Easiest BTBAM?

[chopeth]

I recently tuned one of my guitars to standard C# and I'd love to learn some BTBAM. I am aware it's for advanced guitarrist, and I tried a few tabs I was told in other forums are the easiest, but wanted to know what do you sevenstringers think. You can add any song I forgot about.

 

[Fiction]

White walls has a lot of easier riffs, that are also fun and the leads aren't anything too crazy. That's one of my favourites from Colours to play.

The Primer is also pretty easy and fun to play, as well as Selkies which has a lot of easy riffs except for that spaghetti finger part in the middle which I can't wrap my head around

Turn on the Darkness & Coma Machine are fairly straight forward, theres a fair few moments on Coma Ecliptic that sound like essential BTBAM but aren't impossible to learn.

 

[mike0]

It's been a while since I've played a lot of these songs, but I remember Informal Gluttony being one of easiest songs on Colors, or of theirs in general. Prequel to the Sequel is also not too bad, with only the ending run being tricky, as is Selkies - barring the aforementioned wacky riff in the middle. As for songs like Goodbye to Everything, Viridian, and Shevanel (assuming you mean Take 2), they're all pretty simple and extremely short for BTBAM. I'd recommend Viridian especially if you like finger-picking, really fun song.

I almost forgot about Specular Reflection, which really takes my vote for easiest song of theirs that still manages to be over 10 minutes of prog metal goodness.

 

[vilk]

The only song that I learned how to play complete is Selkies, and it was challenging but I got it with practice. Funnily enough, the solo was not even the hardest part of that song for me.

 

[endmysuffering]

How hard is famine wolf, I think I might attempt it if I'm not lazy

 

[Mathemagician]

The only song that I learned how to play complete is Selkies, and it was challenging but I got it with practice. Funnily enough, the solo was not even the hardest part of that song for me.

Practice enough scales and solos eventually become "ok this note then that note then another note repeat and speed up steadily".

A complex rhythm part will .... my day up though. I'm fine playing a solo super slow and getting it up. It ....ing bothers me hearing a bitching riff and watching my fingers knot up and go "NOT TODAY GOD OF PRACTICE!"

 

[Random3]

Not including the slower ones or the ones with barely any guitars, I would say the easiest is Informal Gluttony. First one I learned.

That's not including stuff like Goodbye To Everything, Desert Of Song and Viridian though.

 

[Spicypickles]

I feel like their riffs aren't really that difficult, nor the leads, but just the song structure and playing it all start to finish.

 

[Forkface]

i voted for selkies here. But actually one of the songs by them i enjoy playing the most is Disease Injury Madness from TGM, and i found it to be "not-as-hard" as some of their other stuff.
still. pretty damn hard.

 

[MikeNeal]

the need for repetition is probably the easiest BTBAM song to play. even the faster parts are pretty basic

 

[chopeth]

All right then, the "easiest" is between Selkies and White Walls apparently