7 Beginner Math Rock Licks That Will Teach You How To Write Riffs

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  • Опубликовано: 10 фев 2021
  • A beginner Math Rock guitar lesson covering ways that we can take some essential chords, and transform them into angular guitar riffs.
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  • @EGPlaysGames
    @EGPlaysGames 3 года назад +262

    As someone who's used to playing more blues-based rock music; math rock and emo chord structures or riffs always seemed so foreign but every video I watch of yours unlocks new things for me. You help me a lot to make me play new styles and genres, and I greatly appreciate your videos!

    • @TrevorWongMusic
      @TrevorWongMusic  3 года назад +24

      Woot! Glad I'm able to help you learn the style. It's definitely way different than the Blues, but once you've got it, the style kinda makes sense / should become easier. Thanks for sharing the kind words!

    • @midnite_in_november
      @midnite_in_november 2 года назад +2

      Same hear, the weird thing is I play blues but don’t even listen to it, I listen to Midwest emo stuff so I’m finally trying to learn it and it’s so foreign but this video was a help especially since it’s in standard tuning - I’m also trying to get the hang of facgce

  • @maicben80
    @maicben80 3 года назад +8

    that rhytmin aproach at the is precious. things that most of us dont think too often when creating stuff

    • @TrevorWongMusic
      @TrevorWongMusic  3 года назад +1

      Glad it you agree! It seems counterintuitive in math rock, but rhythm seems to get overlooked. You can make something so cool with just rhythm

  • @lordjamon
    @lordjamon 3 года назад +39

    Love getting a riff inspiration like these and then just noodling around. Great vid

  • @T3dNABox
    @T3dNABox Год назад +1

    Thank you! As a guitar player who put it down and recently found it again. I never thought I'd be able to even fathom learning math rock techniques so quickly

  • @eddieo6886
    @eddieo6886 3 года назад +5

    Your title drew me in, expertly written. This is exactly the kind of stuff I need right now. Added to my watch later but I already have a feeling this is going to be a great video

  • @beastie244
    @beastie244 3 года назад +10

    I fell out of playing guitar a few years ago but seeing your channel and getting into more math rock has inspired me to get on it again. Thanks man your channel is great!

  • @johnjoy1318
    @johnjoy1318 3 года назад +129

    These videos are amazing. For a beginner like me it makes getting the sound I’m looking for easier when writing. I have an idea for another video. How to program math rock drums after you write a riff like this. Like a beginners guide to adding drums for the home recording math rock emo guitar player.

    • @zacksaquatics99
      @zacksaquatics99 3 года назад +9

      Yep I agree with this. These are absolutely amazing videos for the beginner, but especially during the era of streaming and covid times, it makes more sense to record as a solo artist than in a band (unless money isn’t a concern).

    • @aizuyuaizuyu
      @aizuyuaizuyu 3 года назад +2

      agreed! i've been searching forever on how to program drums since covid and all, haven't found anything that i understand (maybe i'm just dumb haha). especially for non-drummers who are forced to become one (because covid) like me, guide videos would be really helpful. thanks!

    • @matte6621
      @matte6621 3 года назад +1

      i so agree!! please math rock drum programming, would be amazing!!

    •  3 года назад +2

      maybe searching for r&b/hip hop drums first would be useful, since there is probably more material, from there you can go wherever you want to!

  • @zacharysnyder5820
    @zacharysnyder5820 3 года назад +1

    Man, ive stumbled upon your channel after getting back into guitar and didn't realize I wasn't subbed! Your videos are super easy to follow along with, and you speak clearly. 10/10!

  • @R3dSuperN0va
    @R3dSuperN0va 3 года назад +1

    Statement about the rhythm is very true! So glad you pointed it out thanks!!

  • @testicana
    @testicana 3 года назад

    Your videos have great pacing! Thanks homie, very educational.

  • @erroldtumaque3430
    @erroldtumaque3430 2 года назад

    clear explanation without being overly complex with chord choices and voicing
    bless

  • @omelettttttteeeeeee
    @omelettttttteeeeeee 9 месяцев назад +1

    How does this only have 7.6k likes? This is criminally underrated. Great pointers my guy

  • @steventhompsonlivetoplaylive
    @steventhompsonlivetoplaylive 3 года назад

    Awesome Info man, I am getting into more math technique because of your videos thanks!

  • @dick1918
    @dick1918 2 года назад +1

    Dude u are a fantastic teacher.. thank you and God bless you sir

  • @dominuslevian9266
    @dominuslevian9266 2 года назад

    i love how after that briefin' you go straight to the point, great channel!
    you have my like and sub.

  • @mitchkelly7903
    @mitchkelly7903 2 года назад

    Trevor you’re the man
    Love your videos
    Thanks

  • @sweetlou8208
    @sweetlou8208 3 года назад

    I would watch one of these every week!

  • @wigsibsnibbles1421
    @wigsibsnibbles1421 Год назад +1

    New here, but wow your videos are amazing. Keep it coming! This inspires me to learn more :)

  • @NeoSoulquarian
    @NeoSoulquarian 4 месяца назад

    Wow this idea is surprisingly powerful for the kind of music I like. Great stuff. I can't believe I didn't think to try it before. 🔥🔥🤘🤘

  • @JOEYIEGUITARS
    @JOEYIEGUITARS 2 года назад

    This is very informative. Thanks !

  • @PraetorianCuber
    @PraetorianCuber 3 года назад +1

    you’re truly a gift trevor, thanks again!

  • @user-vd4wz3qz2g
    @user-vd4wz3qz2g 3 года назад

    Amazing, thx for the video.

  • @xroroxmix
    @xroroxmix 3 года назад +17

    Ok that's it. I'm gonna become a patreon!

  • @KingSlimeProductions
    @KingSlimeProductions 3 года назад +29

    Hey Trevor, I've been watching for some time and I seriously gotta say, I've improved more in a year than I have in the last 4 ever since I found your videos. I feel so much more musically competent, and my ear is naturally starting to recognize pitches and ideas that I hear in songs. I really want to say thanks, and I do plan on subscribing to your patreon as soon as I am able to :D
    P.S: I was wondering if you had any interest on doing a video on finding chords non-diatonically? I can easily write using notes from the major scale, but when I see people incorporate chords like a flat vi and flat V it makes me wonder about the logic behind finding such beautiful sounds.

    • @TrevorWongMusic
      @TrevorWongMusic  3 года назад +3

      Hey Ayden, thanks so much for sharing the kind words! I'm really glad to hear that I've helped in that kind of way and am honoured if you should choose to support on Patreon! Yeah, I can definitely do a video on chromatic harmony, it's something I teach a fair bit in private lessons, so it would be pretty easy to put something together. Thanks for the suggestion!

  • @FairEnoughCreations
    @FairEnoughCreations 3 года назад

    Dude you make fantastic videos

  • @ImseanIguess
    @ImseanIguess 2 года назад

    great stuff, thanks!

  • @katemapang6331
    @katemapang6331 3 года назад +1

    Good lesson 👍

  • @tonyjabroni7205
    @tonyjabroni7205 3 года назад

    Great vid! I'm excited to tinker with these ideas *sprints to sub button*

  • @Kai-San7
    @Kai-San7 2 года назад

    amazing workt, thank you =)

  • @adamg.manning6088
    @adamg.manning6088 3 года назад +3

    Apparently I know music, because I telegraphed you going into something like FCP.
    I feel quite proud now.

  • @TomOtero1984
    @TomOtero1984 2 года назад +2

    Holy shit... math rock really is emo jazz 🖤

  • @asidbath04
    @asidbath04 Год назад +1

    Love your videos! They've been a super helpful resource for me.
    Also, 04:10 we Fall of Troy now

  • @itsfromicarus
    @itsfromicarus 3 месяца назад

    AMAZING

  • @drdoofenstock5559
    @drdoofenstock5559 2 года назад +1

    These videos really help me have new guitar and music ideas I hope you don’t mind if I steal a few of these licks and tweak them a bit into my own

  • @surreptitiousrecords442
    @surreptitiousrecords442 3 года назад

    More videos like this please

  • @r1coray602
    @r1coray602 Год назад

    thank u so much

  • @wakeforldmusic
    @wakeforldmusic 2 года назад

    Very nice tutorial

  • @motionPush
    @motionPush 2 года назад

    Thank you.

  • @yourmomma6909
    @yourmomma6909 3 года назад

    I really enjoyed this lessons. Where can I get more ideals like this?

  • @user-yl9ws2kh8x
    @user-yl9ws2kh8x 2 года назад

    Spectacular videos

  • @Joshua-sp1kd
    @Joshua-sp1kd 3 года назад

    Thanks 🙏

  • @user-kt4rh4mc6k
    @user-kt4rh4mc6k 3 года назад

    Thank u!

  • @XxRiseagainstfanxX
    @XxRiseagainstfanxX 3 года назад

    The first two sliding into each other are in Poliphias goose intro lick.

  • @frankie3351
    @frankie3351 3 года назад

    you're rad dude

  • @Shadyside-
    @Shadyside- 3 года назад +13

    FCPREMIX

  • @effective_cmpote
    @effective_cmpote 3 года назад

    DAMN! guess i gotta pick up my guitar now

  • @Sweetloss
    @Sweetloss Год назад

    Great stuff! Anyone else notice the first riff is Alex G's Mary haha

  • @Malevolentisonline
    @Malevolentisonline 3 года назад +2

    that last one - st paul missionary baptist church blues by la dispute :)

  • @chrisy.9440
    @chrisy.9440 3 года назад

    thank you

  • @mrjeffryson4449
    @mrjeffryson4449 4 месяца назад

    3:00 Mary - Alex G

  • @tylertownsend4074
    @tylertownsend4074 3 года назад

    Trevor I love you

  • @Namagi
    @Namagi 3 года назад +6

    As usual, very good content!
    I have a question for you. Math/emo/post rock does not have a particularly cumbersome musical history unlike most other rock sub-genres.
    I guess this is also the reason why there seems to be no improvisation-based approach to this genre, do you think it will come with time or it will just remain a more compositional-based genre? I've tried to incorporate in my improv some math rock ideas but it still hard (for me) to achieve a natural math-ish sound when doing so.
    I'd love to hear your ideas on this.

    • @noesunyoutuber7680
      @noesunyoutuber7680 3 года назад +2

      Storm and Stress was a free-improvisational Math Rock band featuring Ian Williams of Don Caballero, that might be good to check out.

    • @Namagi
      @Namagi 3 года назад

      @@noesunyoutuber7680 Didn't know about them, thanks!

  • @ItsRevyDutch
    @ItsRevyDutch 10 месяцев назад

    I, too, listen to tricot

  • @shelovessugar9950
    @shelovessugar9950 2 года назад

    Hey, Trevor! What program do you use to record the guitar and microphone?

  • @ОлегПТИИЦ
    @ОлегПТИИЦ Год назад

    Hello, could you please tell how to deal with that noise when I slide my finger along the strings, it looks like you don't have that at all

  • @_baiken_
    @_baiken_ 3 года назад

    ey that camera is great

  • @ravi7845
    @ravi7845 3 года назад

    Well i suck in normal picking because i play fingerstlye alot then i got good in hybrid picking and tapping i just suck a palm muting like some part of goat polyphia its really hard for me to palm mute

  • @shreya_x8721
    @shreya_x8721 Год назад +3

    Very simple and effective video! But I’m afraid the tabs at 5:09 are a bit different from what you’re playing.

    • @ashdeen
      @ashdeen 10 месяцев назад

      Frets are right just the order is wrong. Play 3rd -> 1st -> 2nd string instead of 3rd -> 2nd -> 1st string.

  • @paulski7307
    @paulski7307 Год назад

    Thank you 💙🤖💙🤖💙🤖💙🤖💙🤖💙

  • @kodyschmautz7799
    @kodyschmautz7799 2 года назад

    Tortoise, or don cab? Or?? I know i have it in back of my brain but cant quite put my finger on it..

  • @senditjake
    @senditjake 10 месяцев назад

    Bmin7 to CM7 sounds like safe in your skin

  • @thesufferingpariah
    @thesufferingpariah 3 года назад +1

    Hey aren't the tabs wrong at 5:13? If you look at his hands he plays 12 12 10 12/9 not 12 10 12 12/9 it's like that for all parts of that tab the middle is switched.

  • @psychostellar1432
    @psychostellar1432 3 года назад +4

    One of those I recognized from F.C.P.R.E.M.I.X.

    • @michaelsmith9178
      @michaelsmith9178 3 года назад +1

      I caught that too! Thought about the bassline for the original FCP track "Fcpsitsgepgepgep" off Fall of Troy's Self-Titled album.

  • @TheDilden
    @TheDilden 2 года назад

    4:20
    Reminds me of FCPREMIX

    • @TheDilden
      @TheDilden 2 года назад

      Or FCPSITGEPGEPGEP

  • @kennethbgoodin
    @kennethbgoodin 3 года назад +1

    Am I just really tired or does the tab at around 5:15 not match what you're playing?
    The tab says you hit the strings in the order D -> A -> E -> D, but it looks like you're playing it D->E->A->D. Both sound cool, just an fyi

  • @amateurish9588
    @amateurish9588 Год назад

    saucey

  • @dumbnutz5145
    @dumbnutz5145 3 года назад +1

    Do you have a compressor on your vocal track? you get quiet while speaking and i miss some syllables. If you don't have one on please consider this as it will raise your lower volume words and plateau the higher volumes. other that awesome vid! thank you!

    • @jc5512
      @jc5512 3 года назад

      Then you get annoying breaths. Spoken word audio production isn't as easy as slapping a compressor on

    • @dumbnutz5145
      @dumbnutz5145 3 года назад

      @@jc5512 RUclips buddy, an EQ would fix that easy, free plugin if you’re using a daw all of come with one just about, take you ten minutes to find a video and yes a compressor would most likely do just fine depending on the mic you are using

    • @jc5512
      @jc5512 3 года назад

      @@dumbnutz5145 lol I know what an eq is

    • @dumbnutz5145
      @dumbnutz5145 3 года назад

      @@jc5512 did i say you didnt? or did you assume?

    • @jc5512
      @jc5512 3 года назад

      @@dumbnutz5145 what is happening here

  • @harmonyproductionstudio6477
    @harmonyproductionstudio6477 2 года назад +1

    what happen to 5:09 ....tab is wrong or what

  • @Bioshockadin
    @Bioshockadin 3 года назад +7

    Pog great video

    • @Dotmw
      @Dotmw 3 года назад +1

      Dare I say poggers?

    • @user-hq9jw8hy3e
      @user-hq9jw8hy3e 3 года назад +1

      May I name Trevor our pogchamp?

    • @Bioshockadin
      @Bioshockadin 3 года назад

      @@Dotmw any truers in chat

  • @Killerstorm321
    @Killerstorm321 Год назад

    just reminds me of hail the sun

  • @dominicmaluski7076
    @dominicmaluski7076 3 года назад

    first lick is Amber by 311 prove me wrong

  • @TakingItToTheMMAT
    @TakingItToTheMMAT 2 года назад

    Anyone else just tune into these to hear more midwest emo sounds since no one is making this music anymore? I'm a rudimentary chord player at best, so I tell myself I'm tuning in to learn how to do this stuff, but the truth is, I'm like a mwemo junkie that just needs a little taste. Even a 10 second riff to keep me from going into withdrawls.

  • @stupiddude2706
    @stupiddude2706 3 года назад

    What tuning are you in

  • @lancebutt8599
    @lancebutt8599 3 года назад

    What tuning?

  • @Ornitorrinco666
    @Ornitorrinco666 3 года назад

    Señor simpson, nos está sangrando la nariz

  • @darlyngton_nyc
    @darlyngton_nyc 3 года назад

    New haircut who dis

    • @TrevorWongMusic
      @TrevorWongMusic  3 года назад +1

      A man with a dream to get his hair out of his eyes haha

  • @hyperatek3217
    @hyperatek3217 Год назад

    Is it just me or does this sound like mary by alex g

  • @andrewcrane5105
    @andrewcrane5105 11 месяцев назад

    So that's what they are called....shell....learn something every day 🤔

  • @iHateGoodGussingChild
    @iHateGoodGussingChild Год назад

    He looks like so math

  • @acon2211
    @acon2211 9 месяцев назад

    Slow down this is slippin' through my mind, this conversation has run out of time. 4:10

  • @joshfirlotte
    @joshfirlotte 3 года назад

    Big haircut!

    • @TrevorWongMusic
      @TrevorWongMusic  3 года назад +1

      haha yup! long awaited, much needed, feels amazing. am no longer a barbarian covid man

  • @farisalthibani1270
    @farisalthibani1270 3 года назад

    Trevor I love you?

  • @fastandfullofteeth5077
    @fastandfullofteeth5077 3 года назад +6

    why do midwest emo fans always come off as the friendliest people on earth?

  • @myc0ldst4r
    @myc0ldst4r 2 года назад

    u kinda look like chubbyemu

  • @jackmessaros5313
    @jackmessaros5313 3 года назад +2

    first

  • @tthrelk
    @tthrelk 3 года назад +1

    I thought this guy was going to puke like ten different times

  • @jordanc2844
    @jordanc2844 Год назад

    poop riff chords

  • @thedude4594
    @thedude4594 3 года назад

    Should be called crap rock

    • @furkanwhiteheart9885
      @furkanwhiteheart9885 3 года назад +1

      what did u gain from this? if u dont like it just dont click onto the video. we get it ur jealous and cant play anything besides basic blues scales

    • @jas3.14
      @jas3.14 3 года назад +6

      @@furkanwhiteheart9885 you have fell victim to trolling

  • @mercurial1025
    @mercurial1025 Год назад

    ty bro