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Posted by: Jeffrey Sep 3 2007, 09:26 AM

Hey Pavel, when I started playing I learned major pentatonic shapes and now when i switched into a more metal style my pentatonic blues keep coming back ( lol i got the blues! ) I want to know how to bend without making it sound bluesy. and also if the E Aeolian scale will work(I think you said something about this) anyways can't wait for the news!

-jeffrey

Posted by: Pavel Sep 3 2007, 05:45 PM

What i suggest is to learn minor and harmonic minor scales. Pentatonic scale by itself sounds bluesy so you can't expect playing blues/pentatonic scale to sound metal. You of course can use pentatonic scales in metal but than you have to use pentatonic 3 notes per string boxes and shred them.

Metal is more minor oriented so you'll have to break out of pentatonic to get into metal.

Posted by: Twibeard Oct 29 2007, 08:21 PM

I had the same question actually.
But where do you "go" when you break out of the pentatonic boxes?
Or is there some other Scale I should practise to get more of a metal-feeling sound??

Posted by: Pavel Oct 29 2007, 08:35 PM

Metal has a lot to do with specific rhythms. You can't play metal riffs over a jazzy drum rhythm. If you don't know where to start - learn all of my HEAVY METAL FOR BEGINNERS lessons to get started with metal. As for metal soloing - you'll have to learn and get comfortable with other scales than just pentatonic.

Start learning scales, and AP lessons.

Posted by: steve25 Oct 29 2007, 10:28 PM

Yeah and also isn't it what you do with those scales? There are some metal guitar players that play with pentatonic scales but a lot go furhter. I try to add outside notes to my pentatonic scale playing and 90% of the time it sounds good so i can play 3 note per string with pentatonics