Present Opeth Theory

[Dante's Inferno]

Some real Opeth theory, for once: I took a look at the solo in The Funeral Portrait, and many of the notes (and a few off ones) seems to be taken from the natural minor scale in the key of E, which is weird, since Opeth are the typical 'don't-know-any-scales'-kind of guys.

I just learnt the scale myself, and it seems like a cool scale.
Alittle tip from myself: use the blues scale, too. The b5 note is often called 'the evil note', and can be used for mysterious effects. Opeth-style .

Hope that helps.

 

[westknife]

a metal band? using the MINOR SCALE? WHAAAAA

 

[An Absent Friend]

The Credence's first arpeggios( I really don't know how it's spelled , sorry ) is a b57 chord. A it must be

 

[Dante's Inferno]

16 beats, how radical

I meant bars. But how long is the GOP-riff? The first verse-riff, that is.

 

[Opethian666]

16 beats, how radical

Imo a lot of people on this forum should get a large dose of free radicals in their body.

 

[Battle Axe Mercy]

Okey, I finished an early draft on my article. Where can I upload it?

Note: there are some riff types still not written, like long riffs and one-chord riffs.

www.rapidshare.de will probably work.

 

[wankerness]

Some real Opeth theory, for once: I took a look at the solo in The Funeral Portrait, and many of the notes (and a few off ones) seems to be taken from the natural minor scale in the key of E, which is weird, since Opeth are the typical 'don't-know-any-scales'-kind of guys.

I just learnt the scale myself, and it seems like a cool scale.
Alittle tip from myself: use the blues scale, too. The b5 note is often called 'the evil note', and can be used for mysterious effects. Opeth-style .

Hope that helps.

Hardly any band knows what they're doing scale-wise, it's just logical that some of their junk will fit into a scale cause it will probably sound terrible and dissonant if it doesn't. There's no theory knowledge of theory involved, just knowing when things sound good or not.

 

[Opethian666]

Yeah, when I play guitar I never really use any scales or theory, I just play and if it sounds good, it sounds good. But since scales were made to create a guidance to make something that sounds good anyway, it kind of comes down to the same thing, just in a more trial and error way.