The Mars Volta - Tetragrammaton - Guitar

one of my all-time favorite Volta songs. I do not have tabs (learned by ear).
Gear: Gibson Explorer 2016 (Ebony)
Vox Tonelab SE going directly through Garageband
Canon 6D (35mm prime lens)

[@Ubi-o]

Who comes up with guitar riffs like this. The guitar player from Mars Volta is like a music theory genius.

[@lynxcore]

he claims to not know music theory

[@TheMultijesus13]

this is like the whole psychadelic hardcore genre. DGD for example, their earlier stuff is excellent.

[@betoreis8659]

It's clear he doesn't follow any logic structure, actually it's obvious

[@paveltone]

I doubt a lot of theorizing and conscious planning went into this, Omar works off of his intuition more than anything, as far as I can tell. Amazing.

[@ethanwbs2952]

@@TheMultijesus13 could you recommend a similar band to TMV?

[@LuMartinelli]

Sun sets on this dude as he goes through the song. I thought only Omar could play this. I'm astonished.

[@antibanez]

Massive respect for going through the whole song

[@ianprescott7924]

More Mars Volts covers please! Quality ones are so rare

[@jesuswept1334]

I sweated for twenty minutes while watching, then sighed for thirty minutes.

[@dutchmastah07]

Underrated comment

[@turbotreehouse9780]

Same

[@DrewLaserdeath]

I've been playing that riff at 8:17 a lot over the past few months, but something was just off and I couldn't figure it out what it was. Pulled up your video in hopes of answers, and yup, everything became clear. Your version is more accurate than the tabs I've seen, and it feels so good to finally play this riff correctly! Thank you!

[@borntohula]

And what a riff it is!

[@blues3531]

best part of the song.

[@MyGuy42069]

This song looks so fun to play

[@djpimashaps5747]

I try yo play this when i was a kid, instead i start yo compuse My own things, sweet to see someone livin the dream

[@fugamante1539]

After watching you play it, Omar’s genius pops out even more. What a riff laden song! The true heirs of the Zeppelin spirit... we were truly visited by aliens with this song and cover performance.

[@htomao]

Not a chance the Zeps could play like this, not in a thousand years

[@sentientcardboarddumpster7900]

I just started learning this 3 days ago. Took me that long to learn that part from 0:18 to 1:15 or so. I've never been more frustrated than I was learning this lol. After learning just that and a few other volta riffs recently, I'm constantly like "fuck you omar, you clever bastard." in the most endearing way of course. I'm appreciating omar so much more now, it's pretty amazing what he's done.

[@wilhelmvalo]

Zeppelin 🤣🤣🤣🪗

[@BTBAM819]

Amputechture features one of Omar's best work in terms of guitar work and composition, despite having Frusciante played almost all the parts. That álbum has so much exquisite parts, definitley Omar as his most creative.

[@juanstrilli]

Zeppelin? More like King Crimson...

[@joonatankaija8998]

Searched for fun to see if anyone has dared to cover this monster of a song. You absolutely killed it keep going!

[@erickv2739]

You fucking killed it man. Cant believe you did this by ear. Sick guitar too.

[@DoctorLoveRWC]

Impressed. Omar guitar parts are insane and i can imagine him having finger cramps after every concert because of all the notes he puts into every song not including live jam sessions they add live mid song.

[@bugleaf9603]

My fav song of all time. You did amazing and its impressive you learned by ear omg-

[@chrisoteromusic2998]

Ive been watching your covers since i was like a freshman in high school (so like 2009ish), and just watching the progression in both your playing and video quality and everything is super inspiring and awesome! Keep being awesome dude hell yes!

[@MrAtthedrivein925]

This was amazing!!!❤

[@isabellekuhblank622]

Absolutley epic. Great cover.

[@threegreencharms]

10/10 cover play-through, true to the original, excellent work

[@guyincognito6430]

incredible, great work

[@rhysthomas2876]

Great cover as always dude!

[@ryanboyce3365]

Sick Explorer my dude. Well played very well played!

[@rbrt.a7063]

Man this was a great performance, keep it UP (:

[@mikelewis3643]

And now I’m seeing you went back to an Explorer so I think I’m sold here hahaha

[@darenmiller4359]

Yooooooo. So beautiful.

[@anthonydangelo9567]

Rock on man... sounds awesome!

[@betoreis8659]

The look of joy on your face during the crazy funny riff in the middle of the song just got me realizing how much of a big fan you're. Same here dude, TMV is the best music group to have ever existed. Cheers !!!

[@reddefacto]

Incredible.

[@nicolasmoreno95]

You absolutely rock man

[@ArtificialSentience]

Just saw them for the 5th time. One of my favorite bands. You do them justice. Great Job!!

[@lipayy9852]

His bass cover of Take the Veil is my favorite version to listen to period. (Bass nerd here lol)

[@anthonyvoight2123]

@@lipayy9852 I'll definitely check it out. I too, am a Bass Player.

[@pedroazevedo2067]

Thank you so much for this!

[@gorylipa]

Best cover ever!

[@eik6485]

I’ve been waiting for this!

[@ivanyiattila3547]

So great job

[@RubenBadilloCO]

Amazing!

[@deadbeats4894]

More need to hear the Mars Volta

[@viscera5746]

Hey dude you play very very good. I really enjoy that.. Thanks man

[@vsaucemichaelhere3409]

Dude this I'd such a rad cover. Goat status. Helped me so so so much learning the song. Of course I've only made it to the first chorus 🤣 but making progress

[@venconmige]

Solid cover!

[@uriahfiiya]

Awesome!

[@ricardoaldecoa7522]

Awesome cover dude

[@luisfuentes3012]

Awesome cover bro!

[@TheDanification]

The “glossolalia” riff is so cool. I could never figure out the timing of it. Well done!

[@hiramsf]

dafuq!! this is great! 😄

[@giacomoviviani8573]

Great man! Great attitude .. and good hands

[@greatconfiguration]

awesome!

[@Giorjinho79]

Bravo!!!!

[@andrewsloan4228]

Just WOW!

[@BradleyRose]

This is fantastic. ;_;

[@nuke97]

Well done.

[@hotdog7334]

Good job!

[@MikezOr]

Gracias!! Me recordó porque esta banda es tan putamente buena.

[@andrewsmith1615]

Nice!

[@genesiscadetti8792]

hola! me encanto, voy a hacer el mio de bajo. saludos!

[@dustlung6586]

This is sick. Explorer, TMV, like!

[@19Moonchild91]

7:48

[@miraigustavo]

porra, tá maluco!! mlk é liso demais

[@kevinwoodring]

Fuck yeah dude! This song holds something deep in my heart! I have always wanted to learn it so I can sing it and play it at the same time.

[@joelroudette1708]

Good fucking luck 😂

[@MrMillions69]

Good fucking luck 😂

[@Nega-Tim]

Good Fucking Luck 😂

[@yesfan157]

Good man.

[@hideyojimmies4840]

shit man Omar made some crazy shit on that track

[@harrisonogilvie9173]

Wild bro. Fuckin Wild. You either gotta be a theory nut or have an some obsessively trained ear. Well done!

[@nihtrik]

>>> I do not have tabs (learned by ear). You are BEAST! respect )

[@aswadyusuf2902]

Great 👍🏻

[@edwardthegreat1382]

This shit is LEGENDARY

[@ReyesCarlos86]

Tried so hard to learn this as a kid, well, never got it. T H I S I S A W E S O M E.

[@ElHombretheman]

Hell yeah!

[@squeter]

Fodaa!

[@mattbrown9631]

Wicked

[@ericsilverperson4611]

You wouldn’t by chance be attending the ss neverender?

[@thesmiling2697]

Dude this is fucking sick! Your tone is spot on! Are you in drop d?

[@angelacevedomoncada4769]

Honestly this looks painfully hard

[@angelacevedomoncada4769]

And you learned it by ear??????? My respects lmao

[@vsaucemichaelhere3409]

Bro every single freaking mars volta song is just damn near impossible to play. Omar's style is just so weird and frantic and non-linear. Not only technically difficult but mind fucky and he plays really off beat a lot of the time

[@lynxcore]

only the solos are hard, day of the baphomets is much trickier than this song

[@micksterminator3]

It reminds me a lot of the guitarist of siouxsie and the banshees. Fucking difficult as shit to play with weird meandering guitar and hard to play chord structures one after another. ​@@vsaucemichaelhere3409

[@joewitowski54]

Wow good job man. I usually tear people apart who attempt TMV songs. But this was the first time i was actually impressed. Get that solo down and re-upload. Its actually not THAT bad. You can fake a lot of it with the wah

[@TotallyHorsed]

awesome cover, bro! I've been playing this song for years, and it's obvious you've just got more talent than I do. Respect! Also: have you ever heard any of TMV's stuff in 432hz? Do yourself a favor and look it up. I've never gone back. All the best!

[@danielgray8053]

Nice! No solo? lol. still awesome

[@feidyrudd2518]

Here for 11:00 mark

[@NicoA47]

Would actually love to hear a version without the backing track

[@kadardora4220]

Fú de geci jó vagy bazdmeg...

[@AndrewMagrini]

Nerd :*

[@christophersantoyo3545]

Nice!