Flamenco Metal Riffing

Hey GMC!

Since you guys have asked me, I have decided to come back and take the idea of combining modern metal with flamenco a bit further. This passage is a part of a song I wrote about 3-4 years ago and it's closely linked with my Flamenco Metal Solo lesson.

It will help you with understanding how to use the Phrygian Dominant mode in combination with a dropped tuning - Drop C, in order to create this specific mixture of styles. As I have also stated in the spoken video - check out Ill Nino, as they are the best exponent of combining the two styles so far!

Combining time signatures is also a very interesting approach, as it will bring dynamic into the music - 3/4 is slow and balanced, while 4/4 is a bit more aggressive and straightforward, pulling the listener towards it and bringing him back right away before he realizes what actually happened - rhythm is our friend and it can help us in a lot of ways.

Let's check out the benefits of this lesson:

- Right hand/ rhythmic development
- Alternate picking
- Phrygian Dominant riffing
- Mixing time signatures

Tuning: Drop C - C G C F A D

Meter: 3/4 and 4/4

Tempo: 180 BPM

Scales: C Phrygian Dominant

Tone settings:

Gear: PRS Paul Allender guitar connected to the AMT SS20 preamp having the Lead Channel activated with the following settings:

Bass: 10 o'clock
Mid: 8 o'clock
Highs: 1 o'clock
Gain: 1 o'clock