Why this riff is actually BRILLIANT! (BLUR)

I think the rhythmn of "song 2" is the same that "when I come around" but chords are changed.

All I know is that the song is phenomenal! This explanation was so cool! Electronic music done right takes a lot of thought. Song 2 is Bottled Lightening!

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wow… just… wow.

The reason why the inverted power chord sound lower is because its waveform has a longer “loop”.

Fundamentally, for a sound to have a pitch, it must (more or less) loop over a set amount of time. That’s the very definition of frequency, how we measure pitch: loops per second, or “Hertz”. This loop gets more noticeable when you apply distortion to the waveform.

Different instruments have a different ratio of what are called “harmonics”, or pure soundwaves that loop an integer number of times within one loop of the “fundamental”, the pure soundwave with the base, longest loop.

Basically, the normal power chord is (or actually approximates, due to a compromise called equal temperament) a 2:3:4 frequency ratio, so it sounds like the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th harmonics of a note 1 octave lower than the actual root of the chord.

The inverted power chord has a 3:4:6 ratio, so it sounds like the 3rd, 4th, and 6th harmonics of a note 1 octave and a perfect fifth lower than the actual lowest note.

That little "sorry couldn't help" impro at the end is pure sugar 🤤

Wahoo!!!! Nice telecaster.

Bro , i dont even play guitar . Why i watched the whole thing

You should revisit Blur and play Bang…ufff that’s how you begin to appreciate Graham’s amazing talent

Absolutely clever and reveling, thank you

Learnt new things, thanks Paul.

I played it by beating the hell out of my coffee table

Do not apologise.

Figured this out quite recently and it changed everything ... I'm glad to see ppl noticing it !

wait whats the inversion

You are brilliant

Amazing video once again.

Sweet analysis! Love it, Paul!

So? I yell in fake Japanese while I poop

You know, I get it, most guitarists think they're the only instrument in the band, or at least the only instrument anyone cares about, so I guess I shouldn't blame you for not mentioning, and probably not noticing, that most of the thickness of that chorus riff comes from the heavily distorted bass. And I'm a drummer. So believe me. I pains me to give the bass player his due.

From Blur to Pink Floyd and back again. It's all good. Very good actually 🤟🤟

and the wind cryes mary.... ring any bell? 😂

The bass guitar is doing all the heavy lifting. That’s what really is making everything sound crazy

Who are you again?

That's how Johnny Ramona plays all power chords since the very beginning. He always make the 6th string scream, no matter which power chord he plays.

Graham Coxon has made so many off-the-wall unconventional, awesome riffs/solos/progressions. Awesome player and writer.

It's what a lot of bands did around that time before Korn and such got big.
Listen to HIM - awesome! Sounds always fat - Tuned to B or B by inversion.

Great video, if I was a guitar player I’d appreciate it even more.! Loved your playing.

these pedal tones techniques are great. It's also applied in Foals- What Went Down. It makes for such a great effect and its very easy to apply.

nice to actually learn why this song sounds RICH, guitarist here

very mch a riff (or rip off) of "when the bullet hits the bone" by golden earring who were genius

Sounds like David Gilmour at the end there. Weird juxtaposition.

ONE OF THE MY FAVORITE RIFS / SONGS OF THE LAST 20 YEARS

Pinegrove does this “inversion” technique a lot when playing the 5th as a grittier base note for their chords.

This was so fun to watch. Thank you!

do the bass line next, the chorus part is awesome

I'm learning this song, and it is insane how hard is this rhythm hehe

First song I ever learned at my guitar lessons back in 1998 after rocking the fifa game. Then when I come around- pine island music, those guys will never know what they did for me after just a year of lessons. I switched from bass to guitar and have been at it ever since.

Man song 2 brings me back to fifa 98 on the PlayStation .. couldn’t wait for this song to play!!

This is an excellent interpretation and gets everything right. I was a tone-deaf, teenaged strummer back in the day, and I just hammered out the barre chords: A - G - C - D - E as hard as I could. It was okay, but Blur it wasn't.

song: genius. your rendition: brilliant

"actually brilliant"

was anyone saying it wasn't

Your slow version is good.

You have no soul when you play. Analysis is quite OK though.

That little solo he played was amazing lol. It fit perfectly and changed the whole mood of the song.

That solo over the slowed version was phenomenal