Drop A Heaviest Guitar Riffs

[@BaenaCarcosa]

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[@nik9094]

You should drop A guitar at my door instead... Wild playing tho!

[@marshallsmith619]

Drop A is to deathcore what Drop C is to metalcore.

[@jazzymichael]

Well said.

[@pat1u]

Honestly drop c outside of metalcore is super slept on it’s a fun ass tuning

[@Ethesilentkid2]

@@pat1u exactly best tuning ever try it on blues or jazz

[@atroposV]

And what drop G# is to djent

[@lucascerbasi4518]

I like that he played A For Andrew

[@BaenaCarcosa]

It would be a crime not to

[@Andrew_182]

@@BaenaCarcosa Hell yeah brother

[@havoc-ado]

Drop Andrew

[@Sam-p2v6d]

Facts. It's a banger

[@ericwinterspruce0110]

I feel like Drop G is closer to being the Drop C of 7-strings because they both involve tuning a whole step down and then drop-tuning. Great content!

[@awaitingchaosband]

Purely technically correct but in usage I would say that Drop A still wins out.

[@MegaLaban12345]

It is not, delete this

[@michaelgresham1980]

It’s the vibe man, not the technicalities.

[@Mr_Egg04]

Ice Nine Kills was in Drop G for The Silver Scream.

[@Mummie560]

Yep, Drop A is drop D for 7s

[@mentox6592]

I agree with drop A being the drop C of 7 strings! Although lately I’ve been enjoying drop B for some new inspiration

[@shubniggurath6464]

Wouldn't it be the drop D of 7 strings? (changing one string from standard B)

[@mentox6592]

@@shubniggurath6464 drop C is where my love for guitar began, most of the bands I listen(ed) to play in this tuning. Drop A is the drop C of 7 string because most of the bands I enjoy that play 7 strings use drop A. So that’s where my heart is and what I prefer to play and write in for 7 string.

[@joshwahls860]

You should totally try out some drop Bb. It gives you that tightness drop of C/B but the chug of drop A

[@gianmarcobaudazzi9961]

❤The Mick Gordon Snippet

[@datutturugang666]

bruh i keep my 6 string in drop a#.. on a 24.75 scale length

[@SamBrockmann]

"I know that doesn’t make sense, but also it does." It absolutely does. Don't listen to the haters. Drop A is the best tuning.

[@gaberox1]

Makes sense to me 😃

[@leigor6020]

Solar flair homicide is the song I really love for Emmure in drop A, the whole album was banger

[@BaenaCarcosa]

I was gonna pick that one but there were so many 0-12-13 riffs already in here I wanted to switch it up haha

[@fifteen.8029]

Ngl, demons is lowkey a better song. Not as iconic tho

[@joshtappz]

@@BaenaCarcosa is there ever truly enough? xD

[@FiendlingBM]

Just ordered my first Aristides. 070s with Evertune, purple sparkle, black burst, bareknuckle Ragnaroks, set up in drop F. It was your channel that mainly got me looking at Aristides, now the wait begins.

[@jimh16]

You rocked all of those songs! I'm a sucker for Fit for An Autopsy.

[@buzz_cooksey]

The transition between songs is too perfect man

[@djencode]

Possession is exactly the song I'm practicing with my copy of this guitar!

[@valeriotaddeucci7525]

Sorry, but i think the drop C tunings for 7 string is drop G

[@Shutupyoubird]

Exactly what I was thinking he would need to tune down a full step and drop to G for it to be the equivalent

[@TheRottingtooth]

I’d say G#, drop G is a little uncommon while drop C is insanely common

[@swietoslawprozak]

FINALLY

[@Shutupyoubird]

@@TheRottingtooth it’s not about commonality it’s about the musical intervals being the same drop c is a six string guitar tuned down a full step then dropped. Drop g is the same thing, but with the seven string.

[@jesusespada6753]

You are right

[@heret1c385]

Best tone and mix you had in a while, maybe ever

[@brianbergmusic5288]

Drop-A is stupidly fun on a 7. As a bonus, it also makes epic clean passages due to barre chords making sense again.

[@ayylmao8691]

Possession was the first thing I thought of, awesome to see it on here

[@wrighttherealist1109]

Most songs shown have at least 3-4 high strings untouched. ;) Always remember kids, 6 string guitars can be re strung and drop tuned!

[@KakuraZenom]

It always feels heavier on the 7s. Idk why I tried B standard on a 6 but its not the same feeling as the 7

[@J1Nflo]

That FFAA was cleaaan man great playing! Love the Knot getting sime love too

[@matejgligorevic2632]

Andrew….your mix in this video was insane! I think you had the bass dialed in perfect to compliment the guitar tone.

[@calebafile4306]

The start of 4th Arra Of Dagon by Nile gotta be my fav Drop A riff

[@ofarries]

This is so awesome. *furiously jotting down riffs to learn*

[@zaynebonshire4860]

The main riff to Sp Lit by Chimaira is a dope ass riff

[@JLujan4492]

Jinjer - various songs, but I guess if I have to pick one, then Pisces same for Mastodon, but I'll pick Mother Puncher Coheed and Cambria - Gravity's Union (although technically it was recorded on an 8 string, it's easily done in Drop A bc A is the lowest note used.) Also, I didn't ever feel like tuning my 7 string down on all strings, so I would play KoRn songs that were in A standard in Drop A. I have a feeling many people did that.

[@CalvinJourno]

The Acacia Strain riff gave me a mosh pit ‘nam flashback 😳

[@jaronvenable4241]

Took me right back to warped tour

[@danyukhin]

I JUST picked up my 24 3/4 scale 6-string harley benton from the luthier's, had 17-74 strings installed for a drop A tuning what a timely video lol

[@JaredR-gk6rx]

the most cursed guitar setup I've heard in my life, killer guitar tho

[@Dimitar_Tsanev]

That's pure torture...

[@StaySic4Ever]

On same scale and tuning I used 14-80

[@ThatBeTheQuestion]

17-74?! Your poor fingers! That poor neck!

[@havoc-ado]

17-74? Did you have to dismantle a suspension bridge for those cable strings? Did the luthier use a chainsaw to cut the slots for the nut?

[@DavidAllenMD]

both my bands play in drop A we use 6 strngs tho but i love it

[@Commander_Grub]

baritone?

[@aaroncourier6452]

the full focus on "far from heaven" is such a mood lmao

[@CormacTunstead]

Orbit Culture - Mast of world (outro) Orbit Culture - While we serve (outro)

[@ErikBeckner93]

2024 and people still sleeping on Orbit Culture. The ending to Mast of the World is crazy. I can’t believe Niklas sings and plays some of the things he does at the same time.

[@CormacTunstead]

@@ErikBeckner93 Ayyy my man knows what’s up!! Haha Seeing their growth from 2018 (when I discovered them) has been awe inspiring! They deserve the world stage with the greats as they’re carving the future of metal 🔥

[@Clumplays]

so cool. hoping to get a 5 string bass soon for them low lows

[@thesplitking6340]

My favorites are coffin dragger and when I downtune gojira - backbone. Far from Heaven tho is super cool, it's hard to play lol

[@ACE-dw6ol]

Nile annihilation of the wicked

[@Foobymaster1]

I would say drop a is the drop d if anything soncenits standard with one string different.

[@spicyramendotcom7975]

“The drop C of 7 strings”. YES. That.

[@coperator556]

I'm really glad A For Andrew was on here, love seeing Attack Attack riffs featured. Andrew Whiting is one hell of a player. A For Andrew is an absolute BANGER.

[@biosyncfarm]

probably one of your best vids. the riffs are so seamless \m/ do recreant

[@sebben13]

I love Amon Amarth's riffs, though I only know one in drop A, being Guardians of Aasgard. Most of their songs are in drop B I think x)

[@sweetypuss]

trying to actually compose in Drop A and not just chug chug chug is how i learned that the way i write music isn't compatible with anything below Drop A#

[@KmeierGaming]

Missed that one riff just after the beginning of Caved In by Spite

[@wanderergrim]

My favourite drop A riff will probably be reincarnate by Motionless in White, partly because it was the first riff I ever knowingly heard in that tuning. Technically it's more the drop d of 7 string as your tuning the lowest string down a whole step from standard tuning and nothing else; whereas there is extra step whole with drop c.

[@ЖандосАубакиров-р9н]

Ice Nine Kills-The American Nightmare. Banger sweeping riff

[@Spaldino85]

Nile. Annihilation of the Wicked and Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren Ka. "Amongst..." has guitar production that still sounds so meaty 25 years later. "The Vermin Devourer" by Analepsy. Anything from the last two Abominable Putridity albums or the newest song.

[@bobbymcloughlin3452]

0:00 “DROP A GUITAR RIFFS!!!” As He Keeps His Hand In Time Signature Upon The Guitar

[@tom.5249]

That carry over into Possession was sick.

[@Foerarn1234]

Unanswered is the ultimate "Dumb caveman" riff and i absolutely love it, it just works so good!

[@ezradcunha]

Real ones caught the livestream and saw the struggle for the TAIM riff xD

[@humanthenarrator]

The production is insane

[@WhiteDevilU91]

I never realized how much I like drop A until I watched this

[@ZEPEH-46N2]

Sad Nile wasn’t in this list. Their entire discog is Drop A, and on 6 string guitars for the first 5 albums. Anyways love you Bean

[@DogglesGoggles]

My favourite is Crowbar - To Carry the Load

[@SofaKing880]

I immediately thought of FFAA but didn’t expect to see them in the video. Sick.

[@vinxmusic_]

I was there at the Livesteam and it´s nice to see it now finished

[@shmoneyryk799]

My damnation over recreant is CRAZY to me

[@CZitoMusic]

That Jackson guitar is an absolute gem 🔥🔥

[@bolillo5013]

Gotta love anything Drop A

[@deadwolfbk]

Dude gets so many guitars, maybe think about giving some out 😆

[@BaenaCarcosa]

I do at least one giveaway a year 🤷‍♂️

[@aquincygoodman]

I feel like an outlier when I say that G# is the apex of all tunings.

[@JoshuaMRichard]

You never go for the obvious ones and I like you for that. 🤘🤘🤘

[@borealirithyll]

Finally, my favourite tuning! By the way, i think drop c of a 7 string guitar is drop g. Nevertheless, thank you for the video. 😊

[@damianquesada9818]

had that Thy Art riff stuck in my head all day today, played that one riff over and over for 10 minutes on my guitar to get my fix after work just to find it here 😂

[@bruceanthony8345]

Heaviest Drop A Riffs 0:51 My Damnation 1:07 Unanswered 1:28 The Purest Strain of Hate 1:58 Demons With Ryu 2:24 A For Andrew 2:40 Rip & Tear 2:58 Far From Heaven 3:18 The Heretic Anthem 3:39 Possession 3:58 Skynet

[@ZPRNOW]

would it be a stretch to do heaviest unconventional tuning riffs? (example: Zyglrox/Totla Mad from Periphery I, any Glass Cloud tune, etc)

[@johnny141093]

Monuments too

[@atroposV]

Reptile by Periphery is goated for this but their weirdest tuning is easily totla mad tuning because wtf is that even good for? I don't know how one writes for a#gcfad lmao

[@infinidominion]

DropA seems tap into the resonance of the Earth itself

[@Rubiowelds]

Only the dead by Molotov Solutions is a super heavy 7 string riff in drop A check them out if u haven’t already . Thanks for all ur great videos !

[@denterestrial]

that's a really beautiful jackson

[@aidanstreeter9254]

the emmure demons with ryu hit hard asf

[@nicolasaldape]

I just knew Unanswered had to be in here. Absolute deathcore classic!

[@Stixforyou]

FINALLY, thank you it’s soooooo true

[@otis5222]

Very surprised to see Demons With Ryu on here love that song so much. The break down after is sooooo good aswell.

[@SouthpawSparky_]

I think my favorite drop A bands don’t use sevens…Nile, abominable putridity, haha I love drop A tuning…great collection of heavy riffs

[@SM_nokopumeJIb]

I think "The kingdom sitteth lonely beneath thine hollowed heavens" main riff by Infant Annihilator is one of the heaviest drop A riffs (That one with triplets and then it slow down you know)

[@seanbrotzgemusicandcovers2476]

You nailed my favorite with possession by Whitechapel 🔥🔥that riff is so BA 😎

[@MrTHCa-420]

For me, Drop A is more the Drop D for 7 strings as you only have to down tune the B a whole step, whereas drop G on the other hand is a whole step below A, kinda like C to D. Wonderful playing! My favorite drop A song is either Possession by Whitechapel or Last Breath by Chelsea Grin

[@alexandersemenec9786]

This was helpful. I am trying to get a 7 string just to do the deathcore thing.

[@NadaXVII]

Skynet just hits like a damn truck every time 🔥🔥

[@havoc-ado]

I dare you to do the heaviest tuning of them all... Standard.

[@h3r3tic66]

This is exile by Whitechapel easily has some of the heaviest riffs i have heard, and to think deathcore just got heavier from there

[@xShynt0]

Ayyyy I was hoping Skynet would be in this list

[@lebarak69]

Best Tuning ❤

[@sp00g37]

I get what you mean about the Drop C of 7 strings. I play in Drop A on my 5 string bass a lot, if i had a 4 string, id probably keep it in drop C. There is a punch to both

[@OUTL4Wx]

still to this day if my highs are off I just warm up with a run through of my damnation.. beaut of an album

[@_antisocial__]

Skynet was the second song I learned to play, thank you sir 👏

[@beetleborg4171]

Great playing bro!

[@iammattborg]

The intro riff to Burn Face by Acacia Strain always does things to me

[@Jonlp6]

That guitar looks insane 😵

[@visionsofbeyond9095]

When I think of Drop A riffs, the first one that comes to mind is Fear Factory - Edgecrusher

[@fromdepthswerise3024]

Here's something to note: all Fear Factory is played in standard tuning. Edgecrusher is played in standard A (ADGCFAD)

[@visionsofbeyond9095]

@@fromdepthswerise3024 I was going by what Guitar World said in the late 90's when they featured the tabs for Edgecrusher.

[@fromdepthswerise3024]

@visionsofbeyond9095 I wasn't directing the comment specifically at you, my apologies if it came off as such. I was just noting the error there. Dino doesn't play in Drop tunings, it's all standard (whether it's 6, 7, or 8 strings).

[@Ioncekickedapregnantwomen]

When you gonna make top 10 Drop A sharp riffs/breakdowns from German metal bands of 1985?

[@kadenzook3826]

That A for Andrew riff is SO good🫡

[@huey66666]

super crazy riff is "Lore" by Unproccessed

[@kangatroopayt5983]

anyone have any idea on how i could get that snare tone irl? sounds amazing!

[@alexbabkov5935]

Nile would have been a great addition there.

[@wondrouslyperish]

Say what you want about pre Glass Cloud Emmure, but Demons with Ryu goes hard 🔥 great vid my friend!

[@Djentyboi91]

A lot of options from Make Them Suffer, ether has sick riffs so does blood moon neverbloom

[@mattyharrah627]

Legend: diagnosis doom. Groovy

[@themightymcb7310]

I'd personally go for Seaward off of Continent but that whole album is chock full of good drop A riffs. Skynet rips too

[@Rowanexen]

I find it amusing that Attack Attack have multiple songs named after their tunings. (The other one I know of is Press F)

[@onsite12a]

It totally makes sense!

[@nickalderman5943]

that emmure riff brought me WAY back.

[@Wind-nj5xz]

Making a video like this and not including Infant Annihilator should be illegal

[@tedboom9550]

Your part two needs Bury Your Dead for sure

[@HimTumphrey]

Bro you're absolutely my favorite teacher I am struggling with my left hand though do you have any suggestions because I'm 50 years old and I haven't played in almost 30 years and I'm playing and being serious you know the whole divorce reset thing but to the point I have years of ingrained I guess locked in so to speak bad technique and I realize that with my legato that's the number one weakness that I have it's the hardest thing that I can do and I tend to tap those notes instead of doing two note on one hand and two on the other tapping lines because of the weak technique do you have a suggestion on how to break out of that barrier

[@JJSkywalker2407]

Best thing to play is early Chelsea Grin Desolation of Eden album pretty simple stuff