How to write a song like A7x(avenged sevenfold)?

Question

My band wants to write music that sounds like a7x, but we want it to be original...and we have a song but we need music for it...

Answer 1

If you want to be original, then don't try to make it sound like A7X...

You might just do what every other local band with no talent does. Rip off all their guitar riffs and just mix up songs or put them in a different order.

It's people like you that make everyone say rock is dead.

Everything sounds the same these days and here you are ADMITTING that you want to sound like another band.

The best way to get your own sound is to listen to all different types of music you wouldn't normally consider. It helps if none of it is new music. Listen to old metal, old classic rock, reggae, music of the world. Just make sure you hear as many different sounds as possible and that none of them sound like anything that is out right now. No one wants another band that sounds just like A7X. It gets so old. They'll tell you to your face "man! this rocks... you sound like a7x." But when you're not around they'll be saying "Man.. they totally ripped off a7x. I wish everyone around here didn't just copy some band."

Answer 2

Firstly, have you written any other songs? You can't just go from nothing to avenged sevenfold.

If you already have the lyrics that's one part of the song done already - personally I find the lyrics to be the hardest thing to write! The next thing you need to work out is either the chord structure, or your riff. For your first song keep your chord structure simple - stay to three chords for the verse and maybe 4 or 5 for the chorus. Play around on your guitar and see what sounds interesting.

I've just been doing that now and I think power chords of F#, B and E sound pretty good. Now I need some sort of riff. Now I accidentally played the g-string too - that sounds pretty good, so our first chord is F# -9. Now I play each string once going up to G and down again - F# C# F# G F# C# - it sounds like it's in 6/8 - so there's the begining of the riff. Play that for 2 bars then move on to B and play a similar thing - B F# B B - two Bs doesn't sound good. Why not try continuing the idea of using 9s? So now B F# B C# - that's much better and so on.

Essentially it's all about fiddling on your guitar to see what sounds good. Stick to simple chord structures to start with. There are some industry standard ones (listen to ANY green day song and you'll hear them) I IV V (that means the first, fourth and fifth degree of the scale, so if we were in E, that's E A B) - I vi IV V - making use of a minor chord (vi, so in E that's C#m) to make it sound more interesting, I iii vi V (E C#m F#m B) and so on.

When writing chord structures you need to know the hierarchy of chords. Here is the scale of E with the numbers for the chords underneath

E F# G# A B C# D# E
I - ii - iii - IV V vi - vii - I

The ones written in capitals mean they're major chords (so I IV and V, the ones in lower case mean minor chords (though vii is a diminished, if you don't know what that means don't worry about it) This is the same for every scale. Chords I IV and V will always be major.

Firstly I is your most important chord, because it is the chord of the key you're in. The next most important chord is V - going from chord V to I sounds good, sounds 'resolved'. You could write a tune with just chord I V I V I V I V - it sounds a bit like a polka!

After chord V comes chord IV - you can go from IV to V and then to I, or from IV to one - whatever you want. I IV V I sounds a bit like a green day song - THIS IS THE MOST COMMONLY USED CHORD STRUCTURE IN MODERN MUSIC!! (Just to recap, in E this would mean you play E A B E)

After IV, chord vi is the next most important. This is the first minor chord we have come across (it's known as the 'relative minor' because it's got a lot in common with chord I) - in E this chord is C#m. Using vi in your chord structure adds interest - and means you can have hundreds more variations on it. I vi IV V (E C#m A B), I IV vi V (E A C#m B), I V vi IV (E B C#m A), I IV V vi (E A B C#m). Notice that when you play the last one it doesn't quite sound right - it's not resolved properly. You should always try to have either IV or V at the END of your chord sequence (before it repeats) - at least while you're starting (for future reference, this is known as a cadence)

After vi we have iii. Chord iii (G#m) is the second minor chord we've come across - you can try fitting this chord into chord structures yourself.

The other two chords (ii and vii) are not nearly as important, and are only really used in more complicated chord structures.

There's a lot of information here, I hope some of it is useful to you - don't worry if you don't understand it all, I've been studying music for a long time! Try to do your own thing, rather than copying other people (like screamo suggests) - if you want to do that you may as well be a cover band. There's nothing wrong with taking influences from other people, but just doing what they do will never make you big. I hope you get the sound you want!

Answer 3

Ok, (unlike everyone else who doesn't sound like there helping that much)

WHat you need to do is set the guitar to Drop-D tuning

For choruses and stuff like that, play strings d,a,d , and have 2 guitars doing a duet

for the chords play the minor versions, and also you might want to have one guitar play the chords while the other guitar plays the strings in the chords seperately (it sounds awesome; its what they did in MIA for the chorus)

NOw for the solo, you should have the solo on the strings b, and e also use minor chords opened up for the solo

While you play the solo have another guitar playing the same notes over again, with some embelishments

hope this helps

Answer 4

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