How To Write Catchy Pop Punk Guitar Leads

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  • Опубликовано: 2 мар 2019
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    Today I'll be going through the music theory behind lead guitar in pop punk and how to effectively write some cool parts.
    Gear Used:
    Gibson Les Paul Traditional Pro II
    Strymon Timeline
    Strymon Big Sky
    BBE Boosta Grande
    ISP Decimator
    Xotic Effects SP Compressor
    PedalTrain Classic Pro
    Dragon Heart GT Picks
    BIAS AMP
    Logic Pro X
    Apogee ONE
    Canon 7D
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Комментарии • 97

  • @maverickpanda
    @maverickpanda 5 лет назад +73

    This seriously needs to be a series it’s so good

  • @chazmxo
    @chazmxo 5 лет назад +88

    Learning scales is a must in playing the guitar I just learned scales a couple months ago and trust me it’s so much easier

    • @MatthewPusey44
      @MatthewPusey44 5 лет назад +14

      I find what really helped me was playing the scales over a backing track in the same key, that was what changed it from playing a scale on sequence to being able to improvise.

    • @chazmxo
      @chazmxo 5 лет назад +5

      Matthew P if you need too find a song key use tunebat. It’s an amazing website

    • @uprii
      @uprii Год назад

      what scales? and what do they do

    • @RabbiB0Y
      @RabbiB0Y 5 месяцев назад

      Not really

  • @antoinejackson493
    @antoinejackson493 5 лет назад +40

    You do not know how long I have been waiting for a video like this.
    Time to break out the strat

    • @mightylo5980
      @mightylo5980 2 года назад +2

      Time to break out the Tom delonge strat

  • @BlakeMcConnellMusic
    @BlakeMcConnellMusic  5 лет назад +33

    all gear used is in the description, hopefully this was helpful and brought you through some interesting techniques and the theory behind them. thank you for watching. the songs in the video are: the wonder years - woke up older, neck deep - cant kick up the roots, knuckle puck - swing, the story so far - framework

    • @sondeland9041
      @sondeland9041 3 года назад

      What tunning did you use in the video

    • @RamanN00B
      @RamanN00B 3 года назад

      do you have tabs for these parts? also great video!

    • @SirSoloSoul
      @SirSoloSoul 2 года назад

      Are you currently in a band?

  • @gleebybooer
    @gleebybooer 5 лет назад +14

    Thanks for making this man, I clicked on this and knew that you would be one of the best to listen to because of the sheer amount of music content you pump out. Your covers are a godsend man, thanks for the videos👍

  • @MatthewPusey44
    @MatthewPusey44 5 лет назад +1

    Thanks, Blake! I've been looking for something like this for a while, really helps me understand what they're doing. Giving it a go now.

  • @tessamekers8151
    @tessamekers8151 3 года назад +1

    Thank you so much for this video, lots of useful information! Will definitely check out the rest of your channel.

  • @nitjared6148
    @nitjared6148 5 лет назад +25

    my favorite pop punk leads are the hammer-on pull-offy ones in songs like the intro of staircase wit and the secondary intro riff in empty space.

    • @nitjared6148
      @nitjared6148 5 лет назад

      with lots of open strings. i suppose this is more popular in twinkly-midwest emo bands but it fits into pop punk well too.

  • @Gabingus69
    @Gabingus69 2 месяца назад

    Thanks man, very useful and informative

  • @evan.snider
    @evan.snider 7 месяцев назад

    Blake these are great videos. Keep up the work!!

  • @tylerrenfrow6572
    @tylerrenfrow6572 5 лет назад +1

    More stuff like this! Very helpful!

  • @THATguyTOMO
    @THATguyTOMO 5 лет назад +1

    As a Rhode Islander, I appreciate the Providence College books and stuff you rep. Keep rockin bud!

  • @YourManAlexSmith
    @YourManAlexSmith 3 года назад

    This was really helpful!

  • @andresstoner5839
    @andresstoner5839 3 месяца назад

    AWESOME AS USUAL! Can you do any of Good Charlotte, any of the first 3 albums?

  • @OmnipotentSag
    @OmnipotentSag 5 месяцев назад

    The 4th and 5th ways are using a lower note over a higher string and clusters utilizing diads and triads. -=80)

  • @tylercrone1660
    @tylercrone1660 5 лет назад +1

    most helpful video I've seen, great job and thank you

  • @TeamPaidToDrive
    @TeamPaidToDrive 2 года назад +1

    More videos like this if possible! Maybe some acoustic rhythms and leads? (unless you already have those videos?) 👍 🤘

  • @anthonyholmes3457
    @anthonyholmes3457 4 года назад

    Amazing video

  • @nicholaskaprielian3379
    @nicholaskaprielian3379 3 года назад

    Any chance you can tab out what you played for each part?

  • @kintaro_f
    @kintaro_f 4 года назад

    awesome tutorial, that lead octave riff was absolute killer 🤘

  • @lofipoppunkradio
    @lofipoppunkradio 3 года назад +2

    Dude your guitar tone is absolutely epic! How do you get about it?

  • @SamC_182
    @SamC_182 5 лет назад

    Great video

  • @trippowen
    @trippowen 5 лет назад +24

    Is there tabs for the song you demonstrated in this video?

  • @jamessouthern7823
    @jamessouthern7823 Год назад

    what play style would blink be considered out of the 3 u mentioned

  • @Aezthet1C
    @Aezthet1C 5 лет назад +2

    Can you share the guitar tabs?

  • @eliot_3475
    @eliot_3475 3 года назад

    can someone tell me the song that plays at 2:14

  • @Gringooo88
    @Gringooo88 5 лет назад +1

    This is a great video, would love to see a rhythm approached one

  • @chazmxo
    @chazmxo 5 лет назад

    See what I do is I’ll search up a song on tunebat to find the song key and I’ll just play along those scales in order to find the notes it’s a lot easier then tabs. Tabs may be easy to find the notes but it’s a lot funner if you do scales and learn by ear and is also 2 birds with one stone. I’m also a singer to so I use my guitar too figure out vocal notes

  • @sam-oy5xx
    @sam-oy5xx 5 лет назад

    thank you!

  • @MrMixolydian7
    @MrMixolydian7 Год назад

    Great video. Thank you! Did you go to law school? I used to work at a college bookstore and recognize those books below your sign.

  • @pucksheet4456
    @pucksheet4456 2 года назад

    thanks man

  • @alexispgls1498
    @alexispgls1498 4 года назад

    where is the candle ?? :) good job

  • @lightartorias552
    @lightartorias552 4 года назад +1

    Great video! And awesome personality! I usually dread listening to someone explain guitar stuff, but you had food energy and a chill vibe. I had fun checking out your video. Please make more how to's! I am now subbed 🤘
    (Also, cool thing including your Gamertag. It would be pretty chill if you played rainbow six siege)

  • @FakePlasticDrummer6
    @FakePlasticDrummer6 4 года назад

    Cant Kick Up the Roots is one of the best Neck Deep songs! Love that its in the background

  • @okkyadmojo1739
    @okkyadmojo1739 4 года назад

    Could anyone plese tell me what song he used as for backsound(all songs in this video)
    Thanks
    A
    Lot

    • @nathan-hq2jw
      @nathan-hq2jw 4 года назад

      i shazam’d it, it’s woke up older by the wonder years

  • @TheProTalentGaming
    @TheProTalentGaming 5 лет назад +3

    Can you make a video on how to write a rhythm part to match a lead?

  • @brandonreyes-castellanos9408
    @brandonreyes-castellanos9408 5 лет назад +19

    When recording the rhythm and lead guitars together, do you eq them the same?

    • @BlakeMcConnellMusic
      @BlakeMcConnellMusic  5 лет назад +14

      yeah in this video they’re just identical for the sake of time and efficiency. if i was doing it for real they’d be completely independent

  • @januescandallo8436
    @januescandallo8436 5 лет назад

    COOOOL

  • @KaliDreamer
    @KaliDreamer 5 лет назад +3

    Great video-what song is that @2:15

    • @Candpals
      @Candpals 4 года назад

      Kali Dreamer Swing by Knuckle Puck! Incredible song and one of my favorite guitar intros out there!

  • @mateuslacerda7413
    @mateuslacerda7413 4 года назад

    He looks like the film director character from Mulholland Drive.

  • @peik5569
    @peik5569 5 лет назад +4

    How do you find new music to listien to? And how could I get my own band's music to your ears?

    • @MatthewPusey44
      @MatthewPusey44 5 лет назад +4

      I normally look for pop punk news / release blogs and check back once a week, scroll through and see what's new. Spotify does me well with the discover feature and Mondays weekly playlist. Also check out reddit.com/r/poppunkers, hope this helps.

    • @peik5569
      @peik5569 5 лет назад

      @@MatthewPusey44 Thanks mate!

    • @MatthewPusey44
      @MatthewPusey44 5 лет назад

      @@peik5569 No problem buddy, rock on

    • @nitjared6148
      @nitjared6148 5 лет назад

      look through bandcamp.com. follow youtube recommendation rabbit holes. The best finds are the small bands no one really knows.

  • @isetmfriendsofire
    @isetmfriendsofire 3 года назад

    I'm a little confused, I won't lie.
    So what are you doing with the octave leads specifically, when compared to just playing the basic 4 octaves?

    • @johnnylifts8385
      @johnnylifts8385 3 года назад +1

      The 4 octaves is the exact same melody pitched an octave higher basically. The same empty space that’s left from the rythym guitar will still be there, lead guitar should make fill the mix more but not only that, add to and harmonize the rythym melody. Use more notes than the rythym guitar on the off beats

  • @SpaceyDamoto
    @SpaceyDamoto 5 лет назад +4

    0:00 Name Of Song?

    • @IanHaghighat
      @IanHaghighat 5 лет назад +3

      Woke Up Older by The Wonder Years

  • @beatlesrulez1995
    @beatlesrulez1995 3 месяца назад

    Sounds like most of Sum 41😅. Great tutorial nonetheless

  • @hadinasrallah8928
    @hadinasrallah8928 4 года назад

    what amps do you use? and if you use digital amps like bias fx what settings would you recommend as a starting block

  • @veryhairylarry1036
    @veryhairylarry1036 4 года назад

    nice

  • @nehemiahzo_
    @nehemiahzo_ 4 года назад

    @BlakeMcConnell how did you eq the guitars

  • @SelinaNotSelina
    @SelinaNotSelina 5 лет назад +2

    how to get me to watch teh video: have a paramore picture as the background. i still liked the video tho :)

    • @nehemiahzo_
      @nehemiahzo_ 4 года назад

      SelinaNotSelena while Paramore is a decent band, the singer in most songs is literally just talking about boys and boyfriends and it makes me want to die

  • @jamiecovers451
    @jamiecovers451 3 года назад +1

    What tuning are you using I'm trying to follow but your guitar sound totally different to mine I'm in Drop D DADGBE. Edit: your actually in D standard not Drop D so to follow you'd have to tune to C# G# C# F# A# D#

    • @markcm
      @markcm 3 года назад

      I was wondering the same, I heard it announced as “drop-D” but it sounded off when I tried to follow along. It sounds to me more like drop-D tuned down a half step?

    • @sebastianlindon8992
      @sebastianlindon8992 2 года назад +2

      "You're actually in D standard"
      "To follow you'd have to tune to (proceeds to list drop C# tuning)"
      What kind of drugs are you on dude

  • @yudhabengbeng
    @yudhabengbeng 3 года назад

    In 5:14 , what's name the technic?

  • @Iamkenuff
    @Iamkenuff 5 лет назад +1

    @blakemcconnel are you in law school? I noticed those books in the background and they look like my law school books.

    • @BlakeMcConnellMusic
      @BlakeMcConnellMusic  5 лет назад

      yes those are some of my old 1L books. i'm currently a 2L

    • @afterrabbits
      @afterrabbits 5 лет назад

      what university do you attend? @blake

  • @antagonist8765
    @antagonist8765 4 года назад +3

    dude you need subtitles!

  • @nehemiahzo_
    @nehemiahzo_ 4 года назад

    Help! I love punk but every time I play it I get death core instead. Please end me!

    • @nehemiahzo_
      @nehemiahzo_ 4 года назад

      Sorry I mean help

    • @nehemiahzo_
      @nehemiahzo_ 4 года назад

      No I don’t

    • @koronahoe6943
      @koronahoe6943 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/4Pjfr_MLeSY/видео.html this might help

  • @Esho5196
    @Esho5196 5 лет назад +9

    You a law student? I’m pretty sure we have the same Property book lol

    • @BlakeMcConnellMusic
      @BlakeMcConnellMusic  5 лет назад +9

      yes, i’m a 2L currently. thankfully forever finished with property

    • @Esho5196
      @Esho5196 5 лет назад +9

      @@BlakeMcConnellMusic Hell yeah man! 1L right now, in the thick of property. Stoked to see another pop punk lovin future attorney out there

  • @mitchbarron8478
    @mitchbarron8478 5 лет назад

    The sample parts you put together for the video sound WSTR as fuck

    • @BlakeMcConnellMusic
      @BlakeMcConnellMusic  5 лет назад

      i just realized the single note one is super similar to lonely smiles by wstr

  • @TheLexiconDevils
    @TheLexiconDevils 3 года назад

    Just listen to the Buzzcocks

  • @toadetteremotewithwiimotio3330
    @toadetteremotewithwiimotio3330 4 года назад +1

    „...Is using the Major Scale“
    *laughing in Sum 41*

  • @dnp41
    @dnp41 3 года назад

    Can I hire you to play guitar on a punk EP i'm writing?

  • @queti9678
    @queti9678 2 года назад

    :)

  • @kecoadisko77
    @kecoadisko77 5 лет назад

    Can you add the subtitle on indonesian language ??

  • @edmlampung4199
    @edmlampung4199 2 года назад

    Pop punk + troffical house 👇 ruclips.net/video/YtHIpONETwI/видео.html

  • @MichelOsef
    @MichelOsef 5 лет назад +3

    Great video, but... the background music is just too loud, it's making it hard to really understand everything you're saying.

  • @Gabingus69
    @Gabingus69 2 месяца назад

    You in law school or something? Can’t help but notice the law books.

  • @ericcoombs
    @ericcoombs 4 года назад

    It’s a no-brainer. I’ve been playing guitar for 15yrs and I’ve always been playing the same genre. When I hear “pop-punk” I think... NOFX, MxPx, Blink-182, Green Day, Allister, Rise Against and many more. You know you begin to date yourself when all the bands who people now claim as “pop-punk” are not what you know of as such... I’m 32yrs old now. All these new bands don’t have that sound

  • @metalheadblues
    @metalheadblues 4 года назад

    I'm a bit tired of metal , time for some pop punk!

    • @koronahoe6943
      @koronahoe6943 3 года назад

      ruclips.net/video/4Pjfr_MLeSY/видео.html

  • @calebeaton1503
    @calebeaton1503 4 года назад

    Dude you need to add tabs in your video its annoying just listening and trying to follow along