Protest The Hero - Sequoia Throne [2]

[@TheFatBeaRr]

I love their compositions soo much, PTH you guys are needed in the metal world, i hope they deserve much recognition 😊❤❤

[@skatefallen15]

their timing is flawless, definitely one of the more talented groups playing nowadays

[@secondchildhood1142]

Alot of it is so simple, but the execution is insane.

[@Gorester69]

Awesome definitely gonna try and play this now. Just give me three years.

[@jamietrhcp17]

Luke actually plays a few parts here differently than on the album. The last two sweeps and the pattern right after them are different, same with the bit at 1:10. Still, I think it's awesome that they took the time to do this, it cleared up a few tough parts for me. Thanks for uploading this.

[@CinnamonCorndog]

6:15 CHOCOLATE RAAAAAIN

[@sewbernard]

CAN'T STOP LAUGHING

[@GianlucaMurru]

ahaha it's true

[@kamikaz1k]

@BTBAMisAmazing Just went through the tab, the Taps in the Verse are identical if you look up the notes. The Sweeping outro is more or less identical too. In the tab there is an Amin shape instead of the Cmaj (the one time) and in the last two Sweeps the playing patten is different in the video. I guess they just forgot how they did the recording because they were playing live for so long. O well.

[@Hellion6325]

Every time I see luke screw that two knuckle shuffle part up playing it "correctly", I giggle so hard..

[@AfroDrift]

thanks for uploading... i bought the tab book from the band but videos like this a really great to help track along...

[@MrTacolover42]

@kamikaz1k Has anyone else noticed that the legato run that they play first ( 0:00 - 1:45) is played totally differently on the album? they do a kinda back and forth motion here but on the album its just going straight. the pattern of legato riffs on the strings are as follows: 6th string, 5th, 4th,5th,4th,3rd,4th,2nd

[@Kursplunky]

the legato runs are pretty tough, i've done scales for awhile so it's not too hard but i'm new to sweeping so i really am having trouble with the sweep arpeggios in the end.

[@kamikaz1k]

bar 16/23: I feel like the version on the video reproduces the song fine. bar 18-19/25-32: If you compare the notes in the vid to tab, they're the same, just in diff position (cept for 2 notes in bar 28-32). ie. 0B(str) = A# = 19e(str), 19B = G# = 17e. bar 85-90: not worth getting into since he clearly explains how he wrote the part bar 109+112: I agree. and I think I conceded that already. Just noticed your comment about 8:19 being a semitone flat...I'm sure you've heard of confirmation bias?

[@FiliFilizzola]

It's wierd because the legatto run luke does at around 1:45 (of the album track) is a little different than what he's doing here, at 0:42 . On the album de goes a little higher on the notes. Anybody else heard this?

[@blackfireknight1]

@TheLastSinger There's a program called ultra slowdowner or something. That you can slow the song down by percentages. Then change the pitch back to normal and then you just have a super slow version so you can hear each note individually. I'm not sure if that's how he does it, but thats how I do it.

[@Baarannndon]

@kamikaz1k thank you dude of rockness :).idk like ive seen to have hit a plateau in my guitar learning and i know 5 different keys of the penatonic scale just not how to utilize it to solo.and ive been playing about a year and 5 months

[@jamietrhcp17]

@TheLastSinger I learned this song using audacity, it's really helpful when you can isolate the left channel for Luke and right for Time. You can also slow things down, but that breaks up the sound and can make it more difficult, sometimes.

[@mikebatesta5942]

Same I am in awe every time I see Luke play them, I can do it just nowhere that fast, I'm working on it though

[@TheStump1995]

I loved how at the end of though crazy epic sweeps he's just like "meh that was alright" xD

[@neckie09]

thanks luke and tim, now I don't have to listen to this song in slow playback just to be able to play the hard parts. :).

[@Baarannndon]

@kamikaz1k i just find that scales especially thescale paul gilbert uses often not sure whats its called.i jsut call it the full fretboard scale.

[@ReeceDB92]

wish you could see the picking hand some more in these video's. i wanna how how his right hand is working with those sweeps. cause those sweeps are giving me TROUBLE!

[@kalevstheworld]

Watching his fingers move as he sweeps is like watching art, Jesus Christ.

[@FrozHanKunai911]

8:57 "ehh its was okay" LIES that was beautiful!

[@Heinrick192]

this is so awesome

[@kamikaz1k]

@Vindettacon Thats just how people write tabs so you know which string to play. The tuning is indeed half step down. And Thanks =)

[@Baarannndon]

i love these 2 instructional videos ive only been playing for about a year 1/2 just about.But would you have advice.like i practice exercises most of my time.and been trying to get use to a metronome.but ive only learned 2 songs bloodmeat and entrace of the conflagration by trivium the rhythms of course.but idk i feel kinda lost in guitar like i find it hard to solo or to improvise : /

[@clemsonfan00000]

@kamikaz1k There's only an Fmaj on the 8 if that's what you're talking about.

[@pikanoob]

seriously how did they come up with this stuff

[@Niallphillips]

this monster is gonna take me so long to learn but i dont give a fuck...seeing it broken down like that is awesome

[@jamietrhcp17]

@ACDCwarmachine I learned this by ear, it's not too hard if you just think about the patterns. I can't play it perfectly, but I do know how to play it correctly.

[@paulthoresen8241]

Just so everyone is clear on this, this not how it is played on the album

[@sc7244]

Really?

[@yeahyeahyeahz2345]

the hardest part for me in this song is the beginning of that solo break. i just cant pick fast enough for the beginning part of that.

[@medic2009guy]

@kamikaz1k @kamikaz1k Sweeps just remember its a C shape the D shape is pretty much all the sweeps are and moved around, idk why but the legato came really easy for me, 0:40-0:43 that little run kills me and playing the album style arrpegio at 4:21

[@guywiththehat666]

haha i love how they play it "slow" then say "okay now we'll play it to speed". soo crazy

[@dmcadik]

*faves* nice! all i need now is a guitar lol.

[@MaledictAnomaly]

@kamikaz1k The legato run is easy because its all in the left hand. sweeps take more cooperation from both hands. Me, im good at sweeps so that part is easy but in my opinion, the hardest part is the tapping intro, playing it smoothly at least.

[@kamikaz1k]

@billyuw ferreal? The legato runs (8:00 in part I) are by far the most difficult part in my humble opinion.

[@770AVP]

If you could play this song with no problem, you're pretty good in my book

[@skatefallen15]

@kamikaz1k agreed, the legato is very difficult to get smooth and clean

[@AntiSocialMachine]

Protest could easily play that. Just because they dont spend the entire song soloing doesn't mean they couldn't if they wanted to. They allow melody and song structure to be the priority. And it pays off very well.

[@asdfhuk]

HUGE thanks for this vid!!!

[@haydon131]

i think they're the sweeps he is meaning.

[@scottie2hottietfot]

I think Luke prefers alternate (based on their lesson of Bloodmeat) and I would likewise use alternate. Just my take though.

[@andrewenglishsc]

ughhhh i can't play the arpeggio part! it's so difficult!!

[@kamikaz1k]

haha thanks and you're welcome. in my op, Kezia songs are as hard/harder to play. But then they're both different playing styles and i think fortress plays to what Ive been practicing more. what makes me sad is that i kno, once i am able to play it okay, its gonna take another year or so before i can get the tones just right ;_; a lifetime isnt enough to master guitar.

[@StuartHetzler]

i've been playing some of these leads wrong for a long time :\

[@nokidhero]

at around 3:12 there are 2 Eb notes not one in the first shuffle. 0 8787 00 8786 0 8787 x2

[@JuanchosMRL]

They both have their feet exactly tha same way! haha (I do that too most of the time)

[@77bukansaya]

what is metronome ?

[@xScuzzleButtx]

Around 8:45 or so i think the 14 on the 1st string should be a 15 cuz it sounds off key.

[@Vindettacon]

the tunning on the tabs says EADGBE but in the beggining it says a half step down ..... Is he jsut teaching it in standard or what is goin on here? (oh and btw whoever uploaded this, you are the man)

[@earthworm768]

which way is the first riff they play supposed to be played? he plays it differently when he goes slow than when he plays it faster. The difference is during the scales and its after he goes down, and its when he goes back up them. Even on the tabs that are shown they are different. Which way is closest the the album version?

[@endoftheline9]

Caparison FTW!!!!!!!

[@tootlesflubb]

Hey is it just me or are the last two sweeps (and alt pick run after) different on the album? (think in standard tuning for a sec) I hear him go down FM and back up GM like in the vid, but the last two arps it sounds like he starts going down Am, but ascends again when he hits the 3rd string, then goes down to the root, then hits the F (5th below root in BbM arp) and goes up BbM, halfway down, back up to the 3rd (D on the 10th fret) then into the alt pick run.

[@davydyyz]

@TheLastSinger sorry for my ignorance... but, who is chin?

[@TheRealisticNihilist]

I don't think they can play it, but maybe I'm wrong.

[@kamikaz1k]

@spizec 2.5 years? I wish i started earlier, but everything in its due time i suppose. Ive just recently realized how truly sloppy I am and am trying to clean up my shit. if you're still in your early phases for leaning, pay attention to your articulation/tone and use metronomes in your practice. seeing as I have been playing for so little time but can already see benefits hopefully means something. Btw, The Human Abstract had a guitar player AJ. Hadn't played long, but practiced well. \m/

[@soundofimpalement]

reminds me of the dethklok lessons lol

[@kamikaz1k]

@savant416 been trying for a year ;_;. hardest part is the end of part 1 (the repeated legato runs)

[@MikeMikeNana]

@TheLastSinger For some people it just easier listening to things by ear. Just like its easier for some people to see shit, its easier for some people to hear shit :]

[@atomicenergy97]

+benjaminXD10 How can they play their own creation wrong? They're protest the hero members!

[@vandale38]

guys u are good

[@StevenPaniagua2]

5:54 Chocolate Rain !

[@elasdickband027]

He means the arpeggios. Legato and sweeping have nothing to do with each other.

[@WickedEnd93]

@drawnacrol wow how weird, ive been watching your videos since like your seize the day solo cover, its weird to see you comment on something im watching too haha

[@JaySon33883]

@ProjectMayhem321 hahaha awesome.

[@lapermid]

@pikanoob talk about genius

[@ShadowCrowX]

oh wow this song's much easier than it sounds

[@Danilokillzinhuuu]

Luke fucking crazy, good video

[@CrawlerSoul]

@kamikaz1k truth, absolute truth!)

[@kamikaz1k]

@Baarannndon nice man, I would recommend you move on the the diatonic scales (like in classical music) specially in tech metal like this, its best to know all your tools. and honestly, from my experience I can tell you, there is no better way to learn how to improvise, than you just practice an ass-tonne of other people solos, break em down, and restring em. I was like you, i didnt learn many songs in the beginning, but trust me, it helps to diversify! That's how the greats do it, so should you!

[@Athelian]

fuck me my hand really starts to wear out in this song, especially at those big 3-5-7 sweeps o_0

[@theSICKESTPANDA]

they seem upset that eveything they do isnt heard

[@deluxeeeLuxury]

2020

[@TheDarkestInfernoOG]

and Listenable

[@haydon131]

oh in part1 excuse my idiotic reading, weird coincidence there both on 8:00 tho..

[@Valuetaker]

he made a mistake at 8:18 and they tabbed that part with the mistake too! LOL

[@kamikaz1k]

@Baarannndon Depending on how you want to learn, you might want to start from justinguitar(dot)com it's great that you're using a metronome, it will be very useful later, and is doing a good job building your inner rhythm right now. Did you say 1.5 years or 0.5 years? either way, you're still pretty shallow in the water. There's a lot to pickup, improvisation will come slowly...learn about the Pentatonic scale from that website and go from there. Best of luck bro \m/

[@patrickb421]

@billyuw lol thats the only part i can do

[@kamikaz1k]

@BTBAMisAmazing o'rlly? Care to expand/link something? also, BTBAMisINDEEDamazing.

[@matthadam]

Same! I was dreading the tapping when I decided I was gunna learn this but I'm finding that to be the easiest part .... and it's still an absolute bitch to play anyways! :) Haha! It's gunna take me a good 10 years to polish off those beasting sweeps! :P

[@Unchainedmaple888]

Luke looks like Daniel Faraday from lost lol

[@sebastianqoe4696]

Thank you!! I knew, he remembers me of someone now I know who it was xD

[@genericnamethingy]

Gotta go through 'em really slow. Plays at 0.9x

[@georizzo]

"Ar-PEY-ggios."

[@ACDCwarmachine]

@TheLastSinger he doesnt. dont listen to that bullshit. he also plays the song wrong in a LOT of parts. btw, there is a shitty tab out on the internet that has been out way before he posted that video that has the EXACT notes he plays in his cover

[@TheDarkestInfernoOG]

ehh EEG is okay, I'd have to say Protest is a lot more complex though.

[@kamikaz1k]

@BTBAMisAmazing lol kk, gg.

[@kamikaz1k]

i dunno how long youve been playing, so im gonna be careful to try and not sound like an idiot to u. when you do do big shapes, its gonna be easier to stretch'n'slide. specially when u go from the Cmaj shape on 12 to the Cmin shape on 8. and by slide i dont mean press and slide, i mean like after hitting the last note on the pinky, while trying ot get next one on index u lift on the pink and slide hand over... i hope that came out clear >.> good luck in learning it :)

[@PocketRat03]

Glad I'm not the only one. That's one of my least favorite parts to play of any PTH songs.

[@patrickb421]

grrr this is annoying im pretty sure the sweeps are tabbed wrong but this video is kinda legit lol anyone feel the same?

[@facerolloO]

Me! :D

[@volklTT11]

fuck thoses sweeps at the end are impossible

[@PaulLoggia]

:D Django Reinhart bitch!

[@EHNOTTOOSURE]

thank god i play rythem :p

[@aidanscovers]

hmm his slow sweeps are awfully close to the fast ones

[@TheeAbstractHero]

too many tags -_-

[@attentionderrieretoi]

8:35 who comes suicide with me?

[@HellsMascot]

*;35 - 8:55 Holy SHIT.

[@nokidhero]

humble but "accurate" opinion

[@dh8657]

yea so with the whole band going cant hear all the mistakes dont need to be perfect haha