The Black Dahlia Murder - Child of Night (Guitar Solo Cover + TAB)

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Tuning: C Standard (C F B♭ E♭ G C)
The coronavirus may have canceled the rest of my semester but it can't cancel the new Black Dahlia single, and it sure can't keep me from getting right to learning it! Here's Brandon's solo from Child of Night, played along to the song once and then played again in isolation a second time along with a scrolling tab. Definitely some old school TBDM vibes in this track and a nice solo as per usual--still waiting on Brandon to go crazy in a song though, so far the first two singles he's been very restrained. Either way, still enjoyed the melodic aspects to this one and the ending arpeggio sequence is a bit of a finger-twister!

[@atgvolumes6772]

probably a very stupid question but do you find being that high up on the neck awkward feeling? I have a had time squeezing my fingers like that together and still hitting notes accurately.

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

It will be at first, but you'll get used to it! Make sure to learn your scales within a key, and when you do, be sure to practice them on the high frets too. It'll make learning solos way easier.

[@GarrettJPeters]

Nice job dude! :D

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thanks my man!

[@fearofthedark88]

Even your guitar is green haha

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Of course dude, gotta get in the theme of the record! (It’s actually supposed to be blue haha, I think the lighting in my room just makes it look different)

[@enemy_ofthe_sun]

did you get that shirt from the Unhallowed anniversary tour?

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Unfortunately no, just ordered it online

[@enemy_ofthe_sun]

@@ChrisJonesGuitarist Saw Fallujah with BDM for that tour... your shirt made me think of that tour haha. Good job

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Yeah that sounds like an amazing lineup, now I wish I’d gone haha. And thanks dude!

[@armanpgrigorian]

So melodic, love this solo. Awesome cover and tabs

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thanks dude! Brandon’s solos are always great haha.

[@kevinberstler]

Haha you learn them before they’re even written

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Perks of living on the east coast and having a very dysfunctional sleep schedule haha

[@decayingautarch302]

Such a killer solo

[@IgnitionsChannel]

Thanks 🙏 What is tune?

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

C standard!

[@overactiveimagination]

Beast

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thanks man!

[@LorcanWard]

Beast!

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thanks dude!

[@joshuablackheart]

You’ve done it again 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Of course! Can’t just pass up perfectly good TBDM

[@viktorgrocz6517]

Tune of your guitar?:)
Nice job

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thank you! C standard

[@improvy]

So cool! That 7 chords technic part sounds nice :)

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

I agree man, very cool pattern and nice chord choice!

[@lornaraine3570]

One of my favourite solos in metal 🤘🏻so good

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

It is definitely an awesome solo!

[@fearofthedark88]

Upvoted you to 69 upvotes. Nice.

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Alright that’s it, nobody else can like the video now

[@Guitarshredder559]

Damn that was fast! 😂🤟

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Haha, I like challenging myself with learning stuff quickly!

[@Guitarshredder559]

@@ChrisJonesGuitarist well good shit brotha you succeeded! 🤟🔥

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thanks man!

[@DefkalionDs]

Godlike! :3

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thanks my man!

[@kostas_mexis]

Damn youre fast man!

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Love me some TBDM man haha, had to get right to it

[@TheHopefulRaconteur]

how do you work so quick! great work dude

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thanks man! Got the single a bit early from my iTunes preorder and got right to learning it!

[@TheHopefulRaconteur]

@@ChrisJonesGuitarist keep up the good work! absolute love brandons style, been looking all over to find tabs for his solos, but only managed a few tabs. found a couple of his improvs tabbed too. learning his work has really boosted my playing.

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Me too man, he's definitely shaped my playing and writing a lot. Such an incredible and underrated player, this generation's Marty Friedman imo

[@gaara3000111]

Awesome man, played it so clean. Just curious what effects you were using for the tone?

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thanks man! Just light reverb to simulate ambient room sound then delay. Some subtle EQing after that in the signal chain as well

[@gaara3000111]

@@ChrisJonesGuitarist Cheers man, just got a HX Stomp and hoping to cover some Black Dahlia if my fingers can keep up haha

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Oh nice, I hear those are great! Was thinking about getting one for a live rig to make traveling easier

[@gaara3000111]

@@ChrisJonesGuitarist Yeah it's been great so far, just gotta use to it first since I've never used an amp modeler before.

[@jbsmetal8419]

Very well done!

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thanks dude!

[@edima]

Incredible job. Brandon was so melodic on this album. He was pretty shreddy and nuts on nightbringers.

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thanks! Yeah, I love his work on both albums, but I think they’re a bit different stylistically.

[@edima]

@@ChrisJonesGuitarist yes I agree, but at least these albums show his versatility. Btw I'm still trying to figure out that final sweep/run you do at the end of the solo. It's pretty difficult for such a short solo.

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

It’s tricky! Are you struggling with ascending or descending?

[@edima]

@@ChrisJonesGuitarist the descending part from the low c string. Once I'm on the higher strings I can follow along with the tempo.

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Ah, yeah that part was the toughest for me too. Really hard to get the timing

[@Briand010]

Awesome, well done dude!

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thanks man!

[@barrychuckle5565]

How did you do this before the song even premiered?

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

iTunes preorder released earlier

[@barrychuckle5565]

@@ChrisJonesGuitarist ah, cheers! Very well played btw.

[@ChrisJonesGuitarist]

Thanks dude!