I'm almost at the 4 year mark. Gojira was my gateway to playing heavy riffs as early as possible. My advice is to learn what you gravitate towards, there's no set path to follow. If you wan't to buy a seven string guitar as your first guitar, then go for it. Just think of how they did it back in the olden days of just figuring shit out as they went. If you give it time you'll do it too.
One place I learned A LOT was Dimebag Darrels Riffer Madness. Dimebag used to write a section in a magazine called Guitar World and some legend (sorry cant remember the guys name) made a book with all the peices that dime wrote. It was so from the heart and Dime actually tells you everything he knows and in a super down to earth way. Dime was an absolute legend and super cool guy. He knows what it means to learn metal guitar and he has absolutly no bullshit ego issues. Man does he know the grind and is not afraid to admit it.
"As little gain as you can get away with!" I heard Jim Root say that about his tone in a rig rundown about 12 years ago and been listening to it ever since. Same with the no gain overdrive trick :D great info for a beginner! there is a gap in the learning market for this content! Awesome rundown dude :D
I've been a guitarist for over 20 years all of this is great advice. So many music youtubers tend to cram technique and music theory lessons down the throat of the uninitiated and all it really does is discourage people. Yes, technique and theory are of course important but those things come with time, practice, and patience. I see a lot of "Things I wish I new before I started playing guitar" videos, and their points are often pointing out their own mistakes or inefficiencies, but its through those mistakes and failures that we learn and grow. So many common metal guitar techniques were born out of mistakes or experimentation. Just practice what you want to play, play what you can and write what sounds good to you, everything is progress. If you hear a cool technique in a song, learn that technique and practice it, but most importantly have fun while you're doing it, and don't hold yourself to the same standard as other musicians. You'll get there eventually it just takes time.
Bro when I started playing ironically the first song I learned was an early metal song. War pigs 😎 black Sabbath is a really good band to start out with learning some of their songs. All I needed to do was learn how to read tabs and went on my own path. Awesome video dude!
I'm a beginner and I'm actually just getting my first electric guitar today. It's not what you think of when suggested metal guitars but it's a telecaster with dual humbuckers and I know Telacasters are versatile so why not. But thank you for these tips and for the apps you suggested.
It's funny that your first example at 4:35 is Unholy Confessions as someone 1 year into playing guitar...that's one of the riffs I'm trying to get down with the intermittent palm muting going on lol. But you bring up a good point with pedals...I don't have one yet...so you know what, I'll get one of those. Great video man all your points clicked with me.
I am around my 5 year mark now playing guitar and one of the best tips I can give is to learn techniques that go a long way with many metal songs. Like power chords, down /alternate picking. Also not so much a guitar playing tip, but more of psychological standpoint. A lot of people say to buy a guitar that is relatively cheap, for me buying a guitar that attracts is more important. It helps picking up the guitar to actually do something with it. Have the guitar in your sight. Keep it fun, play parts of songs / soundtracks that you like. Being able to play at least a riff or two motivates to keep on going. Lastly, remember we all have different paces in which we grow / can practice, so be patient and kind to yourself. After 5 years, I am by far a guitar god. But I love to practice every day and have seen significant grow. (I'm also self taught with videos from youtube.)
Josh brah, straight up one of my favourite youtubers. Love your energy mate and being a guitarist myself I always find myself watching your little shorts and I love em, keep up the good work bro, you are on your way to the top
when I started out, I learned how to read tabs, then learned Green Days catalogue. Easy way to learn basic power chord shapes and rhythm, they're not complicated riffs, but you get the feel of how songs flow. Once i got comfortable with that I went to RATM and Metallica, messed areound in drop D and how that worked. Just learn from ear if you're that way enclined, get the ideas of the intrument down and then learn your favourite songs. Metal borrows from so many other genres you'd be surprised how easy things like Jazz are when you come from a "metal" background.
You did a great job at articulating and explaining things bro. Give yourself some credit. I'm referring to the description, I think you're selling yourself short. For anyone just starting out and not wanting to break the bank on an amp, I picked up a line 6 pod express and this thing has made me practice a lot more than I did before. I think I paid 150$ for mine which isn't cheap per say but it's a worthy investment.
Very well done my friend 👍👍 Excellent advice for a beginner, that’s how I self taught , learns some basics, but play & learn songs , don’t be hard on yourself, Have F🎉CKING FUN !!
@@hardhadcore how? I suggested a sing to learn. It's a technical song. Not one part of what I said, or the intention behind it, was edgy. That word means something else.
When I was learning, circa 2002, all we really had to learn from were those terrible tablature books from music shops. I ordered kill em all, ride the lightning, master of puppets, and justice for all, and the black album. Your video took me back to those days. It was awesome. Thanks.
Fire perspective🙌🏾 I started about 7 months ago. I found insane love for blues wanting to learn metal and heavy rock. I surely hope that I can get past this noodling phase I’m in.🤦🏾♂️
I started like 3 months ago and my progession with guitar has honestly taught to me to just relax in life and Ive used that with literally everything , holy cow thats confusing but anyway im gonna start watching your vids appriecate it
I've been playing eletric guitar for only 3 months now (I used to play acoustic before...)...and Korn was what reeeeally helped me get started playing full songs! I'm still stoked about being able to play "coming undone" xD It's a start!
If you are just starting out and want to play metal, learning punk is a good start. They are usually simple songs. 3 to 4 power chords. Very basic, but fundamentals in metal. I started with Offspring, Ramones, Blink 182, Sum 41. Things like this. All I wanted was to play Metallica and Slayer. So it also opened me up to more music right away. To not be closed minded and that all forms of music will teach you something. It got me into John Frusciante's playing from the RHCP. His solo stuff mostly. To get familiar with proper chord changes, song structure, and to get familiar with those "Hendrix chords". Then it's been shredding ever since 🤘🤘.
Appreciate the video. Been learning slowly dor a few years and probably started with too hard of music (Periphery) but its what i enjoy and want to play. It motivates me to play. Thanks for the tips and advice! Also have been debating songster premium. This might be the plug i needed to get it lol
This dude spot on. I learned from tabs cause that's all that was around when I started. But just learn songs you love. I lobe thrash metal and early Metallica great for learning. SLAYER!!!!!
Up picking or down picking a single note does not change the tone of said note. Up picking or down picking a chord makes a universe of difference. An open low E is an open low E Up stroked or down stroked. The closer to the bridge you pick more treble in your tone. The closer to the neck more bass in your tone. Using just Up strokes or just down strokes you are hitting the string in the same spot more consistently than alternate picking. Thus creating a "tighter" more chuggy sound. It's less if you are using an up stroke or down stroke it's the pick you use is it round or pointy. Pick thickness determines how light you can pick the strings and still get a heavy pick attack. And where you pick as I stated before close to the bridge more treble. Close to the neck more bass does more for your tone than the direction you pick unless it's a chord.
I just picked up a guitar to do something while I'm figuring out vocals and I'm a death metalhead who likes more modern bands too. So I went with a 7 string immediately, cause I can just tune it and play 6 string songs, so I'm saving money and I also immediately jumped into harder songs. The intro of a song, Ive been working on for months now, is teaching me every single important technique out there. So if you're not interested to start out with easy songs, just try to find something doable from your favorite band. That feeling of being able to slowly get the hang of your favorite song (especially if it's difficult) is a million times better, than learning a bunch of tiny songs you dont fully care for. (for me thats any heavy/groove/thrash metal band lmao) Great video tho👍
What truly matters is having an instrument you want to pick up and never set down. I encourage any new guitar player to go to a guitar store and find a beater guitar that they like holding. Then modify the parts until you achieve something personal and love it. For me it was an esp ltd arrow 200, I replaced the pick up with a single Seymour Duncan Blackout as well as the tuners, locking nuts and bridge with gold Gotoh parts and even tho I own 2 different $1200+ guitars the beater is still my go to. In total I spent roughly 700$ over a month and now I have something deeply personal and a better understanding of guitars.
I started on acoustic guitar since my dad had two snd played as well. I learned by myself though using Beatle's song books. Learning on acoustic really helped my hands develope.
This may not be the most popular opinion, but I believe that especially at the beginning, it's important to have halfway decent gear. It is so much harder to execute even the easiest tasks on a bad instrument. Later in your career, you just need a broomstick and some fishing line and make it sound like a PRS, but at the beginning you need as little distraction (fret buzz, slipping strings, action to high or low, intonation off, etc) as possible while you're paying attention to your thumb placement.
Great video! My one piece of advice is to keep your guitar on a stand or hanger in the room you spend more time in! If you put it in a case in the closet you won’t play it. Bonus tip: play at least 15 mins a day, do an exercise or noodle. 15 mins a day is better than hours cramming! 😊
For whom the bell tolls was my first song. Go into it knowing it wont sound good. Just have fun and keep at it and you'll be making fun of Kirk Hammett like the rest of us!
as 23s yo who got into punk and metal guitar (yeah i skipped acoustic lol) thanks for this vids haha, currently i hang up with my jazzy guitarist friends and look like yeah we're different lol
2:58 I just got back from Avala Beach on a short weekend trip with the in-laws. I took my PRS, A pair of HD280’s and my Line6 Pod Express. Didn’t need anything else.
Metallica and Pantera is where I started off. Then I discovered drop d and it was straight 5-7-8 from there. Then I found out you can tune lower than drop d and I’m stuck in the rabbit hole
Good ole rocksmith. I play that shit daily. Especially on PC, with customforge, giving you access to all kinds of custom DLCs.I'm still ass lol but I'm having tons of fun, and can remember some riffs off the top of my head. Rocksmith is amazing at teaching you basic techniques and timing, while also having fun. I treat it more like guitar hero than a learning tool at this point. Songsterr is fantastic too, I learn alotta my riffs from there. Just sittin down for an hour, banging em out til I can play em without lookin at the tabs.
I started on rocksmith 2014 as well and IMMEDIATELY went to metal as well!! In Flames was my goal, first guitar was the signature guitar of the lead guitarist from In Flames. Just followed this channel I definitely would like any help in working through the metal adventure on guitar. I've been using Rocksmith + but it's definitely no were near as accessible as the 2014.
i remember the days of looking up parkway drive guitar tabs while listening to the song over and over again on my phone for hours lol the good ol days. also to anyone reading. learn hybrid picking sooner then later. its worth it
As someone who’s played for almost 20 years now, I’ve had expensive guitars, cheap guitars, loads of different brands…I’ve found that if you want to play metal straight up, get you a Schecter guitar and a Peavey Vypr amp. But honestly I don’t even have an amp now. I use a headphone amp and just AUX it into my PC monitors lol. After that…yeah Rocksmith is absolutely awesome if you’re a gamer. RUclips University. Get the tab books for your fav bands. I learned to play metal almost exclusively with the Master of Puppets tab book in the beginning.
I started with learning random short riffs. Crazy train intro, sweet dreams intro, chop suey, etc. After a while of learning those, I switched to learning metallica. Once I got some riffs from enter sandman, seek and destroy, sad but true, the memory remains, and master of puppets. I was tired of only being able to play riffs, so I said im going to learn a full song, enter sandman seemed easy enough and was fun to play. So I sat there non stop for weeks until I could play the whole thing (Except the solo lol) So then I went on learning "full" songs but without the solo if it wasn't super easy. I could play every song by metallica after 2 years, tons of slayer, killswitch engage, and finally lamb of god. I learned some solo's, Jihad - slayer, bohemian rhapsody - queen, one intro solo - metallica, fade to black intro solo, etc. I still wouldn't say I am good at guitar and its been 15 years of playing on and off. I would say from 15-18 I played probably every single day, then took years of breaks. I am 33 now about to turn 34 and hoping to get a guitar again soon to get back into it. Been hearing alot of this metalcore and some progressive metal thats been making me want to play again. Hopefully I can find a cheap guitar soon. I've been striking out at local pawn shops, some have neck twist, cracked necks, etc.
You're right. I was taught a few cowboy cords back in the day and power cords. I can still play Rock You Like A Hurricane, no matter how long it's been since I have played.. Learn a couple of songs you love, no matter the genre, and it will lead to a lot more.🤘
@@elkrumb9159 Modern & melodic metalcore has drifted further and further away from hardcore, so i think it's redundant to claim it's definitively not a metal subgenre anymore.
These tips I have feel to me like too obvious to say but ill comment anyway, but learn songs you know and love and when you're not playing guitar still think about the riffs The amount of riffs I've been absolutely stuck on is insane, but as i'm going about my day i'll think of the riff i'm stuck on and it'll all make sense as i'm thinking about. Even playing air guitar can help. I got stuck on part of the main riff in Pantera's song Shattered for ages, but one day at work while I was doing nothing i was trying to figure it out while playing air guitar, figured it out and when I got home i could play the riff properly on my real guitar.
Hey, i’ve been loving your stuff a while now. I came from tiktok, but deleted it and lovin your youtube grind. Been playing on & off for 10 years Lots of off, but when im on, im ON. Life’s been getting in the way recently Looking for tips with chugging, and downpicking. Anything at all?
Line 6 is commonly called the worst amp ever. It's a billion times better than a computer modulator though. Real amps that pump real sound do create real results. The limitations of a real amp make you better.
Been playing for over 20 years and the one thing I never learned how to do was pick fast for more than a few minutes. I've watched a million videos, talked to a bunch of guitarists, etc. My technique, as far as I can tell, is fine, as I wouldn't be able to play along to a lot of Fear Factory, for example, since if I had the wrong wrist technique, my picking wouldn't physically be able to keep up at that tempo. Problem is somewhere with my tension... I just cannot for the life of me relax, so my forearm gets burnt REAL quick, even though I'm doing my best to move my wrist flat (without doing a curving motion). I can play along with Slayer's "War Ensemble" for about 1/3 of the way through before my arm is tired and I get sloppy and not able to keep up. Using that song as an example since it's pretty damn fast.
i feel like, if you have decided to learn guitar, pick your acoustic up, and master the basics, for a good foundation. why acoustic? it improves your finger strength. And what type of music you listen to is important, cause once the basics are clear, you can play songs from your fav bands, and start making riffs, plus your compositions are heavily influenced by the type of music you listen to. and fronm there you can go on to learning morenthan basics like legatos, bends, tapping and shredding. this is what i did, with the help of a very good teacher.
Just started, the first thing i taught myself was the intro loop to a fine day to die by Bathory. Nice n simple, but such a cool sound. Will learn the rest of the song... One day lol.
I just bought a fire like it's satin black and red looks good and I think it's good to learn how to work on things like when you want better tuners learn how to change them, when you want spicier pickups/nicer pots learn how to put them in. I did it kind of backwards my kids are into guitar so I learned how to work on them/ build one before I started playing but I enjoy building things
I still use 2014 version to this day; limitless free custom dlc community on pc; and it’s great to develop technical skills while playing your favorite songs. I still recommend pairing it with some RUclips schooling as well though
I started in feb last year. Im proud tbh. Remember the struggle in aerials and now my fingers just land on strings. Can play some songs and learning ego riffs with just powercords mostly in them takes 1 day. Dont take the progress from your self guys. Most ppl i know r 100 times more impressed by aerials than inside the fire even tho those r worlds apart in difficulty.
My tuning is a cheat code. (G)CGCGCC (7 string and 6 string both stay here) Everything is a big open chord. Every scale is two patterns (all the G strings are the same frets, and obviously the C strings as well), and the top two strings being harmonized makes dissonant chords only one fret apart. Wanna "chug chug screee" like Norma Jean? There you go. I don't entirely disagree with scooping the mids. That's been the standard from 80's metal through metalcore, which you stated are you influences so that makes sense. There's been a trend in newer metal bands (I dont mean numetal) where they drop the distortion even more and actually bump mids. I think this is bc extended ranges are getting more common, and that thick "bong" string tone is pretty aggressive (check out New Faces In The Dark by Loathe or anything by Vildhjarta).
Ooo, interesting. So this would be like a Modal C tuning with the highest string dropped. I would love to see a video of you explaining this tuning. I just got mine set up so they will never sound good experimenting with this without another setup, but you’ve definitely got me interested. I just saw Norma Jean live last week 🤘
I'm 42, just started to learn guitar, learning blues riffs and licks, trying to play the intro of "The Thrill is Gone", studying "Music Theory for Dummies, learning chords (bouncing, switching). It's exciting, but I'll need to be patient with myself. I'm a bit frustrated with my small hand and my short pinkie, but others have done well.
I never listened to metal or had interest till one of my friends suggested i learn wherever i may roam by Metallica and that got me into wanting to play more metal
I'm almost at the 4 year mark. Gojira was my gateway to playing heavy riffs as early as possible. My advice is to learn what you gravitate towards, there's no set path to follow. If you wan't to buy a seven string guitar as your first guitar, then go for it. Just think of how they did it back in the olden days of just figuring shit out as they went. If you give it time you'll do it too.
Truth play what makes you wanna play
Totally didn’t buy a 7 string as my first guitar. (It was worth it)
W take. Learning Toxic Garbage Island was monumental in my earlier progression.
@@BOBANDVEG i just started playing and im trying to learn lorna shore songs lol
@@SicVoices pro metal tip: always return your hand to the bridge. It's called "home"
One place I learned A LOT was Dimebag Darrels Riffer Madness. Dimebag used to write a section in a magazine called Guitar World and some legend (sorry cant remember the guys name) made a book with all the peices that dime wrote. It was so from the heart and Dime actually tells you everything he knows and in a super down to earth way. Dime was an absolute legend and super cool guy. He knows what it means to learn metal guitar and he has absolutly no bullshit ego issues. Man does he know the grind and is not afraid to admit it.
Dimebag had amazing philosophy when it comes to guitar. I used to have dvds with a bunch of his little “ lessons “ on them!
I remember Guitar World and obviously Dime. Is Riffer Madness the book? Im gonna be looking for it.
"As little gain as you can get away with!" I heard Jim Root say that about his tone in a rig rundown about 12 years ago and been listening to it ever since. Same with the no gain overdrive trick :D great info for a beginner! there is a gap in the learning market for this content! Awesome rundown dude :D
I've been a guitarist for over 20 years all of this is great advice. So many music youtubers tend to cram technique and music theory lessons down the throat of the uninitiated and all it really does is discourage people. Yes, technique and theory are of course important but those things come with time, practice, and patience. I see a lot of "Things I wish I new before I started playing guitar" videos, and their points are often pointing out their own mistakes or inefficiencies, but its through those mistakes and failures that we learn and grow. So many common metal guitar techniques were born out of mistakes or experimentation.
Just practice what you want to play, play what you can and write what sounds good to you, everything is progress. If you hear a cool technique in a song, learn that technique and practice it, but most importantly have fun while you're doing it, and don't hold yourself to the same standard as other musicians. You'll get there eventually it just takes time.
Been playing since 99 , you have no idea how blessed are guitarists now with so much teaching info and good/cheap gear
Bro when I started playing ironically the first song I learned was an early metal song. War pigs 😎 black Sabbath is a really good band to start out with learning some of their songs. All I needed to do was learn how to read tabs and went on my own path. Awesome video dude!
Yeah one of the first my guitar teacher taught me was paranoid, good way to learn power chords and how to navigate them across the fretboard
One of the first heavy bands my dad introduced me to was Black Sabbath, a handful of tapes we bought at a yard sale. Blew me away.
This needs to be turned into a mini series please! Love the content, I just discovered you.
It’s soo cool to see someone else that started out learning with rocksmith!
It’s soo good for getting started!!
I know you from IG and I’m not your target audience here but I love seeing this side of your content. This is necessary info for beginners. W video!
I'm a beginner and I'm actually just getting my first electric guitar today. It's not what you think of when suggested metal guitars but it's a telecaster with dual humbuckers and I know Telacasters are versatile so why not. But thank you for these tips and for the apps you suggested.
A tele is a great guitar regardless of genre.
Hey that's a sick guitar to start with. enjoy that humbucker tone man :
@patrickonuohajr7406 Thanks man! I've been likening everything about it, no complaints at all.
joe duplantier from gojira plays a tele so id say thats a pretty metal guitar.
Love that humbucker sound. I just bought an Ibanez S series today with dual humbuckers. It was an impulse buy as I had my eye on a fender Strat HSS.
It's funny that your first example at 4:35 is Unholy Confessions as someone 1 year into playing guitar...that's one of the riffs I'm trying to get down with the intermittent palm muting going on lol.
But you bring up a good point with pedals...I don't have one yet...so you know what, I'll get one of those.
Great video man all your points clicked with me.
Thank you for this video. I was stuck since my beginner lessons ended. I didn't even know Songsterr existed. Now I'm reinvigorated to keep playing!
I’m glad you made this video because YOUR the actual reason I wanted to get into it
I am around my 5 year mark now playing guitar and one of the best tips I can give is to learn techniques that go a long way with many metal songs. Like power chords, down /alternate picking. Also not so much a guitar playing tip, but more of psychological standpoint. A lot of people say to buy a guitar that is relatively cheap, for me buying a guitar that attracts is more important. It helps picking up the guitar to actually do something with it. Have the guitar in your sight.
Keep it fun, play parts of songs / soundtracks that you like. Being able to play at least a riff or two motivates to keep on going. Lastly, remember we all have different paces in which we grow / can practice, so be patient and kind to yourself. After 5 years, I am by far a guitar god. But I love to practice every day and have seen significant grow. (I'm also self taught with videos from youtube.)
Josh brah, straight up one of my favourite youtubers. Love your energy mate and being a guitarist myself I always find myself watching your little shorts and I love em, keep up the good work bro, you are on your way to the top
when I started out, I learned how to read tabs, then learned Green Days catalogue. Easy way to learn basic power chord shapes and rhythm, they're not complicated riffs, but you get the feel of how songs flow. Once i got comfortable with that I went to RATM and Metallica, messed areound in drop D and how that worked. Just learn from ear if you're that way enclined, get the ideas of the intrument down and then learn your favourite songs. Metal borrows from so many other genres you'd be surprised how easy things like Jazz are when you come from a "metal" background.
You did a great job at articulating and explaining things bro. Give yourself some credit. I'm referring to the description, I think you're selling yourself short. For anyone just starting out and not wanting to break the bank on an amp, I picked up a line 6 pod express and this thing has made me practice a lot more than I did before. I think I paid 150$ for mine which isn't cheap per say but it's a worthy investment.
Nice man! Appreciate the energy
Just stumbled across your channel today. Instant sub! You should do more videos like this, speaking to your experience. You have a knack for it…
Yo used to watch you on the gram all the time back early on come long way keep up good work proud of ya
🙏🙏🙏🙏
Need more videos like this! Incredibly helpful
Bro, I was waiting for someone like you now I can learn
Excellent video and great advices🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I just played Rocksmith for a few years. Been playing since February 2017. I've also been a bassist since 2001, so that kinda helped too.
Thank you! Very good info, without all the showing off you're playing type of video, like alot of others do. 👍🏻👍🏻
Very well done my friend 👍👍 Excellent advice for a beginner, that’s how I self taught , learns some basics, but play & learn songs , don’t be hard on yourself, Have F🎉CKING FUN !!
This is basically everything i tell everyone who asks me how to start. Nice video.
Just wanted to say this is all really solid advice. Great video
Also, just learn Dagger by Vildhjarta and you'll touch on everything you need lol.
bro you really like that song huh
@@kudamutamba9598 😂😂 just wanted to see if anyone noticed
Vildhjarta is fkin sick but not really good stuff for beginners to start learning.
so edgy
@@hardhadcore how? I suggested a sing to learn. It's a technical song. Not one part of what I said, or the intention behind it, was edgy. That word means something else.
Taking on this huge task playing guitar. At 43. I’m a shitty bassist playing guitar to be able to write my own stuff. Subbed for good stuff! Cheers 🤘🏻
When I was learning, circa 2002, all we really had to learn from were those terrible tablature books from music shops. I ordered kill em all, ride the lightning, master of puppets, and justice for all, and the black album.
Your video took me back to those days. It was awesome. Thanks.
Fire perspective🙌🏾 I started about 7 months ago. I found insane love for blues wanting to learn metal and heavy rock. I surely hope that I can get past this noodling phase I’m in.🤦🏾♂️
Love your reels I subbed I didn’t know about your you tube channel can’t wait to see what you got
Thanks for the video, you are a very entertaining presenter!
I started like 3 months ago and my progession with guitar has honestly taught to me to just relax in life and Ive used that with literally everything , holy cow thats confusing but anyway im gonna start watching your vids appriecate it
I'm in my mid 30's and I'm starting to pick it back up again. You literally said everything we all did in the early/mid 2000's.
Well put my man.
Thought for a splitsecond its dreamybull, great video by the way.
dawg 😭
Ambatakammmm
dreamybull if he learnt guitar instead of the sax
This videos a blessing man
George Lynch’s “Gothic Octave”
I’d love to see you do a video on that bro.
Great job man🤘
mad skillz dude. Great video! Subbed.
I've been playing eletric guitar for only 3 months now (I used to play acoustic before...)...and Korn was what reeeeally helped me get started playing full songs! I'm still stoked about being able to play "coming undone" xD It's a start!
Good roundabout explanation ❤
"please for the love of god use a metronome"
That boy SPITTIN 🗣️🗣️🗣️
Your right foot is your metronome. Fist thing you learn in music
If you are just starting out and want to play metal, learning punk is a good start. They are usually simple songs. 3 to 4 power chords. Very basic, but fundamentals in metal. I started with Offspring, Ramones, Blink 182, Sum 41. Things like this. All I wanted was to play Metallica and Slayer. So it also opened me up to more music right away. To not be closed minded and that all forms of music will teach you something. It got me into John Frusciante's playing from the RHCP. His solo stuff mostly. To get familiar with proper chord changes, song structure, and to get familiar with those "Hendrix chords". Then it's been shredding ever since 🤘🤘.
Appreciate the video. Been learning slowly dor a few years and probably started with too hard of music (Periphery) but its what i enjoy and want to play. It motivates me to play. Thanks for the tips and advice! Also have been debating songster premium. This might be the plug i needed to get it lol
This dude spot on. I learned from tabs cause that's all that was around when I started. But just learn songs you love. I lobe thrash metal and early Metallica great for learning. SLAYER!!!!!
Great vid, you got my sub!
This guy is Awesome!!!Subscribed🤙
Up picking or down picking a single note does not change the tone of said note. Up picking or down picking a chord makes a universe of difference. An open low E is an open low E Up stroked or down stroked. The closer to the bridge you pick more treble in your tone. The closer to the neck more bass in your tone. Using just Up strokes or just down strokes you are hitting the string in the same spot more consistently than alternate picking. Thus creating a "tighter" more chuggy sound. It's less if you are using an up stroke or down stroke it's the pick you use is it round or pointy. Pick thickness determines how light you can pick the strings and still get a heavy pick attack. And where you pick as I stated before close to the bridge more treble. Close to the neck more bass does more for your tone than the direction you pick unless it's a chord.
I just picked up a guitar to do something while I'm figuring out vocals and I'm a death metalhead who likes more modern bands too. So I went with a 7 string immediately, cause I can just tune it and play 6 string songs, so I'm saving money and I also immediately jumped into harder songs. The intro of a song, Ive been working on for months now, is teaching me every single important technique out there. So if you're not interested to start out with easy songs, just try to find something doable from your favorite band.
That feeling of being able to slowly get the hang of your favorite song (especially if it's difficult) is a million times better, than learning a bunch of tiny songs you dont fully care for. (for me thats any heavy/groove/thrash metal band lmao)
Great video tho👍
forgot to mention, one of the songs I'm learning is Of Fury by Shadow of Intent
I’m a bass player but one thing I can advise is to listen to other genres of music and learn that as well. Then bring what you learned in to metal.
Love the amp settings suggestions, just adjusted mine :D
1:45 totally agree. Basically anything with a humbucker will do the job
Fantastic advice, subscribed 😎🤘
What truly matters is having an instrument you want to pick up and never set down.
I encourage any new guitar player to go to a guitar store and find a beater guitar that they like holding. Then modify the parts until you achieve something personal and love it. For me it was an esp ltd arrow 200, I replaced the pick up with a single Seymour Duncan Blackout as well as the tuners, locking nuts and bridge with gold Gotoh parts and even tho I own 2 different $1200+ guitars the beater is still my go to. In total I spent roughly 700$ over a month and now I have something deeply personal and a better understanding of guitars.
I started on acoustic guitar since my dad had two snd played as well. I learned by myself though using Beatle's song books. Learning on acoustic really helped my hands develope.
This may not be the most popular opinion, but I believe that especially at the beginning, it's important to have halfway decent gear. It is so much harder to execute even the easiest tasks on a bad instrument.
Later in your career, you just need a broomstick and some fishing line and make it sound like a PRS, but at the beginning you need as little distraction (fret buzz, slipping strings, action to high or low, intonation off, etc) as possible while you're paying attention to your thumb placement.
Have used Songsterr for years. Love it!
The only video i needed
Great video!
My one piece of advice is to keep your guitar on a stand or hanger in the room you spend more time in! If you put it in a case in the closet you won’t play it.
Bonus tip: play at least 15 mins a day, do an exercise or noodle. 15 mins a day is better than hours cramming! 😊
For whom the bell tolls was my first song. Go into it knowing it wont sound good. Just have fun and keep at it and you'll be making fun of Kirk Hammett like the rest of us!
I started with nirvana riffs to master rythm and power chords, I recommend learning a couple scales and just cords and stuff
as 23s yo who got into punk and metal guitar (yeah i skipped acoustic lol) thanks for this vids haha, currently i hang up with my jazzy guitarist friends and look like yeah we're different lol
2:58 I just got back from Avala Beach on a short weekend trip with the in-laws. I took my PRS, A pair of HD280’s and my Line6 Pod Express. Didn’t need anything else.
Line 6 represent! I have a Helix. Love it to death!
God the Unholy Confessions intro is so awesome
Metallica and Pantera is where I started off. Then I discovered drop d and it was straight 5-7-8 from there. Then I found out you can tune lower than drop d and I’m stuck in the rabbit hole
Good ole rocksmith. I play that shit daily. Especially on PC, with customforge, giving you access to all kinds of custom DLCs.I'm still ass lol but I'm having tons of fun, and can remember some riffs off the top of my head. Rocksmith is amazing at teaching you basic techniques and timing, while also having fun. I treat it more like guitar hero than a learning tool at this point. Songsterr is fantastic too, I learn alotta my riffs from there. Just sittin down for an hour, banging em out til I can play em without lookin at the tabs.
I started on rocksmith 2014 as well and IMMEDIATELY went to metal as well!! In Flames was my goal, first guitar was the signature guitar of the lead guitarist from In Flames. Just followed this channel I definitely would like any help in working through the metal adventure on guitar. I've been using Rocksmith + but it's definitely no were near as accessible as the 2014.
i remember the days of looking up parkway drive guitar tabs while listening to the song over and over again on my phone for hours lol the good ol days. also to anyone reading. learn hybrid picking sooner then later. its worth it
a tip that would've helped me is to learn about different tunings and how to use tuners
Could you make a video about your equipment? How do you record, what do you use on streams, etc.?
I recommend a guitar you like the look of for your first guitar, that way you enjoy picking it up and playing it
As someone who’s played for almost 20 years now, I’ve had expensive guitars, cheap guitars, loads of different brands…I’ve found that if you want to play metal straight up, get you a Schecter guitar and a Peavey Vypr amp. But honestly I don’t even have an amp now. I use a headphone amp and just AUX it into my PC monitors lol. After that…yeah Rocksmith is absolutely awesome if you’re a gamer. RUclips University. Get the tab books for your fav bands. I learned to play metal almost exclusively with the Master of Puppets tab book in the beginning.
I started with learning random short riffs. Crazy train intro, sweet dreams intro, chop suey, etc. After a while of learning those, I switched to learning metallica. Once I got some riffs from enter sandman, seek and destroy, sad but true, the memory remains, and master of puppets. I was tired of only being able to play riffs, so I said im going to learn a full song, enter sandman seemed easy enough and was fun to play. So I sat there non stop for weeks until I could play the whole thing (Except the solo lol) So then I went on learning "full" songs but without the solo if it wasn't super easy. I could play every song by metallica after 2 years, tons of slayer, killswitch engage, and finally lamb of god. I learned some solo's, Jihad - slayer, bohemian rhapsody - queen, one intro solo - metallica, fade to black intro solo, etc.
I still wouldn't say I am good at guitar and its been 15 years of playing on and off. I would say from 15-18 I played probably every single day, then took years of breaks. I am 33 now about to turn 34 and hoping to get a guitar again soon to get back into it. Been hearing alot of this metalcore and some progressive metal thats been making me want to play again. Hopefully I can find a cheap guitar soon. I've been striking out at local pawn shops, some have neck twist, cracked necks, etc.
You're right. I was taught a few cowboy cords back in the day and power cords. I can still play Rock You Like A Hurricane, no matter how long it's been since I have played.. Learn a couple of songs you love, no matter the genre, and it will lead to a lot more.🤘
I taught myself guitar and went straight into seek and destroy tabs learning that riff. So crazy
Metalcore: best metal subgenre
Well considering metalcore isn’t a metal genre
real
Uuuum no
@@elkrumb9159 Modern & melodic metalcore has drifted further and further away from hardcore, so i think it's redundant to claim it's definitively not a metal subgenre anymore.
@ it’s not it’s still not a metal genre
Your boy is certified 🔥
We have the same chair. Shits wild.
I started with Nirvana songs. Then I hear No More Tears and I was hooked on metal riffs.
Just noticed that we have the exact same guitar. The neck on that thing is fucking killer.
These tips I have feel to me like too obvious to say but ill comment anyway, but learn songs you know and love and when you're not playing guitar still think about the riffs
The amount of riffs I've been absolutely stuck on is insane, but as i'm going about my day i'll think of the riff i'm stuck on and it'll all make sense as i'm thinking about. Even playing air guitar can help.
I got stuck on part of the main riff in Pantera's song Shattered for ages, but one day at work while I was doing nothing i was trying to figure it out while playing air guitar, figured it out and when I got home i could play the riff properly on my real guitar.
helps a lot, thx man
Hey, i’ve been loving your stuff a while now. I came from tiktok, but deleted it and lovin your youtube grind.
Been playing on & off for 10 years
Lots of off, but when im on, im ON. Life’s been getting in the way recently
Looking for tips with chugging, and downpicking. Anything at all?
I’m a pro metal guitarist why did I watch the whole video?😂
Idk i play thrash metal😂
To support the homie of course
@@wojtala7112idk I play metal like trash 😂
Cuz it's a good video?
Line 6 is commonly called the worst amp ever. It's a billion times better than a computer modulator though. Real amps that pump real sound do create real results. The limitations of a real amp make you better.
Been playing for over 20 years and the one thing I never learned how to do was pick fast for more than a few minutes. I've watched a million videos, talked to a bunch of guitarists, etc. My technique, as far as I can tell, is fine, as I wouldn't be able to play along to a lot of Fear Factory, for example, since if I had the wrong wrist technique, my picking wouldn't physically be able to keep up at that tempo. Problem is somewhere with my tension... I just cannot for the life of me relax, so my forearm gets burnt REAL quick, even though I'm doing my best to move my wrist flat (without doing a curving motion).
I can play along with Slayer's "War Ensemble" for about 1/3 of the way through before my arm is tired and I get sloppy and not able to keep up. Using that song as an example since it's pretty damn fast.
thats insane because thats the exact amp i am using this exact moment wth
i feel like, if you have decided to learn guitar, pick your acoustic up, and master the basics, for a good foundation. why acoustic? it improves your finger strength. And what type of music you listen to is important, cause once the basics are clear, you can play songs from your fav bands, and start making riffs, plus your compositions are heavily influenced by the type of music you listen to. and fronm there you can go on to learning morenthan basics like legatos, bends, tapping and shredding. this is what i did, with the help of a very good teacher.
Just started, the first thing i taught myself was the intro loop to a fine day to die by Bathory. Nice n simple, but such a cool sound. Will learn the rest of the song... One day lol.
I just bought a fire like it's satin black and red looks good and I think it's good to learn how to work on things like when you want better tuners learn how to change them, when you want spicier pickups/nicer pots learn how to put them in. I did it kind of backwards my kids are into guitar so I learned how to work on them/ build one before I started playing but I enjoy building things
I will also swear by rocksmith, I’ve been playing for a week and feel like I can take on the world, 2-3 hours of playing goes by like nothing
The old Rocksmith like in the video? Or the current Rocksmith+ they have?
I still use 2014 version to this day; limitless free custom dlc community on pc; and it’s great to develop technical skills while playing your favorite songs. I still recommend pairing it with some RUclips schooling as well though
he alright everyone learns completely learns different and at their own pace i love how everyone tries to be a teacher lol
I started in feb last year. Im proud tbh. Remember the struggle in aerials and now my fingers just land on strings. Can play some songs and learning ego riffs with just powercords mostly in them takes 1 day. Dont take the progress from your self guys. Most ppl i know r 100 times more impressed by aerials than inside the fire even tho those r worlds apart in difficulty.
Almost at the year mark! I can... ALMOST play Down by Lifer now. My picking work is still sloppy but chords are easy for me. Gotta stick to that.
I don't even play metal, but i still watch it all the way through 😂
Thats a fkn beautiful guitar
My tuning is a cheat code.
(G)CGCGCC (7 string and 6 string both stay here)
Everything is a big open chord. Every scale is two patterns (all the G strings are the same frets, and obviously the C strings as well), and the top two strings being harmonized makes dissonant chords only one fret apart. Wanna "chug chug screee" like Norma Jean? There you go.
I don't entirely disagree with scooping the mids. That's been the standard from 80's metal through metalcore, which you stated are you influences so that makes sense.
There's been a trend in newer metal bands (I dont mean numetal) where they drop the distortion even more and actually bump mids. I think this is bc extended ranges are getting more common, and that thick "bong" string tone is pretty aggressive (check out New Faces In The Dark by Loathe or anything by Vildhjarta).
Ooo, interesting. So this would be like a Modal C tuning with the highest string dropped. I would love to see a video of you explaining this tuning. I just got mine set up so they will never sound good experimenting with this without another setup, but you’ve definitely got me interested. I just saw Norma Jean live last week 🤘
What guitar is that? Looks beautiful
Well?! Anyone?
I'm 42, just started to learn guitar, learning blues riffs and licks, trying to play the intro of "The Thrill is Gone", studying "Music Theory for Dummies, learning chords (bouncing, switching). It's exciting, but I'll need to be patient with myself. I'm a bit frustrated with my small hand and my short pinkie, but others have done well.
Using a daw and recording yourself can help tremendously as well.
I never listened to metal or had interest till one of my friends suggested i learn wherever i may roam by Metallica and that got me into wanting to play more metal