r/metalguitar

Ik its like a polar opposite genre to play on a jaguar but it's too late to go back so i gotta know which one would be better, or if theres another one that would be better.

I’m new to the genre as a player and I was wondering what are some hallmark concepts like scales or chords or intervals that make up the metal sound?

For example: early rock and roll uses the 1-4-5, actually a lot of genres do…but you get the idea hopefully thanks everyone I want to get started learning the style and would be grateful for some listen suggestions too!

I’m not new to guitar, just to fast Metal. I’ve played a lot of Sabbath and Doomy stuff like Eyehategod and Sleep. I played Bluegrass for a while so the speed thing is not completely new either. I just don’t really know where to start with this genre, so much of it seems completely inaccessible. I was thinking maybe just go and learn a bunch of songs by the band Death. idk, what do yall think?

Ive been playing guitar for a good amount of time, a few years on and off. I’ve been practicing much more recently and playing much more as my music taste has expanded a lot. I’ve been listening to a lot of Cryptopsy and Dying Fetus. But as of now a song like Grotesque Impalement for example is impossible for me to play for more than 5 seconds without getting uncontrollably sore and worn out. So I’ve been practicing with my favorite band Death, specifically Pull The Plug. I can play that really prog part fine, but when it gets into the next part after that kind of dark triad bridge thing, when it’s pretty fast picking, I get worn out pretty quickly again.

I know I probably have poor technique but where it hurts most is my forearm and shoulder believe it or not haha, I kind of instinctively lock and tense my shoulder into place and I’ve been trying to just not tense up while playing but its kind of hard not to when you are playing more intense music. I’ve mostly played blues and jazz before this so my articulation is fine, it’s really just picking I have a real problem with.

Has anyone else gone through this struggle? How did you get over it, and do you have any tips for me while practicing? What should I be doing to get better at this? I will obviously put in the time and effort I just don’t necessarily know what I should be doing.

Help me settle this

My husband used to play a 6 string electric guitar back in middle and high school. However he’s a huge metal head and really wants an 8 string. It’s been almost 15 years since he last played and he’s expressed wanting to get back into it. I’m thinking of purchasing him one for Christmas. However I want to know would an 8 string be too much for him to relearn on? And can he play other genres on it that aren’t metal without it being too much of an issue? And if you have any beginner friendly guitars you love that aren’t going to break the bank please let me know!

Bought a baritone a couple of weeks ago for playing other kinds of music and I've been slowly getting into playing metal, does anyone have any recommendations for drop-A/B-standard tunings that would be viable for someone who's a little new to metal? My left hand is fine but I'm still adjusting to fast picking etc in the right hand etc.

Apologies for the noobish question.

Is Jackson X Series Soloist SLX DX Granite Crystal a good guitar for metal ?

So just recently, I think I realized a big mistake I was making with my practice (among many other big mistakes lol). I'm a 5 year intermediate player, and generally used my medium and difficult song(s) as gauges to see where I need to focus on. Then I would find songs or bands that generally used those techniques a lot and would practice technique through song learning. Obviously, this is probably still short changing me without having specific exercises and all that. I'm considering getting an instructor soon to try out.

But I think one big mistake I've been doing for the last year or so is my difficult song was.....just too difficult. It was too far outside the range of my abilities that progress was minimal to none, and only gave me frustration and self-doubt. So I decided to drop that and just treat it as a "hopefully one day" song.

But that made me start thinking, how do others not only identify their weak areas but how do you prioritize and lay out practice routines to make progress in those areas?

Some examples of my actual weak areas: hand tension (mostly in my fretting hand), picking/fretting efficiency, string skipping. I play mostly metal as my first love, but I'm not confined to only playing metal.