
And Ken Candelas, the Metal Music Theory master breaks this riff down making it easy to understand what's happening. And he shows you how you can use this concept and theory to make your riffs and music sound more EVIL!
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This is a great and simple way to create metal music, riffs, and progressions. These are just half-steps we're playing.
Also, you'll notice that the first half-step is going down while the next half-step comes up.
EXTRA TIPS: Also try different techniques when applying this concept (and any music concept). For example, we started this metal riff with fast alternate, or tremolo picking. This gave it a death metal feel and sound.
You also heard these notes being played with power chords. This gave it a more black metal vibe and sound. So you can experiment with different techniques along with different notes so come up with different textures in your music.
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