Periphery’s Misha Mansoor: Opening Riff of “Marigold” | Behind The Riff | Jackson Guitars 

its very common with people who play by ear or people with adhd xd

bro wrote the whole song and nobody fuckin told him 😭😭

the thing is, he DOES know it, he just doesn't know the names for it or how to describe it that well. But for someone who "doesn't know theory" he did a decent job at it. From teaching guitar for 15-16 years now I can tell ya for sure, pretty much everyone knows music theory a LOT better than they realize. Very rarely am I teaching people concepts they had no idea about, usually they're like "ahhhh that makes so much sense." It's confusing, it's enlightening. Once you study it (ESPECIALLY if you've been playing awhile already) you juts start to realize you've already been doing all of it for years. Then you start to see it in other peoples songs and realize exactly how they're built, and can recreate it for yourself. 90% of songs adhere to the same formula, that's what makes metal so special, same with jazz. It breaks the formula every chance it gets. Periphery actually has a lot of common theory in their songs though, that's why they sound so relatable and have become so successful. They use chord progressions and melodies you'd find in pop songs, but make them super heavy and complex. But don't be scared dude jump in it, you'll most likely realize you're a lot further ahead than you think! Perfect example, Misha did this "by ear." Because he, like most of us, has heard so much music throughout his entire life that he can tell when things sound wrong or when they sound "right." So he definitely knows music theory, he just doesn't have the words to describe it, yet. Tosin says the same thing about not knowing theory but he can name all his intervals and play them anywhere on the front bored and actually took a year of music school. If you know music at all, you know music theory. Music theory is just the study of music. You can tell if something sounds happy or sad right? So change the word happy to major, & the word sad to minor; and check it out, looks like you know music theory haha. It's really that simple don't be scared!

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Same

This song and main riff has also had quite the influence on my writing.

Agree, still my main warmup excercise for string skipping alternate picking. A bitch to get clean!

Sweet dude.

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If you think his playing skills are god tier, go check out Brandon Ellis. I wonder what you'll think about him.

@@chrisking6695 yeah man, Brandon is insane, thanks.

Playing def not god-tier but writing yes

Marigold*

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I was seriously concerned for my health

I almost hurt my fingers

I wish I could play this riff in 90% of speed

I use it as a bit of a stamina exercise because of how tiring it is to play. I also used this riff to become more accurate with alternate picking.

Same, I play with my cheap acoustic guitar and guess what happened

I have 4 lol

I have 4 myself, and a couple Charvels that are very similar to my Jacksons.

6 here, you guys need to gear up

3 here. 1 of them being the Pro Series Juggernaut HT6 which is by far my favorite 6 string I've ever owned. Definitely planning on getting more!

I have only one Jackson, but it is my number one guitar

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I use this riff for warm up practice. Been ar it for several month. Took a while to get it down but Still can't get match the tempo yet

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Lol I know right?... I'm still bumping old bulb stuff...

Watch the video from Rick Beato on this riff, he shows clearly how it's played ;D

the title of that video is "Do you Djent". you wont find it if you search by artist or song name. happy riffing!

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“I’m not very good with theory though” 😂

I have a spider iv 15w and can confirm i can only hear one note It sounds good tho lmao

Well if YOUR head was filled with multiple multiples in how to multiply by the multiplicity. You'd be to preoccupied with what exists and what works with that which already does. Having a blank canvas you know nothing about physics of. You have an entire world of infinite possibilities. Technically however. He's makin music and all that. So, he is indeed using theory. He just can't explain with technical sciencey math terms exactly what he's doing.

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Almost all of every great metal guitarists don't know or have a very limited knowledge bout theories. This much I know and I reckon I'm not wrong.

@@graysoul4432 as a guitarist that does know a fair share of theory. It is a good tool to have for creating music and having a map so to say. But knowing all the theory in the world won't necessarily make you a good song writer. That comes from the soul and playing what sounds great in your head. Dimebag, Dave Mustaine, George Lynch, Misha, Chuck Shuldiner. The list goes on forever of guitarist that claimed to not be very knowledgeable about music theory but are top teir song writers because they have a great ear and play what sounds good in their head. They are very creative and innovative.

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Drop C I believe. CGCFAD

@@beastlybeast2716 Thanks man.

Which are your favorites?

Live he uses the invective as a power amp and uses the Axe fx. He owns some different amps as well as the peavey. As to why he isn’t using it here? I dunno. Maybe it was easier to run a different setup for the purposes of the video. But if you want an invective I say go for it man! If I wouldn’t piss my neighbors off I’d get one too. It’s a sick amp.

@@beastlybeast2716 ive got 4 rigs. And 4 halfstacks. 2 100 watt head 2 60 watt heads in the same head and the 6505 mh.my peavey valveking 100 into my windsor 4×12 the vk has the mesa/marshall mods.its a beast

@@codysroom6303 Holy crap bro! That sounds sick!

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