| If you are thinking of learning heavy metal guitar, | | | | greater symphony. You can find a lot of Metallica |
| then you should know that there are no particular | | | | performance in Aeolian scale. However, this scale cuts |
| set of rules involved in the process. However, there | | | | across various genres and is popular with death metal |
| is a musical legacy and unwritten sets of notions that | | | | players as well. The Harmonic Minor, which is a slight |
| the metal guitarists generally follow. This general idea | | | | variation of the Aeolian scale, is also universally |
| is applicable for heavy metal guitar scales as well. You | | | | popular with the metal guitar players. |
| can play metal guitar by following whichever scale | | | | The Phrygian scale is a very exotic Spanish flavored |
| you want, but the general trend is to use minor | | | | scale and is also commonly used by many metal |
| scales because the ultimate aim is to produce a | | | | guitarists. This particular kind of guitar playing pattern |
| heavy and guttural sound. | | | | has been popularized by Yngwie Malmsteen and is |
| The pentatonic scale is probably most often used in | | | | very evident in most of the guitar solos in his albums. |
| heavy metal guitar but there are hosts of other | | | | By mixing in fast guitar playing techniques, you can |
| scales, which really complement the dark and | | | | also fuse other genres of music with metal guitar |
| brooding mood of the music. Some of them are | | | | playing. One example of this is the neo-classical music |
| Phrygian, Harmonic Minor and Byzantine. The natural | | | | that Malmsteen plays. On the other hand, the Locrian |
| minor scale, that is the Aeolian scale and the Spanish | | | | scale is only used by more brooding and offbeat |
| Gypsy and the Locrian scales are also used in certain | | | | metal bands mainly belonging to the death metal |
| cases. Since much of heavy metal draws a lot of | | | | genre. |
| influence from blues, therefore some of the blues | | | | So, there are indeed many heavy metal guitar scales |
| scales are also in use. In fact pentatonic scale itself is | | | | apart from the basic pentatonic scale. It is true that |
| derived from the blues and the rock tradition. | | | | certain chords and riffs play better in some scales |
| The second most common scale in heavy metal is | | | | than the others. Therefore, if you learn all the scales |
| probably the natural minor scale. It is sometimes used | | | | by heart, you can modify your performance |
| along with the pentatonic scale but is capable of a | | | | according to the situation. |