Riff Rundown: Mastodon's "Roots Remain"

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  • Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
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    Bill Kelliher slows down the burning riff to illustrate how he uses open notes, bends, and hammer-ons for this 'Emperor of Sand' track.

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  • @creationofseda
    @creationofseda 4 года назад +72

    Bill is an absolute riff god, the modern prog James Hetfield

  • @I.am_Groot
    @I.am_Groot 6 лет назад +71

    Mastodon is one of the best live shows I ever saw... absolutely BADASS

    • @kadenzook3826
      @kadenzook3826 6 лет назад +4

      Thunder Buddy agreed!! Just saw them on June 25th and they were absolutely killer!!

    • @lorenzposchl5491
      @lorenzposchl5491 6 лет назад +4

      Thunder Buddy yep! Saw them early this year. So good.

    • @TheSamuraiApocalypse
      @TheSamuraiApocalypse 6 лет назад +3

      I'm about to see them live for the first time September 15th in Grand Rapids. I had never been to concerts in my childhood or my teenage years so I'm trying to make up for it now that I'm a bit older. It just seems wrong for someone like me to not go to concerts. I play guitar and bass, I have a decent sized record collection, and basically just eat, sleep, and breathe music. Now I'm old enough to drink, so it'll be an interesting show for me. I've only been to 3 concerts. I saw Avenged twice, Ghost once, and now Mastodon. Gojira is next in line. I'm keeping an eye out for those US tour dates.

    • @iminsane417
      @iminsane417 2 года назад

      @@TheSamuraiApocalypse i am 15 and just saw Mastodon live last Saturday. It was one of the best concerts I’ve seen

  • @Casey_J96
    @Casey_J96 6 лет назад +52

    Roots Remain has one of my favorite solos!

    • @secretsoflostempires7154
      @secretsoflostempires7154 6 лет назад +2

      CJSchecter96 Yes! I keep waiting to see if someone posts a lesson for the solo

    • @andrewtkach3838
      @andrewtkach3838 6 лет назад +2

      CJSchecter96 hell yeah I'll toast to that!

    • @secretsoflostempires7154
      @secretsoflostempires7154 6 лет назад

      Craig Adams Hinds is one of my favorite guitarists. Him and Kelliher are just incredible

    • @andrewtkach3838
      @andrewtkach3838 6 лет назад

      Secrets of Lost Empires absolutely man. Pretty damn tight live as well.

    • @secretsoflostempires7154
      @secretsoflostempires7154 6 лет назад +1

      Andrew Tkach Had vip tickets last month for their show, and saw them do a soundcheck. Played Sultan's Curse and Sleeping Giant. Was goddamn transcendent being able to really watch what they were doing up close and without the light show

  • @biffstronghold3926
    @biffstronghold3926 6 лет назад +40

    Sounds like an older Deftones riff when it's played slowly.

  • @hibernative
    @hibernative 6 лет назад +8

    That ESP looks incredibly smooth to play. Looks like stainless frets, too. Satin!

    • @cosmocalypse3708
      @cosmocalypse3708 6 лет назад +1

      hiberNative ESP doesn't use stainless steel frets unfortunately.

    • @dylanwillis1473
      @dylanwillis1473 5 лет назад +4

      @@cosmocalypse3708 That's a custom shop. Its probably stainless steel frets.

  • @osohoji
    @osohoji 6 лет назад +2

    The best song I've heard live in my whole life.

  • @heylookitsn0ah
    @heylookitsn0ah 5 лет назад +26

    Can you get Brent hinds to teach the solo for this song?? I love it so much and learning that stuff by ear is insaaanely hard

    • @The3leggedhusky
      @The3leggedhusky 3 года назад +4

      This. Mastodon has some amazing solos and riffs but that 90 seconds might be the most amazing and emotion invoking moment in their entire body of work.

    • @brandonaitchison3747
      @brandonaitchison3747 3 года назад

      I'd shit

    • @tomsaint786
      @tomsaint786 3 года назад +9

      I bet Brent doesn’t even know it himself 😂

    • @alexlevesque9687
      @alexlevesque9687 3 года назад +5

      @@tomsaint786 "Here's how I write solos: I don't." -Brent Hinds

    • @exortor
      @exortor Год назад

      If you still struggling to play it, i can help you, I've nailed it to the core pretty much. Reply to the comment if you are interested :)

  • @marekvodicka
    @marekvodicka 6 лет назад +31

    Beautyyyy faadeees
    Deaaaath deeecaaayys

    • @adrianolima3965
      @adrianolima3965 5 лет назад +1

      and all that I have come to loose, gone so long it doesn't matter anyway...

  • @matthewcayetano4162
    @matthewcayetano4162 Год назад +1

    He makes it look so easy 😭been at this riff for like a solid 2 hours and all these double string pulling and sliding is EATING at my fingers

  • @lukejacko888
    @lukejacko888 6 лет назад +18

    Gibson must be really kicking themselves now!! That looks and sounds one awesome guitar!!!

  • @Gabe-1997
    @Gabe-1997 5 лет назад +4

    Bill's haircut is on point

  • @GozMaster
    @GozMaster 4 года назад +2

    Bill is the step dad I never knew I wished I had.

  • @secretsoflostempires7154
    @secretsoflostempires7154 6 лет назад +1

    I've patiently awaited this moment

  • @puppetmaster8551
    @puppetmaster8551 3 года назад

    Bill truly is a master at riffs, right up there near Jerry Cantrell who tops in my book

  • @aidandemaria4734
    @aidandemaria4734 5 лет назад +1

    Bill even makes a combo amp sound fuckin awesome!

  • @AndersonWave17
    @AndersonWave17 6 лет назад +18

    I actually like the sound of it slower

    • @wherethe2riversmeet628
      @wherethe2riversmeet628 6 лет назад

      AndersonWave17 agreed

    • @masterspin7796
      @masterspin7796 6 лет назад

      I was thinking the same thing!..I kinda liked it slower too..

    • @puppetmaster8551
      @puppetmaster8551 3 года назад

      Its really cool, I love the original speed but this is super cool also. Just a great riff in general even slowed down

    • @user-bf6gz8ej4o
      @user-bf6gz8ej4o 2 года назад +1

      It sounds like an early Deftones riffs then

  • @Bellowthaw
    @Bellowthaw 10 месяцев назад

    After 20 years, power-chords got redeemed

  • @TrevorMDavis
    @TrevorMDavis 6 лет назад +2

    For anyone curious I believe they play in drop c on this song seeing as Bill is playing one finger chords on the low strings

    • @Crack_the_Skye
      @Crack_the_Skye 6 лет назад +1

      Trequiqui Standard C

    • @stepitupandgo67
      @stepitupandgo67 5 лет назад +1

      It's drop C...in D standard with the low pitched string tuned down to C

  • @oatmeal813
    @oatmeal813 5 лет назад +6

    Woolly Mammoth rules!!!!

  • @AngeloXification
    @AngeloXification 3 года назад +1

    I also use my left hand to "pull off"

  • @montys8th
    @montys8th 6 лет назад +2

    Bill is the Man!

  • @Wangavision
    @Wangavision 6 лет назад +1

    My god... that guitar is beautiful. I nearly bought one last week but the pickups are black. I could change them out... so I'll save up a bit more.

    • @leoselvaratnam
      @leoselvaratnam 3 года назад +1

      I have one. Plays amazing and the black top Lace Sensor Divinator pickups it comes with sound mint. However the new model will have Seymour Duncans instead. Not sure the reason for the change

  • @thommysaraceno2862
    @thommysaraceno2862 6 лет назад +2

    i also liked it slow'd down!

  • @clintn6677
    @clintn6677 6 лет назад +34

    The blue Sparrowhawk looks way better than the military green. In my opnion anyway.

  • @elpato1459
    @elpato1459 2 года назад

    That Sparrow Hawk is tight !

  • @Martiizzer
    @Martiizzer 6 лет назад +3

    I WANT THE CHORUS!!!

  • @declineofthewest.
    @declineofthewest. 6 лет назад

    Elmyr!
    Had a lot of fun there...

  • @evalex71
    @evalex71 4 года назад +1

    Monster tone

  • @StianAwne
    @StianAwne Год назад +1

    "Hello, I'm Bill Kelliher and I'm here to make this look effortless lol". I mean. When I see John Petrucci play, sure it doesn't look hard to him, but it still looks difficult. When Bill plays, however, it looks deceptively simple..

  • @JusTVIDSE
    @JusTVIDSE 6 лет назад +2

    When he moves up the fretboard, is it in a particular scale/mode or just move the same fingering up the fretboard cause it sounds cool?

    • @jordanjamesmusic7631
      @jordanjamesmusic7631 6 лет назад +2

      It's not really diatonic. He just goes up a minor third and plays the same thing; same fretting, same intervals and even includes the open note. I guess you could say it gives it a really diminished feel (so Locrian mode) but it isn't diatonic. Divinations does the same thing but instead of going a minor third higher it instead goes a minor third lower but up an octave. It's just something that creates a lot of tension :)

    • @o-REDBEARD-o
      @o-REDBEARD-o 6 лет назад +4

      Sounding good/cool is all you need to concern yourself with IMO

  • @scribblesdoodles
    @scribblesdoodles 4 года назад +1

    Did anyone else notice the hanging thread on his sweatband?

    • @skorpionmvv
      @skorpionmvv 4 года назад +1

      That looks like a zipper

  • @Nivenization
    @Nivenization 6 лет назад

    Thank you.

  • @stepitupandgo67
    @stepitupandgo67 5 лет назад +3

    wow I wasn't even close to playing it right...

    • @heylookitsn0ah
      @heylookitsn0ah 5 лет назад +2

      Evan Davidson hahaha, I fucked up a little bit too. I had no idea he was even in drop C until just now

  • @justarandomguy3071
    @justarandomguy3071 6 лет назад +14

    Do FOO FIGHTERS rig rundown!!!
    +giveaway of Hagstrom Pat Smear and Fender Chris Shiflett.

  • @nercksrule
    @nercksrule 4 года назад +3

    Is it weird that I want Bill to adopt my dad so he could be my Grandpa?

    • @user-bf6gz8ej4o
      @user-bf6gz8ej4o 2 года назад

      Bill is probably younger than your dad but okay lol

  • @thomasthulievre8703
    @thomasthulievre8703 6 лет назад +5

    It's hard to cover a mastodon song properly. There is many subtilities in their riff.

  • @kimseniorb
    @kimseniorb 6 лет назад +5

    why do those legato notes sound offbeat?

    • @xxczerxx
      @xxczerxx 6 лет назад +6

      kimseniorb At slowed speed it's harder to do the subdivided notes; those single note bits are combinations of 8th and 16th notes, and because he wrote the riff I'd say he just played it at the intended speed, and the rhythm feel was part of that.

    • @kimseniorb
      @kimseniorb 6 лет назад +2

      That looks more like a bad technique. Its just odd that the guy that talented and famous can't play really slow legato lines in time. His muscular memory is only trained to fake his riffs into sounding "kinda" fast. You can see this all the time with beginners who play "fast" solos, but when you ask them to slow it down, the can't do it. But I guess this works for a slightly punky feel of mastodon.

    • @xxczerxx
      @xxczerxx 6 лет назад +17

      Technically, I guess, but if you've seen them live they are extremely tight all-round, and actually in particular Bill. Personally I don't care if he can't play his stuff slow!

    • @kimseniorb
      @kimseniorb 6 лет назад

      sure. I love the dude actually, just was a bit surprised. yes fast spmehow it works well

    • @royalcat10
      @royalcat10 6 лет назад +8

      kimseniorb
      It's not bad technique per se, more like bad preparation to be teaching a riff. It's most likely due to not using a metronome, or possibly never having written it out with correct rhythm notations. If you're not using a metronome or any sort of steady beat, it's nearly impossible to drastically slow something down and have every note in time. And if you've just never written it out properly, it can be hard to tell what's what, you just know how it's supposed to sound, so you play how it's supposed to sound and don't really pay attention to what it's called because most often people aren't going to ask you that question.
      I'm certain if he had done one of these two things it would have sounded more together. But, he's a ridiculously talented guy regardless, just maybe a little ill prepared for this sort of situation.

  • @ZsoltSapi1
    @ZsoltSapi1 6 лет назад

    You have to set that amp on fire and let it turn to dust. The sooner the better.

  • @dan_s_higginson
    @dan_s_higginson 6 лет назад +26

    Sounds like a line 6 spider!

    • @JohnsDough1918
      @JohnsDough1918 6 лет назад +11

      Dan Higginson , this shows that if any guitarist's glorious tone isn't recorded properly, everything sounds like a Line 6.

    • @RudyAyoub
      @RudyAyoub 6 лет назад +2

      Heyman is absofuckinlutely right

  • @marconalesso1635
    @marconalesso1635 6 лет назад +3

    what tuning is the guitar?

    • @satyarsh665
      @satyarsh665 6 лет назад +3

      Marco N probably Drop C

    • @stepitupandgo67
      @stepitupandgo67 5 лет назад

      drop C....D standard with the low string dropped to C

  • @nightwing245
    @nightwing245 6 лет назад +14

    What guitar is that? I want it!

    • @DavidOakesMusic
      @DavidOakesMusic 6 лет назад +12

      It's the new ESP Bill Kelliher signature. Not 100% on the name. Something like Sparrowhawk..But he quit Gibson because they're stupid and wouldn't make a guitar to his specs. Idiots. Now look where you are.

    • @brucelk19
      @brucelk19 6 лет назад +3

      Oh it looks sorta like a hamstrom fantomen too

    • @ChuckBeefOG
      @ChuckBeefOG 6 лет назад +3

      Buy a Schecter.

    • @brucelk19
      @brucelk19 6 лет назад

      Chuck Beef are the diamond series good? Like the omen etc. $300 range is all I’ll ever be able to spend on guitars cuz I want multiple guitars or do you recommend one expensive guitar n no choices? For example I love my squier strat do I just buy the fender of my dreams or keep my squier cuz I love it and get a epi 339 and a shecter diamond. Serious question . Maybe charvel instead of fender I want them all but I’d have to hold and play a real strat but there can’t be much improvement other than pick ups cuz my squier feels n plays amazing

    • @OvansoDMLI
      @OvansoDMLI 6 лет назад

      Bruce Kelly bro, take a look on agile guitars, they're best for this price. Also you can check schecter, but omen series will disappoint you later

  • @thebeardedramper8303
    @thebeardedramper8303 6 лет назад +4

    Tuning?

  • @throrinbassilisk2551
    @throrinbassilisk2551 4 года назад

    Name of the strap???

  • @oshikiri999
    @oshikiri999 6 лет назад +1

    That neck is so thin 👌
    No homo

  • @perunlowtuned
    @perunlowtuned Год назад

    Why can't he say "fingering"?

  • @kimnirvana8618
    @kimnirvana8618 6 лет назад

    Nice tone

  • @hanisaleban6640
    @hanisaleban6640 6 лет назад +3

    This is only noise

    • @rite2beararms
      @rite2beararms 6 лет назад +3

      Hani Saleban would you care to share with the class, what you prefer?

    • @Abrahamhamham
      @Abrahamhamham 6 лет назад +14

      And what you wrote are only letters.
      Where are we going with this logic?

    • @brickroundhouse4298
      @brickroundhouse4298 6 лет назад

      And you are only a fart bubble.

    • @Broshare1
      @Broshare1 6 лет назад +2

      Holy shit! We got a goddamn genius!

    • @ZuLLeT
      @ZuLLeT 6 лет назад +2

      Correct, music is noise.

  • @JulianPatrickBronteGlenn
    @JulianPatrickBronteGlenn 6 лет назад +4

    Total crap.

  • @gusbus442
    @gusbus442 6 лет назад

    Idk but this made me unsubscribe...

    • @runawayuniverse
      @runawayuniverse 6 лет назад +40

      They might as well shut the channel down now that you're no longer subscribed to it.

    • @clintn6677
      @clintn6677 6 лет назад +1

      a bit overdramatic but ok...

    • @RudyAyoub
      @RudyAyoub 6 лет назад +5

      guys? gusbus442 unsubscribed!! what will we do?

    • @gusbus442
      @gusbus442 6 лет назад +1

      Made (ME) unsubscribe. Lol but go ahead, Milk It! since its all you got