What's the best notes to use for metal?

[Burlington]

The drums have to be so fast that only computers can listen to it, and only use the brown note so you crap yourself, and the singer is a T-rex. Best metal band ever.

 

[Corvetti]

Any notes that will bring out all the anger in me for the pit...

 

[Gawd]

Yep, Jeroen is certainly versatile, he actually started playing bass for a flamenco band. IMO he shatters the metal bassist stereotype of having no musical knowledge, he has studied microtonality for so long he has each octave divided into 72, that's 4 microtones in each semitone, I think that is pretty impressive.

Actually, it's 6 tones in a semitone. I've been studying the 72-edo and it's really opened doors. Basically the intervals in the temperament are (from largest to smallest) whole tone, half tone, 5/12 tone, third tone, quarter tone, sixth tone, and twelfth tone. Although of course playing fretless allows even smaller intervals than 12th tones, like 16th tones (if you train enough to hear them)

 

[BoomHeadshot]

All I really have to say is Ryan Martinie of Mudvayne. My favourite basslines of his were from older cds.
Oh and quarter note As (27.5hertz) all the time.

 

[nukes_da_bass]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYZLp1jhpHI

Disproven.

It wasn't a thesis- is was a joke

Isn't this the bass humor section?

Great tune you posted by the way.
When I tried to play fretless in a hair band 20 years ago they kept asking me to "buy a real bass".

 

[IbanezBass69]

All I really have to say is Ryan Martinie of Mudvayne. My favourite basslines of his were from older cds.
Oh and quarter note As (27.5hertz) all the time.

I love when Ryan is brought up. He is by far my favorite bass player, just a monster tower of metal. And, at the same time, such a MUSICIAN! The bassline that continues to throw me off is the one in IMN. The way he drives that song is just.... oh man, now I have to go listen to it. *Runs off to Mudvayne's website*

 

[HolmeBass]

The most brutal notes are the best for metal.

 

[BoomHeadshot]

Not enough people seem to know of Ryan Martinie. And IMN and Nothing to Gein are defenitely my 2 favourite basslines of his.

 

[ThunderousFunk]

What does it really matter, no one is gonna hear, or pay attention to you anyways........except other bassists!!!

 

[boo9]

the best notes for metal include, but are not limited to: minor thirds, perfect fifts, minor sixts, minor OR major sevents and of course ye olde' augmented fourths/diminished fifts.

other notes may be just as, or even more usefull.

 

[4001]

B, C, D & E.

It's worked for Iron Maiden for over thirty years.

 

[TomA1234]

E,Eb and F
I think that they may just be the most commonly used notes by Metallica (at least in enter sandman, load and Re load)