Ron Jarzombek - 'Cretaceous Chasm' in 12-Tone Fragments

http://www.ronjarzombek.com/CretaceousChasmTab1.html

Ron Jarzombek from Blotted Science gives a crash course on the 12 tone system used to write the EP 'The Animation Of Entomology'. The video is also a glimpse of the material that will be presented in his upcoming DVD 'Dissecting Bugs' .

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• Ron Jarzombek
• Alex Webster
• Hannes Grossmann
• The Animation Of Entomology
• Cretaceous Chasm
• Watchtower
• Spastic Ink
• Terrestrial Exiled
• Cannibal Corpse
• Obscura
• Necrophagist
• progressive metal
• technical metal
• death metal
• heavy metal
• instrumental
• 12 tone
• Schoenberg
• blastbeats
• soundtrack
• movie score
• bugs
• monsters
• insects
• creepy crawlies
• horror
• gore
• nightmare

[JonathanFuentes91]

Still have no idea what's going on haha

[flibo]

@paddymoep no it's not. complexity like this isn't required to make good music. for me, these twelve tone rows are used for the sake of experimentation and creating something new and interesting. don't get me wrong, I admire Ron Jarzombek, but this and popular music aren't comparable.

[1O6C9LWOU]

Thank you for the inspiration, Ron!

[RiversOfGore1]

@flibo It's called progressive. This is guitar nerd music. More than that, it's awesome.

[Ryu12543]

How can someone remember all of this, let alone write it?

[WeveGotNoTimeToLose]

@jeezuschryst No way man, sorry if I offended you, check my vids, comment, subscribe

[jeezuschryst]

@WeveGotNoTimeToLose well aren't you a pretentious fuck!

[Bebopopotamus]

And on the topic of meshuggah, those guys are total badasses. They use the same techniques as Ron does to write, but they do it their way. They are much more focused on trying to put complex rhythmic ideas (or as you so eloquently put it, "chugging") over common time signatures. Usually just 4. They are rhythmically driven. Ron is harmonically driven (also, he's nuts.) I'm sure they both are fans of each other though. Frederik thordendahl is a really intelligent guitarist.

[Bebopopotamus]

I don't know what you guys are talking about. I studied theory to expose my ears to sounds I wouldn't normally hear, not to give myself limits on what I think sounds good. Because I know theory, more things sound good to me. I don't sit around listening to music thinking "hes not allowed to write that." I think about why things sound a certain way and how I can recreate it. Say you're going to study abroad in Germany. Certainly you have to learn the language or you couldn't communicate.

[WeveGotNoTimeToLose]

@Jamsessionroom1337 Very true, and a great point indeed, but what do you say about twits like Meshuggah who focus solely on chugging and crappy signatures instead of melody and or note importance/variety. Bleed is awesome but..... .well........ if the focus and emphasis on writing is chugging, I can do that myself while warming up... people put so much emphasis on 7 string guitarist!!! 8 string guitarist!!!! When most only use 4, it's just insulting to us that actually play.

[scalassaraprando]

Adorno and Schoenberg would appreciate this.

[joeylodes]

Very interesting