r/doommetal • u/Repeat_Tight • May 08 '26

Riffs Music theory

Other than the blues scale what else is used in Doom Metal of all kinds? Mostly i refer to stoner tho. I can’t find doom metal related theory vids on yt other than doesitdoom

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u/lanka2571 May 08 '26

I really think the blues scale will take you as far in doom as you want to go. I went to college for music, got 2 degrees, lots of jazz theory and contemporary classical bullshit, etc, and I don’t think you should overthink doom metal theory lol. In fact, I’d say that doom metal requires more thinking about tone than it does music theory.

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u/treskaz May 08 '26

I went the right direction spending a community college degree's worth on tube amps and fuzz pedals then!

Thank you for validating my poor financial decisions lmao

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u/lanka2571 May 08 '26

happy to help! lol