I just hope that people understand that a full mix guitar tone doesn't translate to a nice sounding tone by itself (usually). This is especially true when there's three guitarists you have to share the same frequencies with, let alone playing at a lower volume by yourself.
+don FRYE Works if you have big hands or a thin neck or both. Jimi Hendrix used this technique on almost every song in the 60's so not really unorthodox.
I agree, easier back then with 7.5 and 9.5 radius necks. It's easy to grab on a vintage strat, not so on a modern guitar with a 16+ radius so I get your point.
You know what's funny is I learned an acoustic song years ago and saw the guy using his thumb to play it, and ever since then I have used my thumb for certain chords.
+Physis Zero I'm sure one of them could learn it. I mean, Mark learned the Guthrie solo from Have a Blast and Jake learned Loomis' solo from Racecar. But the lyrics are about Spencer's dead friend, so I doubt he wants to perform the song.
+Harrysound That intro riff is by far the most fucking annoying thing they've written when it comes to playing it. There's a lot of inside picking and jumping around. It makes almost no sense. How they think of this shit I will never know.
+Menace in the corner really? Thats the thing I really struggled with. or find hard even now. The picking. I did have a revelation about starting the riff on an up stroke but now I just start with a down and hope I get it right.
Harrysound because I'm such a fan of Dream Theater and Petrucci's playing, my inside picking is pretty good, (not Petrucci shred-the-pentatonic level - even when I use the 'start on an upstroke' cheat I can't match his 2 note per string speed in the slightest) I can do the Steve Morse-esque 6 string arpeggios and shit, but this riff still gives me some trouble sometimes. I find with inside picking if I really exaggerate the pick movement, just contract all muscles in my arm and hands to a level that feels unnatural I'm better able to play it. But there's still a long way to go before I can play stuff like this without cheating it in some way. The Periphery guitarists are criminally underrated when it comes to skill.
Gabrol It's definitely syncopated, but I think it's just supposed to be a bit more specific, it has a very irregular groove and because they play a lot of polyrhythms the riffs sometimes don't repeat for 12 measures (more or less depending on the song). on top of that, they use a lot of interchanging 3's 5's and 7's with varying accents and rhythms which is more a bit complicated than a standard eighth note syncopation. Hope that helped some
Please, turn Mark into a permanent teacher in this channel. He has so much to offer.
I absolutely love Mark's tone. One of my favorites.
mark tone best tone
+Walter Wright don't know, it's a little dull IMHO
What a great teacher this guy is. Speaks very slow and clear. Very easy to understand. Good work dude.
I just hope that people understand that a full mix guitar tone doesn't translate to a nice sounding tone by itself (usually). This is especially true when there's three guitarists you have to share the same frequencies with, let alone playing at a lower volume by yourself.
That tone is so thick. Sounds awesome.
I love seeing his use of the thumb. Unorthodox techniques rule.
+don FRYE Works if you have big hands or a thin neck or both. Jimi Hendrix used this technique on almost every song in the 60's so not really unorthodox.
K P jimi used it alot but I rarely ever see people nowadays utilizing it for their own material
I agree, easier back then with 7.5 and 9.5 radius necks. It's easy to grab on a vintage strat, not so on a modern guitar with a 16+ radius so I get your point.
And with 7, 8+ string guitars now the necks are too wide to play with a thumb over...for me anyway ;-)
@@KristianPage hey dude from 5 years ago, just because jimi did it doesn't make it unorthodox, because 90% of people don't use there thumb like that.
if anyone knows how to combine dissonance and harmony into one congruent style, it's Mark fucking Holcomb. Yes
6:22 - I have to explain this all the time when I play a "djent" style riff to someone hahaha
I don't listen to these guys but he's a great teacher and that tone rocks
Have to love Mark's approach.
You know what's funny is I learned an acoustic song years ago and saw the guy using his thumb to play it, and ever since then I have used my thumb for certain chords.
*force persuade* you will play mile zero live
+Jeremy Fredricksin-sintin his ex gf that cheated on him prob then he deleted his whole Instagram then came back 3 months later lol
+Jeremy Fredricksin-sintin Pretty sure it's just because the guitarists thought they'd butcher the solo so they wouldn't dare to play it live.
+Physis Zero I'm sure one of them could learn it. I mean, Mark learned the Guthrie solo from Have a Blast and Jake learned Loomis' solo from Racecar. But the lyrics are about Spencer's dead friend, so I doubt he wants to perform the song.
Hmm, I guess that's the more logical explanation, however I remember one of the guys saying that haha
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That tone is pure deliciousness
Awesome, I've been waiting for this one :)
Great job Mark, thank you!
Damm that's awesome
Nice chords. Also, nice Bathory shirt.
Wew it has the omega chord in it, thought he played his jamup chord there QAQ
woah!!!brandon boyd plays guitar♪
Sweet sweet tone
I'm not having fun learning the third chord anymore (the alternate version of the thumb) :( Just need patience I guess
Been learning Omega on the intro here and it's a right bitch lol but i'm 75% there
+Harrysound That intro riff is by far the most fucking annoying thing they've written when it comes to playing it. There's a lot of inside picking and jumping around. It makes almost no sense. How they think of this shit I will never know.
+Menace in the corner really? Thats the thing I really struggled with. or find hard even now. The picking. I did have a revelation about starting the riff on an up stroke but now I just start with a down and hope I get it right.
Harrysound because I'm such a fan of Dream Theater and Petrucci's playing, my inside picking is pretty good, (not Petrucci shred-the-pentatonic level - even when I use the 'start on an upstroke' cheat I can't match his 2 note per string speed in the slightest) I can do the Steve Morse-esque 6 string arpeggios and shit, but this riff still gives me some trouble sometimes. I find with inside picking if I really exaggerate the pick movement, just contract all muscles in my arm and hands to a level that feels unnatural I'm better able to play it. But there's still a long way to go before I can play stuff like this without cheating it in some way.
The Periphery guitarists are criminally underrated when it comes to skill.
"Get that thumb all the way up"
That's what she said.
what's the name of the intro song?
It's Omega off of Omega from the Juggernaut record by Periphery.
Yay!
whats the tunning?
thanks
+George Gerbanas it's actually ADFACD
tuning? drop c or am I dead wrong? lol
+isn1pe, Mile Zero was written in Drop C, yes. (The solo was written in E Standard, though)
Drop C?
I’m sure you figured it out by now 😂
I assume since you haven't mention it that the tuning is Standard right?
kinda looks like Paul Gilbert
what is a "angular rhythm"?
It's a rhythm that's not hitting on the accents of a standard meter. It feels off kind of. I think anyways.
is that the same as syncopation?
Gabrol It's definitely syncopated, but I think it's just supposed to be a bit more specific, it has a very irregular groove and because they play a lot of polyrhythms the riffs sometimes don't repeat for 12 measures (more or less depending on the song). on top of that, they use a lot of interchanging 3's 5's and 7's with varying accents and rhythms which is more a bit complicated than a standard eighth note syncopation. Hope that helped some
marks the shiznit
BAAAATHORY!
it sounds better played slower like that
i disagree
the riffs are cool and all, but that tone is liquid ass :S
Is that bad or good? Lol
what's the name of the song of intro of this video ?
Omega, you're welcome
Thanks a lot !!
+Rafael Matiazo It's mile zero.