Ron Jarzombek "Oscillation Cycles" instructional DVD preview...

[vontetzianos]

Hey,

I just stumbled across this vid, and I cannot wait for this DVD. Its called '12 Tone Variations' and it should be fantastic, especially seeing as its coming from Ron himself, so anyway, enjoy:

 

[ShadyDavey]

I was literally just about to post this!!

Yeah, looks awesome

 

[vontetzianos]

EDIT: this may be the wrong forum section, so if a mod happens to see this feel free to move it the appropriate section. Cheers.

 

[TheSixthWheel]

Ron Jarzombek is a freakshow genius. Cheers for the link, definitely awaiting this DVD.

 

[Andii]

Ron is a mad scientist.

 

[Apophis]

Thanks for info

 

[GazPots]

Kudos for him playing on a 7 but as with Blotted Science i just can't get into it.


Anyways great chops (abeit calculated randomesque) and a 7 in an instructional vid.

 

[Triple7]

Anyone know when this will be coming out?

 

[MerlinTKD]

Holy Crap!

We studied 12-tone music in school, I even know a guy that composes nothing but... but this was actually almost coherent!

Monster tone by the way... what is that guitar he's using?

 

[Triple7]

Holy Crap!

We studied 12-tone music in school, I even know a guy that composes nothing but... but this was actually almost coherent!

Monster tone by the way... what is that guitar he's using?

If I'm not mistaken he built his own custom 7.

 

[Seebu]

Yeah, with Seymour Duncan Distortions in it.

 

[vgguru39]

The reason why this twelve tone music is interesting is because it's not truly atonal. It's split into three separate diminished tonal units with the notes jumbled around. It's a cool concept. I can't wait for this DVD, Ron is a rhythmic genius.

 

[sevenstringj]

I dunno. Sounds like he's making something extremely simple--diminished chords--needlessly complicated. You could also fulfill the 12-tone scheme by moving them up by whole note increments instead of chromatically.

And you can do the same sorta thing with augmented chords.

 

[st2012]

Wish I could watch the vid at work.

 

[vontetzianos]

Anyone know when this will be coming out?

He's been talking about it for a while but it seemed to take much longer than expected, so your guess is as good as mine at this point.

 

[shadowlife]

Looks really cool- he's a great player, and if the rest of the DVD is like this, i may have to pick it up.

 

[Excalibur]

I dunno. Sounds like he's making something extremely simple--diminished chords--needlessly complicated. You could also fulfill the 12-tone scheme by moving them up by whole note increments instead of chromatically.

And you can do the same sorta thing with augmented chords.

Pretty much what I was thinking, I love Ron as a player, but.....

 

[cyril v]

I dunno. Sounds like he's making something extremely simple--diminished chords--needlessly complicated. You could also fulfill the 12-tone scheme by moving them up by whole note increments instead of chromatically.

And you can do the same sorta thing with augmented chords.

dude, check out his website., he has this detailed out pretty well... what was represented in this clip is just a single take on this (a single song)... he would consider this particular set of notes as a single "key". buy the blotted science album, then read his theory on his site and connect the dots. If I'm not mistaken, most of the music on the Blotted Science album was conceived using this method.

Heres an example of a key....

now watch this...
http://www.ronjarzombek.com/rjsynaptic2.wmv

Or better yet, youtube the song REM by blotted science, based off of this...

http://www.ronjarzombek.com/rj12tone.html

 

[Trespass]

I dunno. Sounds like he's making something extremely simple--diminished chords--needlessly complicated. You could also fulfill the 12-tone scheme by moving them up by whole note increments instead of chromatically.

And you can do the same sorta thing with augmented chords.

Agreed, to a point.

This is his method, and if you want to learn the method he's devised to write his material (from his perspective), follow the theory. For someone with a background in theory, this is fairly obvious. But I don't think this is for people who have actually studied twelve tone theory to a degree.

(Note: Listening and "reading about" does not constitute studying - Playing, and in depth analysis of score does)

 

[Eptaceros]

I dunno. Sounds like he's making something extremely simple--diminished chords--needlessly complicated. You could also fulfill the 12-tone scheme by moving them up by whole note increments instead of chromatically.

And you can do the same sorta thing with augmented chords.

You're correct, it is only diminished chords. However, what is so genius about it all is how Ron Jarzombek arranged it, which as others have pointed out has everything to do with the twelve tone theory.