metal guitar
Heavy riff machine
A metal guitar is an electric guitar configured for heavy metal music—typically with high-output pickups, a solid body, and hardware suited to aggressive playing techniques like palm muting and fast alternate picking.
The term also describes the playing style itself, characterized by heavy distortion, drop tunings, and technical precision: He's been practicing metal guitar for years.
- shredTorn fragment
- distortionTwisting from original state
- riffRepeated musical phrase
- double bassLargest bowed string instrument
- ampSignal strength increaser
heavy · thrash · solo · pickup · whammy · headbang · frets · overdrive · mosh · power chord · gain · crunch · tremolo · feedback · screaming · black · death · fuzz
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Acoustic with nylon strings
acoustic guitar · clean tone · folk guitar · unplugged · unamplified
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Unplugged stringed instrument for traditional music
smooth jazz · elevator music · muzak · adult contemporary · folk music
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Unplugged stringed instrument
classical guitar · flamenco guitar · unamplified · nylon string
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