Questions tagged [metal]
A genre of rock music that usually can be recognized from a thick, massive sound, highly amplified distortion, extended guitar solos and emphatic beat with deliberate stresses.
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How to do "metal" harmonics (pinch etc)
I've always struggled with this, tried watching Youtube tutorials, but can't get it to work.
Should you hold the pick in any particular way? I've always held my picks with three fingers, for ...
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What type of strings to use for easier bending in fast solos?
I'm getting better at playing that legendary Enter Sandman solo by Kirk Hammett, and I'm getting the speed part almost covered. What I'm struggling with is hitting the target note when bending that ...
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What does it take to make metal music?
I happen to have my father's old guitar laying around in storage. While I was listening to metal music on youtube, I had a thought: I wonder if I could play metal on the thing?
Problem is, I have ...
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Why Move to a 7-String Guitar?
So, I play a lot of death/heavy metal(core) and I've finally gotten to a place where people tell me they enjoy listening to me play.
I've been getting suggestions from other musicians (maybe musical ...
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Optimal Right Hand Technique to Down Pick while playing Metallica
I have been playing Metallica songs (only the rhythm parts) for quite some time. I don't play them at full speed because of the Down picking, but i have been playing and practicing them at 80% speed ...
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What's the correct way to practice complex/syncopated rhythms?
I'm trying to practice a few songs on guitar, but am having a hard time mastering syncopated rhythms, unless the rhythm is relatively short or repeated. For example, the song "With Our Friend[s] ...
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How to transition from rough vocals to clean vocals?
I am a lead singer on a band, I spent a lot of time learning rough vocals, like in this example:
Now i want to learn clean vocals, there's some practical way to carry ...
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WHy can you not play metal in Major keys?
Well you can but people are just going to think you are a Sum 41 cover band. It just seems like the Major key does not translate so well on electric guitar.
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