Dave Mustaine explains how he plays "Symphony of Destruction"

Dave Mustaine explains how he plays "Symphony of Destruction" - Megadeth.

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2 жыл бұрын

Dave Mustaine nos dejo grabarlo mostrandonos como el toca los riffs de "Symphony of Destruction". Siempre toca aprender de los mejores!
Dave Mustaine let us record him showing us how to play the main riffs in "Symphony of Destruction". Always learn from the best!
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@solo.riffs1 2 жыл бұрын

To answer a few questions here: - We’re on our phones recording cause he asked us if we wanted to record him teaching the riffs, and why not also keep such cool memory for posterity or maybe, idk.. viewers like you? - yes, Megadeth tunes down a whole step nowadays - Video quality? Dirty lens unfortunately 🤷🏼‍♂️ -Why this song and not something else? We were scheduled to play this song with him out of many other songs on the list, so he went ahead and… well, showed us how he plays this song and not a different one...🤔 -no pajamas, the man was wearing jeans Thanks for stopping by to watch

@fabianguevarah.otubrokse8311 2 жыл бұрын

Tremenda anécdota y que afortunado, muchas gracias por subir el vídeo, saludos desde Bogotá Colombia 🤘🏻

@abheekgulati8551 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

@ibuprofen303 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah if you tune down it allows you to use thicker strings if you want, perhaps going for the full Stevie Ray Vaughan gauge 12s or whatever. Get a nice metallic thunk in there. Not sure whether I'd take that gauge on lead, but the rhythm player could do it, sound like a fucking steamroller.

@Septicshites 7 ай бұрын

@@ibuprofen303 i got james Hetfield's strings and literally you have to play D# or my guitar would snap they big bois

@cfisher2447 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see him doing well after the recent health issues. F'ing legend.

@godslayer1415 2 жыл бұрын

Best thing to happen to him was James Hetfield's ratfuckery

@IAteTheAntiChrist 2 жыл бұрын

@@godslayer1415 what?

@doomzy8622 2 жыл бұрын

@@godslayer1415 wait huh

@macabrecreation1067 2 жыл бұрын

@@godslayer1415???

@johndoe480 2 жыл бұрын

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN HIM PLAYING JIMMY HENDRIX ON THAT BLUES TOUR WERE TALKING STELLAR

@Godric_71 2 жыл бұрын

I believe that, no matter how much recognition Dave Mustaine gets, he'll always be incredibly underrated as a guitarist.

@johndoe480 2 жыл бұрын

EVH (RIP) BUT HE AIN'T GOT NOTHING ON DAVE MUSTAINE KIRK TOO!! CAN'T COMPARE THERE'S ONLY ONE GUY BETTER THAN ALL OF THEM AND THAT'S JOE SATRIANI THERE'S YOUR GENIUS AND CAN'T FORGET TO MENTION YNGWIE MALMSTEEN WHOSE ON HIS OWN PLANET ENTIRELY

@johndoe480 2 жыл бұрын

REMEMBER DAVE IS RHYTHM AND LEAD THAT'S HIS DEXTERITY

@Abhishek-sh6ls 2 жыл бұрын

@@johndoe480 it isn't about the list just chill and listen to what you like without going around telling everyone whose better than who.

@daviddoyle8956 Жыл бұрын

Always To much focus on Metallica that became over rated band that lost there spark $$ over music and fans.

@scaccu Жыл бұрын

@@daviddoyle8956 metallica released their last good album more than 30 years ago. still living off their first decade... the more i think about it (and i did it a lot in the last 30 years) the more i see them as a joke.

@TargetHHH101 2 жыл бұрын

Dave is one of the best riff writers of all time.

@johndoe480 2 жыл бұрын

ABSOLUTELY YOU HEAR IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH PSYCHTRONIC

@steve1982n 2 жыл бұрын

Fore sure a riff genius

@daviddoyle8956 Жыл бұрын

Better than Metallica.

@dhollsynthmusic 2 жыл бұрын

Dave is one of the last 80's rockers to not cut his hair short...for that he has my respect.

@newton8698 2 жыл бұрын

Some had their hair cut others it was baldness

@bryguysays2948 2 жыл бұрын

Mettalica in the 90s cut their hair to "fit the times." Glad D.M. had the balls to say f-off at least. He is, who he is.

@SuperMisteryMan01 2 жыл бұрын

Brian May is also the same that it would look weird for him without his rocker hair

@fixxxer7030 2 жыл бұрын

Maybe all the others were doing what THEY wanted to do? Instead Dave was actually trying hard to please others. Which move is a BITCH move? You decide.

@CreditsBackBruh 2 жыл бұрын

@@fixxxer7030 neither cos you’re looking way too fukin deep into it🤣

@bantehayes9973 2 жыл бұрын

I sometimes forget how fantastic the solo for this song is.

@omarzamudio617 2 жыл бұрын

Marty Friedman (solo)

@jonvia 2 жыл бұрын

Dave is so cool man. He seems like a real chill guy...unless you kick him outta your band.

@just1ofozz 2 жыл бұрын

Muaha didn't see it comin

@johndoe480 2 жыл бұрын

HE MAKES HIS OWN BAND HIS WAY

@adamdrury9677 2 жыл бұрын

……..and then release an album with his work on it.😉

@dollysinn 2 жыл бұрын

Or kick his dog. lol

@karlimo4034 2 жыл бұрын

Or he kicks you out from his.

@ezraterry4219 2 жыл бұрын

“So the beginning is obviously a pull off” *proceeds to not play a pull off*

@meshzzizk 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah what is he talking about

@Wayne_Mather 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I hear it's actually called the Ellefson technique......

@BongEyedBastard 2 жыл бұрын

@@Wayne_Mather That's where he favours the minor notes.

@dormantmenace 2 жыл бұрын

I thought he said palm mute

@markgraham5971 2 жыл бұрын

Proceeds to correct the artist that made it.

@TheBlackQueen 2 жыл бұрын

This man made it his life goal to keep the San Francisco Bay Area Thrash scene alive within his locks of hair. The day he cuts that hair is the day Thrash dies.

@franv342 2 жыл бұрын

He doesn't give a shit

@nopenope1194 2 жыл бұрын

So it died around Youthanasia....got it...

@deleaud 2 жыл бұрын

I feel ya BQ. That thrash scene was once in a lifetime. A Vio-Lence fan myself and CV grad (1983). The Bay Area thrash was a great place to be.

@Annihilation_0f_The_Wicked9066 29 күн бұрын

Someone hasn´t heard anything outside of the Bay Area. Thank God the Germans showed how to really play thrash

@PHealey1981 2 жыл бұрын

Legend, glad he’s doing well. Dave’s a true rock god. 🤘🏻

@DragonJ-ui9gg 2 жыл бұрын

Dave I still got that guitar pick you threw out back in 92. It was one of the greasiest shows I’ve ever been to back in early 90s. It was at a place called the Strand in Providence R.I. and they killed it that night just a great show. 4 bands that night. I had 23 laser beam drinks and left that place bloody, sweating like a madman and just full of adrenaline. Hey thanks for the memories Dave . Sucks we get old but still love the music as if I just heard it.🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼

@philmckrackin8303 2 жыл бұрын

"left that place bloody, sweating like a madman and just full of adrenaline" dude, that line perfectly sums up my 20's and that awesome decade (the 90's) ...what I wouldn't give to be able to take that ride again. Good times, great bands, and awesome memories!

@iragravatt6717 2 жыл бұрын

There ya fuckin go. Awesome

@DragonJ-ui9gg 2 жыл бұрын

I’ll tell ya bud I’d take that ride again with you in a half a heartbeat.

@ibuprofen303 2 жыл бұрын

I hope the pick wasn't too greasy, otherwise this might have affected your speed picking technique.

@aliskilletman Жыл бұрын

Awesome budd! Thanks for sharing

@scottyb11uk 2 жыл бұрын

Dave is a straight up guitar legend.

@shootdang8618 2 жыл бұрын

This songs kind of their Enter Sandman so I overlook it a lot. But truly this is a killer song. Solid gold. I should listen to it more.

@2112x1Book2 2 жыл бұрын

So is enter sandman 👍🙂

@shootdang8618 2 жыл бұрын

@@2112x1Book2 Oh yeah no doubt

@randymiles904 2 жыл бұрын

Awsome song this is the song that got me into Megadeth. Hangar 18 is the song that made me a fan for life. Symphony has one of the best main riffs in metal though. I play guitar, and when I learned symphony all my friends thought I was a badass. 😆

@shootdang8618 2 жыл бұрын

@@randymiles904 haha yeah I know that feeling! Hangar is a certified banger!

@drewjohnson4794 2 жыл бұрын

Megadeths last album "Dystopia" is very reminiscent to the classic "Countdown To Extinction" album. If you want to hear another killer tune like Symphony you should check out the song "Post American World."

@Neonyziee 2 жыл бұрын

he's gotta do symphony lesson every time he gets a new guitar

@samuelvargha216 2 жыл бұрын

TRUEE 😂😂😂

@FuckYoutubeCensorship 2 жыл бұрын

Was about to say basically the same thing.

@TallicaMan1986 2 жыл бұрын

Why can't he do Angry Again or something?

@AtacamaHumanoid 2 жыл бұрын

And I can't even find a version of his new signature with that gold metal V thing below the bridge.

@doctoribanez 2 жыл бұрын

Its in his contract lol.

@aandc2005 2 жыл бұрын

I like Dave a lot he's just a down to earth cool person!!👍😊🎸 what a great guitar player also love those riffs so cool and melodic

@H.E.M. 2 жыл бұрын

That guitar looks clean.

@huwmorgan74 2 жыл бұрын

ellefson has the stained one heheh

@bloodycaramelcream 2 жыл бұрын

@@huwmorgan74 hahaha

@222MovieMan 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah I believe his maid cleans them

@GEORGE-lj5jf 2 жыл бұрын

But playing doesn't

@H.E.M. 2 жыл бұрын

@@GEORGE-lj5jf yeah his “no practicing” is catching up to him.

@user-cf7dj9iq5t 8 ай бұрын

Dave is a national treasure.

@ezekielbrockmann114 7 ай бұрын

* International

@brandonsmith6056 2 жыл бұрын

A god amongst mortals. All hail Dave Mustaine!

@guitarjams1008 2 жыл бұрын

He has some power man in his hands

@chrisbrumbaugh9936 2 жыл бұрын

Dave really digs into those strings you can hear it well over the amp. That's the other part you need to understand. Excellent tune

@ricardotijerina886 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, first thing i noticed too. Heavy picker

@tezbertzero1915 2 жыл бұрын

"c h o k e i t"

@ibuprofen303 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah like I've replied to a post above, the tuning down allows all these bands if they want to increase the string gauge, allowing them to really spank the rhythm stuff and also give a lovely metallic sustained tone. Well actually, I don't know whether that's what they actually do, but it's what I'd do. If I remember right. Haven't played guitar in this style myself for about 100 years. But tuning down and a nice set of 11's would be my idea if I was doing some major crunch stuff. I mean you don't want your bottom e string lapping about like a whore's G string (see what I did there?) but take it as far as it'll go. Nice hint of flange and chorus and you now have a lovely tone to be proud of. The guitarist of Killing Joke I always feel is a good place to start if you want to go old school, and you can see the way he does it, all over the fucking place with a hollow body and all kinds of weird stuff. Those are my random guitar musings for today. You may or may not agree.

@mightymangoes08 2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, Symphony of Destruction is amazing, but there are other amazing songs that are underrated.

@daygofuego 2 жыл бұрын

I hate is voice tho

@mightymangoes08 2 жыл бұрын

@@daygofuego Then you just haven’t listened to it enough

@Mike-xj6pi 2 жыл бұрын

Probably the easiest one to teach

@zern_off 2 жыл бұрын

Dread and fugitive mind 🔥

@draiverc7519 2 жыл бұрын

@@Mike-xj6pi Trust maybe?

@mitch2264 9 ай бұрын

Dave is godlike in everything he is doing in Music 😅

@n78966969696896 2 жыл бұрын

@Solo Riffs, thank you so much for sharing this. This is just a great (and rare) treat to show someone who is willing to teach while also being a metal badass.

@solo.riffs1 2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure Glen, I had to share this gem!

@RichardFriendartist 2 жыл бұрын

Dave is one of a kind...a true riff king...awesome to see this thank you for sharing this gem!!

@gainonten4031 2 жыл бұрын

Great video Dave, you seem a lot more confident in this explanation than in previous ones (many years ago). Glad to see that. you rock

@Fafa-cb2ge 2 жыл бұрын

Que grande Dave ahora enseñando sus temas 🎉🏆🙏

@guilhermemm-dev 3 ай бұрын

thanks so much to share this with us :)

@ianstukenborg437 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave! You're a good dude!!! Like the way you teach too!

@Mission2Transition641 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see him still rockin in 2022! Been a fan since i saw Megadeth on the Peace Sells tour. Always loved his guitar riff over the years. Whats the word....Intricate? more complex than your usual Metal guitar player. This was cool.

@cherbeasley4309 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! 🧡 So glad I found the channel

@SlowRiderDucati 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome to see a true Maestro at work. I grew up in Hawthorne, CA in the 1980s listening to Dave's guitar gently scream. Now I watch the nightly news with the sound off whilst playing the Symphony of Destruction. Dave's prophetic words are coming true!

@johndoe480 2 жыл бұрын

NOTHING HAS CHANGED IT'S STILL THE SAME THING ONLY NOW IT'S EVEN WORSE THEN IT WAS BACK THEN AND YOU CAN'T EVEN LAUGH AT IT NOW LIKE YOU COULD BACK THEN NOW THE DAY FINALLY CAME WHEN WE CAN'T EVEN CALL OUT YOUR OWN LEADERS!!

@kaiotikworld8945 2 жыл бұрын

Lol that's a badass way of watching the news!

@avitarmagnus9090 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing Dave one of the all time greats every done!! GOd bless him and his healing

@ONCEVISUAL 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Very greetings from Lima 🇵🇪

@therightisright8276 2 жыл бұрын

Dave's a great teacher! He not only demonstrates it but gives correct nomenclature of what each piece is. If he retires from touring he could be a great teacher to others.

@warleafclover9655 2 жыл бұрын

Dave, man you are a beast with structure. Amazing!!!!

@Niki_B_Lee 2 жыл бұрын

I played Symphony with Dave in 2018..in LA..Dream Come True..gave me a great compliment..Dave is way underrated..Thanks bro RnR Niki

@benjammin1001 2 жыл бұрын

Countdown to Extinction is chock full of knock-out songs. Besides Symphony of Destruction, I also love High Speed Dirt, Psychotron, Captive Honor and Ashes in Your Mouth. What an awesome album.

@Vor_Tex_Sun 2 жыл бұрын

Bought that album 30yrs ago when I was a teen. It blew my mind then and I still love it now

@Mike-xj6pi 2 жыл бұрын

Yes sir it’s a little trendy but all in all great album

@jongut9908 8 ай бұрын

La verdad uno de los mejores musicos de metaltrash ,guitarrista, vocalizta front man de todos los tiempos

@honestllama5572 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful guitar.

@mrgittv 2 жыл бұрын

One of the best songs in metal, and probably the best metal solo ever made, even though people normaly pick Hangar 18 over this. Underrated but epic.

@omarzamudio617 2 жыл бұрын

Marty Friedman (solo)... Jason Becker

@ChristianIce 2 жыл бұрын

Instructions unclear, I ended up playing Enter Sandman.

@frankwebster9110 2 жыл бұрын

Got to admit that's funny

@kaiotikworld8945 2 жыл бұрын

Lol

@vicrattlehead6386 2 жыл бұрын

Which basically Peace sells verse riff anyway.

@sebassanchezc-1379 2 жыл бұрын

Because it's easier🤡👌

@Rainy-Bass 2 жыл бұрын

Legend

@ibuprofen303 2 жыл бұрын

What a gorgeous guitar sound.

@alienxyt 2 жыл бұрын

I always liked Dave because I was a skydiver for years and I remember seeing him doing some jumps as well on Headbanger's Ball back in the early 90's. Rock on!

@VeteranGamerVault 2 жыл бұрын

Listen to Highspeed Dirt. About a skydiver who fails at the end haha

@alienxyt 2 жыл бұрын

@@VeteranGamerVault going to check that.

@kayokk- 7 ай бұрын

Brilliant! Thanks, Dave. A song that will remain in the pantheon of heavy metal for epochs to come. Amen

@brett1050 2 жыл бұрын

Amazing. More please

@Shoptakash 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic guitar!

@danlux4954 2 жыл бұрын

I love this song!

@crewyou07 2 жыл бұрын

Mind you,, he is singing over those fricking Riffs!!! Dave, you are one badass player...

@Adszdosya 2 жыл бұрын

Wow Dave, out of all the amazing songs / riffs you have written, you chose symphony? Brilliant.

@randymiles904 2 жыл бұрын

Awsome video, but any video of Dave showing us his tricks, makes for an awesome video. I've been playing this song for years, but a couple things he said here will definitely help me sound more like the recording. 🤘

@solo.riffs1 2 жыл бұрын

Same here brother

@randymiles904 2 жыл бұрын

@@solo.riffs1 haha! Nice!

@patmalloy3569 2 жыл бұрын

Like the pull off in the verse

@wightangel 2 жыл бұрын

The godfather of thrash. Mere mortals must kneel in his presence. I love this song and the whole Cd (Countdown to Extinction). Thanks Dave. Thanks Solo Riffs for upload.

@TOMVUTHEPIMP 2 жыл бұрын

Thrash? LOL.....

@johndoe480 2 жыл бұрын

WE KNOW D.K. LET'S NOT FORGET ABOUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT

@Twobarpsi 2 жыл бұрын

Great video 🤘🤘🤘!!

@therollband1290 2 жыл бұрын

The riffs in that song are awesome. It sounds better live than on the album

@iragravatt6717 2 жыл бұрын

Countdown, my favorite album ever. Keep on rockin my dudes!🤘

@joeskis 2 жыл бұрын

The bass in this song on their 2021 tour was amazing. I mean it already is on the album but live it was even better.

@Nestorglass 2 жыл бұрын

"the beggining obviously is a pull off" that's not a pull of dave but I'll take it

@gabrieltrkkk8283 2 жыл бұрын

Felicidades broo

@ramonslipknot511 2 жыл бұрын

Que felicidad estar frente a un grande aguante Mustaine aguante Megadeth

@mariaguadalupegallegos7650 2 жыл бұрын

Exelentes videos bro eres todo un crack y te iba a pedir si podias hacer el tutorial de merry-go-round de motley crue porfa Nunca pares de hacer videos bro eres grande

@mikekerezsi9672 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks dave and thanks camera guy

@teebeeonline 2 жыл бұрын

that gibson fly V is awesome, I think I need to get one.

@fabriciomisaelpachecolopez9689 2 жыл бұрын

Ese rif es uno de mis preferidos de megadeth ya lo estoy aprendiendo

@comfortablynumb9342 2 жыл бұрын

Es mi canción favorita de Megadeth. Saludos desde Carolina del Norte y un gringo que hable español.

@mauricio_tm 2 жыл бұрын

Tiene voz del trump :b

@Jimjolnir 2 жыл бұрын

Rock on, Dave!

@randyburrill2340 2 жыл бұрын

Love ya, Dave

@sticksman1979 2 жыл бұрын

Even when you’re sick of the song, you go back to it.

@chadtellevik5479 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent song

@hamptonmanufacturing3566 2 жыл бұрын

Dave is awesome! 😎😎

@KalElvis 2 жыл бұрын

Reckoning Dave

@lightningwithin9186 2 жыл бұрын

Huge Respect!!

@TheBubbarox 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty sick group of seniors.. imagining them once or twize a week doing gigs in a elderly home...🤘😎

@juicy5836 2 жыл бұрын

Simply the Man !

@juliol2144 2 жыл бұрын

Dave you're are one of the best guitar players in the world. you are a true metal genius.

@chrisferrandino9563 2 жыл бұрын

Dave is an awesome musician!!!! MEGADETH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

@BRIDGETTWC 2 жыл бұрын

Love you Dave 😍 💗 💓 💛 ♥ 😘

@963hz 2 жыл бұрын

Wow what a rock star!

@MotobiRider 2 жыл бұрын

dave you are legendary

@user-rc7wm7ib5e 10 күн бұрын

DAVE IS A NATIONAL TREASURE ,ABSOLUTELY UNDERRATED AS A GREAT SONG/LYRIC WRITER,AND MOST IMPORTANTLY ONE OF THE GREAT RIFF GUITARIST EVER,SOME PEOPLE CANT UNDERSTAND WHAT GENIUS MEANs🎸🎼🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶👍,stay positive and healthy DAVE,YOUR LYRICS TELL ALL WHATS GOING ON.YOUR A TRUE MUSICIAN And MOST OF ALL A GOOD HUMAN BEING!✌️👍😎🎸BOB!

@Stratisfied22 2 жыл бұрын

I don't think people understand how brilliant this man is. Fkn legend...

@antonboiko1773 2 жыл бұрын

And thats the whole song!)) Genius!

@earlcampbell8927 2 жыл бұрын

Love it 👍🏼

@joemarwil 2 жыл бұрын

What an honor! Captive Honor.

@Mr.Cynical92 2 жыл бұрын

The first time that a Gibson Flying V has appealed to me. That's a beautiful guitar!

@anthonysthellhammerg4388 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Dave , super sweet

@Idontlikethatshit. 2 жыл бұрын

That Flying V with the Explorer headstock is clean

@Gods_Fury101 2 жыл бұрын

“I choke the shit out of it!” And then proceeds to play like he’s trying his best to break the strings. Lol, I love Dave

@aleksik4028 2 жыл бұрын

Thats what Ellefson said.

@davidannett3322 2 жыл бұрын

awesome!!!

@kamaboko1 2 жыл бұрын

Rock and Roll Fantasy Camp sounds like a cool event.

@DelzToyShow 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta love Dave

@Warchest1 2 жыл бұрын

The lesson we all needed

@jamescarter8311 2 жыл бұрын

Mustaine is the greatest riff maker of all time.

@Justin-mz4qr 2 жыл бұрын

Jerry Cantrell from Alice In Chains is another great riff maker

@megadethfanfartballsgaming Ай бұрын

@@Justin-mz4qr i was gonna say this omg

@gc1282 2 жыл бұрын

¡Gracias señoOooor!

@dethpig420 2 жыл бұрын

I love his new Gibsons man

@brentcraft4340 2 жыл бұрын

Wholesome af. Jfc i got CTE on cassette for my 13th bday from a buddy. Seeing him break it down made me really realize how great a writer and player he is even more A humble Dave as well. the people who claim hes he bad dude this is is evidence against proving that is false imo A sincere moment.

@HabAnagarek 2 жыл бұрын

Wholesome?

@warmonger8799 Жыл бұрын

Awesome

@chrisdaviesguitar 2 жыл бұрын

that v looks stunning

@fxdesign6054 2 жыл бұрын

Cheers Dave! :)

@edgarpoe517 2 жыл бұрын

I saw them in Chicago with Corrosion of Conformity in the mid 90s.

@johndoe480 2 жыл бұрын

AWESOME

@dacechasinghawk3910 2 жыл бұрын

So simple. But it's the little things. The way he plays it. He plays it for real, well he wrote it and when the rest of us play it? We are just mimicking. Because we didn't write it.