Dissonance! Weirdness! - how to find the right wrong notes

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In this video I'm discussing a few ways you can bring a bit of dissonance and unpredictability to your playing. Tab of my intro solo and other examples from the video can be found on my Patreon page, along with my backing track (pay what you like): / anyonecanplayguitar
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00:00 Hi
01:03 Intro solo
03:47 Right notes, wrong notes
6:25 In between notes
07:23 Chromaticism
08:35 Major & minor 2nds
11:15 Unison bends
13:00 Outside sounds
18:54 Wide intervals
20:28 Using effects
Bye 22:21
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@FrankJmClarke 3 ай бұрын

I have been relying on stupidity, but I am open to other methodologies :).

@angelsrr 3 ай бұрын

nicely played

@diamon999 3 ай бұрын

Ignorance is my friend.

@nelsonw2096 3 ай бұрын

😂 same

@doctorscoot 3 ай бұрын

Oh recently I’ve advanced beyond stupidity and now I’m really loving relying on sheer boneheadedness and outright wilful ignorance! (Better not watch anymore of these videos I guess if I want to keep this up)

@MuseumsBloke 3 ай бұрын

I feel ya! Sadly, I’m just a truly incompetent guitarist …

@TerribleUsernameAmirite 3 ай бұрын

Tom Verlaine’s solo on Marquee Moon is the one that I’ve always wanted to replicate, even if it sounds like he’s off key and off tempo… it’s just genius playing

@thedashgreen65000 3 ай бұрын

I’m so happy that this guitar lesson exists. The intro solo is exactly the kind of guitar playing I like and have genuinely struggled to figure out how to do.

@grantous67 3 ай бұрын

Sounds great, reminds me of something you might hear on the Twin Peaks third season

@meadish 3 ай бұрын

In that case, Eric Haugen's lessons on Marc Ribot and 'skronk' (Eric's own term, I think) could be of interest to you, too.

@armbarre 3 ай бұрын

This is such a great topic.

@Tusitala1967 3 ай бұрын

Agreed! Just started watching and I am super excited.

@user-bc9mv8oc9k 3 ай бұрын

*Me; a big brained guitarist*; "just play blues pentatonics with a ring mod, then you don't have to learn anything..."😂😂 Nah props man, you post some of the most consistently creative, entertaining and informative guitar based lesson content on youtube, and have done for quite some time and I really appreciate it. Thinking outside the "blues box" and checking some of my favourite guitarists, like Ron Ashton, McGeoch, Roland S Howard and Mark Ribot...no one else on YT is teaching this stuff, great stuff man, thanks for all the licks 🤟

@pearlmisscute11 3 ай бұрын

I'm reminded of Les Dawson on the piano, for those old enough to remember. He was actually a good pianist and it took a lot of skill to play that wrong.

@MuseumsBloke 3 ай бұрын

Wishing very much that I had just an ounce of Les Dawson’s skill…

@celljog 3 ай бұрын

And let's not forget Eric Morecambe who played all the right notes but not necessarily in the right order ☺

@misery_tunes 3 ай бұрын

Don't let anyone under 60 join this thread!

@darkforest4891 3 ай бұрын

His daughter said he would spend all sunday practising piano, and they would beg him to do the wrong notes.

@paulwhiteside1805 3 ай бұрын

I love the way that you have honed the art of dissonance and sonic weirdness to such a level of precision. My playing is so awful that tension, random and , sadly, predictably duff notes seldom achieve a level of what could be considered masterpieces. Cacophonous is a more accurate description. Thank you Adrian. Yours is the best guitar channel on KZfaq.

@andychase7693 3 ай бұрын

A great subject for a video, and one that has always appealed to me. I like the idea of a chaotic sound, like maybe playing in time while you're falling down a flight of stairs or being tossed about in the surf.

@raycochrane3971 3 ай бұрын

Robert Quine is my dissonance king.

@MuseumsBloke 3 ай бұрын

Marvellous stuff. Of course, you have immediately pin-pointed the glaring difference in our relative playing styles: Yours is stylish, artful and relevant. Mine is comically hamfisted and accidentally dis-artfully atonal. To deliberately misquote Eric Morecombe: All the wrong notes, and almost exclusively in the wrong order. Vive La Difference!

@sgall161 3 ай бұрын

Reall useful lesson. Duane Denison used dissonance a lot in The Jesus Lizard. Would love if you could do a lesson on one of their songs. Amazing band.

@santiagodiaz3358 3 ай бұрын

Yes! I immediatly thought of them when he talked about the 2nd intervals, Duane Denison uses them in Then Comes Dudley, I think. I hope Adrian does a video (or better yet, videos) on them. Monkey Trick, Karpis and Rodeo in Juliet are the songs I most want to learn.

@claykline2830 3 ай бұрын

was looking at Marc Ribot and Duane Denison the other day for some of this, great stuff

@jamesdoctor8079 2 ай бұрын

I really like the dissonance you get between a 3rd and 4th of a chord, especially used on a dominant V chord. Any half step dissonances can be cool

@cliveshalice8490 3 ай бұрын

Couldn't agree more about the modern players. It's all phenomenal technique seemingly at the expense of feel and the song!

@patrickdelombre5075 3 ай бұрын

Adrian, if you make a video series how to write alternative songs it’s going to be a smash hit!

@DeGroove 3 ай бұрын

Great topic indeed! While the first players that come to my mind are Marc Ribot and Robert Quine, I think more recently Josh Homme has a truly original voice in this regard. Great stuff. Thanks

@odedkeren5404 3 ай бұрын

There's such a great solo in Miracle Mile by Silkworm. It's exactly an acoustic guitar song with a blown out solo!

@acpg 3 ай бұрын

Sounds excellent, I'll check it out!

@whitems6591 3 ай бұрын

This is fantastic!

@johanneskulesza6841 3 ай бұрын

Great lesson, exactly what i was looking for, more of this please!

@alvorz4407 3 ай бұрын

Huge fan of your channel. Love this topic. Thank you!

@OrishaTrompeleMonde 3 ай бұрын

Love this. Usually just find happy accidents when I'm learning something or trying out different picking and strumming patterns to make it more interesting. Sometimes a simple pull off on one note in a bar chord or Josh Homme's drunken stumble technique. But these are some excellent ideas on how to think about this with intent. Thank you for sharing.

@gazpali 3 ай бұрын

Love these types of vids about this type of playing. These'll be great fun to play and will certainly catch the ear of the listener. Brilliant teacher as always and Ive learnt so much from the channel.

@13terrors 3 ай бұрын

This is something I’ve been looking for forever, glad you were the one to make the video. Great as always

@Martin.Spiller 3 ай бұрын

I really appreciate your attitude, mindset and taste in music. Thank you so much.

@winslowredcross2835 3 ай бұрын

Great lesson Adrian!! Nothing annoying about your solo. That was great!! Thank you!

@Emlizardo 3 ай бұрын

Good material and presentation, thank you!

@NathanEMilos 3 ай бұрын

🥰Thanks! I think I had emailed a request for a lesson like this. I figured of all the youtube guitar gods, you'd be the one to take it *this* seriously! Would love to learn more.

@blackstrat6732 3 ай бұрын

You just gave any level guitarist,a perfectly delivered lesson!,,,, Love you style!!!!!

@kingdozerr 3 ай бұрын

Derek Bailey was the master of that

@acpg 3 ай бұрын

He was indeed, love DB!

@pascalauzias5636 3 ай бұрын

Marc Ribot 😉

@chrismason4224 3 ай бұрын

Yep, no question.

@andychase7693 3 ай бұрын

Yeah, and maybe Robert Quine and Tom Verlaine while you're at it.

@ThomasLockney 3 ай бұрын

Came here to say the same.

@sebastianguth5074 3 ай бұрын

I comment on this video but it could be on any other. You always find interesting and varied things to teach. My respects and congratulations Adrian. Greetings from Argentina

@marleenvos4126 3 ай бұрын

great lesson, thank you!

@lamper2 3 ай бұрын

QUINE LIVES HERE! or maybe Ivan Julian?

@acpg 3 ай бұрын

Yes, both heroes of mine!

@nlprelated4375 3 ай бұрын

We need more Voidoids vids

@isolateddemon9438 3 ай бұрын

THIS IS GOLD 😀

@royalslim2024 3 ай бұрын

Glad you are still here

@Soundgear4 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant!

@lanceheaslewood4121 3 ай бұрын

This is fantastic

@8369378 3 ай бұрын

Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band. Masters of this stuff.

@stephandreher5391 3 ай бұрын

My solos always sound like this 😅 great vid - a good balance of harmonic/disharmonic makes a song great. In germany 90ies they said „Auf Danzig, tanz ich!“ - i dance to Danzig - great shirt as always, Adrian

@davepottage2369 3 ай бұрын

Wow, would never of had you down as a Danzig fan. (I only count the first 4 albums)

@OURSKIESTODAY 3 ай бұрын

Good job🎸👍

@malcolmhead2852 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant video I’ve been playing around with this for years My wife will come in and say that sounds awful, and I tell her that’s right it’s supposed to! Every now and again I’ll find something that really works just by accident

@jotteff5100 3 ай бұрын

This video is a perfect example for why I love your channel! Oh, and cool Danzig shirt...would you do a tutorial for a song from the first four albums?

@Jah_Rastafari_ORIG 3 ай бұрын

A little Robert Quine; maybe a little Peter Laughner... love it.

@neildenari1007 3 ай бұрын

The Cleveland - New York Axis, 1975

@65Lynchy 3 ай бұрын

Chris Whiteley second album specially Oh lord my heart is ready now Great video....as usual

@acpg 3 ай бұрын

Don't know Chris Whiteley but I must take a listen.

@Kejanojo 3 ай бұрын

Or search for Long Way Around at House of Blues.

@Tiomofee 3 ай бұрын

What a great example and very interesting ideas. Some parallels to Neil Yound and Crazy Horse. :-) I really enjoyed your music, definitely! Very progressive and intelligent and cream for my ear. Amazing! Subscribed! (/from Germany)

@alunjprice 3 ай бұрын

Love a bit of Les Dawson on the piano!

@TheHesseJames 3 ай бұрын

That was actually a pretty good solo!

@growskull 3 ай бұрын

ring modulator is also a great effect to add some chaos

@joolsadams 3 ай бұрын

Great lesson. Watching with a lazy Sat breakfast :). Someone above mentioned the Jesus Lizard. They’d make a great lesson!

@musicmatty67 3 ай бұрын

Great as usual! This isn’t really my kind of thing but I certainly appreciate it. It’s hard enough for me to make good music sound good and play it straight… Very little time to try to cock it up without having to do so already 😆. The jazzmaster is a great weapon of choice for all kinds of music.

@nsnklwms 3 ай бұрын

Great video. Side note, please begin offering face-to-face tuition in London again soon!

@djh6970 3 ай бұрын

Loved this one Adrian. 8 miles high, definitive gaze, muscle in plastic, happy death men. Oh yes😀

@johng2880 3 ай бұрын

Dementedness comes naturally to some people. Love it.

@xcx8646 3 ай бұрын

This is a great video. This is one of the missing links for me.

@vonroretz3307 3 ай бұрын

Reminded me of Joey Santiago.

@barlowetube 3 ай бұрын

I fucking love you mate . I don't care who knows it .

@eohippusone 3 ай бұрын

Sounds like my normal solos!

@caselli4354 3 ай бұрын

love that one Adrian, wish we could collaborate on some ideas one day, by the way, how about 'five stop mother superior rain' by the flaming lips? being a ballad with some noise feedback that goes down pretty well doesn't it?!?!?! thanks so much for your content and music❤

@aaronburns9538 3 ай бұрын

I just found the perfect octave fuzz for my cramps playing. Idiotbox Ron Swanson Super Fuzz, Univox clone.

@DrClaw78 3 ай бұрын

Syd Barrett all over Piper at the Gates is great at dissonant guitar. Also John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees. Roland S Howard of The Birthday Party. Ry Cooder's playing on Beefheart's Safe as Milk. Alessandroni's work in Braen's Machine. Bruno Battisti D'Amario's mad playing for Morricone's Avant Garde band Il Groupo (see eg The Feed Back). Whoever(!) played on the great David Axelrod Warner recordings (the sleeve notes just list each as "musician").

@moogsick 3 ай бұрын

Joey Santiago is the taste master of the unison bend

@lolobuggah2670 3 ай бұрын

He’s a master of using dissonance in general. He uses a lot of outside notes.

@Skwid-Lives 3 ай бұрын

I thought you were describing Bucketheads music which is awesome

@john_atco 3 ай бұрын

Brilliant Vid Totally agree with you.....Now can you teach me how to play "My guitar gently weeps".???

@ErickvdK 3 ай бұрын

Tastes like Richard Thompson!😊

@josealbaposse 3 ай бұрын

Fab!!!

@olafbigandglad 3 ай бұрын

The technical term is "skronk".

@therealbrewer 3 ай бұрын

TELEVISION!

@davidhamilton7780 3 ай бұрын

Your Marc Ribot underwear is showing! Excellent lesson, thank you-

@Mark70609 3 ай бұрын

You could have shown us to play the Adrian Belew solo from the Talking Heads song the great curve.

@yorrick1971 3 ай бұрын

Adrian, this is great. Are you familiar with the work of Marc Moreland on the first two Wall of Voodoo albums (Dark Continent and Call Of The West)? he has some of my favourite dissonant things i've ever heard, often in a sort of bastardised surf style, but there's a lot more to him than that. Also those dissonent notes that the B52s often used, amongst otherwise more conventional chord structures. Anyway, thanks for the video and i'd love to hear what you make of Marc Moreland. Wall of Voodoo's cover of Ring of Fire might just be my favourite cover version of all time.

@MrTimcoronel 3 ай бұрын

Marc Robot, Rowland S Howard and Nels Cline. That'll do.

@MrTimcoronel 3 ай бұрын

and Bob Quine, of course!

@jeanlikkewaan5605 3 ай бұрын

Dissonance instantly brings to mind the Mars Volta and the wonderfully wierd musical language of Omar Rodriguez Lopez. Aberinkula, Drunkship of Lanterns and Cygnus... Vismund Cygnus are treats to anyone who the acquired taste of dissonance. (+ Bonus Robotalk section of Take the Veil.)

@damianjackson3088 3 ай бұрын

The band Brainiac instantly comes to mind.

@PastaPatate 3 ай бұрын

Wish there were more dissonant pop bands

@brianharris7243 3 ай бұрын

Do it wrong to make it right!

@souperdave2009 3 ай бұрын

A la East Bay Ray 🔥

@nlprelated4375 3 ай бұрын

Can we get a comprehensive video on right-hand placement, planting/anchoring and different styles of strums? Like a James Williamson strum is very different to a Gang Of Four style strum or a Johnny Marr style strum..

@John-ic6zo 3 ай бұрын

A bit like Tom Waits on Swordfish trombones.Also Dave Rawlings.

@Mikerumball 3 ай бұрын

Most my songs have unintensional stuff. I had no idea its wanted 😂

@xaz7088 3 ай бұрын

Marc Ribot!!

@bobertrobertson130 3 ай бұрын

Cool Marc ribot vibes

@yup334 3 ай бұрын

Danzig!

@hamletmachineuk 3 ай бұрын

I'm not sure quite how relevant this is, but I always thought The Slits did some interesting things with dissonance. Any chance of a video on the innovative work of Viv Albertine? Would she be the first female guitarist analysed on the channel? Do correct me if I'm wrong!

@craiglevitan2537 3 ай бұрын

If sounds good it is good. That simply

@akiofearth 3 ай бұрын

Marc Moreland

@FilmFlam 3 ай бұрын

Beautiful solo. Yes to tasteful dissonance, Is that an oxymoron?

@MrLuchador 3 ай бұрын

Now I want to watch Black Books

@ShlomirBareket 3 ай бұрын

Danzig lesson! John Christ! Come on!!!

@jakejustchillin 3 ай бұрын

Could you teach us a track by Alvvays?

@pats_1997 3 ай бұрын

Can we please get The Hexx by Pavement

@MichaelBradus 3 ай бұрын

Dead by Pixies seems like it uses all these techniques. Great song.

@notevil9457 3 ай бұрын

Pleade do a tutorial on how to play i need somebody by the stooges 🥺🙏

@acpg 3 ай бұрын

That's on my list of to dos. Hope to get to it later in the year.

@notevil9457 3 ай бұрын

@@acpgyes!!! Thank you❤

@monkeyisland819 3 ай бұрын

Thumbs up for the danzig shirt

@megaman13able 3 ай бұрын

This solo sounds to me like an extended intro to Radiohead - There, There

@dregenmusicformoney 3 ай бұрын

Adrian it’s time for a new replacements tutorial… hold my life?

@brunodelandev 3 ай бұрын

Black midi is a perfect example of a band using of the dissonance. Listen to their song `welcome to hell’ for example. I love this band one best band these last years.

@zeeeeroin9981 3 ай бұрын

You are either a bonamassite or you're not......that is what I have found.....anytime I have looked for players to do something different.....they are either cookie cutter blues or Adam Jones bs.....