In this article i am going to guide you through some of the most used exotic scales used by metal players.
Heavy metal scales.
You can map out crazy three note per string runs all across the fretboard.
It sounds good in so many situations.
This video is about the best metal scales in existence.
Learn the essential guitar scales for playing heavy metal and thrash guitar as used by tony iommi kirk hammett dave mustaine kerry king jeff hanneman and others.
Last edit on feb 13 2014.
Learn the five most popular scales used in metal music.
The first time you are introduced to new scales it may feel scary or discouraging to have to learn them.
After all you might either be familiar with the blues pentatonic scale or just playing by ear and new patterns to learn seem a lot.
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It sounds great over power chords and minor chord progressions.
Countless metal riffs use the pentatonic scale and metal lead guitarists often use it in solos.
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It s a fun scale.
Heavy metal guitar scales scales for heavy metal and thrash soloing.
What i ll do is go through some of the more specialized scales used in heavy metal scales that really complement the dark and aggressive.
Plus 3 super cool licks to show you how you can use each scale to create heavy metal style licks of your own.
Metal scale tab by lessons scales.
It is a relatively simple scale consisting of just five notes.
Because of the nature of metal music guitarists most commonly use dyads as opposed to chords.
The pentatonic minor scale is widely used in many styles of music not just in metal.
10 heavy metal guitar scales you should know i ve specifically named this lesson metal guitar scales but of course you can play any damn scale you want whether it be pentatonic major minor whatever.
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Listen to my guitar solo from 3 22 to 3 40 to hear the scale in action.
Dyads are two notes played together whereas chords consist of three or more notes.