Disturbed - Learn to play "Down with the Sickness"

[Thorleyart]

That is one shit riff

[koukouroukou12345]

lol how he says waka kaka

[Fluffypopcicle]

0:36 - 0:40 what? That's it? Come on Danny, you can't forget Run To the Hills and Painkiller.

[Mishafutbiki]

woah.... professionally played this song by him !!

[opiphx]

JK



[opiphx]

He did it wrong.

[brucestrauss]

Classic song. First heard it on the credits to Dawn of the Dead. I was like, who the fuck is this awesome band??

[xSpArTiChRiSx]

Disturbed is so full of shit.

[ninjacaroo7]

@xSpArTiChRiSx ur so full of shit

[hoobadoobler]

I'm just waiting for an idiot to come and say that he's playing it wrong...

[MegaHatred666]

@hoobadoobler he played it wrong.lol!

[TheUnguided94]

He should do the full song, and like every other disturbed song to!

[craigime]

"the famous 'wakakaka' " lol XD

[Raykie1667]

@craigime its actually uh wa ah ah ah

[craigime]

@Raykie1667 lol i know, but Dan says "wakakaka" in this video

[breakingskilletgrace]

OH WA-A-A-A!

[cassmi87]

Cool vid but kinda blowing your own trumpet for a minute there :D

[gringomeyer]

painkiller is memorable

[LazyNightz]

How the fuck can you read notes??? I tried how do you understand it??

[MrCannibal100]

@LazyNightz It takes ages, I just try and remember the chord name and what it sounds like, dont worry about notes its like crotchet, semi breve, semi quaver shit like that.

[LazyNightz]

@MrCannibal100 eh.. I don't know anyways.. I only play by ear on the drums screw learning notes practice by ear that's all what counts =)

[MrCannibal100]

@LazyNightz Dont worry dude youre not the only one, anyways drums is easy to learn by ear.

[dumbkidtv]

@MrCannibal100 but a bitch to play an improvise if u dont have any sort of music ears lol

[cooldevin571]

@LazyNightz you need to learn the scale athen you can read music

[endofdecember]

@LazyNightz Don't worry, dude. You don't have to learn notes, scales, chords, or even how to hold the guitar. If you want to learn how to play a Disturbed song just follow these steps:

1. Go to Hot Topic

2. Buy every pair of bondage pants you can find

3. Metal.

[LazyNightz]

@endofdecember lol bondage pants.. sounds a little fruity to me

[Valairen]

OHLORD! *-*

[KamiDisturbed]

oh now i remember what that wakka kakka comment was about :D Dan himself says it in 1:35 lol! :D

[guruboy5]

its not wakka kakka its Ooh Ah Ah Ah Ah

[Slicks93]

does anyone know the settings for disturbed, My amp is a Randall RG75 Thanks, John

[LimeGuy101]

@SWA7216TCM Hot For Teacher, great song, but not anywhere near as popular as this or In The Air Tonight, Satch Boogie, never heard of it. I'm sure it's a great song, but he said memorable drum beats, they can't be very memorable if anyone from Gen X on hasn't heard them.

[Flotty94]

can any body tell me which notes are droped C#?

[1612HavenhurstDrive]

@Flotty94

low to high: C#, G#, C#, F#, A#, D#

[The2beren]

i don't know about you guys but al people on the internet play the part after oh wa ah ah ah on the first fret but I think i'l trust him

[linkrocks99]

So.. I wouldn't doubt the man, I mean.. he is part of Disturbed.. but..

I always heard it as "ooh- Wa-ah-ah-ah!"

Not sure where the K's are coming from. haha

[LPDXDX]

@linkrocks99 yeah no K's heard there :D waka waka would be Shakira's song for south africa's world cup lmao.

[eXtremeHellFire]

what is the tuning , i know it is C# but what are the names

[Lovemetal629]

@eXtremeHellFire

1 D#

2 A#

3 F#

4 C#

5 G#

6 C#

Highest to lowest. 1 would be your thinnest string, and 6 would be your thickest string.

[minja1122]

oh wa a a a a

[RedBing0]

I love this song so much.<3.

[stricken97]

i want that guitar soo bad its awesome!!!!

[Marsell88]

easy, why the hell would you need lessons... good song though!

[TheMDR7506]

Hay man. You rock mate.\m/

[IMaDEM0N]

In the air tonight by Phil Collins is fucking GAY, if he wanted to talk about defining songs like that, why not Texas Flood by Stevie Ray Vaughan, or Purple Hayes by Jimi Hendrix (or Little Wing, Voodoo Chile (Slight Return), for that matter almost ANY Jimi Hendrix song, or Ice Cream Man, You Really Got Me, or Eruption by Van Halen, Soul Sacrifice by Carlos Santana....I could go on all mother-fucking night)

[musicman243]

@IMaDEM0N You do realize that he was talking about the intro drum beat , not the guitar parts, being memorable as much as that drum beat in In The Air Tonight.

[franceXgreece]

@IMaDEM0N your a fucking ass first off that a good song 2nd DONT FUCKIN CALL SHIT GAY DUDE IT AINT FUCKIN COOL

[xDaNiEldrummerx]

what does half step down mean?

[dayneedsaname]

@xDaNiEldrummerx Fretted instruments and keyboards are called 'semitone' instruments. Each key on the keyboard/piano or each fret on a guitar/bass that you move up or down is a 'semitone' or 'half-step' up or down. He means that the tuning is one half-step flatter than standard tuning. Drop your 6th string down until the 4th fret matches the tone of the open 5th string, then tune the rest of them normally to that.

[dayneedsaname]

@xDaNiEldrummerx fuck I meant the 6th fret. The 6th fret on the 6th string after you tune it down should match the open 5th string, then tune normally using the 6th string as a reference.

[Mrscrewdriver1]

@xDaNiEldrummerx press the ``flat`` button on your tuner

[Jedidew]

@xDaNiEldrummerx Google 'chromatic scale'. Knowing half steps, whole steps, and little lingo like that will really help you as a guitarist.

[Madd00001]

i love his guitar what is it?

[linkinparklyrics1]

God thats easy

[markzmin97]

wakkakakka

[genjama]

PAINKILLER INTRO is in those memerable drum songs

[genjama]

PAINKILLER INTRO

[alecrickey81]

one person is down with the sickness

[returningfaith]

normal drop c works for me XD i lov to play this song buts its so ez this vid isnt really needed :P

[zipadoo1]

hmm i play it in drop D :/

[Wejendorp0606]

wakka kakka!

[6669Nightshade]

@Anth150... you can play this in drop d tuning you just play it you just play it starting on the 6th fret instead of the 7th

[stormday2]

Scroll back up! your missing the tut.

[Hawkeye126]

most epic drum intro since Phil Colins In the air tonight, hell yeah! now I know why that song was so high in suggestions

[Anth150]

huh...i've been playing in Drop D this whole time. Imagine that.

[DisturbeddavidAsylum]

I WANT THAT GUITAR!!!!!!!!

[jo3yepicness]

wakaka lmao

[14justinmiranda]

srry tired



[14justinmiranda]

the intro is soo epic ill just use for sleep cause music calms me down when im ticked off also music helps me fall asleep when iom titred but cant fall asleep at the same time

[MetalorGTFO]

OK WHOS THE FUCKHEAD THAT DISLIKED THIS???

[ssj4goku1983]

@MetalorGTFO oh just some retard that is not infected with the sickness.....lol

[Sethstrat]

@MetalorGTFO lol

[Sethstrat]

wondering the same thing

[InsanityRevolution]

@MetalorGTFO Someone who isnt Disturbed

[dogsoup13]

i wish they made one of these for deceiver its not very popular but its imo the hardest Disturbed song ever written

[00xxSladexx00]

WAKAKAKA!!!!!!!!!!

[alexjett77]

what is a good disortion system? i am just new to playing guitar and im going to make enough money to buy a disortion system but i want one thats kind of cheap but good quality.

[scott93933]

Phil Collins is talented, but quite the narcissist himself. Look at his album/CD covers. Every one of them is a GIANT picture of his face.

[PatInChainsxx7]

I love that Dan is doing these vids. It's a cool thing to do for beginning guitarists

[hummarstra]

"One of the most memorable drum beats in history"?????? Yeh, WHATEVER DAN.

[DDevil751]

@hummarstra seriously when you hear that beat you know what song is playing ;)

[mrearlstubbs]

@hummarstra thats not what he said is it....he said..."most memorable drum intros..."which i would have to agree...all he said was whan you hear that drum beat in the intro...you know what song it is...just sayinn

[theguitarskillz]

Does anyone know any good nontaken metal names for a band? I have one and I don't like the name of it. If u do plz tell me or email me at

Duellmanc@yahoo.com

Thanks:)

[LinkinParaJJluvr]

that is the sickest guitar ever.

[ultimas50]

this guitar is so AWESOME!!! i want one like this

[FollowHim4Eternity]

That's such a sick guitar.

[PyschoticChimp]

I love Disturned, but to compare the drums to Phil Collins is a narcissistic piece of shit comment.

[DanteGuitar]

@PyschoticChimp I think he's just a little bit uneasy on camera, and he sort of just fills the gaps of what could be an uneasy silence with whatever he can think of. He's kinda shaky in the voice, if you ask me. Or you could be right...

[WelcomeToCarnate]

@PyschoticChimp Oh, calm down before you rupture something.

The ONLY comparison he made was that "Down With The Sickness" was a song that could instantly be recognised by the opening drum beat alone, like "In the Air Tonight" by Phil Collins.

How, exactly, does that qualify as narcissism?

[MuayThaiReaper101]

@PyschoticChimp Your a piece of shit, live with it.

[KamiDisturbed]

wakka = character from final fantasy 10

kakka = finnish word that means poo/shit what ever.. :D

[oki9955]

@KamiDisturbed Kamiiiiiiiii! :D

[DeathProductions123]

@KamiDisturbed Kakka means poo... Paska means shit

[lolol12334]

@KamiDisturbed why does this get into the picture?

[lolol12334]

@lolol12334 nvm. LOL !

[OrginalDeath50]

@KamiDisturbed Haha, wakakacka

[JeroxB]

@KamiDisturbed wtf...

[KamiDisturbed]

@JeroxB i dont know xD i never knew i even posted that :D why the hell its top comment that was low, seriously :D but actually it is waka waka or so they explained it in the dvd or something... i believed that was just my comment on somones post but really i have no memory of that comment, maybe i was drunk xD

[JeroxB]

@KamiDisturbed uhh ok? xD lol a comment from a drunk man :P History right here :) I know i also have that sometimes i comment, and a long time later people reply, and i cant even remember about what it was -__- Or like when i somehow wrote my opinion about something, and then later i look back and think: wtf thats not my opininion?! but i wrote it.. so it has to be mine.. but its not correct! xD weird moments.. :P

[KamiDisturbed]

@JeroxB haha excactly :D

[Rokguitarist]

The wakakaka!!

[Estillz96]

The Famous Wakakaka that was funny :)

[gogetarule]

"The famous waka ka ka" lol

[rectifytheblack420]

One of the most memorable metal drum intros aside from Painkiller

[platapush]

hey,,, is Mike doing one of these? I wish he is.

[KaineSpawnX]

@platapush Mike did a short instructional video on the drum intro to "Down with the Sickness" a few years ago. It was on Disturbed's website at one time, but I don't know if it's still floating around the web.

[xXBirDEXx125]

@platapush mike has i think i watched one where he showed hoow to play "Enough"