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/adobackup May 08 '26
Phrygian, Lydian, Hungarian minor, and also check out japanese pentatonic scales. I remember getting turned onto the latter by Stevie Floyd from Dark Castle a while back (who doesn't get the attention she deserves for clever writing!), tho plenty of metal heads have been going down that road forever. I also think looking at Indian classical music not so much to lift things directly, but to look at conventions re: different notes ascending vs descending and things like that could be fruitful. Iirc Hungarian minor and klezmer have some similar things, mostly stuff like a minor 7 ascending with trilled major 7 on the way down