What's up everyone? And welcome to Ola Learns...
...a song
It's a new idea, where I'm basically sitting down
Checking out a song that could be requested by you guys
And I try and learn it at the spot
And then we'll just have to see how it turns out
It's just one of those other video ideas that I have
That I just throw to the wall and see if it sticks, basically
Today I'm gonna try and learn a Gojira song
So let's just search for Gojira here on Spotify
Uh... let's just pick the top one, Stranded
And I know for a fact that Gojira usually tunes to standard D or drop C, so...
I think, if we start the song...
Oh shit, it's a whammy
I have to get my whammy, give a sec, OK?
Alright, I'm back, the whammy is on the floor, look at that
Professionally placed by a professional
Uh... that's professional
I think I've played this riff before in the Gojira plugin video
So I think it'll be easy for me to learn, let's listen
OK, it's in D, so that's cool
OK
OK, OK, I got this
Then with the whammy
OK, OK, OK
Fairly simple, I mean
It's just that short little gallop, you know?
And then that...
OK
Fairly simple, I like where we're going with this
It's a little simpler for me today
OK
Alright, the verse there is basically exactly the same as the main riff
Except that you're just galloping all over, so...
If the intro is...
The verse is...
Without the whammy, so...
That's with the whammy, this is without
OK, easy
So, I have my whammy set to 2 octaves
And when they're using the whammy here
It's important not to go immediately straight like this
As you're starting to play the...
That's when you start to lift it up, so...
So not...
You have to lift it up
So it's a 'Whaa'
Just a little side-note, just to make it perfect, OK?
OK
OK, yeah
OK
Solo section with some...
OK
Bridge
Sounds like chords, so...
OK
Alright, dude...
Fairly fairly simple song
You know, I picked this song just so I can... you know...
...test how this format is
It's a fairly simple song
Obviously you guys get to request what song I should learn next
Including... including solos and shit, maybe
Even though the song is simple...
The riffs are just so badass
It just shows that you don't have to have the most advanced technical riff
To make a kickass fucking song, you know? Just saying.
I think I've got it all down, let's play it one more time
OK...
I got this, guys
Uh...
Now what?
It's such a good riff, man
Right
Leave the moment alone, man
That's it, man
Oh
Haunted, what?
That didn't take too long, what was that? Like, 10 minutes?
To learn that song, obviously it's an easier song
Uh... but it has some couple of complicated parts
For instance the uh...
The galloping part right there
Uh.. there's a couple of different ways of doing this, you can...
You can do it straight alternate
But I would do it down-up-down, down-up-down, down-up-down
Because you're skipping that 4th note right there
So, instead of waiting with the hand
You have the same motion over and over
You're just skipping to play the 4th note
And obviously you need a whammy
It goes... you know, which goes in line with a lot of Gojira songs
That wasn't too hard
Maybe I should have taken a more advanced song
But I just wanted to try this out
And see if you guys are interested in seeing content like this
Do you have a song that you want to see me learn?
Hit me up in the comment section
I think for me, personally...
Learning other people's stuff is a very good way for me to improve on guitar, like-
The thing is that whenever I joined a band and learned someone else's songs
That's where I feel that, you know, I progressed the most as a guitar player
So, I wanna do this at least for myself
To just sit at least once a week, learn a new song
From whatever band
Or you know, a song I've always liked, but never, you know, bothered learning
Let's go back and learn that shit
And... maybe you want to see me struggle with it and whatnot
Let me know, or if you have any suggestions... let me know, man
Let's make this great, OK?
Thank you so much for watching, see you next time, bye.