Can you explain

exactly whata breakdown is?? I need to know by wednesday.

Thanks.

in easier terms it's just a part of a song where the tempo gets cut waaaay down(usually to half time) so it will sound "heavier" or something or other... For good examples I wouldn't look up any -core genre, since you won't see a proper breakdown but rather a whole song as a breakdown. Or you could take the example of Van Halen's "Unchained" from Fair Warning--the song on the album has a breakdown in it where all the instruments slow/quiet down for a short duration and then build back up to the original riff. It's really just another part of a song--think of it like a bridge, since it doesn't get used(usually) more than one time in a song.

James Brown was famous for this. Check it out at about 1:50

Are you still teaching? Is this where this comes from? Just curious.

So play a fast riff,slow it down to ½ speed
and then break back into the original tempo
of it? seems simple enough.
I needed to know cause im auditioning for
a Deathcore/fusion/reggae band and they said
can you play breakdowns,and i said yes .o

M/(*-+)
gs2112

edit* Yes tsb,im still teaching,down too one student
but still teaching.

edit again* a@ ts,im.digging your ""nibbler"" profile pic XD

Yes and no, it doesn't have to be the same riff, it's just played over drums that typically are doing something at a half time feel(usually). Most metal core stuff is going to use just low C chugging usually involving triplets. Breakdowns are really just a slow bridge that just sort of hits, no real build up it just sort of sneaks in there and works it's magic(or annoyance). Listen to "Damage Inc." by Metallica and you'll hear the breakdown in the middle of the song(also just straight up badass thrash). Doesn't have to be a slow riff, but you'll note the big difference with how they present it and how the drums go to a really cool 16th high hat thing while slowing down the snare hits to what feels like half time.

This might help.

Breakdown (Music)

Usually when a song goes from one tempo to a much slower or more groove oriented tempo. I'm not sure if tempo is the right word for it or not. I'm guessing you joined a "core" band? lol.

I note that most half-time feels are really driven by the drummer.

+1

@ozzfan Yep,lead guitarist. For "Eliminate the bodies"
Its not my first choice for a band,but
its better than sittin at home shredding
all day...imo.

\m/(*-+)
gs2112

"Eliminate the bodies"

Sounds very Buddhist.

funny...i looked up eliminate the bodies on facebook bcuz i wanted to see if they had any music before you.....the first search result was the holocaust......

You never hear metal bands singing about rainbows or birds with unusual plumage, like the Quetzal.

@ V3 Oh.Hmmm how odd.

@tsb Yeah,its called p***y core lol

they bleeped p o l l y ???

welll......no crackers for him -___-

ROFLOLLMFFAOWBAN!!!!!!!

It wasnt polly.....replace those l's with s's

ahhhhh i see

and u replace the O with a U

How about this for a song: A Rainbow Killed My Quetzal

I write recipes. Then my kids sing them in character as Dio or Man-o-War. "Food Metal".
I also have written tounge in cheek stuff about Druids and Mighty Wing-ed Beasts. Many great metal songs have pretty silly lyrics.

Actually..do any not?

HA! We used to call Dio the weatherman. There's was always something in his lyrics about the wind and the snow and the rain.

I've thought about doing a parody of Queen-Fat Bottom Girls. It's about Mexican food..Flat Bottom Shells You Make The Taco World Go Round.

So how did the band sound? Did you fit in?

Yeah,i did,but its a long story.