Plini is not technical but who cares dude? His songs are so beautiful His melodies are heart warming His phrasing is out of this world You don't need technique as long as you have these...
I like what you are saying, resonates with me. Even though I do not have the in depth theoretical knowledge. Rhythmically and melodically I feel the same way too!
Well, Yngwie is a brilliant guitarist you can't deny that even if you don't like him. But yes he is a total arrogant twat. I love his playing, hate his personality. Wish he would learn to keep his shitty comments to himself.
This is exactly why his music is both deep and accessible -- the core of good composition is, well, good composition, on the most basic level. Complicated music with no core musicality is just poor structuring. Some of the most complex and well-regarded music in history, i.e. in the classical vein, tends to be incredibly coherent structurally, and at root playable as a two-handed piano piece. I'm realizing more and more that all these prog musicians that will likely have some place in history began with accessible, straightforward music, and are more than capable of writing such a song -- they have a fantastic grasp of the basics, and usually a relatively diverse "back catalogue", in terms of what they learned.
How to turn a lullaby into a prog-metal song: just write a prog-metal song, you'll make half the audience fall asleep anyway. Chill, I'm a huge prog-metal fan. I just wanted to make a joke at the expense of my favourite subgenre
Most of what he said is just intervals. 30 mins on youtube and you'll get it. Understanding music theory isn't difficult. Applying it consciously is the difficult part if you want to get away from stumbling onto cool stuff and actually create it.
I just realized I've been saying the name Plini wrong lol. Good shit even I play bass. Doesnt directly apply to me. I just love hearing his music, and love how makes the point of having that bass guitar kick in all his songs.
The point is just to create an interesting harmony that supports the melody and the vibe you re going for. Could be any interval really, thats up to you. But yeah he was thinking diatonically
It's all diatonic until those last two chords where he changes the one note on the B string that he mentions in the video, but yeah, that's exactly the idea
It's two notes held by one finger...lol. One note above & one below. That's a stacked forth. So if you have two fingers holding one note above & below, you have stacked fourths. The sixth note could be the degree in the scale from where the first stacked fourth is being held. Stacked fourths a sixth degree apart. That's one of those things that I think piano players can't do very well which is super easy on guitar.
Dude.... I just saw Pat Metheny. He was wearing a black T shirt and smiling a veeeery wide grin while listening to those clean chimey chords.... Just sayin'!! Keep up the great stuff!
Imtiaz Sk well there are five ways to acquire a strandberg- 1. Rob a bank 2. Become an endorsee by building a fanbase. 3. Kidnap ola strandberg's family members n ask for a dope af guitar 4. Collect all the infinite stones to change reality and own a stranberg 5. Buy a cheap af guitar and write '.strandberg*' on it and chop off it's headstock.
A strandsberg is about a $100 buck on Ali Baba, so you not very good. However, think of the ergonomics of a 5-lb Strandberg better for your back & your hands for playing the guitar.
He writes in a few tunings. For example; Electric Sunrise is in drop Db, Selenium Forest is in Eb standard, and some songs on “Handmade Cities” use the tunings Eb-Bb-Eb-Ab-C-F and the seven strings on that album are tuned to drop Ab.
2:17 "As a player, I don't consider myself to be exceptionally technical"
Well then... I better give up now
He probably meant in comparison to guys like Petrucci, Abasi, Richardson, Loomis etc.
Plini is not technical but who cares dude?
His songs are so beautiful
His melodies are heart warming
His phrasing is out of this world
You don't need technique as long as you have these...
@@sdiabr6792 yeah song writing is hard even you have all that technique
@@sdiabr6792 well, he _is_ technical, just not _exceptionally_ technical
He's actually not that technical but he is super amazing.
How to take anything and turn it into a prog song?
Step1: be plini
ali drake ,
Step 2......
Step 3......
Step 4????
Step 5 Profit!?
Step 6: Be Steve Hackett
"You can still wear a black t-shirt and not smile while listening to it" 😅 love it. And his strandberg. I want one so bad.
J Baron completely agree
I expected prog. I got comedy. 10/10 would watch again.
ahah i read that is the same moment he said it
Plini is chill as.
Jake's Place as what?
Jake's Place FRICK
af
*"Watch your profanity"* xD
A polar bear with a popsicle
0:55 he even talks with odd time signature :/
lmfaooo true
The way he described his music is so accurate. A lullaby but you could wear a black shirt to it. lol
Drew Peterson lame af
Um okay lol
He probably gets that a lot lol
Liked before watching because Plini
saaamme dude
hahaha of course, that is the correct way
Such a simple yet effective idea. Start by humming a melody. Then proceed by adding harmony and experiment with different voicing. Thanks for this!
Plini is almost too good, and he's so chill and laid back. Get this man a drink
"I don't consider myself exceptionally technical"
bro gtfo here, I heard your solo on Libra. dude is a filthy guitar player.
I love this guy's music, he's not technique driven as other players, although his chops are terrific and he has a very melodic approach.
I like what you are saying, resonates with me. Even though I do not have the in depth theoretical knowledge. Rhythmically and melodically I feel the same way too!
Kind and papelilo are my favorites of his cause in my eyes they have the most uniqueness compared to his other songs
4:10 "and that is pulling away from the idea of fucking up a lullaby". XD Love it.
Brilliant guitarist and a really nice guy.
He is like the opposite of Yngwie Malmsteen.
Well, Yngwie is a brilliant guitarist you can't deny that even if you don't like him. But yes he is a total arrogant twat. I love his playing, hate his personality. Wish he would learn to keep his shitty comments to himself.
Drew Peterson
Yngwie changed a lot, now he's super chill
Mal Reynolds Yeah. Underrated. Plini is the Australian version of short haired Michael Romeo.
Ashutosh Goit he's alot skinnier too lmao
Haha you should check out Robert Fripp...
We need video like this every week. Not month...
This is exactly why his music is both deep and accessible -- the core of good composition is, well, good composition, on the most basic level. Complicated music with no core musicality is just poor structuring. Some of the most complex and well-regarded music in history, i.e. in the classical vein, tends to be incredibly coherent structurally, and at root playable as a two-handed piano piece.
I'm realizing more and more that all these prog musicians that will likely have some place in history began with accessible, straightforward music, and are more than capable of writing such a song -- they have a fantastic grasp of the basics, and usually a relatively diverse "back catalogue", in terms of what they learned.
Fucking up a lullaby with Plini. This guy is as good at explaining what he does as he is at actually doing it, what a legend
Gorgeous Guitar😍sounds lovely😄
I really want to try these strandbergs :(
I was expecting more of a "gorgeous, sounds lovely! the guitar is nice too"
How to turn a lullaby into a prog-metal song: just write a prog-metal song, you'll make half the audience fall asleep anyway.
Chill, I'm a huge prog-metal fan. I just wanted to make a joke at the expense of my favourite subgenre
Travis Lausch that was just so funny
Lmao accurate. Though it is true with prog rock as well haha
in fact, prog-metal songs is good lullaby for me haha
Hmm. I can't remember for certain, but I could swear I heard a similar joke in reference to Genesis years back.
Unsophisticated apes fall asleep easily 😂😂😂😂
such a great guy and artist. Love seeing him get GW recognition
As prog as this song may be, it's still literally a lullaby to me. Totally calming.
i'm really digging how he sounds like a deadpan comedian
Love the humour, i wish i could follow the rest
Most of what he said is just intervals. 30 mins on youtube and you'll get it. Understanding music theory isn't difficult. Applying it consciously is the difficult part if you want to get away from stumbling onto cool stuff and actually create it.
Satriani also uses Stacked Fourths. It gives songs a dreamy quality. Plini is a fantastic guitarist
I need to pause the video every 10 seconds because Plini made a joke and I can't laugh and pay attention at the same time.
Plini should become a narrator
I just realized I've been saying the name Plini wrong lol. Good shit even I play bass. Doesnt directly apply to me. I just love hearing his music, and love how makes the point of having that bass guitar kick in all his songs.
Great player and teacher.
2:18 LOL!
Pffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff
LOL
I needed that.
How do you stack fourths and sixths? applying the fourth and sixth note of the diatonic scale to the initial note choice?
thats what i'm asking myself too
He was just alternating doing 4ths and 6ths as the voice beneath the melody. Not strictly alternating, though.
The point is just to create an interesting harmony that supports the melody and the vibe you re going for. Could be any interval really, thats up to you. But yeah he was thinking diatonically
It's all diatonic until those last two chords where he changes the one note on the B string that he mentions in the video, but yeah, that's exactly the idea
It's two notes held by one finger...lol. One note above & one below. That's a stacked forth. So if you have two fingers holding one note above & below, you have stacked fourths. The sixth note could be the degree in the scale from where the first stacked fourth is being held. Stacked fourths a sixth degree apart. That's one of those things that I think piano players can't do very well which is super easy on guitar.
Looking forward to the Plini kids' album..
"0-100 yrs old hopefully" lmao plini is dope. They opened for tesseract in Atlanta recently...GREATNESS
You can find great Strandbergs for 1000 - 2000 bucks guys. They arent some unattanable entity.
Michael Williams For some people, that’s a lot of money to drop on something if you’re not making a living with it.
Lejundairy Save some money. Just like you would for a car.
Michael Williams completely ignored the point of what was said
Satan Umm.. no. I didnt. If its a lot of money, but you want it (the commenters) simply save some money every pay check. Idk, that is hard to grasp?
Plinis is like 3000-4000k tho lol
gonna see this guy soon, he's opening for tesseract on the european tour!
Great licks. Where are the tabs? And what issue is this from? August 2017?
Dude.... I just saw Pat Metheny. He was wearing a black T shirt and smiling a veeeery wide grin while listening to those clean chimey chords.... Just sayin'!! Keep up the great stuff!
“Fucking up a lullaby” sounds like something I’ve listened to before...
He looks stoned a f
Anyone know what that song is at the beginning???
"I don't consider myself to be teachinical" lol
plini is amazing
Question
How good you need to be to own a strandsberg?
Imtiaz Sk well there are five ways to acquire a strandberg-
1. Rob a bank
2. Become an endorsee by building a fanbase.
3. Kidnap ola strandberg's family members n ask for a dope af guitar
4. Collect all the infinite stones to change reality and own a stranberg
5. Buy a cheap af guitar and write '.strandberg*' on it and chop off it's headstock.
Good enough to earn a lot of money to buy one. Playing well is secondary
edgelord of mordor you nailed it my man 👌
A strandsberg is about a $100 buck on Ali Baba, so you not very good. However, think of the ergonomics of a 5-lb Strandberg better for your back & your hands for playing the guitar.
answer: you'll never be good enough to own a strandberg.
lol jk just make sure you can afford it
lullaby melodies with nightmarish harmonies. got it
“....which sounds kind of disgusting..In the best way possible.”
whats the intro song
Beautiful axe!
Sounds similar to Allan Holdsworth. What a nice explanation!
Except that Alan's explanations tended to make this infinitely more confusing.
Plini is wonderful
Is this chill something that can be taught?
Awesome new way.
Want figured out the chords!. XD
Song in the intro anyone?
I know this was a year ago, but Salt + Charcoal
Whispering a prayer ? ;-) Thanks for the video P,lini,
this perspesctive is interesting as fuck (make a melody ring inside chords), its a knowledge that expand the ideas a lot
3:51 Gary come home
... did you... did you just quote Spongebob?
why 4s and 6s?
Electric Sunrise 💙
His lower strings' tone is hella tight
Fuckin kills it again!!!!!!
For once I thought when did Pliny the Historian became Pliny the Guitarist! But there is a subtle difference in the ending alphabet! 😁
Subtle jokes without smiling.... Nice.
i always thought it was pronounced pull-ee-knee not plin-ee....
What tuning does he use?
Rook D Drop C# tuning
Eb I think
www.sheethappenspublishing.com/product-589/plini-handmade-cities-digital-guitarbook
Yannick way off lol
He writes in a few tunings. For example; Electric Sunrise is in drop Db, Selenium Forest is in Eb standard, and some songs on “Handmade Cities” use the tunings Eb-Bb-Eb-Ab-C-F and the seven strings on that album are tuned to drop Ab.
I can't unclick this title.
i wear tie-dye and smile while listening to plini
Do you have tabs?
Alan Cota If you buy the mag. Yeah.....
jimboishere11 thanks dude i'll buy it for sure! 🤘
Or download the app. Maybe easier and much cheaper if you plan to continue buying the mag. 🤘
jimboishere11 i wasn't aware of the app i'll download it, thank you very very much jimbo much aprecciated!
Alan Cota No worries mate. Enjoy 👍👍👍🤘
Disgusting in the best way possible!
damn! put me right to sleep bro
"Ideaerrr"
Sounds like lydian modal chords to my ears
I am sure he is playing with Roland GR 55 processor
It doesn't have the MIDI thingy on the guitar though, so how could it?
shitmandood looks like he has gkb 3 pickup hooked to his guitar
I can't see it. Usually it's pretty obvious, like a giant wart on the guitar.
It's funny, if you didnt knew Plini and had a chat with him for the first time, he doesnt look like a guitar type of guy right?
It's one of his guilty pleasures.
🤘
roslyn music zoo clinic. couldve smoked one down. damnit.
Could you imagine is Jaco Pastorius was around playing with him?? It would be Fkn amazing!
x0.75 for drunk Plini
Yes 100 year old
x eyes
gg
😴😴😴😴😴😴😴
Kind of disgusting in a best way possible...
huuuh... what exactly makes it prog? also, tired of any open chord or any sus 'transforming' otherwise uber banal stuff into prog.
The melody is kinda annoying tbh
Nah just your ears
Zzz
Plini ??? Never heard of her
Fuckitol thank you fuckitol, very cool
Fuckitol fun facts:bashing other artists doesn't make you a better person
karam aji quit crying. I seriously never heard of her
@@Chilling4ShillingsThen you're living under a rock grandma 😂
@@kadrell37 Nah lil mama. Just not into basura
Fantastic player but he really isn't metal at all.
Boring af.
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