Good scales for death metal?

Question

Are there any good scales I can practice if I'm really wanting to play death metal. Mostly for sweep picking and such.

Answer 1

for death metal? do you mean REAL death metal, like Nile or Morbid Angel or Death, or do you just mean the heavy sounding music that non-DM fans CALL death metal (such as atreyu XP)

for real death metal study your harmonic minor scale, your natural minor scale, and the modes - my personal favorite is the dorian mode, but locrian and phyrigian and lydian and mixolydian, etc. are all useful. also study the use of chromatic passing tones, and as your knowledge of theory builds, study purposeful uses of dissonance. all of these will make for good death metal guitar.

of course, pentatonic scales are useful in just about all styles of music, and while it's good to know major scales, the major scales are more suited to rock than to DM - DM uses a darker, more evil sounding, minor based sound.

also practice playing with speed - its a big part of death metal. it shouldnt be all you do, knowing how to play well slowly is also highly useful. you should be able to do both.

playing in this style will require you to warm up your fingers so that you can stretch and move them properly without damaging your finger/arm muscles and being unable to play. good warmup exercises can be found in guitar magazines and also online. if you have any questions about anything i've mentioned, feel free to e-mail me: [e-mail]

Answer 2

Death Metal Guitar Scales

Answer 3

Death Metal Scales

Answer 4

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Good scales for death metal?
Are there any good scales I can practice if I'm really wanting to play death metal. Mostly for sweep picking and such.

Answer 5

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Answer 6

Any kind of scales are good.....major, minor etc....get a book on scales and do them all....scales can do nothing but make you a better player, it doesn't matter what ones you play.....just play them all !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 7

Scales are scales, just do them all, major and minor. Arpeggios and pentatonic scales too. Just do them every day. (what's 'sweep picking'?)

Answer 8

minor harmonic....minor.....melodic minor if your no rookie but i guess you are...penatonic scale....go listen to some pink floyd ya rookie.