Guitar Lesson: Ola Englund on chord voicings for seven-string
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- Swedish metal overlord Ola Englund talks about his approach to seven-string chord playing
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He's explained this shit better than anybody ever did.
And now I'm shopping for a 7 string
+Janine Louvel Got mine not long ago, I love it so much!
IN LESS THAN 10 MINUTES TOO
Kall_um All I did was correct him.
ill get mine this week :D its a esp ltd telecaster in white, i dont know the name of it in the moment xD
get a jackson js22-7! oh wait a minute, this comment is from 2 years ago....
I wouldn't say overrated guys. His stuff with feared is by far his best. Some kickass riffage. He can play leads very well but the type of music he plays doesn't require it constantly. He's earned what he's been given.
bsdraven Rhythm chops > lead chops
He may not be the fastest or most technical, but he is a solid songwriter and a well-rounded musician.
Just a reminder that Ola is basically Metal Jesus.
This comment is a hidden gem
And guthrie govan is the blues jesus
@Mr Myskmadra what? If you imagine a historical Jesus he'll be middle eastern person. If you look at Colonizer European Catholic paintings of Jesus they really look like Ola💯
Amen
can't believe how much ola's channel has grown since he then!
I love Drop A on a 7 string! Great for metal, but also great for other music, esp. fingerstyle jazz, classical, and blues.
This tuning is exactly what I was looking for with my 7 . Cheers for this video
Drop A seven string tuning really is the most versatile.
I'm gonna have to say Drop G. It's just something about the low G that makes my PP wiggle
100% , barely anything it can't do
If you tune the G string to G flat you have a guitar in B standard with an extra high E. This tuning lets you play familiar major chords but they all sound a fourth (string) lower
Yeah, a baritone with a high e added!
@ReprehensibleMeshuggah I use this tuning a lot for that reason, being able to have what is basically B standard with a high E added. Switching between that and regular standard tuning ends up being no problem.
Drop A(dadgad) is even better
Sick idea. I love that dramatic effect.. that last open chord was just huge!
What a beautiful guitar. I'd love to buy a Solar 7 some day.
Simply beautiful sounds all round. What a guitar!
This dude is awesome.
Love that riff.
Chords and arpeggios on a seven string sound like Deftones
This guy is so good that even the way he lowers the volume is unique! :'D
Ola is the freaking man! i would give anything to meet the guy!
Some many haters in comments here, lol. gays are complaining about him playing 2 top strings.... well go watch his videos and see that crazy solos he play and post your video, so we can see how u play, otherwise you just cant say that he is bad.
I've been playing a 7 for 15 yrs and love the way you play,got any advice to get the great metal sound you have?
Exactly why I also play in drop A!
Ola is my hero! Best youtube channel out there!
drop Ab is where its at
There is something about Ab that just sounds nicer than A
this guys knows whats up
That’s beautiful. I just don’t understand why they sound so different and “deftonsey” on a 7 string im bad with theory can someone explain?
He didn’t use my fav drop tuning chord opportunity: 5th add9 with an extra pinky as an octave 5th
Hola Ola. What do you think about the tuning B E A D F# B E in a 7 string guitar? Do you recommend? Regards and thaks for your lessons.
i think both feared and the haunted are amongst the best metal bands today. taste is different ofc but why dont all the know it all commenters have awesome bands of their own? just saying
Today, this video taught me I need to intonate my damn guitar. llool
OLA you look like Jesus
no shit :O
swedish jesus lol
not!
Mashreef Ahmed what are you talking about?? he IS Jesus...
More like a Viking
Very cool....good info.
That last chord played clean... Ughh. Tingles...
A 7 string is going to be more optimal for your intonation, sound, and feel of playing far better than if you were to use thicker string gauges on a regular 6 string instrument tuning all strings down to Drop A format, which I've noticed is what a lot of players have done to get a 7 string sound on a 6. Some players manage to make drop A work really well on a 6 string but for me it doesn't feel or sound right. What I do like rather is having my 6 in standard EADGBE and dropping just the low E to an A, So you have two A notes on top of each other ,AADGBE. With this tuning you can sort of emulate the sound of a 7 string guitar very well imo. Just keep in mind 7 string guitar is a totally different instrument. Hope this helped someone!!
Ola do a review on Ibanez New RGD 3127 metal guitar. Also more on how to make the Line 6 120 V sound more your tone.
Massive Sounding Chord. AWESOME Tanx. Kind of Look's like a Chris Broaderick cutaway Inspired Guitar? NICE!
idk what type of guitar that is, but I really like it
These days he seems to prefer the six string though (watching his channel).
ola
so it's tuned AEADGBE?
awsome
um, what chord is it? 1:25
Anti Phase It's an A minor, just with an unusual voicing (0,0,0,2,5 on the 5 lower strings)
thanks!
It's A minor add 9
yeah, now I can see it for myself)
ROCK ON
Overlord is a pretty cool title
PLEASE, WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE FINAL CHORD OH MY GOD I CANT STOP LISTENING TO IT
Aminor add9
The more videos I see of him the more Jesus feel I get, specially with the tones he is using, its like having a Dark Christ version.
Was that a Washburn ??
Ola Englund, not only has a kick ass name, looks like Jesus of Nazareth, plays some bad ass guitar, but he’s also a super cool dude. 👍🏼😃
What about this 7 string tuning - D#D#G#C#F#A#D#.
Half step down, but with an added Djent dropped string. Something I thought of. Rather absurdly low.
I just wonder where the bass fits into this. First four strings are a half Step Down, but either that A# stays where it is, or that goes down even further, to that D# to stick with the guitar tuning. Which I don't know will work. That's gonna take one fat fuckin' string.
Do caramba!
Hi, im O-anglen
dude why are you even trying.
Can someone name the chords Ola's played..? :o
D....ifficult ass fuck minor
CHORDS?! TABS?!
omg i see Jesus this is Miracle
Id get a solar but I don't want my fret board to crack I know it don't affect playability but still it's expensive quality gear
I got one around the same time you made this comment, about 6 or 7 months ago. I oiled the fretboard to moisturize it as soon as I got it because I was also afraid of the board cracking. Holding it in my hands now and the fretboard is totally fine.
@@IllusionaryFuneral dude I got so ripped off for 66$ I tried to buy an Ibanez xiphoes 7 string but I got ripped off bro pack was false
@@slavicobelrus2466 Bummer, man! Sorry to hear that! If it’s any consolation, Solar is coming out with an X Shape soon, so you could hold out hope for that.
@@IllusionaryFuneral holy fuck with fishmans and evertune or hardtail omg I can not wait
@@slavicobelrus2466 It’s still in the prototype stages at the moment, so I’m not sure what specs it’ll have, but knowing Ola, he’ll have a bunch of different kinds.
Lots darker notes i like it standard to drop A seven string!
I don't know if I should play the guitar or start praying
"So that's why I mainly play seven strings, to be able to have that range, and using a drop tuning so I can free up my fingers for uh.. all kinds of different.......... stupid stuff."
Ola cracks me up hahaha
Viking
Ola turned his back on 7 strings 😢😢
Play in drop A
Rara Rasputin
Yes.
BRO LOOKS LIKE JESUS
jesus !!
i see jesus teaching guitar
Jesus meets metal
He looks like Jesus
ola going john petrucci here
jesus
Ola is --- Jesus Christ
Omg its jeebus christ 😇🙏
Too late ...already got used with B standard on riffs .the human ear barely cope with so low notes while riffing fast. If you go down toA it s more like a continouous very low djdjjjjjjjjj ,and that s all !'I said at speed riffs only !guitars sound muddy)
Whats up with the Jesus comments he was an Arab Ola is not. Though he is a god like player
What's the point of these 'complex' (or should i say rather primitive, one can hardly call a sus4 complex) chords if they sound all mudded by distortion? You can't possibly discern more than an interval, everything else is just... well. dirt. That's why in classic heavy music they play only powerchords: there's no point in adding more than one note to a chord's root and an octave to make it more 'full sounding'. Today be concerned with metal, distorted chords, 152-string guitars is just wierd. Yeah, with a clean sound we can actually hear what you're playing. Then what's the point in playing it when nobody can hear what you're playing? You don't need that many notes (that nobody in the world can elicit from those chords anyway) to get the 'dramatic effect', play a second on a 5th note of the scale on your guitar and let the bass player be herd with the root for god's sake. Why should he even bother.
Get your ears checked, boy.
Kevin Kraft ty for your condescending concern, sir
Kevin Kraft
I gotta agree with Kevin Kraft. Get your ears checked. I am not a guitar God with super hearing and I can still hear every note ring out clear as day.
you don't have to listen to it you know, and why comment if it's not your thing. I happen to love the "MUDD" LOL!!!!!
Boost pedals are an excellent way to tighten up a tone so you can distinguish all the notes in huge chords. You don't need to play anything "complex" whenever you're playing metal. Dominant 7 chords aren't typically used. Minor 7, Half and Fully Diminished, Major 7, and even some Augmented chords will work fine, but it's mostly 5th chords stacked with doubles, with maybe an added 3rd. There's no need to be Thelonious Monk or Count Basie whenever it comes to metal.
Wicked n nice yeah Jesus Christ looking guitar playing foolio.
Not that I'm a Believer but I thought you were supposed to be saving people!! not fucking playing guitar and doing rock and roll"),
Its all about the slash chords on the 7 string. that is what gets that big sound. that's why I play 7 string. I tuned it a step lower.. \m/
Me too