Heavy Metal Bass Scales

10 heavy metal guitar scales you should know i ve specifically named this lesson metal guitar scales but of course you can play any damn scale you want whether it be pentatonic major minor whatever.

Heavy metal bass scales.

Countless metal riffs use the pentatonic scale and metal lead guitarists often use it in solos. 480 232 views added to favorites 11 411 times. It sounds great over power chords and minor chord progressions. Major and minor scales bass tab by lessons scales.

Phrygian in all 12 keys. Learn the five most popular scales used in metal music. David warren ellefson born november 12 1964 is an american musician. Looking for another terrifying challenging killer new bass riff.

Author zeroisgreatman a 2 153. You ll be sounding ultra evil in no time. 3 contributors total last edit on jun 28 2017. He is the bassist co founder and second longest serving member of heavy metal band megadeth in addition to playing bass guitar in megadeth ellefson also has various side projects which include temple of brutality f5 killing machine and metal allegiance.

What i ll do is go through some of the more specialized scales used in heavy metal scales that really complement the dark and aggressive. This video is about the best metal scales in existence. A g major chord is going to be the same in jazz as it is in country as it is in metal. In this video i show you a metal riff based on the harmonic minor scale.

E a d g. The pentatonic minor scale is widely used in many styles of music not just in metal. With the exception of the major scale i would consider learning chords arpeggios first before learning scales. It is a relatively simple scale consisting of just five notes.