Opeth's Fredrik Akesson "The Devil's Orchard" Lesson
HTML-код
- Опубликовано: 13 ноя 2011
- These videos are bonus content related to the Holiday 2011 issue of Guitar World. For full print reviews, lesson tabs and more, look for the Holiday 2011 issue of Guitar World on newsstands now, or purchase this issue in our online store here:
secure.nps1.net/guitarworld/in...
In the following video, Opeth Fredrik Akesson discusses some of the band's signature techniques, as featured in the song "The Devil's Orchard." "The Devil's Orchard" comes from the band's latest album, Heritage, which is out now. 
Развлечения
![Young Nudy - John Wayne (feat. Metro Boomin) [Official Video]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/NY8HnYYo2fo/mqdefault.jpg)
"Don't really know theory", immediately proceeds to cite lydian, phrygian dominant, and diminished.
"Alternate pick the rest", immediately proceeds to mix alternate with economy picking.
Love you, Fredrik.
Yeah Swedish humour is unbelievably dry sometimes.
Frederick knows a little bit of theory. Akerfeldt is the one who doesn’t know theory. Which is beyond crazy considering he’s the songwriter.
@@tylerjacobson8012 actually Akerfeldt has twisted ears... I mean he sees every song with invicible third eye... kind of another dimension...
@@tylerjacobson8012 They both know theory. They may not know it at great detail but they definietely know the bare minimum a guitarist should know.
where's the economy picking? I watched 2:08 closely and it seems all strictly alternate picked to me.
Frodo turned out be a fantastic guitarist.
That's the resemblance! Except it's not Frodo but Smeagol (so before the transition.)
HAGRID
Awesome riff from an great album.
I have no idea why so many people hate Heritage.
@@BossDrSample probably beacuse it takes a new approach and didnt have that classical opeth sound. Its more of a progressive rock approach than their acoustic mixed death metal voices. Im not a big fan of the album but dont necessarily hate it
One of my favourite Opeth riff. I use it a lot daily while warming up.
The fucking solo at the end of the song is so powerful and dramatic I fucking love it!
I gotta use that we don't really know theory but this is a combination of phyrigian and lydian dominant. It like saying I don't really know math but im using a compination of algebraic lyniar equations and some parts of differential calculus.
Mikael dosent know theory Fredrik does
could you explain how is he mixing those two modes? are we talking of e lydian and e phrygian dominant? i dont understand:s...
Tony Ontiveros I found it pretty funny when he said that haha
Its bc Mikael writes the riffs, he doesn't know theory. So when Fredrik breaks it down, he prefaces it by speaking on behalf of Mikael (that the theory is not known) but then he continues as himself, providing the theory models behind it.
He’s not a theory nerd. I think he understands what he’s playing but doesn’t even think about it in terms of playing. He knows some scale names and modes but I think he’s kind of a mix of theoretical knowledge and ear playing. I know he said he took some guitar lessons. Theory isn’t hard. It’s just basically a language for musicians to speak in to convey musical ideas.
Here i was feeling good about myself. thinking "man, i'm actually pretty good at guitar, maybe i should try some Opeth". Then i watched this, tried as good as i could, failed hard and now my ego is a zero once again...
Keep at it. You can do this too with some practice.
+Isaak Keidser Flygare just keep playing dude
Don't give up, trust me. Start slow and you'll get the hang of it.
trust me if i can do this you can too
Practice. Slowly. In 2,3,4,5 etc note clusters. Then add the pieces together into bigger clusters until you have a whole. Then play it at increasing speeds until you technique breaks down. Back off, do some reps, perfect, repeat.
I left that comment over a year ago, I love Heritage now. Once I got over the fact that it wasn't like "Blackwater Park", I began really enjoying it.
I love his guitar sound.
wow this riff was strangely Difficulty to learn, sounds great on accoustic though :), heritage is such a mature and prestigious album musically.
love these 2 riffs
"We don't know anything about theory" yeah right, and i occasionally donate my ass hair to underprivileged dolphins.
This is one of the more original comments I've read in a while.
@@bakarenibsheut12 Comments were more original on RUclips back then
@@sundigest1121 Amen to that.
Well... jokes on you because they don't know theory
I love that held chord at 2:26 ish.
I love Opeth thanks guitarworld
Around 1:30 he totally drooled on him self! It could've been sweat, but most likely drool. He'll, I would drool over my playing too if I were him.
HAHAHAA
Not to be a party pooper (3 years late), but the front of his hair is wet. You can even see where it drips from.
i met this man last week! super cool dude :D
That's awesome! He seems like a really cool guy.
I love their music! It's been my favourite band for years, still is.
I like the metal Opeth more, but I really the last album though. I tried playing Master's Apprentices frim tabs. Starts out pretty easy, but gets way too hard for me later on.
@hemmelight I can't remember the name of the chord, but Åkerfeldt said in some old (Blackwater Park years) interview that was one of his favorite chords. The very first chord in The Drapery Falls is the same style. And it *is* a great chord.
-learns first riff no problem- yeah alright cool!
-second riff begins- I got this!
-2 hours later- the fuck Mikael -.-
@Amacher2772
The SE's are made in Korea using a production line process with standard woods and materials.
The "normal" PRS's are made in the USA by master luthiers with higher quality materials and some specialty and exotic tone woods and techniques, and more attention to detail. It takes a lot longer to make a regular PRS model than it does to crank an SE out on the assembly line in Korea. They're both great quality guitars, but the SE's cost a lot less.
@AbsentProductions I couldn't have said that better. You are absolutely correct.
Great riff! And indeed surprisingly hard to play it clean without any string resonance
These guys music is just awesome :D that's it.
That mini legato bit is so hard!
Fredrik is a guitar wizard! And he's so underrated, especially playing with Mikael Åkerfeldt!
what's underrating in playing with Mikael? or I just didn't understand you. Fred has common technics, nothing special to call him a wizard. When I listen to Opeth It's like I hear a majesty, so for me the real wizard is Mikael)
Yeah the real wizard is mikael. All the musicians are basically hired guns, since mikael writes all the music. Although Frederick has wrote some stuff and he writes his own solos. Frederick is a very dexterous and accomplished player though. He can really shred.
Hey guys, what do you reckon is better. Fredrik or Mikael's signature prs guitar?
@fru1tbooter14 i think what he meant was that Mikael doesn't write based on theory because Mikael basicaly knows none. in a lesson once, he was asked, "what chord is that?' and he replied "i don't know but i use it all the time" Fredrik is more of a theory oriented player but he mainly uses it for breaking riffs down rather than writing.
good lesson
How much low is his string action?
I literally screamed out YES when I saw this vid..this was super awesome,..but they didn't make it to the hard part.....bummed...any vids out there? I can't figure that shit out myself...haha...
Damn good tone!
Seems weird such a huge band is playing a PRS SE. Makes me want one even more.
same thing i was thinking!
Cool! yeah, a lot of people didn't receive Damnation well when it was released either, aside from the fact it's not in the same vein.
Me training on getting rid of sympathetic tension in the pinky when hammering the ring finger and then Akesson, a god of metal, moves that pinky all below the neck!
Cool guitar, I also have a PRS SE, tobacco, with wammy.
Thats a brutal guitar !
@NotJesus! i love heritage man
@bubywashere I know, I just thought it was ironic that he would say that they don't know any theory, and then explain how the next passage was based in the lydian and phrygian dominant modes. lol
Hes useing the green dunlop gator grip pick
Can Sam wise join??; I need a band
I don't get the part about the string skipping in the second riff... When he's playing the riff, he doesn't stringskip on that note, instead he goes to the G# on the 5:th string (11 fret), which feels natural. But then he mentions that "the trickiest part" of the riff is a string skip, and he shows the same riff but exchanging that G# with a low E on the 6:th string (i.e string skipping). When exactly (in the song) is this string skip played? I honestly cannot hear it, to me it sounds like they play the riff the same way each time. But maybe someone more skilled or with better hearing can guide me? Thanks in advance.
when he goes from the 11th fret A string to the 13th fret G string. And also from 11th fret A string to 10th fret G string
he shows it wrong when he shows it slowly. the skip is from the A string to the G string, I think he gets confused when playing it slowly
I love this sound
you know actually the se is just as good. The reason the se is more affordable is because they use slightly lower grade woods and that saves up, the pickup configuration is also different and above all that the pain finishes are way cheaper, but it doesnt really change the sound. The usa prs guitars are a bit brighter overall.
dat riff!
@MortenSaabye Nah! I love it! Its so new and fresh and EVIL!
@bubywashere agree,it just comes eventually
@fru1tbooter14
Fredrik knows a lot more than Mikael, but I think they mean they don't use "theory" when they're writing -- and then after they write it, they will use theory to explain the riffs in lessons.
@ 1:44 Is that the pick of destiny?? O_O
Why did I know that this guy used a Single Cut style guitar?
@adarkerlight minor add 9 chord
@DerekBallesty häxprocess, i feel the dark and folklore? But youre right...only because something is dissonant only a bit it is not ugly.
Lool at 1:31 a lob of spitt drops on his shirt 🤣🤣
HAHA. Sure it's not a bird above him?
*really like the last album though*
The first riff is not so hard to play but to play it at full speed CLEANLY (i.e. no other string sounds from lifting your fingers and resonance) is very hard.
What you just said makes zero sense lmao.
@@Cheximus lol just saw this. What I meant was that fretting and plucking the right notes is not very hard on that riff. But it's very hard to do without making any other sound on the guitar (but the notes you're playing).
@@iqless7313 So it is hard to play... ;D
Hope you nailed it by now!
@fru1tbooter14 anyone who reads a magazine like Guitar World might pick that up; Fred's not going to talk about harmonizing the scales with chords, explain the note relationships, meters, the tonics and outside notes etc. He's just combining two scales and doing a run countless metal guitarists might do at one time or other. The statements are really all about technique , rather than musical construction.
That's his signature guitar, of course he plays it! :)
@MortenSaabye i like Heritage too!! it is a very fuckin' crazy album!!
@pattikillem666 I dunno, i thought it was supposed to be technical or something
is he in open c tuning?
no
Standard Tuning.
Am i the only person in the world, who actually likes Heritage??? :O
No you are definitely not.
It's funny when after he says the devils orchard he pauses, as if it was evil, bit still that aside the two riffs are pretty cool
I forgot the album was distorted... >.>
haha sweat drips at 1:32
One of the best and only riffs on the album. Just because its not major scale doesnt mean its ugly. Your ears need tuning.
I watched that whole video to see if he would mention he was using his neck pickup. So since he didn't, if you're really learning how to play those riffs, use your neck pickup. And buy a PRS
PRS are f overrated and overpriced.
I doubt Michael doesn't know theory... If he doesn't he is just an alien :P
I know this is an old comment, but I thought I’d mention this. When Mikael was doing a tutorial for The Drapery Falls the interviewer asked multiple times to name the chords he was playing and he couldn’t name them. He just said something like “I don’t know. It just sounds cool.” Lol
That guy is a monster, first he carries The Ring and destroys it, and now he's one of a hell guitar player...!
and plays with Legolas together in Opeth)
stop 0.23 ME GUSTA!
It's funny that you say that because even Mikael has stated that when he writes most of his songs he just puts cool sounding chords together and that's about the extent of it. When Lindgren left all theory went out the window and Mikael was left to put his brains to paper and we had to deal with it.
Fredrick has more theory than Mikael but Mikael has more creativity.
@SirHenryUK I'd prefer them to be shy than be like Yngwie or Dave Mustaine
He is my cousin :]
@ARTOFWAR2008 Lol, you need to go listen to Opeth. The riff out of context sounds odd, but as a whole i think you'll dig it. That is... if you like prog metal.
They have a new album....what!?
ahh freddy your so cute, i like the way you speak
sounds like it belongs on the Lego Races old PC game soundtrack
HAHAHAHAH DUDEEE
I SAY THAT ALL THE FUCKING TIME!!
oww man :'D
@fru1tbooter14 hahaha XD it's common sense man. every one knows a lydian mode and phrygian dominant that ends with a diminished run starting on F works perfectly together! wait O.o no one does
he looks like private from penguins of Madagascar..
that 'F' on 1:30 made him spit himself...
В медленном темпе не верно выдержаны длительности нот.
@weischamp Hey man, I know it's not the best or original music in the world, but I happen to love avenged sevenfold.. so don't dis
well those are basic scales (maybe not common)... the theory he "doesn't" know is much more complicated than you think...
why would he use prs se when he probably have the money for the better models...
Creative people don't really need to know the theory, they already have the sound in mind, what do you think Hendrix did
@fru1tbooter14
no, actualy if you play guitar enough you pick all that up
Mikael, who most likely wrote the riff, doesn't really know theory. So I think that's what he meant to say...
@vermilgates ....says the avenged sevenfold fan...
JUICEY BOOBIEEE
Do not say that you don't know theory when you use theorietical terms in the very next sentence!
dudeeee u dont need a lot of theory in knowing that stuff. The only theory really used in metal, aren the key signatures and its a piece of cake, and knowing how to count time signatures. thats the only bit of theory they would know. Knowledge on guitar scales and runs is just memory and excersice daily.
fredrik knows musical theory, mikael doesn't. that's why he's in Opeth as lead and that's why Mikael's leads are very simple.
opeth as a group is more about live shows. all music is written by Mikael only. I think if he'd not like live shows there wasn't opeth
more like grumpy cat™
that's basic theory, actually. that's how big theory is.
They no need to know about music theory, they are music theory
LOL
That's only your opinion.
@IBigIManDixon °technical? hahahaha
PENGUINS DON'T HAVE FINGERS!!!!! D:
i love a creamy neck pickup