to whomever left the comment about being annoyed at me breaking down the intro riff as 5/8 + 7/8 instead 12/8. The riff is phrased in two sentences. Breaking up into 5 and 7 allows you to realize that. Yes, it adds up to 12/8 but it's not expressed that way. Also, saying that breaking it up like that is too "proggy and complicated" is silly, especially when you want me to break down something as 13/16!! Silly rabbit.
That is exactly how you do it anyway if those guys complaining studied proper rhythm theory. It's always about breaking everything into groupings especially on accents. You find it a lot in Jazz, Fusion, Classical and just about everything. :D And this is exactly what you displayed very nicely. :) Awesome lesson, btw.
Boom, man! You do you because it's wonderful. I know you can't say it here because there's actually something at stake, so I'll say it for you: Fuck em
I thought it was a great breakdown of a complicated song. Certainly made easier to layer/record with your description. I mean... it’s Tool! If someone was looking for an uncomplicated breakdown to a band that uses the friggin Fibonacci sequence as a backbone to songwriting, then why did they bother searching for a lesson on it? This isn’t creed you dumbasses. I’ve been playing for 20 years and this band confuses and encapsulates me in the best of ways. They make musicians feel like they are back at the starting block... and that it’s time to learn their ‘new instrument’. This is a good thing.
Hi Gregory. I'm fighting depression and Tool's music is helping me a lot at the moment. I just wanted to let you know that learning the epic riff(s) in the beginning just made my day! Thank you very much! All the best from Frankfurt/Germany.
There are many people posting videos with the tabs ON SCREEN as they play along, so you can too. AND you don't need to register your email to download any tabs either
Just found out about this guy. Amazing, that's all I can say. Anyone learning how to play guitar should take advantage of his knowledge. I wish I had this as a kid. Good job on all of your videos. Huge fan. When Adam jones really started to impress me on the release of Anema it would have been great having these videos at my disposal.
I am a drummer and i think this is a really good explanation of this song and how you have to build all the pieces up together, it comes a little bit more easy and have much sense when you try to learn the song for the first time on drums.
Man I've only been playing for the last three years or so, but I've wasted so much time searching for the holy grail of TONE...I realized that I just need to sit down and learn this song regardless of the shittyy gear I have...Guess what, now I can play the whole song from start to finish!! I fell like a million bucks!!! Thanks for the lesson!
Best lesson out there on Schism, many thanks Axe! Since I got a little confused on the outro riff, here's a tab for future viewers: a---------------5--------------6------------3-- D-0-0h3h5---0-0h3h5---0h3h5----
amazing lesson, i wish you were teaching me guitar 15-20 years ago. i learnt it still, but this is so much more of an informed and accurate lesson than i ever had for this song.
Right now, you're like my favourite person on the internet! I've been practicing this song for 5 years now but I always did the open chord strumming part after the solo wrong. I've also seen a lot of people do it wrong in all the Schism videos online. Kudos to you and thank you very much!
On that little power chord run I JUST found out that instead of open it actually goes to an A chord. Try it! Sounds the best with a traditional cowboy A because you can slide into the little part in between on the 14th
Man thanks so much, thanks to you ive learned the right way to play Tool. Have you ever consider doing A Perfect Cirlcle? Lile The Hollow? Might be fun :D
Idk if u read ur comments man but whenever I look up a tool tutorial (I'm learning entire discography song by song) i always look for axe of creation cuz u ain't no bullshitter so I appreciate that and I wish only the best for you man. 🖤
With in the HD Pro I can assign the expression pedal to control the Amp's drive knob. I also use a volume pedal a lot. Guitar-Vol. Pedal-Amp. That should work great (behaves like your Vol knob on gtr) if you can't assign the expression pedal. The one I used is the only Agile I've played. Great build. I've heard really good things about their 8 strings. I'd say buy with confidence. Check out the new Ibanez Iron Labels as well.
On the line 6 stuff I always found the 'metal' preset to be a good starting point. Trim some gain off. Boost your Treble and mids. Zero out any effects (for a main rhythm). Hint of reverb for depth.
As much as I absolutely love tool I’d have thought that tools music would be extremely hard but some of them are & this would be a song I’d love to learn
Brilliant Lesson, thanks so much! Also, for those finding it hard to follow this due to speed, I suggest you play the song alongside, get the rhythm in your head then see how he's playing it and pause as he moves from section to section. Once you have a feel of each section, watch the video again or the playthrough and you'll be able to keep up :)
That's huge in my opinion. Any song I learn I listen to for a week first, get it familiar and one with yourself. Then when you learn it its just frets. All the subtleties will come naturally if you have those tools in your arsenal
That's awesome! Their live shows are not to be missed. They can really tap into some sacred vibes. You figure they have to change it up now and then to keep it fresh. You can only say the same thing so many time before it loses it's meaning
Just wanted to say thanks for teaching me how to play these riffs, I've been noodling it for years and this video got me rolling again. It's really quite simple apart for the timings. I recorded a full acoustic cover with up to 8 tracks of guitar for fun. First cover recording in years! Thanks again. 👍🏼
AAL are fantastic. Tosin is an absolutely beast. I'll probably do something similar to what I did in my "periphery lesson". Take a look at common harmonies or chord progressions.
I didn't watch this video when I came out, as I had been playing it for 10 years and "knew the song". Last night I was practicing at lower volume and noticed my way didn't sound right on the verse and started moving it around, eventually landing on 5th fret of the D string which was way easier than what I was doing. I was hitting the open D, then catching open G on the same stroke and hammering on A and Bb. Hard to do that consistently and easier to make mistakes. Should've watched this video, lol.
Picked my guitar back up a few months ago after putting it on the shelf or a few years. Found your Tool lessons and love your vids. Thanks, man! Good stuff.
How creepy it was when I just turned on the song. And you play the first riff EXACTLY to the song on my Pc :O I couldn't recreate that moment, even if I wanted^^
You definitely went to school for music, right? I'm soon to graduate with a music degree, its easy to tell when somebody is at least knowledgeable as to the classical manner of thinking. You've either studied somewhere or studied music extensively on your own, for sure. Great video. I'm teaching this piece to a student and will have him refer to this when he's practicing on his own time.
Agreed, that outro riff is wicked badass! I believe Schism has 47 time signature changes, mainly between the alternating 5 and 7. Besides 'The Pot' this is probably Tools most "popular" song. Another amazing lesson! I support your videos by advertising your channel on mine.
Good job on laying that out... My Bassist and Drummer have been bugging me to learn this... Love youtube for stuff like this!!! Thanks! I'm old and used to skip back on records or rewind tapes! This is like "Cheating" Have a good one, I will subscribe to ya...
greg i saw tool last night in melbourne, fuck they were great, watchin all the variations adam plays live so cool, and during one of the pushit solos i think he might have either changed keys or gone into a major mode cos it had such an uplifting feel to it. I also noticed during the main motif of lateralus that he really minimized what he played, not as good in my opinion, but i guess improv can be swing and a miss sometimes
you def missed half the main roll riff. he goes up to the 7th and 10th fret to end it and does that back in forth 8 times in total before he starts holding that open A at the end
Your always so good at matching Adam's sound, I have only a Spider IV 75W and an Epiphone Les Paul 100. And i just cannot find a good tool setting on it, it has two presets for tool: Schism and Stinkfist, but they dont really sound like tool. I was wondering if you could reply with some tips on how to get the TooL sound, i want the best i can get from what i have, please help?
Another great Tool song and a perfect lesson. May I just suggest that you put your settings as well for your lesson ? I mean with more details like the delay milliseconds maybe, and the file of the tone you use for your pod ? Maybe to share on your website with a link to download the tone fiile, or screenshot of the settings using the line6 softwares ? Anyway thanks again a lot for your lesson, I learned Schism a long time ago, not really perfectly and I may work it again with your lesson :-D
I'm really picking up on everything aside from the "motif" of the song. Could you tell me what string and frets you're playing. I get the roll but other than that I didn't catch a straight play by play if you will on that.
I just want to say thank you! your video tutorials are amazing you are a great teacher. your adam is spot on! awesome solo for the contest by the way. I have to ask what are the chances maybe to do a Dethklok song? I've been really into Brendon Smalls work..
Great lesson. I am having trouble playing along with the record. My problem is I dont know where to come in after the long sustained D note on the bass in the intro. How would I count in to the main guitar riff from that note?
