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''Thrash Metal'' is a sub-genre of rock that focused on aggressive, "underground" sound. This meant heavily distorted guitars, screamed vocals, and up-tempo songs with non-stop drumming. Guitars typically played riffs, rarely playing sustained chords. Riffs took inspiration from both blues and classical compositions. Fast guitar solos were also prominent. Popular thrash artists are ''Metallica'', ''Megadeth'', and ''Pantera''.
== Riff-based Tonality ==
Thrash artists rarely played even basic triad chords, instead focusing on riffs. A riff at its most basic level is simply a repeating single-note melody line. While rock music generally expanded upon this, thrash took it to the next level. Given that heavy distortion tends to compress the sound, using conventional dynamics by altering picking strength provided little tonal difference. Additionally, thrash's absurdly fast tempos made it difficult to apply contrasting picking strength during a riff. Seeking contrast for the notes inside riffs, artists expanded some notes as power chords while palm muting others.
=== Scale ===
Tonality mostly came from the scale the riffs were played in.
=== Pedal Points ===
== Black Notes (Metal's Blue Notes) ==
== Shred ==
== Riff-based Tonality ==
Thrash artists rarely played even basic triad chords, instead focusing on riffs. A riff at its most basic level is simply a repeating single-note melody line. While rock music generally expanded upon this, thrash took it to the next level. Given that heavy distortion tends to compress the sound, using conventional dynamics by altering picking strength provided little tonal difference. Additionally, thrash's absurdly fast tempos made it difficult to apply contrasting picking strength during a riff. Seeking contrast for the notes inside riffs, artists expanded some notes as power chords while palm muting others.
=== Scale ===
Tonality mostly came from the scale the riffs were played in.
=== Pedal Points ===
== Black Notes (Metal's Blue Notes) ==
== Shred ==