It has to be said clearly it is a very technically good band with great songs.!
Dudes learning this by ear and im reading the tabs as he goes and everything is spot on thats insane
Totally awesome! I'd love to hear you do Dawn of the Angry by Morbid Angel sometime.
That's a good one.
That was awesome Ola. Thanks for sharing brother.
Hey Ola. I remember you saying Dehumanizer is your favourite Black Sabbath album. Maybe in your next video you learn a song from that album. Probably try "I" because that is a kickass song.
That really is a good album. I remember when it came out in '92, I was blown away.
ahhhh the verse the part i can play! XD Great job @Ola Englund!!!
I already feel like a broken record at this point but, Moonshield by In Flames would be nice!
Hell yeah Behemoth!!! Nice one Ola 🤘🤘
Do bathory!!
As a black metal musician myself, huge props on your tremolo picking and how fast you were able to nail that solo. This was a fun watch 🤘🏻
I'd love to see you try Ozzy Osbourne's "Perry Mason" some time. Such an epic riff.
Ever since the song came out it has been one of my favourite songs by Behemoth to listen to AND to play. Absolutely love it.
Try something from “Vitriol“, if you want a real challenge 😁
So awesome to see you wearing a Car Bomb shirt! Great band and great video!
Behemoth are many great things, but laid back Behemoth are the best Behemoth imo.
Ridiculous badass band and kickass rendition Ola, you fkg rock! 🤘❤🎸🔥
Yes, it's not an easy job, learning the "Behemoth" riffs - Не простая эта работа, учить рифы Бегемота ! :)))
It's so cool to see you learning songs out of the blue, man!
lmao...a year late but your playthrough broke it down for me haha. Thank you Ola. Hope you've been well.
Fastest click on notification in my life.
Greetings from Poland Ola !
That was great Ola!... it was amazing to watch both hemispheres of the human brain coming together as one
This better be an ongoing series. Thanks ola for the most excellent entertainment:).
Episode is great, actually fun to watch.
Thanks man.
Ola I have learned from years of playing technical music that you will have a much easier time switching between picking styles by learning them out like I sweep pick, alternate pick, trem pick, and down pick using the same motion and pick grip just in different intervals and slightly different amounts of pressure that's will develop over time I hope this helps and good luck on your guitar journey to always be progressing as we all are as guitar players God bless
Ola brought us "The Haunted"! As for Behemoth, their music sounds like a tornado. The guitars are insanely fast. I remember they opened for King Diamond at the Masquerade w/ Black Dahlia and Nile when I first saw them. What a lineup for Atlanta, right. Odd that I don't hear many people comment on Behemoth's drummer, because he is insanely fast. You should also do some Dimmu Borgir, like playing Blessings Upon the Throne of Tyranny. Progenies of the Apocalypse is good too, slower, but that is mixed and mastered insanely well. Btw thanks for the URM plug.
gOdz, this makes me wanna play! I haven't played my guitar in almost a year... My life has gone thru so many changes in the last 2 years; 2nd divorce, major Depression & anxiety, and I converted a minivan into a home(#vanlife) and have traveled from the east coast of the USA all the way to the west coast. I have stayed in national forests, in Walmart parking lots, and right now I am in the rugged mountains of Arizona(and I love it!)... and in a week or so, I am heading back east! I have reconnected with relatives, some I haven't seen in 20 years or even more, and I got to meet my 3 grandsons for the first time! Yes, I am a grandpa! That just sounds bizarre. LOL To say 'there's been alot going on' is a HUGE understatement! hahaha But I miss my guitar... I have it right here with me in my van, an Ibanez RG421 that absolutely will CHUG! 🤘😈🤘 My favorite Behemoth album is actually Demigod. I have a BOSS GT-1 and excellent Audio-Technica studio headphones so I can play any style or sound I can dream up... THANK YOU, OLA for your inspiration! I think I can play again! Time to practice my tremolo picking!!! 😂
One of the best bands from my country, greetings from Poland \m/
Goddamn, Ov Fire and the Void is so good. The place always goes nuts when they start this up live
I've watched a couple of your "Ola Learning Shit" videos now, love watching you work!
I wish I could work out songs like that by ear, so quickly and easily.
You're truly quite masterful a guitarist man.
Although, with your tremolo picking, try to use your wrist more rather than tensing up and using your whole forearm.
You'll find you can do fast tremolo picking for a much longer time using a loosey-goosey wrist action. 😎
PS: More Black Metal please. 🤘
I agree with Ola about that one riff being the coolest riff in the whole song. And it only appears once. I love playing this song, especially that riff.