Most complicated music

[metal paddy]

Metal or otherwise, what is the most complicated music in terms of song structures, complex melodies/harmonies, arcance rhythms, time and key changes, dynamics, varied instrumentation, and so forth?

when music gets complex paddy has to go bed dude :Smokin: :Smokin:

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

i had no idea this thread was music in general. meh

 

[Mr_Haze]

when music gets complex paddy has to go bed dude :Smokin: :Smokin:

 

[metal paddy]

and you no that :Smokin: :Smokin: :Smokin:

 

[unknown]

what about this?

 

[metal paddy]

what about this?

mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm nice nice nice :Smokin:

 

[Ender Rises]

What the fuck? That is some weird ass sheet music

 

[Entropiastrife]

all that is is standard sheet music that spirals instead of going straight, that has nothing to do with complexity.

I loves me some good prog metal like symphony x or vintage dream theater, but the most technical moments or them and most other metal bands in general are directly inspired/rip-offs of even more complex classical and jazz works. Thats how they get their chops, and few if any metal musicians have technique at the level of professional classical musicians. Honestly, when you think about the body of musicians who have performed metal (only about 30 years worth) compared to hundreds of years that make up baroque, classical, romantic, ect its ridiculous to say metal would be the most of anything.

 

[Killbot]

all that is is standard sheet music that spirals instead of going straight, that has nothing to do with complexity.

But what could be more complex than sitting in a chair that is attached to a rotating orb just so you can read the music? Nothing, that's what.

 

[Seasonreaper]

cryptopsy are rather complex...

 

[skeptik]

all that is is standard sheet music that spirals instead of going straight, that has nothing to do with complexity.

DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERP

 

[son_of_northern_darkness]

Necrophagist
At the Gates (Gardens of Grief - Burning Darkness)
Early Nile (and some new too)
The Mars Volta
Enslaved

Etc

 

[Ender Rises]

DEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERP

It's still the weirdest ass sheet music I have ever seen

 

[WNxScythe]

Seriously, why is that sheet music transcribed that way?

 

[Demilich]

'cause if they did it the long way they'd never be able to stop!

 

[Noble Viking]

Spastic Ink/ Ron Jarzombek/Watchtower
Allan Holdsworth and Shawn Lane are pretty ridiculous
(^check out Jens Johansson's albums Fission and Heavy Machinery)

Steve Vai is pretty complicated at times too.

 

[Manbient]

Seriously, why is that sheet music transcribed that way?

That's Crumb for you. He is a Caligraphist as well and handwrites his own scores, so it's just art for him.

 

[Demilich]

What's the deal with that entire circular staff being one long bar? I haven't studied theory in 5+ years so I don't remember what that entails exactly.

 

[AlphaTemplar]

I've seen Fred Durst bust out some sick ass fucking solos in my day.

Hell yes!

The thing about Bach is, he was so influential in terms of codifying western music, that most of his chord progressions have become pretty standard - and he never really really incorporated any syncopation or quirky time signatures.

Meshuggah isn't that complicated beyond weird time sigs that usually add up to 4/4 anyways.

 

[Ender Rises]

Hell yes!

Oh my lord he sucks
Then again, what would you expect?