Metalcore Guitar Techniques And Tricks Guitar Tutorial

[@awesomenolan234]

This easily one of the better videos clearly detailing metal core as opposed to just standard heavy metal riffs

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Thanks

[@aneex5193]

I have watched this video for like 20 times and i dont even have a guitar

[@davidmenard892]

i almost splat my coffee over my guitar reading this

[@carlrice175]

Probably the only time a Metalcore guitar strap will ever be that high

[@ruok-l5t]

Its helps when you're short

[@whilewefallband1294]

you probably never saw Adam D (KSE)

[@e5caflowne500]

Lmao!!!

[@juliodefreitas157]

You the guitar where its comfortable ,not hanging around the ball sack.

[@bobu5213]

@@juliodefreitas157 I agree, having it super low to look cool is stupid to me. You're an artist as a guitar player, do it the way you can best do your job.

[@jmsparks333]

This is a damn near perfect video for hearing different sounds and seeing different techniques. You explain them very well. You don’t linger too much so if I wanna go back and really learn it I can but if I want to keep it moving you keep it going. Great video man. I’m totally going to sub and hope for more metalcore techniques and riff ideas. *high five*

[@paul1970ist]

Really need more metalcore riff tutorial like this in KZbin.

[@josbudon9245]

This is really great man. I've recently joined a metalcore band ( unexpectantly) and it's hard to find good metalcore advice, this really helps.

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Jos Budon Good stuff Jos!

[@JosephCee]

how in the fuck does someone join a metalcore band unexpectedly??

[@teeglee5239]

Literally happened to me.

[@FiendTheatre]

I hope you guys are getting laid. Only genre that isn’t socially retarded.

[@maffeigameplays3813]

It happened the same to me lol

[@GamersHiro]

Please, make more metalcore tutorials. :'(

[@lookassr3108]

would be really great. like the video. thx for it!

[@xxyepperxx8913]

This video is the start of my metalcore career 😁🤩

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

\m/

[@xxyepperxx8913]

@@SimonSmithGuitar I love this video. Found your channel. Have to learn :)

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

@@xxyepperxx8913 Good to hear buddy!

[@juliangallegos7627]

Hahaha I screamed in excitement as soon as he started doing that dope ass tapping tutorial. Can't wait to go home from work in 12 hours to try it out LOL

[@ToshirokArai]

You don't know how many years I've searched for the techinique called string skipping

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

But you've found it now?

[@ToshirokArai]

thanks to you, Ive found :)

[@constantperception]

9:45 code orange

[@joshuasaliba7826]

Dude i have been looking for this video for years this video has helped me a lot especially with triplet rhythms

[@samuelshepherd9707]

Super helpful. Have played acoustic for 5+ years. The carryover is practically non existent but im having fun lmao. subbed.

[@MrHajimeSaitou]

One of the few dudes on KZbin who explains a lot of things in an accessible and free way. And not only advertises its training courses. Bravo!

[@ninja4O5]

This guy is a god

[@PrincestOLY]

I took your black metal course years ago and really liked it. Im trying to learn beat down hardcore and was wondering if you did online lessons

[@juliodefreitas157]

Thanks Simon, awesome lesson and thanks for sharing your tips 👍

[@DjScorpio321]

Really awesome tutorials! Can you do a melodic death metal tecniques? That would be really cool!

[@lolopok4838]

Literally all these techniques apply to MeloDeath

[@DjScorpio321]

@@lolopok4838 thanks, but I have a black belt in guitar shredding now, figured it all out.

[@jeffdahms12]

@@DjScorpio321 this is so fuckin cool lmao

[@metal_jota]

A great tutorial! Easy and direct to the point. Thank you for showing this techniques. Helps lots when looking forward to sound modern 😎

[@juliodefreitas157]

I just love that awesome sound.

[@juliodefreitas157]

Love that sound ,thanks for sharing 👍

[@rosh9704]

amazing lesson. please make few more. thanks

[@bearded_riffs]

Great lesson simon

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

+Rishi Thanks Rishi

[@ryantaylor4196]

Glad some1 likes Metalcore!

[@jeremy2189]

Ryan Taylor metalcore is beast

[@ryantaylor4196]

sk8andgaming you know what is beast, Alex Terrible from the Band Slaughter To Prevail , a deathcore band. U like metalcore u should check my band out I'm forming it

[@jeremy2189]

Ryan Taylor I want to form a band too. I kinda want to play music like metallica but, also music like oh, sleeper or bring me the horizon

[@ryantaylor4196]

sk8andgaming oh, that's cool

[@jeremy2189]

Ryan Taylor yeah

[@2do11ars]

Your guitar lessons are super helpful. Thanks for this metalcore lesson, I would also like to see a deathcore lesson, and if you could do a couple more drop c songs eventually that would be cool man. thanks again

[@adryano402]

bellissima lezione di chitarra. Grazie

[@RewindingsForLosers]

Great video. Wish I could apply it to my playing but currently living somewhere I can't play guitar. It sucks! Hopefully soon I'll move and I'll comeback to your video and try all these techniques out.

[@PhillipLandmeier]

I have the same problem. I have a strat and do most practice with no amplification. Solid body electric makes just enough sound to hear okay in a quiet room. When I plug into my pedals and amp, I listen in headphones. I don't think anybody in the house has yet noticed that I even have a guitar and practice like a fiend. Your situation sucks. Good luck with your problem.

[@uchijaKeit]

Awsome dude! Thanks :D

[@d-core5497]

Really cool tutorial, post more of those!:)

[@ACKmusic95]

You make the line 6 sound awesome. Line 6 gets a lot of flack for being all digital trash, but I think you show that the sound is in the player and in the hands. Super awesome

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Thanks mate

[@Asphyxiated81]

What the hell are your settings? I've never got any tone I didn't hate out of mine.

[@tomm7434]

That’s all I really need, famissimo!

[@kenraq2000]

Great vid. Beautiful guitar!

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

kenraq Thanks buddy

[@juliodefreitas157]

Awesome video and thanks for sharing your tips 👍

[@Spudcore]

Aha! The semitone interval! It's so simple. I've long wondered what the hell made that sound, but I didn't know what to call it. Thank you very much Mr Simon, Sir, I tug my forelock to you!

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

If I had a forelock, I'd tug it back sir!!!

[@wardesu2120]

minor 2nd*

[@the_drumstick2351]

Great tutorial!!

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

+Talvin Rihal Thanks my friend :0)

[@darklegendoriginalowner8470]

tuning is B F# B E G# *C#* not B

[@Kennelmouth]

Not necessarily. With a B on the high E string it would be equivalent to double-dropped-D tuning, but then the whole set of six tuned down an additional step and a half. If he played the high string in this tutorial, I didn't catch it, so I guess it's possible he put it in C#. But doing a double-drop would make more sense for the scale he is playing; there is no C# in the scale he gave, meaning he'd never be able to use the high string in open position. Lots of open string tonality is what makes dropped tunings so fun, so the B is the better choice here.

[@tomm7434]

Thanks for sharing man.

[@nadhasaputra9837]

Can you upload some videos which sharing the sweep pick lesson, i think it's cool man

[@sergor]

Thx a lot, great as usual on this channel

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Thanks Sergor

[@juliodefreitas157]

Thanks Simon👍

[@jonnyg.7156]

Thank you so much!

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Jonny G. My pleasure!

[@chosenone2964]

Love this 1

[@hannahwarriner6528]

This Guitar is Blue

[@Vassily_Andrzejczak]

what is the rythmic he's playing at 10:35 ? I mean , what is he doing with his left hand ?

[@horrorhead199]

Vassily Andrzej 1-3-1-3-3-4-3-6-1-3-1-3 etc.... What i could make of it lol all top string and triplets

[@halseyballistic]

Awesome lesson and examples!

[@sweeneyTodd-de4by]

What a fantastic lesson, are those standard pickups or have you changed them?

[@EricSwanson1]

This is useful. Nice vid.

[@allthismagic5772]

DUDE YOU SAVED ME!!

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

+vaar sevaar :-)

[@TheFinalGamerRN]

Very helpful!! Thanks!

[@nickgiotrading4733]

Awesome video. I think adding tabs would be nice

[@drachenbarde]

your settings sound so fucking nice man

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Thanks man

[@ThrasherDge]

Sounds like At the Gates at times (grin)

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

\m/

[@DragonBolo]

great tone . is it the Spider IV model ? do you remember the amp model you used : metal or insane ?

[@ycirnagzy9429]

Sir can u make vids riffs metalcore lesson only🙏🏻 I really like ur vids sir its like dream cme true knowing this lessons for improve my riffs Im from malaysia sir🤘🏻🤟🏻its nice to meet u sir

[@fahrifadhil4407]

Awesome technique, can you do post-hardcore technique?

[@ItsCamplicated]

thank yoU SO MUCH FOR THIS.

[@shensuiertong]

Thank you.

[@IntziGG]

How did u put Active EMG? is it importand for this customization? Im new as guitar player and I like metalcore alot :$

[@ninananita1615]

Very helpful! Thank u :3 🎸

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

No problem

[@heavymetal9749]

Looks like the Megadeth Holy Wars technique where he hammer ons and pulls of in the a strings while alternately picking the high e. Slayer, Judas Priest, and Slipknot have use this technique in some songs. Metallica kinda used some techniques in the St Anger album.

[@invisiblegraveyard4742]

God bless you!

[@malikrebel3816]

Tanks ,, I'am so verry like this video..

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

🤘

[@dot_boi]

when I do string skipping I always use an up-pick on my way back down to the lower string, makes it easier for me

[@dogdog1950]

thank you

[@0211deidara]

1:27 i have one question. In this part, you mute the E and then play the D string. While you play the D string, you keep muting the E string? I mean, should i lift my hand to play the D string and then put it back again to mute the E string? Or keep muting E while not pressing against the D (string tho) xD

[@garethedwards4739]

Hey dude love the video! I always seem to struggle with keeping the higher strings muted when trying to play along to the first exercise. I see you mute them with your picking hand but I can’t seem to do that. I find it really uncomfortable and it strains the tendons in my forearm when I try. I naturally make a slightly open fist shape which works really well with other playing techniques except this one. I try to mute the other strings with my fretting hand but the fleshy parts always manage to cause some kind of string noise. I’ve tried pressing down hard and soft (Giggidy!). Got any tips or advice for me? Greatly appreciated! 😊

[@juliodefreitas157]

Awesome

[@wawansetiawan9636]

Mantap.. Lur👍👍

[@inTsLewis]

Holy fuck you sound exactly like Rory from Enter Shikari haha great stuff man! Helped more than you know

[@mybloodrunscamo5770]

4 EMG pickups.. woah. Someone tell me the name of this guitar

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Aniket Kumar Ibanez RG370 DX The pickups are HSH configuration

[@mybloodrunscamo5770]

Simon Smith it must be a bomb even on lesser quality amps..

[@Phaze511]

I only see 3 pickups

[@firdauszainudin7118]

is it superstrat... Ibanez is as hard as always

[@ViralVault-7]

Amp settings please

[@IoProject89]

I'm with Angelripper, I'd love to see melodic death metal techniques. By the way, you're freakin' awesome.

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Ian Oller Thanks Ian. Good idea for a video that!!

[@IoProject89]

Not a problem man. Just bought my first guitar the other day, so I've been watching your stuff to get some tips. Rather helpful.

[@daemonsilver3304]

I play seven electric in AEADGBE. Fingering is clearly different, but plays this spiffy. Guess metalcore is 6 7 & 8 strings mainly. Deathcore = 20 strings? lol...At least 8 or 9, with LOTS of sweeping.

[@infinidominion]

about a month ago I was trying to tune to drop B as I like drop A and standard B, but it seemed like I needed to be at standard C# to have drop B but noticed in your description, your tuning is different from what I thought. Is this a preference of yours or is this proper drop B?

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Christopher Rowe This is proper drop B yes. I don't normally play this low on a six string, but was playing some other stuff so just left it.

[@SantiagoTelcontar]

!!!!!!!!THANKS!!!!!!!!!

[@ChristopherC1115]

Sorry if you've already got one. (Link if so), but if not could you do a "hardcore"(for lack of any better term) video? I listen to gideon, reformers, sleeping giant, ghost inside, the great commission etc..I just wonder like what kinds of keys/modes/scales etc they use..I don't want to just make stuff up that sounds cool, I like knowing what I'm doing.

[@Heavymetalinigo10]

Hardcore groups use a lot of minor scales, harmonies and power chords. Best tone for hardcore: amp high gain paired with an od (a lot of core bands do this) Tunings: drops are ideal, preferably drop d, c# and d

[@AW-qz4kk]

ChristopherC1115 none of those are hardcore bands...

[@sundigest1121]

Angel Westbrook lol

[@kennyalwaysdies1]

do the same rules for metalcore apply for melodic death metal?

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

+Jonathan Gallup pretty much yes

[@govindoburdwan]

which guitar....love the sound.

[@AetherMate]

Simon can you tell me the brand name of the orange pick you're using and the size of it please?

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

AetherMate It's a Dunlop Tortex 0.6mm

[@L36EnDaRy]

Did you include octave riffing?

[@sryhvnjccbnk9292]

Deathcore guitar lessons )))))))))

[@maxwelch3791]

CHUG CHUG CHUG CHUG Pinch Harmonic and more Chugs!

[@zanehubay2483]

Max Welch there’s more to deathcore than that dumbass

[@JMetalGuitarist]

Watch suicide silence lesson videos.

[@zanehubay2483]

@@CiceroFMYT what do u mean no much

[@SkyvDen]

@@CiceroFMYT dissonate tapping, dissionate chords, slow dark acoustic riffs, djent, tremolo picking.

[@DunkelKlang]

Can u recommend some effect pedals or amp settings for metalcore?

[@Bhisha96]

+kārlis Noviks improvise. find your own unique tone.

[@lautaronahuelperuccajover7455]

+kārlis Noviks Of course you can find your own tone but the modern metal tone is a high gain amp (or a metal pedal distortion if you got no money) and the equalization from the amp (or the pedal) is boost treble and bass and scoop mids; with that you can find your own metalcore tone.

[@yaboirico5221]

+Lautaro Nahuel Perucca Jover please do not scoop mids, it sounds cool, but only when you play alone

[@lautaronahuelperuccajover7455]

Lorenzo Rico-Juarez You got to scoop all the mids if you play alone. With a band you can add a little mids and quit some lows.

[@yaboirico5221]

Lautaro Nahuel Perucca Jover yes

[@l0xx79]

how to you keep open strings from ringing out? even when 0alm muting it always muds up the playing.

[@somekindofdude1130]

solo plz make a video for solo parts in metalcore i am searching the web and i cannot find anything useful

[@haript1000]

Bro i have a ibanez grg170dx can i put a floyd rose in that guitar and change all the pickups

[@ThrasherLuvMetalcore]

hey nice video m8, but could u show or send me an effektive practise to improve my "side scipping" skills? Im familiar with all other techniques :3

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Yazugi Can you tell me what "Side scipping" is? Do you mean string skipping?

[@ThrasherLuvMetalcore]

xD SRY yes

[@tylerhexxxa1496]

Can you do a similar video for 7 string please, or msg me some tips for playing similar riffs on 7 string please

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Added to the list

[@kafen88]

Danke

[@devancepaxon]

If you play on a Line 6 Spider 75, what preset it is ?

[@Evan_Crow]

What exactly did you said on 10:31 ??? Another technique -.............?? i need to learn that technique

[@kimejjcls1545]

I believe I heard "Walking". Hence his hands or fingers seemed to be walking

[@імсччмм]

Evan "is the walking riff"

[@jovannyraulrodriguez9354]

What tipe Of pedal you use?

[@ryantaylor4196]

Awesome video! what distortion pedal

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

+Taylor Grey Thanks. Was it in the description?

[@ryantaylor4196]

+Simon Smith No it wasn't

[@ponikoreg2839]

What is the name of the scale? Can I use the same finger position in other tuning?are you using only 1 scale? Or you convine scales?if i change the tuning ...i hace to move my finger position Or can i still playing in the same place ? I dont speak english but i am waiting your answer 8)

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

Which scale? Tell me what part of the video and I'll have a look for you

[@cmdrriotz5283]

Okay, so for the life of me I can't remember what people call the alternate picking between the top string and bottom ones when playing metalcore. Anyone know?

[@jonnyru1177]

Hybrid picking?

[@MultiDisturbed666]

how many steps down for the tuning?

[@MultiLioNik]

the riff at 6:24 sounds exactly like among amarth !!

[@nathanlawler2245]

it's the same tuning as amon amarth

[@MultiLioNik]

+Teldras Moonsong no they use b standard. But it sounds like a song they have.

[@nathanlawler2245]

+Lio Nik he says he's in drop b within the first 30 seconds of the video

[@MultiLioNik]

+Teldras Moonsong not the video ,the tuning amon amarth use.

[@nathanlawler2245]

+Lio Nik yeah they both are using drop b

[@davebraund1236]

🤘🤘🤘

[@Ivanfireefc2]

Do I have any tabs for this.. It would be easier for me

[@DharynSimmerX]

i've got the rrd one, but its satin finish, i want it to look glossy as yours. :p anyway nice vid

[@SimonSmithGuitar]

+Dharyn SimmerX Thanks mate

[@xziolpsyxe9573]

I'm new to Metalcore. What bands play in this style?

[@riversedge3686]

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