Hi agin :D ! I have a bit of a problem: wenever i try to improvise metal, it just ends up sounding bluesy. How do u imp. metal???
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Try playing it three frets down the neck - making minor major - and ramp up the distortion.
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Three frets lower than wha> I accually meant that whatever i play just sounds bluesy(nit that im unhappy bout it), but when it comes to heavy metal, it just sounds like blues.
"No pain No gain!"- The Scorpions
Maybe speed it up? When I play bluesy type stuff it is usally slow.
I would try speeding it up and maybe double or triple some of the notes.
Good luck and have fun with it.
Maybe try some thicker strings... I use ernie ball's slinky... cant remember exactly which size but they're the second fattest they make. Adds a good crunch to your playing, also try to learn pinch harmonics, they can add a very metalic sound to your solo improv's...
Here is a site that tells the technique, it's very hard to master but once u get the hang of it you'll love it.
http://www.ibreathemusic.com/article/38/1
There is a good example of pinch harmonics on pantera's cemetery gates. And listen to what tracker say's.. I've noticed metal solo's like to cram allot of notes in each bar. Play around with your hammer and pull-offs as well.
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While strings will change the sound, its more your playing style that will do it.
Do some fast runs, trill picking, sweeping, and wide vibrato. I'm not a metal player, but that should help I'd imagine.
Best I can figure is to crank the distortion and instead of ending on a note and using vibrato, pull a nice big ol' bend, and don't be afraid to use some non-bluesy stuff (different scales, chromatic scales, etc.)
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you gotta learn your theory. best thing to do is take one of your favorite metal solos, analyze like REALLY in depth. wat scales were used. how were the notes arranged. wat patterns were repeated. wat techniques.....
for example, kirk hammett likes to use lots of triplets and he does lots of arpeggios and picked out triads, then he repeats the riff really fast many times. then puts in fill work until he reaches a new riff
