My imposter syndrome is so bad that I'll watch your videos thinking I'm gonna learn new information. Then I realize I already do all of these things, and what I don’t really know is the terms. Thank you for the reassurance that I'm not as bad at this as I think I am.
I was in a signed pop punk band (drummer) that toured warped and all that fun stuff but one of the biggest things i always noticed was how much we and other bands would use root changes (slash chords) in songs versus other smaller bands we used to play with that typically just always ran with power chords. Unless youre playing straight punk, bass roots over power chords just too chunky and thick. Play slash chords and inversions and let the bass carry the heft of the song. Everything SugarPill says on his channel is spot on and exactly what we’d do with pro producers (back when it was harder to record at home lol)
This is amazing. I learned guitar on classic rock and blues. I've never been able to demystify punk chords. This video is very helpful for understanding what I'm actually looking at when I see a seasoned punk guitarist play live. Thanks heaps!
As someone who has spent their entire life playing metal but finally decided to take the plunge into punk. Thank you so much for this video ❤ I had an idea know I know where I was right and wrong ✌️
Slash chords, or at least chords with the lowest note lowered a half step can also be called/used as minor 6th chords. In this case the lowest note is the root note. Just depends on what you want the chord to do.
Good stuff- there’s a type of chord I didn’t see here that I hear (or think I do) and play when doing a lot of songs, especially alkaline trio songs as an example- Curious of the type and name… An example would be middle finger on top string top string 5th fret, index finger on A string 4th fret, ring finger on D string 6th fret. Thanks and keep up the great work
I believe those would still be considered major 7ths; it’s just a different voicing. The main one I showed in the video omits the 3rd, while your version includes a lower octave third instead of the higher octave one I demonstrate at 3:54. Hope that helps!
I like to play a shell version of barre chords usually the major version. Basically just a two finger power chord with one note added to make it sound major. I picked it up from a Josh Homme guitar lesson and it's cool to use if your sound is heavily distorted it comes through more clearly and it has a bit more punch to it. It's also handy if you're changing chords really fast as well.
I’ve been on a binge watching the last few videos to get better ideas of how to utilize more techniques to write better songs so thank you for that. However that guitar at the 3:15 mark is so futuristic and crazy looking 😮 no headstock and it’s paper thin!
Wow, you've just explained in 5 minutes what I had to slowly learn over years in the early 90s! Great refresher video as well not to mention what a service it is to all the kids beginning.
I guess you sort of mentioned and played some octave chords when you were describing power chords but that variation (left hand muting what would be the middle string in a three string power chord) is actually so important that it deserved its own explanation.
Yeah, I covered octaves recently in the punk lead guitar video (the one linked in the end card at the end of this video). By definition, octaves aren’t chords themselves, so I couldn’t really justify discussing them in a chord video, haha.
Good video and interesting to think of the number of options available when it’s so easy to revert to standard power chords most of the time. I also quite like using root, third and octave (e.g. 5-4-7 if playing an A chord instead of 5-7-7) as an alternative voicing to a standard power chord.
All these videos are great! I just wanted to show some love to triads. A simple three finger minor or major chord substituted for a power chord will absolutely change a riff. I suppose you pretty much touched on it with the tritone. Also I’m surprised more people don’t use open tunings with punk music more often. All the drones in key will make your melodies sound like chords. Also change that F# to an F and you have open minor tuning.
Thank you! I do love triads myself. Joyce Manor's 'Last You Heard of Me' is a great example of that sound. Midwest emo and math rock use a lot of open tunings, which both technically stem from punk rock. Even some of the earlier bands, like The Clash with 'Lost in the Supermarket,' did as well. It's not super common, but it does exist, haha.
This video help me a lot on my punk journey but I’m still confused in how I can difference or know if I’m playing punk rock or punk pop, it’s bc of rhythm speed or something else? I I’m still confuse with these two
Honestly there's no crystal clear distinction. It's not like you have to play 'x' amount of power chords for it to quality as punk, or a set amount of maj7ths to then be considered pop punk. It's all fairly arbitrary. I wouldn't worry about deciding what it's called - the people who listen to you will likely argue over that anyway - so just concentrate on making the music you want to make.
Dude, are you a trained musician? Like have you studied music and theory etc, or is this just a hobby for you? Like many peeps here, I love your videos and as a self-taught room player with no lessons, I play and know a lot of these, but had no idea of the terms of them or what they were called and meant to be used for, etc. I can play entire albums, and could comfortably play on stage, but if you asked me to play an A, or a D etc, I would look at you blankly and have no idea. I love these for that reason.
Not in any formal way. I studied music technology at college - though this was more focused on engineering, particularly for live sound. I guess I'd class myself as self-taught. I wouldn't say I have a great deal of knowledge in music theory , I rely far more on using my ear, and my background / passion is based in recording, production and mixing - which is what I hope to bridge together with these videos. I wouldn't really think of myself as a 'guitarist' or 'bassist', but rather teaching some ideas using those two instruments as a way of improving your own songwriting or recording abilities, as I feel that connection is lost in a lot of your typical guitar lesson-style videos.
You're mistaken, about Ramones chords. I was puzzled about those, for years, until I saw some niche youtube video on it. Johnny Ramone looks like he's playing bar chords, but he's not. He's playing four strings, not six. It's two shapes, depending on whether the lowest string in the chord is an E or an A. If the root note is on the E string, fifth fret, it's 5-7-7-6. If it's on the A string, fifth fret, it would be 5-7-7-7. And just move those shapes around, as needed. Musically, it's the same shape. But physically, it's slightly different, because a four-string chord, starting on the a string, goes to the b string, which is only four semitones higher. Not five, like the other strings, so you have to play one fret higher, on that, to compensate. Almost al the tabs have two- or three-string power chords. You just need to change them to the four-string version, and it will sound more like it. The six-string version won't sound right, either.
He actually plays a lot of inverted barre chords, so he's almost always using the low E string whenever he's fretting any chord. I did a whole video on it awhile ago - ruclips.net/video/rZc_o8zG4W4/видео.htmlsi=AQ48A5ae4W02F6Xg
You forget band called Fifteen! And if you know why, you know.. Ahah, I just don't know how is the chord called when you add a fourth note to a standard power chord, which is two frets upper.. For example 4 6 6 8 (from 6th string to 3rd)
Fifteen are great! I believe that chord is called carpal tunnel syndrome 😂. But seriously, I think that would just be referred to as a power chord (or power chord extension), as you're still only playing the 1st and 5th notes, just with the addition of two octaves of each instead of one, like in the 3-finger version.
hey, so i knew that you’ve been recording and mixing in different daw. my question is how do you do that and why not just use reaper for example to record and mix?
I could, I just grew up using Reason first, so I'm more comfortable using it, especially for all of my recording and production needs. It also has a lot of built-in synths that I use on a regular basis. And I prefer working with MIDI in Reason over Reaper. All I do is record everything in Reason, and then I'll usually do all my editing and sound design within the DAW too. Then I'll just bounce out all the files, and drop those into my Reaper mixing template. It works for me, though there's no reason why you can't use Reaper for everything, I just prefer some aspects of Reason over Reaper for production purposes.
@@SugarpillProd i see.. could you do a tutorial for that or is there any link so i can understand more? cause i got so confuse when trying to transfer the files from daw to daw
@@ajamthefreak6734 You'd just need to find an option in your DAW that will likely be called 'bounce' or 'export'. It'll let you bounce out all of the individual tracks as WAV files in your project (which is known as a multitrack) and then you can drop them into another DAW. Hope that helps!
Stupid question, but is the inversion of the power chord shown really an inversion? I am a total novice, so forgive me for asking, but changing the fifth to the fourth and adding the octave of the A isn't an inversion, is it? It's not possible to make the first inversion of a power chord since it doesn't include the third, and the second inversion would mean playing the fifth as the bass note. What am I missing here?
I think you might be overcomplicating things a bit here. When you invert a power chord, you’re not adding a fourth. Power chords are defined by containing only a root and a fifth; adding any other note would make it something else. An inversion is simply a reordering of the notes in a chord-you’re not adding anything new. For example, when inverting a power chord, you’re just rearranging the notes so that the fifth becomes the lowest pitch, rather than the root. If you play a D5, it would normally be DAD (577). Inverting it would mean you’re now playing ADA (557). Hope that clears things up a bit!
Ohhh, no sorry, I get what you mean now. That wasn't meant to show an inversion of an A5, that was simply just showing the fretting position of an inverted power chord. I get how that may have looked a little confusing though, haha. If you actually wanted to invert an A5, it'd be 002 (starting from the low E string).
OG Midwest emo def not inspired by Japanese music, it’s vice versa, although by the late 90s/early 00s there was plenty of crossover, also esp. in the UK
I'd say it depends on what you mean by OG midwest emo, as there was a lot of crossover between both scenes at the time. Emo definitely has its roots in America during the late '80s with bands like Rites of Spring, but Japan also had bands like Eastern Youth around the same time. What we call Midwest emo today is quite different from that of the '90s. I’d say a lot of the twinklier bands (which I think most people associate with that style today) draw from Japanese rock and math rock.
@ two countries having emotional hardcore around the same time makes perfect sense (logical next step from hardcore to give it more melody/expression). But the question would be what influence did any Japanese bands have on OG Midwest emo bands around 89-93? AKA groups like SDRE and Capn Jazz. Which I’d venture to say was little to none. They may have been listening to city pop or shibuya-kei I have no idea but I kinda doubt it. What you’re thinking of as the emo sounding melodic japanese punk influenced music, was definitely largely influenced by many of the same things alongside the rising post hardcore and pop punk movements of the 90s, but didn’t exist when Midwest emo was first coming around and at the very least, def didn’t influence those bands. Lots of cultural exchange between the US and Japan in the realm of emo/post hardcore, but most of that didn’t start happening until the early 2000s (esp. for the melodic stuff). But like this also isn’t controversial, post-war Japanese music history has been characterized by influence from abroad. Until the last decade and a half, most of Japan’s musical influence outside of the country has been indirect through media like video games or anime. Obviously exceptions to the rule, but when it comes to what we now think of (Midwest) emo it definitely spread from the states to Japan. A more fruitful lineage to study would be the relationship between Japanese and English indie music, as that ongoing cultural exchange through the 80s into the early 90s def had a significant influence on global indie music and eventually Midwest emo. (See neo-acoustic)
@ re reading ur comment I guess u aren’t actually even referring to Midwest emo the genre but more the modern concept of Midwest emo similar to how divorced the term indie is from its original context. I def agree that a lot of people picking up guitars attempting to write “Midwest emo” rn are heavily influenced by Japanese music. But also… those bands were all foundationally influenced by American Midwest emo bands (both OG and revival) and the hyper-twinkly thing ur talking about is distinctly a British invention (well started in the states but the Brits def codified it in the early/mid 00s). That said I mean it’s all in a lineage that includes those Japanese neo-acoustic bands but dates back to jangle pop and the freaking Byrds, so like, it’s a rich tapestry. I guess it just feels weird to me to phrase it like “Midwest emo” was influenced by Japanese bands, it’s kinda like saying blues is inspired by British bands. Was there a British blues boom that permanently altered how we think about blues/rock/etc going forward? Was it innovative? Definitely. Does that make blues or even rock British? Obviously the Kinsellas don’t have the deficit of cultural capital that mid century black bluesmen had, no one is re writing emo history for nefarious racist ends like they did with blues/rock but I still think it’s important to get that stuff right if ur gonna bother to mention it at all yknow? My main gripe is that kids watch vids like this (btw don’t get me wrong, great vid) and just regurgitate the info they hear as gospel. And while clearly you’re making a distinction between 90s Midwest emo and “Midwest emo” now, they might not have that context!
@ dang also really appreciate the considerate response to my comment but eastern youth was not from the same time as rites of spring… at least not close enough that they couldn’t be directly inspired by the DC scene but also their early music sounds way more like skate punk/melodic hardcore/Oi to me. Def gets pretty emo by the mid/late 90s but that lines up with what I was saying. It’s interesting hearing how many Japanese punk bands started as Oi/skate punk/pop punk groups and slowly became indie/post hardcore ones. Obviously Asian Kung Fu Generation comes to mind, a phenomenal band
@ nw! Yeah I mean I def think loving anime intros as a kid is what helped me get into emo in hs, there’s def a strong connection there post 00s. I’m also not that precious about the wider use of “emo”, I get way more annoyed when ppl call smth Math rock when it has no odd times
Technically, they're not chords, because they're just one note, so I couldn't really justify including them in a chord video 😂 But I did cover them already in my Punk Lead Guitar video 👍
@@subparnaturedocumentary It would really depend on context. The root notes would be the most obvious, but you can often pull notes out from the chord and highlight those instead. Experiment and see what sounds good to your ear, there's no right or wrong at the end of the day. Hope that helps!
@@SugarpillProd which mistake is that? Simply calling them octave “chords”? Seems that’s their generally accepted term though, no? Despite being incorrect. How do you refer to them? Obviously I’m aware they’re only one note so therefore not a chord haha it’s just their term is quite the misnomer eh and at the end of the day when you add it all up you’re right that they are more typically used in the context of lead playing rather chordal rhythm. My initial comment was made before I realized you had a lead guitar video to contrast with this where they fit in better so figured you had just left out “octave chords” altogether in a “punk rock chords” video and didn’t mention them whatsoever be it as pseudo-chords or as rhythm or lead or anything (of course you didn’t leave them out though and were right where they should be!🤘). It’s just given the title of the video I was expecting these as the obvious entry lol silly me, my mistake. I know I use them mainly in a lead sense to make what could or would be just single note riffs sound fuller, when appropriate and works and plays well (among other things, a good recognizable example is the main lead riff in the kids aren’t alright, not the palm-muted intro, first heard in the beginning following that, I know it’s not but like might as well play that in octaves ? 🤷♀️) Although they definitely sometimes are used in a fuller more rhythm guitar sense too, as if they were actual chords and part of a main chord progression, rather than a lead part, often mixed with power chords.
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My imposter syndrome is so bad that I'll watch your videos thinking I'm gonna learn new information. Then I realize I already do all of these things, and what I don’t really know is the terms. Thank you for the reassurance that I'm not as bad at this as I think I am.
Haha I totally get that! Took me awhile to find the right terms for most of these too.
Sounds like you still learned some useful information. Especially if you play with other musicians who are more theory based
Bro I feel like once I learn sum I watch a video n find out the names for stuff I’ve been doin , just started watching tho lol 0:46
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Holly shit 1:14 mind opener
I was in a signed pop punk band (drummer) that toured warped and all that fun stuff but one of the biggest things i always noticed was how much we and other bands would use root changes (slash chords) in songs versus other smaller bands we used to play with that typically just always ran with power chords.
Unless youre playing straight punk, bass roots over power chords just too chunky and thick. Play slash chords and inversions and let the bass carry the heft of the song.
Everything SugarPill says on his channel is spot on and exactly what we’d do with pro producers (back when it was harder to record at home lol)
Thanks for sharing your insights! Happy to hear I'm getting a few things right, haha.
DUDE thank you so much it's hard to find a good video breaking down punk chords this will help a lot!
No problem. I hope it comes in handy!
This is amazing. I learned guitar on classic rock and blues. I've never been able to demystify punk chords. This video is very helpful for understanding what I'm actually looking at when I see a seasoned punk guitarist play live. Thanks heaps!
@@n0-one0 That's really nice to hear! I'm glad it's helped to shed some light on the typical chords used in the genre 😁
This is actual gold, really well put together
Thank you!
As someone who has spent their entire life playing metal but finally decided to take the plunge into punk. Thank you so much for this video ❤ I had an idea know I know where I was right and wrong ✌️
No problem! That's really nice to hear. Good luck with learning more from the genre!
Slash chords, or at least chords with the lowest note lowered a half step can also be called/used as minor 6th chords. In this case the lowest note is the root note. Just depends on what you want the chord to do.
100%. Music theory is a confusing beast sometimes haha.
Good stuff- there’s a type of chord I didn’t see here that I hear (or think I do) and play when doing a lot of songs, especially alkaline trio songs as an example-
Curious of the type and name…
An example would be middle finger on top string top string 5th fret, index finger on A string 4th fret, ring finger on D string 6th fret.
Thanks and keep up the great work
I believe those would still be considered major 7ths; it’s just a different voicing. The main one I showed in the video omits the 3rd, while your version includes a lower octave third instead of the higher octave one I demonstrate at 3:54. Hope that helps!
Hi how are you rock on dude l am learning to play guitar basic power chords you are a perfect guitarist
Thanks so much! I'm far from perfect haha, but I'm really happy to hear the videos are helping you learn guitar. Best of luck with everything!
this video was so helpful id definitely love to see more like this!
I'm so glad! I'll definitely be making more chord videos in the future 👍
I like to play a shell version of barre chords usually the major version. Basically just a two finger power chord with one note added to make it sound major. I picked it up from a Josh Homme guitar lesson and it's cool to use if your sound is heavily distorted it comes through more clearly and it has a bit more punch to it. It's also handy if you're changing chords really fast as well.
I wish all guitar videos broke it down as simple as this.
I’ve been on a binge watching the last few videos to get better ideas of how to utilize more techniques to write better songs so thank you for that. However that guitar at the 3:15 mark is so futuristic and crazy looking 😮 no headstock and it’s paper thin!
It's definitely a weird looking one 😂 Which is funny because it really doesn't sound all that different to any of my other more normal-looking ones.
Wow, you've just explained in 5 minutes what I had to slowly learn over years in the early 90s! Great refresher video as well not to mention what a service it is to all the kids beginning.
Thanks for the kind words Roy!
@SugarpillProd You're welcome!
I've been watching your Punk Rock series since March. Really improved my guitar skills. Thank you so much and I look forward to more videos! ❤
Great to hear! I'm glad you're improving, and I appreciate your support!
what fretboard program do you use here
Oolimo.
shout out for mentioning no use for a name and the get up kids!!!!
I guess you sort of mentioned and played some octave chords when you were describing power chords but that variation (left hand muting what would be the middle string in a three string power chord) is actually so important that it deserved its own explanation.
Yeah, I covered octaves recently in the punk lead guitar video (the one linked in the end card at the end of this video). By definition, octaves aren’t chords themselves, so I couldn’t really justify discussing them in a chord video, haha.
I learn a lot, thanks dude
Happy to hear that!
Good video and interesting to think of the number of options available when it’s so easy to revert to standard power chords most of the time. I also quite like using root, third and octave (e.g. 5-4-7 if playing an A chord instead of 5-7-7) as an alternative voicing to a standard power chord.
Thanks! I love using thirds too. Joyce Manors "Last You Heard Of Me" is a great example of that sound.
yo whats the thing you use where you show off the chords in a digital interface thingy at for example at 1:32
It's a website called Oolimo.
its site called oolimo
Oolimo 👍
All these videos are great! I just wanted to show some love to triads. A simple three finger minor or major chord substituted for a power chord will absolutely change a riff. I suppose you pretty much touched on it with the tritone.
Also I’m surprised more people don’t use open tunings with punk music more often. All the drones in key will make your melodies sound like chords. Also change that F# to an F and you have open minor tuning.
Thank you! I do love triads myself. Joyce Manor's 'Last You Heard of Me' is a great example of that sound. Midwest emo and math rock use a lot of open tunings, which both technically stem from punk rock. Even some of the earlier bands, like The Clash with 'Lost in the Supermarket,' did as well. It's not super common, but it does exist, haha.
that’s your band’s song in the slash chord section, yeah? Sweet. Great video as always keep it up
Thanks so much! That's right, it's our song called Wernstrom 😄
@@SugarpillProd Futurama reference?
@@hclyrics The very same!
Good to know, I'll have to check you guys out!
"Slash chord" is just a major chord 🤓😎
What is the song right after he introduced the barre chords at 1:23?
Just a thing I wrote as background music for the videos.
@@SugarpillProdAhhh nice
1:40 name of the song playing in the background of the video?
Doesn't really have a name, it's just something I wrote to use as background music.
@@SugarpillProd 🤟👏👏👏👏 cool song
Can i use this for my songs?@@SugarpillProd
Great to learn what some of the chords I always play are actually called haha
I know the feeling 🤣
what the song playing in the background?
What's the name of the website that you are using to click on the individual notes on the fretboard?
Oolimo 👍
What kind of song is playing at 2:32
It's my bands song called Wernstrom! ruclips.net/video/mHXL9eC71rg/видео.html
@@SugarpillProdsick song
knocked loose mentioned
What headless guitar is that @3:15
I think it's called a Donner Hush-1, or something like that.
Whats the tool you use to show off the chords?
Oolimo 👍
This video help me a lot on my punk journey but I’m still confused in how I can difference or know if I’m playing punk rock or punk pop, it’s bc of rhythm speed or something else? I I’m still confuse with these two
Honestly there's no crystal clear distinction. It's not like you have to play 'x' amount of power chords for it to quality as punk, or a set amount of maj7ths to then be considered pop punk. It's all fairly arbitrary. I wouldn't worry about deciding what it's called - the people who listen to you will likely argue over that anyway - so just concentrate on making the music you want to make.
What producing software do you use
Reason for production and recording, and Reaper for Mixing and mastering 👍
What app are you using to display the chord notes?
Oolimo 👍
Dude, are you a trained musician? Like have you studied music and theory etc, or is this just a hobby for you?
Like many peeps here, I love your videos and as a self-taught room player with no lessons, I play and know a lot of these, but had no idea of the terms of them or what they were called and meant to be used for, etc. I can play entire albums, and could comfortably play on stage, but if you asked me to play an A, or a D etc, I would look at you blankly and have no idea. I love these for that reason.
Not in any formal way. I studied music technology at college - though this was more focused on engineering, particularly for live sound. I guess I'd class myself as self-taught. I wouldn't say I have a great deal of knowledge in music theory , I rely far more on using my ear, and my background / passion is based in recording, production and mixing - which is what I hope to bridge together with these videos. I wouldn't really think of myself as a 'guitarist' or 'bassist', but rather teaching some ideas using those two instruments as a way of improving your own songwriting or recording abilities, as I feel that connection is lost in a lot of your typical guitar lesson-style videos.
What is that app or website you use to show the chords please? I would love to know
Oolimo 👍
@SugarpillProd Thanks man jesus loves you
what is the song at 3:56 ???
It's just something I wrote for the video 👍
1:48 is that a song ?
If it is, Which One ??
It's just something I wrote for the video 👍
Song for dissonant chord?
It's my bands song - ruclips.net/video/mHXL9eC71rg/видео.htmlsi=ToLaDLjwsCjQYJWD
You're mistaken, about Ramones chords. I was puzzled about those, for years, until I saw some niche youtube video on it. Johnny Ramone looks like he's playing bar chords, but he's not. He's playing four strings, not six. It's two shapes, depending on whether the lowest string in the chord is an E or an A. If the root note is on the E string, fifth fret, it's 5-7-7-6. If it's on the A string, fifth fret, it would be 5-7-7-7. And just move those shapes around, as needed.
Musically, it's the same shape. But physically, it's slightly different, because a four-string chord, starting on the a string, goes to the b string, which is only four semitones higher. Not five, like the other strings, so you have to play one fret higher, on that, to compensate.
Almost al the tabs have two- or three-string power chords. You just need to change them to the four-string version, and it will sound more like it. The six-string version won't sound right, either.
He actually plays a lot of inverted barre chords, so he's almost always using the low E string whenever he's fretting any chord. I did a whole video on it awhile ago - ruclips.net/video/rZc_o8zG4W4/видео.htmlsi=AQ48A5ae4W02F6Xg
@@SugarpillProd Ok, clearly you know more than I do, lol. My mistake. Good video.
@@Tom-it6gi Haha no worries! Thanks for watching!
You forget band called Fifteen! And if you know why, you know.. Ahah, I just don't know how is the chord called when you add a fourth note to a standard power chord, which is two frets upper.. For example 4 6 6 8 (from 6th string to 3rd)
Fifteen are great! I believe that chord is called carpal tunnel syndrome 😂. But seriously, I think that would just be referred to as a power chord (or power chord extension), as you're still only playing the 1st and 5th notes, just with the addition of two octaves of each instead of one, like in the 3-finger version.
What’s that app to select notes and know which chord is playing ?
Oolimo 👍
what all three of them?
Sometimes even four 😲
What's the name from that japanese band? 3:26
Aooo. Their new album is one of my favourites of the year so far!
Dude, big fan of Aooo and especially the new stuff. It's just so well put together and beautiful
@@joshuawhite8131 Me too! Their record is such a fun listen!
hey, so i knew that you’ve been recording and mixing in different daw. my question is how do you do that and why not just use reaper for example to record and mix?
I could, I just grew up using Reason first, so I'm more comfortable using it, especially for all of my recording and production needs. It also has a lot of built-in synths that I use on a regular basis. And I prefer working with MIDI in Reason over Reaper.
All I do is record everything in Reason, and then I'll usually do all my editing and sound design within the DAW too. Then I'll just bounce out all the files, and drop those into my Reaper mixing template. It works for me, though there's no reason why you can't use Reaper for everything, I just prefer some aspects of Reason over Reaper for production purposes.
@@SugarpillProd i see.. could you do a tutorial for that or is there any link so i can understand more? cause i got so confuse when trying to transfer the files from daw to daw
@@ajamthefreak6734 You'd just need to find an option in your DAW that will likely be called 'bounce' or 'export'. It'll let you bounce out all of the individual tracks as WAV files in your project (which is known as a multitrack) and then you can drop them into another DAW. Hope that helps!
@ alright dude thanks for the reply!!
the stephen egerton library
Haha 100%.
what is the japanese band name?
Aooo. I'd highly recommend their new album, it's awesome!
@ thank you so much, I am listening now
@@reclamation_dream No problem, hope you enjoy it!
Stupid question, but is the inversion of the power chord shown really an inversion? I am a total novice, so forgive me for asking, but changing the fifth to the fourth and adding the octave of the A isn't an inversion, is it? It's not possible to make the first inversion of a power chord since it doesn't include the third, and the second inversion would mean playing the fifth as the bass note. What am I missing here?
I think you might be overcomplicating things a bit here. When you invert a power chord, you’re not adding a fourth. Power chords are defined by containing only a root and a fifth; adding any other note would make it something else. An inversion is simply a reordering of the notes in a chord-you’re not adding anything new. For example, when inverting a power chord, you’re just rearranging the notes so that the fifth becomes the lowest pitch, rather than the root. If you play a D5, it would normally be DAD (577). Inverting it would mean you’re now playing ADA (557). Hope that clears things up a bit!
@ I just don’t get how A and E become A, D, A. Moving the fifth to the bass would make it E, A? In the Rivers example that is.
Ohhh, no sorry, I get what you mean now. That wasn't meant to show an inversion of an A5, that was simply just showing the fretting position of an inverted power chord. I get how that may have looked a little confusing though, haha. If you actually wanted to invert an A5, it'd be 002 (starting from the low E string).
@ Ah, I see. Thanks! Great video, btw. :)
@@joakimbomelin Thanks man, much appreciated!
OG Midwest emo def not inspired by Japanese music, it’s vice versa, although by the late 90s/early 00s there was plenty of crossover, also esp. in the UK
I'd say it depends on what you mean by OG midwest emo, as there was a lot of crossover between both scenes at the time. Emo definitely has its roots in America during the late '80s with bands like Rites of Spring, but Japan also had bands like Eastern Youth around the same time. What we call Midwest emo today is quite different from that of the '90s. I’d say a lot of the twinklier bands (which I think most people associate with that style today) draw from Japanese rock and math rock.
@ two countries having emotional hardcore around the same time makes perfect sense (logical next step from hardcore to give it more melody/expression). But the question would be what influence did any Japanese bands have on OG Midwest emo bands around 89-93? AKA groups like SDRE and Capn Jazz. Which I’d venture to say was little to none. They may have been listening to city pop or shibuya-kei I have no idea but I kinda doubt it. What you’re thinking of as the emo sounding melodic japanese punk influenced music, was definitely largely influenced by many of the same things alongside the rising post hardcore and pop punk movements of the 90s, but didn’t exist when Midwest emo was first coming around and at the very least, def didn’t influence those bands. Lots of cultural exchange between the US and Japan in the realm of emo/post hardcore, but most of that didn’t start happening until the early 2000s (esp. for the melodic stuff). But like this also isn’t controversial, post-war Japanese music history has been characterized by influence from abroad. Until the last decade and a half, most of Japan’s musical influence outside of the country has been indirect through media like video games or anime. Obviously exceptions to the rule, but when it comes to what we now think of (Midwest) emo it definitely spread from the states to Japan. A more fruitful lineage to study would be the relationship between Japanese and English indie music, as that ongoing cultural exchange through the 80s into the early 90s def had a significant influence on global indie music and eventually Midwest emo. (See neo-acoustic)
@ re reading ur comment I guess u aren’t actually even referring to Midwest emo the genre but more the modern concept of Midwest emo similar to how divorced the term indie is from its original context. I def agree that a lot of people picking up guitars attempting to write “Midwest emo” rn are heavily influenced by Japanese music. But also… those bands were all foundationally influenced by American Midwest emo bands (both OG and revival) and the hyper-twinkly thing ur talking about is distinctly a British invention (well started in the states but the Brits def codified it in the early/mid 00s). That said I mean it’s all in a lineage that includes those Japanese neo-acoustic bands but dates back to jangle pop and the freaking Byrds, so like, it’s a rich tapestry.
I guess it just feels weird to me to phrase it like “Midwest emo” was influenced by Japanese bands, it’s kinda like saying blues is inspired by British bands. Was there a British blues boom that permanently altered how we think about blues/rock/etc going forward? Was it innovative? Definitely. Does that make blues or even rock British? Obviously the Kinsellas don’t have the deficit of cultural capital that mid century black bluesmen had, no one is re writing emo history for nefarious racist ends like they did with blues/rock but I still think it’s important to get that stuff right if ur gonna bother to mention it at all yknow? My main gripe is that kids watch vids like this (btw don’t get me wrong, great vid) and just regurgitate the info they hear as gospel. And while clearly you’re making a distinction between 90s Midwest emo and “Midwest emo” now, they might not have that context!
@ dang also really appreciate the considerate response to my comment but eastern youth was not from the same time as rites of spring… at least not close enough that they couldn’t be directly inspired by the DC scene but also their early music sounds way more like skate punk/melodic hardcore/Oi to me. Def gets pretty emo by the mid/late 90s but that lines up with what I was saying. It’s interesting hearing how many Japanese punk bands started as Oi/skate punk/pop punk groups and slowly became indie/post hardcore ones. Obviously Asian Kung Fu Generation comes to mind, a phenomenal band
@ nw! Yeah I mean I def think loving anime intros as a kid is what helped me get into emo in hs, there’s def a strong connection there post 00s. I’m also not that precious about the wider use of “emo”, I get way more annoyed when ppl call smth Math rock when it has no odd times
Man that`s a great job. But you forgot octave chords. Punk can`t live without it.
Technically, they're not chords, because they're just one note, so I couldn't really justify including them in a chord video 😂 But I did cover them already in my Punk Lead Guitar video 👍
could you maybe do a vid with the bass equivalents you might play with these cords?
The root note...
@@spencermartin5622 Can't really fault that 🤣
@@subparnaturedocumentary It would really depend on context. The root notes would be the most obvious, but you can often pull notes out from the chord and highlight those instead. Experiment and see what sounds good to your ear, there's no right or wrong at the end of the day. Hope that helps!
@SugarpillProd excellent thanks, yeah just something to add zest I'm new to it
What, octave chords don’t count?! Haha those are ubiquitous in punk and pop-punk !
Ah okay, I see you covered this in the ‘lead guitar’ video instead, that makes sense! 🤘
Yup! Also they're not technically chords, as they're only one note, haha.
@@SugarpillProd Ah right you are yeah you make a good point there! That is certainly true haha I stand corrected 🤘🙏
@@MaddestMousse Haha no worries! I used to say the same thing too. it's an easy mistake to make.
@@SugarpillProd which mistake is that? Simply calling them octave “chords”? Seems that’s their generally accepted term though, no? Despite being incorrect. How do you refer to them? Obviously I’m aware they’re only one note so therefore not a chord haha it’s just their term is quite the misnomer eh and at the end of the day when you add it all up you’re right that they are more typically used in the context of lead playing rather chordal rhythm.
My initial comment was made before I realized you had a lead guitar video to contrast with this where they fit in better so figured you had just left out “octave chords” altogether in a “punk rock chords” video and didn’t mention them whatsoever be it as pseudo-chords or as rhythm or lead or anything (of course you didn’t leave them out though and were right where they should be!🤘). It’s just given the title of the video I was expecting these as the obvious entry lol silly me, my mistake.
I know I use them mainly in a lead sense to make what could or would be just single note riffs sound fuller, when appropriate and works and plays well (among other things, a good recognizable example is the main lead riff in the kids aren’t alright, not the palm-muted intro, first heard in the beginning following that, I know it’s not but like might as well play that in octaves ? 🤷♀️)
Although they definitely sometimes are used in a fuller more rhythm guitar sense too, as if they were actual chords and part of a main chord progression, rather than a lead part, often mixed with power chords.
Power chords are just 5th chords, you only need 3 strings for 5th chords.
he called the get up kids emo.
Most people do, that's like the most lukewarm take ever 😂
I thought 90s emo-exclusionists were extinct by 2012?
lmfao they are
Most punk and rock have 0 music theory
Imagine clicking on a video called "... chord types explained" then being made at getting an explanation. Like what did you think was gonna happen? 💀
You're wrong