Writing le Metal Song

[-Psy-]

Yarr me mateys, I is having trouble writing some heavy metal. My influences is, obviously, Metallica. Been playing for nearly a year and can play Master Of Puppets (And many other songs)

Any scales or any other type of theory I should know before I write metal?

 

[ComradeBadger]

Waitasec.. metal has... scales.. and theory?

 

[knut]

Waitasec.. metal has... scales.. and theory?

Uh, yes?

 

[Pulse]

Depends what kind of metal song you're trying to write, I'd try starting with the F minor petatonic or the E blues scale and see how you get on.

 

[-Psy-]

Show me those scales in tab please.

 

[Pulse]

Show me those scales in tab please.

F MINOR PENTATONIC

E-                                                      1    4
B-                                          1    4
G-                                1   3
D-                     1   3
A-          1  3
E-  1  4

E Blues
e-------------------------------------0-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------0--3-----3--0-------------------------------|
G----------------------0--2--3-----------------3--2--0----------------------|
D----------------0--2-----------------------------------2--0----------------|
A-------0--1--2-----------------------------------------------2--1--0-------|
E--0--3----------------------------------------------------------------3--0-|

 

[-Psy-]

lol thanks. But whaa? I thought Metallica used the E Blues scale to write the intro to Enter Sandman. Damn I know so little theory

So I could use these as roots to chords, and obviosuly hammer-ons, pull-offs...soloing etc

 

[Pulse]

lol thanks. But whaa? I thought Metallica used the E Blues scale to write the intro to Enter Sandman. Damn I know so little theory

So I could use these as roots to chords, and obviosuly hammer-ons, pull-offs...soloing etc

Yeah man I mean im far from an expert myself, but just experiment abit, throw a few notes together, plam mute, bend like a bitch and just see what happens

 

[-Psy-]

Not much happens when you watch it, use your ears

I want my damn Strat! I must wait for christmas to do some proper heavy riffs...but ah well let's try with me crappy 50 quid Nylon Acoustic (embarrased)

 

[Pulse]

Here's something I've slapped together in like 30 seconds, play it at a tempo of around 210ish or whatever sounds best.

|---------------------------
|---------------------------
|---------------------------
|------------------1--------
|--------3-----1-----3-1----
|--1-4-1---1-4---4-------4-1

 

[-Psy-]

Not exactly Heavy is it eh?

 

[Pulse]

Not when your playing on a nylon acoustic, no.

Try it with overdrive on a 50 watt vox valvetronix eh?

 

[-Psy-]

1 - 0 to you =(

I'll try your riff in Powertab lol

|-------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------
|----------------3-4------------------
|-2-2-2-5-2-2-2-1-2------------------
|-0-0-0-3-0-0-0----------------------

Keep 'em coming.

 

[Pulse]

An awesome example of the use of the E blues scale is Black Sabbath's - Into the Void

tab here

 

[-Psy-]

Yeh, very inspiring stuff

What guitar you got btw?

Any song you know that has F Minor Pentatonic?

 

[Pulse]

Yeh, very inspiring stuff

What guitar you got btw?

Any song you know that has F Minor Pentatonic?

I have 2;

- Squire Showmaster, was my very first guitar, have it tuned to standard E

My main bitch is an Epiphone Gibson SG model (As if I could afford a proper SG lol) I have that tuned all the way to C, as I love to play alot of stuff by Queens of the stoneage and it just sounds a hell of alot more dirty.

 

[-Psy-]

SG = teh sechs

I hear the Metal Zone is one of the best distortion pedals?

 

[Top Secret]

7 string guitar?

 

[CrazyHarij]

Play as loud and fast as possible and scream about gore, blood and death. Add in a few "die mother****er" and you're done.

 

[-Psy-]

lol not all metal music is about death :S

 

[Axyon]

That joke never gets old. Ever. :|

He did pretty much describe Grindcore though, heh.