Nolly is such a fantastic teacher; he's so articulate in the way he describes things.

"Hey, VSauce, Michael here." *starts metronome track "This is the downbeat..." *VSauce music starts playing at a different tempo "Or is it?"

Very much a part of Nolly's signature writing in my opinion! Endings of songs such as Prayer Position and Make Total Destroy are great examples 😍

You're allowed to say "Djenty". I think it's ok at this point.

I swear.. every video I see from Nolly, he blows my mind.. one big thing I took from this, is that guitar riffs can now go a lot further. I honesty feel like this is the “sauce” in periphery and their writing.. I am beyond grateful that you shared this with us. The knowledge AND great drum tones from GGD, is why I LOVE you guys! Thank you soo much.

Thanks so much for this, Nolly. This has really been a dark area for me and you've brought light to this topic. You're a master.

It's really cool that Nolly understands drums better than me and most other people, and I have been playing drums for 14 years or so... :D

Lol that bit about 420 was hilarious

Chris Turner from oceans ate alaska also has a great video explaining this for anyone who doesn't quite get it

We need a masterclass on how to get a mix for these drums! The rock one was super cool, but wayyyyy dig these drums more!

YES. I've been searching for the name of this technique for AGES. I never knew what to call it, and I never knew how to explain it in order to search it. You can hear it in Tesseract's Palingenesis pt. 2 between 2:22 and 2:46 , and you can also hear it in Meshuggah's Do Not Look Down from 0:00 - 0:36. It's such a trippy thing, it boggles my mind every time! Thanks for explaining it!

Ive been messing with this and learning how to utilize it without even knowing the name of it, This video helped me so much to understand what I'm actually trying to do

This is always one of my favorite techniques. Great tutorial, Nolly!

Dude you're the man. This is a perfect explanation, thank you!

This is really cool. I know I've done this when working on arrangements, I just never knew there was a name for the technique. Always great informative videos!

My brain wasn’t ready for this but thanks for the knowledge

That 420 comment made me actually laugh out loud!

Also thank you for explaining the dynamics and applications of this technique

Gracias Adam por estos videos!

You could just hire Matt Garstka (; Edit: Obviously Halpern as well

Never knew this had a name! Super useful video!!

Fantastic! I've been experiment with this after hearing it in some proggy songs but never knew what it was called or even how to try and figure out what it was called!

Really cool trick, thanks nolly!

Love that you gave Taste my Fist by F.K as an example. Incredible band when it comes to rhythm.

Great video Nolls. It'd be cool to have more videos from you on compositional devices :)

So good! Thanks man

Nolly is the Vsauce of metal.

Beautiful. Thanks a lot!

Oh man one I absolutely love is The Great Debate by DT, at minute 8:45 Is very clear how mike portnoy hints the modulation with a snare in the previous beats, as nolly says. Or Aenema by Tools

0:29 beautiful explanation

yees, yeeeee, YEEEEEEES. Thank you for the notes

Listen to the final riff of Periphery's Satellite. The snare and cymbals are regular, but the kick follow the guitars which modulate of a 1/16th note every 2 bars if I remember correctly (or something close to that) I've totally understood how it's played but my brain is not able to coordinate all my limbs yet

I would pay for such knowledge 🤯

Snake by Navarone is one of my favourites. Groovy in two different ways. Starts out in a triplet feel, but then the drums come in with a straight 4/4 rock beat over that.

The main riff of Stranded by Gojira is another simple but very effective example of using this technique imo

Adam “Dare I say Djenty” Getgood 😂 awesome video!

This was a great video. I’ve always wondered why my programmed drum changes sound so abrupt or just... not smooth.

The Mirror by Dream Theater

my favourite example of this is in TTNG - Whatever Whenever

"The Mirror" by Dream Theater and "Is This My Fate, He Asked Them" by Story of the Year have some of my favorite mods ever, and they're so simple!

That was really fucking cool, tapping my thigh in 4/4 and just hearing the sound get de synced then resyned. Thank you for showing me how to use my heritage

If you want to use this kind of metric modulation but have trouble playing it, calculate the new "tempo" the song would be in and change the tempo of the klick instead of playing a true metric modulation. It will result in a "simpler" version, simply because the tempochange will resolve after a straight number of bars but it makes it easier to play whilst achieving the same effect (at least i the first few bars). quarter notes at 160 bpm would have the same tempo as half note triplets at (160/3)*2 bpm. that would be...106.6 bpm.

I understood everything. He said 4.20. That’s they key.

Oh man, please, please upload the stems for this. This would be such a great writing tool.

I believe Covet does this in a couple places on their new album, but it might just be normal metric modulation, and not quite "implied".

3:09 Very Thomas Haake style fill ohh maa goodness soo good

Great video. Can you break down the guitar part? Sounds like it alternates between at least a couple patterns ... grouped in both 3's and 4's making it work in both contexts. Sounds like it's rhythmically displaced also giving it a syncopated feel in both cases...would be helpful if you could describe the technique or post the sheet music. thanks

IMM is also used in a lot of Oceans Ate Alaska’s Songs

Very nice Freak Kitchen plug :)

Cool cool very cool lesson. How can I get this from you...tks. Keep it up

Lights Out - Car Bomb. And pretty much in all their songs lol

This implied metric modulation is a polyrhythm. It feels like the tempo has changed because when you go to accents on every 3rd 16th note the pulse and the tempo have changed looking from the perspective of just the drummer. Cool stuff. Btw Nolly what do you think about the early 2000's V30's that came in the Marshall MF cab? Good?

deadmau5 does this a bit. In Strobe it feels like it drops from 4/4 to 3/4, but if you count you can keep up with the beat. Maybe it's easier to follow being electronic dance music, but it's still a cool effect that can be used in any genre

15:37 blaze up father nollz

If i ever get a make a wish i would choose too meet this guy

Came for the metric modulation, stayed for the Djent (?) I know nothing about this type of music but I love your clip! Can you recommend anything that sounds like that? Preferably instrumental as I'm not ready for the screaming I'm hearing on Spotify 🤣

Plini's song also use this matrix modulation mostly

The outro to Darkane's Innocence Gone, from 4:17. Always messes with my head.

Ah...So this is where the real Michael from Vsauce is hiding

the middle midi pattern @1:58 doesn't seem to match what was played prior. The second snare hit on the syncopated hit hat pattern looks early and hits with the hi hat. Change my mind!

Another good example is "Empty Vessels Make The Most Noise" by Monuments

Cloudkicker - God be with ye And a lot of song by Ben Sharp

YEAHHHHHH FOUR TWENTY MY GUY

Nolly: It's a rhytmic technique that's not gonna be appropriate most of the time Car bomb: Hold my beer

hey michael! when will you make more videos on Vsauce?

Wohoo!

where I can download the midi track?

💜💜💜💜💜💜

What preset is? Modern o invasion?

nolly blazes confirmed

My man really mentioned Freak Kitchen

such a simple riff yet incredibly effective. those drums are tight as fuck tho...

Can you please please give us the midi for the drums?

Do not look down - meshuggah

15:37

Ocean Planet, Gojira. From 16th triplets to 16th notes.

Dare he say it? Yes....

Chris Turner, the drummer of Oceans Ate Alaska, has made a lesson on this as well if anyone’s interested. Here’s a link: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nt9zdZp-ldXZcoE.html

Everything Will Be OK by CB Murdoc is insane. The whole thing feels like it keeps slowing down due to the implied modulation- measure by measure. If you haven't heard them, you need to!

That 420 comment made me laugh 😂

Evil Bert has done well for himself.

Step one, be a master musician

That quintuplet part in Bland Street Bloom, right?

Wow Vsauce gives some good tips

Thank you, Adam, for your insight into this awesome concept! FYI - the interlude of this track by Icelandic band Agent Fresco has some tastefully done metric modulations (2:33-3:12): kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Z7ydgbedm7DadI0.html

*hey, vsauce, michael here. what is dj0nt?*

WTF IS THAT GROOOOOW?!?!?!

OCEANS ATE ALASKA HAS ENTERED CHAT

And to think that there are people who say that music theory is limiting and kills creativity

How dare he not name Matt Garstka. Dude modulated 2 measures of 4/4 into 11 beats playing the groove of physical education during his solo in Dallas, TX

Nolly talking about Periphery in third person is so painful

21.5k views, 21.5k subs. That’s a ratio right there

@9:26 aw

Nolly, do you think you’d ever use this riff?

Matt Halpern....

Oh So this is what Misery Signals has been doing for years

15:35 hahaha four twenty

Did anyone else get a bigger notch in this video?

9:26 Time to get a video editor? ^^'

Spicy fillets