Chordplay - The Chords of Accept
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- Опубликовано: 28 июл 2024
- Here's the next episode of Chordplay with The Chords of Accept.
I've had a lot of requests for Wolf Hoffmann and the music of Accept, so when I put today's lessons together, I decided early on to go ahead and create a Wolf Hoffmann Three-For-All along with an Accept-focused Chordplay lesson - so here you go!
I hope you have as much fun working through and watching these two lessons as I did making them. Wolf is a monster musician and his ideas come from everywhere - rock, hard rock, metal, classical, blues, and so much more.
This lesson focuses on Wolf's signature and patented hard rock riffing and while he plays traditional power chords in his music (and regular major/minor chords) he also has a gifted way of attacking the strings with his picking hand while ravaging his guitar with intricate double-stops, partial chords, and implied tonalities.
Most of his famous riffs, fills, and solos are based around or partially influenced by classical music, which makes everything that Wolf does within his music exciting, interesting, and decidedly different. Instead of being focused on technique or shredding his way through classical music and concepts, Wolf is more interested in targeting the moods, themes, melodies, and textures that you hear, which is a unique approach and such a breath of fresh air - musically speaking.
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Hoffmann is a riff GOD. I've interviewed him twice, and he's a really good guy, too. I LOVE LOVE LOVE his guitar work. Back when the band went on hiatus in the 90s and he was selling off gear, I bought his Hamer V (seen on the cover of 'Classical') and his stereo Marshall head (used on The Final Chapter and Death Row).
David Baron he’s been in my top 5 (alongside Michael Schenker, Matthias Jabs, Gary Moore, and Uli Jon Roth) ever since I got introduced to Accept. Love German metal.
Oh man I feel vindicated!!! I LOVE WOLF TOO!!! He was a MAJOR influence on my playing.His rythm/riffs wer crushing AND tasty. Awsome right hand. His leads, were clean, tight, ferocious, so focused.Best leads r the ones u can hum. His stuff always ADDED to the song. And, he didnt rely on gimmicks, or gear/fx. Just his fingers, guitar, and amp. Beautiful technique. I'm really happy to see others giving him some cred.I dont know why he never got more attention. I would play a wolf riff at rehearsal, I get a BIG...WHATS THAT/IS THAT YOURS??? NOOOO, its ACCEPT!!! Oh.😴 I played their 2010 release for a few younger DJENT rockers and they LOVED IT!!!
Dude, please make a video with the cramer + Marshall stereo.
Very cool! 🤩 I'm sure the members of the 'Hamer USA Guitars' FB group would very much appreciate some photos of that guitar, David! 😀
Restless & Wild changed my life and the way I play. Thanks for making this! I always say that Wolf is a far too underrated guitarist! Thanks again!
Talk about escalating quickly...Loving the Accept
Heck yeah! When you say Accept is coming up next, you mean It!🤘
When I was a very young man I was in a metal cover band and we played three or four Accept songs and I saw them come through the Bay Area in 83-84 on a couple of tours. ":The German Judas Priest" Thanks as always David.
Another great lesson. Accept is still on heavy rotation for me so many years later. Their production on their records, especially Metal Heart was top notch. 🤟
Wolf used the 'house' Marshalls at Dieter Dirks studio in Cologne, Germany. He mainly used his 1979 white Gibson Flying V with Bill Lawrence L-500 pickups for BTTW, but switched to EMG 81 for Metal Heart and Russian Roulette after hearing Vinnie Vincent rave about EMG's around 1984. Wolf also used a Fender Strat with the EMG 81. I found out many years later that one of the secrets to Wolf's tone was the use of a Rangemaster Treble Boost. That to me, is how he got that tight, punchy tone that seemed to swell and "bloom" when he let chords sustain. One of my favorites guitar tones of all time.
Nice! I'll stick with the Bill Lawrence p.ups. ( if I had a choice) I love his tone, and like you described how it Swelled during a sustained chord. 👍
Skümmtööns '66 Yeah, I always thought Wolf (and Herman Frank) used a compressor to get that singing sustain, but I only found out about 5 years ago he used a Rangemaster... and those do have a natural compression, as well as bump the mids.
Best Regards 🎸
@@scottdunn2178 Wow, I did not know that or what the Rangemaster did. Thank you for the info!👍. Be safe my friend.
@@Scottocaster6668 The Dallas-Arbiter Rangemaster Treble Booster was developed in the 1960's to give a brighter high end to a lot of amplifiers of the day that tended to be rather dark sounding. It's not really a treble booster per say as the name implies... it's actually got a really nice upper midrange boost, that combined with the Germanium transistors it also provides slight overdrive tone that can't be found on other devices. Original Rangemasters are quite expensive and are not the most reliable. Fortunately, there are a lot of boutique companies that make a very good replica of the Rangemaster. A simple Google search should put you on the right track if you're looking for something like an original version.
Regards.
@@scottdunn2178 That was going to be my next question, the price. Funny you said it gives off a more of a mid range. I tend to boost the mids on my settings, it kinda gives chords and notes a "personality". IDK, maybe it's my ears but I think more mids makes chords sound enhanced. I'll definitely be looking into one of those in the future. Thanks again 😊👍.
You are constantly hitting it out of the park David! Thanks for the episodes on Wolf Hoffmann! He has always been a favorite of mine (feel and tone galore).
Love the little history lesson you give as well as the guitar breakdown.
Really makes the videos interesting, especially when you don’t know anything about the band.
Keep up the great work
You'll start listening to them now 😝👍
Wolf the riff master, I just love Accept
Saw them on the Metal Heart tour with Rough Cutt and Krokus. Side note, I think Andy Sneap did Blood of the Nations for 'free'. I am sure he got some kick back from the album but he offered his services to get Accept going again.
Yep, Accept kicks ass! Cool lesson. Thank you
Hands down the best lesson. Aiming High caught my ear instantly in '86. I didn't think Accept Chordplay would come out this quickly! Christmas came early for us fans. Love this guy, DB👍👍
Accept, oh yeah! Priest used a lot of those partial chord riff writing chops over the years, as well as many others. Givin' the Wolf some love - I always loved his melodic injections into the grind!!!
Wow..didn't know that, true fan
Love that ... If I was on an island give me Accept and U.D.O. and I'll be fine!
Been listening to Accept since early 80s and started playing guitar few years ago so I'm loving learning a bunch of their songs which are so strong on guitar.
Great video!!
Man, this is good. Wolf Hoffmann and Herman Frank both are badasses. I remember back in 84 when I started taking guitar lessons, my teacher ( Heavy Metal Mike aka Mike Cross of Sponge ) taught me those platinum riffs and chord patterns from the Accept jams I requested. He called them " phantom chords ". A year later my band used to do the Traxx Tuesday night showcase and we did Guardians of the Night and Turn me On. woooah, the response was sick. The solo from Princess of the Dawn is like a painting, you can dupe it, but it'll never be like the original, lol. Wolf and the boys will always have my respect. 10 Stars on this one !!!!
Thanks for this video, it's always great to see someone else's approach to Hoffmann's music. My first listen to Metal Heart years ago had me hooked. The riffs, the solos, Udo's vocals!
WOW!
Just a couple of hours ago when I saw the video on Wolf, I was wishing for Accept... and here it is.
You work really hard. Thanks for it.
While Winter Dreams and The King are pretty simple in structure, they are among my favourite ballad-like songs of the era.
Blood of the nations is a great album.
The Metal Heart and Russian Roulette discs have some stunningly melodic and tasty solos therein. I assume it's Wolfe making this magic.
One of the things I love about your channel is that you turn me on to players that I missed out on back when I was a kid. Thank you! After watching this lesson, I just have to throw in a request for Glenn Tipton and Judas Priest. Bloodstone, Pain and Pleasure, Devils Child....all killer riffs with some interest chords that got overshadowed by the tracks that got airtime.
Barely a day later for the Accept Chordplay sequel!!!! Quick turn around! Thanks, David!!!!
That tooooone...i like it so much. Have a nice sunday! Cheers Roger
Ah you did put Love Child on there I see. Very good! Just a side note, when Wolf plays that opening riff to Balls To The Wall he uses an open G chord with the 2 middle strings. I think it gives it a little more bite. He is honestly one of the most underrated players in metal. When you hear about all the greats like Randy Rhoads, Eddie Van Halen, or even Yngwie, you never hear his name come up. When I first heard Restless and Wild and heard the solo to Fast As A Shark I I was blown away. Of course I was 12 and a lot of stuff blew me away then, but when Balls To The Wall came out it made me wanna break stuff lol. Just the video with the wall of Marshalls and the flying Vs, that was metal! \m/
The opening riff on "Midnight Mover" also!
I was 5 and still love looking back now I probably shouldn't have been allowed to listen all that
@@michaelblack9458 Oh yes you should have.
You wouldn't be the man you are today if you didn't!
Wolf is a riffmaster. I like his riffs from 90th. Stone Evil, Like A Loaded Gun, This One's For You, bridge part from Take Out The Crime...
I'm not to big of an accept fan, but love restless and wild and midnight mover is one of my all-time favorite tunes.
Thank you for your fun and cool lessons
Greetings from. Sweden
Awesome lesson man really enjoying youre channel, I got to meet Wolf Hoffman and Peter Baltes they were super cool, wow Aiming High sounds classical! Scorpions, Accept, Helloween, Gamma Ray and Primal Fear are such asweome bands.
Wolf is the man🤘
Well, I'm not surprised you'd already *done* an episode on Accept, after sending you that Hoffmann/Baltes clip in my Ace Frehley video comment earlier! 😄 My drummer cousin's band had opened for Accept and also the Scorpions back in the day, when both were up-and-coming 😀
A power chord lesson!
Great video! 👍👍
Love that black LP!
That music was so heavy and crushing and oh yea....tuned standard...just goes to show, you dont have to tune down to b-flat to sound heavy
Thanks Dave, now I'll be stuck play harmonic minor for a week. Hirajoshi and harmonic minor can blend in weird way.
Awesome!!! Love Accept!!!
OH Lord... I loved the intro disclaimer. :-)
Damn.. ALL the killer Accept riffs in one bite! Thanks David!! 🤘🏻
Wolf is fantastic.. he does play Balls with never leaving the 2nd position using open strings as much as he can.. he has a short YT vid on how he plays is.. says people miss the chugs sometimes between chords that keeps it bounding.. his new stuff includes much more chugging than in the past... but totally the =same crushing riffs and melodic fills.. Blood of the Nations may be his finest work..
Was literally just thinking to mention Wolf Hoffman needing a video.
So many killer riffs.
Again, I only peripherally heard the post-BTTW material.
I'd say Balls to the Wall is the direct influence for Loudness' Crazy Nights. Rewind back further... Def Leppard (High and Dry) to AC/DC (BIB-FTATR).
I know this is going to sound a bit "wishy washy" but honestly Accept's "Balls to the Wall" is one the most progressive metal albums out there. There lyrics are really touching in a lot of songs and speak about real issues (Like "Love Child" talking about the struggles of someone who is questioning their own sexuality or gender, or "Losing More Than You've Ever Had" about taking a loved one for granted, or "Losers and Winners" about how men need to stop being afraid of rejection, etc. Stuff that speaks to a lot of people to this day) but it also has more classic Metal anthems like "Turn Me On" or "London Leatherboys" etc. Anyways, great video and really underrated classic metal band.
I like more or less all their works from the 80s but they really put their best together writing BttW. All the solos show that they really meant that all parts had to be composed not just played by random, whatever the moment would bring.
Terrific
I totally ACCEPT this Chordplay video as awesome in all spheres!
Great. Love Accept. Power and beauty perfectly melded.!
It's funny you mentioned Motley Crue. I'd thought the same thing about Accept being an influence on them, particularly on their first couple of albums. I went as far as asking Nikki Sixx on twitter and he said he thought they were a cool band but they weren't an influence. I'm not sure I totally buy his answer though :)
Oh yes they were, a BIG influence.
Hey Nikki, 🖕.
Great video David, Wolf's guitar style just hits so hard.
Just buy lots of heavy E's!
Accept are one of the best Heavy Metal bands of all time in my humble opinion.
Wow just got thru watching 3 for licks and now some more great chords from Wolf. Take's me back. Would love to see what you think about some (Dio era) Vivian Campbell. You've hit on all the greats from my era, he's one everyone needs to hear. Awesome.
I'll second that.
Ellis Gordon I’ll third that, Vivian - Holy Diver riffs and licks🔥🔥🔥
Another great lesson! How about Chordplay of The Cult or 3 Billy Duffy Licks?
YES!!!
Great vid man, have always dug Accept! Was floored with their new stuff...I blast Stalingrad from beginning to end until my ears are ringing (kids, I dont recommend this unless you have a parent's permission)!!!!!! Great job👍🏼🤘🏼
Thanks for showing me the Accept chords! I didn't realize Wolf used so much harmonic minor. :D
The King Diamond boys have borrowed a lot from his riffs. Aiming High riff is all over their Abigail album.
Uncle Remus We know you’ve come to inherit what’s yours!
Thanks to Andy Sneap Accept came back with some fantastic albums
🔥 Please consider Metal Church
Nice review.
They are more Accept riffs rather than Wolfs: « balls » riff written by Stefan, « another second » by Jorg. While Wolfs role was essential, in some sources one can read that many riffs out of « roulette » and its ´sister´ album (written at the same time as « roulette »)« animal house » were written by Jorg.
Great band
“I WANT TO KICK YOUR ASS RIFFS!” In the words of David Brewster from another one of his videos, as it also applies to Wolf Hoffman riffs. Also see : Attack and Destroy-Riffage. Rock! \m/
Percussive!
3.45 sounds like paint it black
Wolff Hoffman.... Watch the Attack of the Mad Axe Man... He is a Masters MASTER
Hey Mr. Late Night Is it me or does that Les Paul have a fisheye view going on? Anyway enjoy the lessons of Late Night...Happy Holidays!
D e you are great man
Dave you're great man
Great channel thank you this must be a lot of work , do you work in the music industry or do you still work a day job like most of the rest of us . Thank you for the awesome, humble ,down to earth content . Ps Johnny winter would be a sweet 3 for all .
Thanks for that hard hitting blast from the past, any chance of some guitar riffs from the band Kingdom Come self titled 1988 debut album that album has some incredible music in it ,i used to crank that cassette in my 85 Cutlass back in the day.
Great video!! Question... what amp are you using in the bottom right hand corner of the screen??
He does pick harmonics but on the whole or partial chord.
That's actually part of his tone. He used his picking thumb to dub the chord,(like on Balls to the Wall intro) I stumbled upon it accidentally, and said Whoa. Akira Takasaki does it too.
Good Call 👍
Wow, I feel pretty bad. Growing up in the 80s, other than Balls To The Wall, I never really gave Accept any play time. I've got some catching up to do .. and as a huge Maiden / Priest / thrash fan, what was I thinking??
Shame on you Mister 😉.
It's never too late my friend.
Great lesson! What year if your LP and what P/Us are in it?
Do you think we could get the cord play of nevermore since you did Jeff Loomis licks a bit ago?
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Aiming high in the beginning! Hard and heavy 🤟🏻
Btw I’m the 666th viewer!
Fast as a shark
LATE NIGHT, i never noticed those harmonic minor riffs before thanks. I would think wolf hoffmanns got his riffs from martin barre guitarist from jethro tull. Because Martin Barre uses some weird chords in his playing. Maybe make a Martin barre lesson soon one day. The Live late 70's early 80's martin barre uses sabbath like riffs using an lower sub octave pedal.
W.a.s.p. please
Dude you're playing Balls To The Wall wrong, Hoffmann actually has a video on RUclips playing this riff for demonstration.
Thanks for this video, it's always great to see someone else's approach to Hoffmann's music. My first listen to Metal Heart years ago had me hooked. The riffs, the solos, Udo's vocals!