Mikael's theory knowledge

i dont think so. check out the interview below. he has something to say about that.

he is one of my guitar heroes...he may not be the fastest, roughest, whateverthefuckest guitarist in the world, but for me he is the best songwriter. no other musician has touched my soul like he did.
thanks, mikael.
 
I checked the interview.. I'm looking for something totally definite...

I haven't studied either and him being one of my heroes... THE hero.. it'd be nice to know if I should look more into it... I can make good music now (to my ears) but it'd be awesome of Opeth wasn't the result of technicalities.. more like.. just having something to say and the right passion and articulation to say it..

and I agree... I got tired of fast, rough, weird playing long ago... it's not what matters... what matters is, do you have a point and are you getting it across?

thanks for the reply
 
dont mention it. hey, but if youre in to guitar theory, keep with it. it's never wrong to learn more.

with music theory, you can come up with things easier than another average guitarist would come up by mistake/chance.
 
hehe.. well.. I'm not into it.. I don't know jack shit.. but I've heard that my music is good nevertheless... I have ideas and concepts I want to get through and that's what I try to do and hopefully succeed in doing...

but seek and you shall find... I ain't playing church chords... ideas are better than relying on a scale or chord vocabulary...
 
I think that Musical Theory kind of restricts you in a way... it gives guidelines in which music has to travel... Opeth seem to defy that, so I'd say that Mikael's knowledge on it is either not extensive or he just doesn't apply it alot... I think he just goes for whatever the fuck he feels like y'know? Like, wake up one morning.... hey man... I wanna do a song in 5/3.... :)
 
music theory doesnt really restrict you, it does give you guidelines, but no-one has to strictly keep by them. I wish i was much better at theory personally, that way you can write parts which actually compliment each other, and as said above it is much faster, as opposed to noodling about trying to find something which sounds good.

and no matter how much opeth defy theory, they wont be able to make a song in 5/3... haha:)
 
if you want to learn theory... here is a good startpage.
http://www.freakguitar.com/
it is the homepage of Mattias "IA" Eklund. For those who dont know him, he is a swedish guitarist, plays in Freak Kitchen, and beats the living crap out of almost anyone..

That page also pretty much proves that you arent restricted by knowing theory (check out the scales part, i can asure you, you dont know all of those scales earlier...).

and do listen to some of the samples he has..
damn.. this guy is briliant..
 
Originally posted by Hobo

it is the homepage of Mattias "IA" Eklund. For those who dont know him, he is a swedish guitarist, plays in Freak Kitchen, and beats the living crap out of almost anyone..
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He also plays one solo on each of the Soilwork albums;)


Silence(who has nothing to do)
 
There would be 5 dotted crotchets in a bar, no? So would that be layed out as 15/8? Hehe. How confusing. That would sound...interesting... :lol:

[Edit: :confused: post went mucked up :o)
 
I remember he said about that.. 5/8 with 4/4 ends section in Drapery (educated guess there, the part from about 5:50 to 6:50) that he just did whatever and he still has no idea just what that is. That made me happy to read somehow.

I'm glad to hear that he's writing more crazy stuff like that for the new ones. I'm a sucker for odd time as long as it's not just empty wankery.
 
I've always wondered if a knowledge of theory really makes a difference in the writing process.

My guess is that it doesn't. Composers don't write by a set of rules -- they write what they hear in their heads...and it just happens to fit the theory "rules."

I know all the theory in the world but can't compose at all. In fact, when I try, I wind up with some little Mozart Minuet crap because I only know how to follow the rules.
 
Yes, I would call time sigs that are a prime number larger than 20 "weird." I wonder if anyone's ever done a song in 71/16

-Hondo
 
Originally posted by Lina
My guess is that it doesn't. Composers don't write by a set of rules -- they write what they hear in their heads...and it just happens to fit the theory "rules."
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composers, in fact, invent their own theory. they just make music according to their own rules, then later the theorists scratch their heads and wonder: "how the heck does it make sense?" so they gather and analyze everything and come up with a theory of style just to be developed or refuted by the next composer.

I know all the theory in the world but can't compose at all. In fact, when I try, I wind up with some little Mozart Minuet crap because I only know how to follow the rules.
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so, you learned counterpoint and harmony? :zombie: what about 12-tone theory? serial and set theory? aleatorics? theory of spectral music? sonoristics? electronics? ( :cool: ) :grin:
 
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