Heavy metal gallop
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A gallop is a beat or rhythm typically used in metal songs, eighth-sixteenth-sixteenth (
), played on the rhythm guitar or drum kit (strum or drum pattern), mostly using a double kick pedal.
The gallop is usually formed around this skeleton:
H- x---x---x---x---| S- ----o-------o---| B- o-ooo-ooo-ooo-oo|
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This rhythmic figure may be used on palm muted power chords providing accompanimental rhythmic ostinati on the rhythm guitar (<phonos file="Heavy metal gallop guitar Wolf Marshall.mid">Play example</phonos>[1]),[2][3] and may be heard in the introduction to Deep Purple's "Highway Star",[4] as well as their "Hard Lovin' Man" and Black Sabbath's "Children of the Grave" and "Air Dance".[5] Also Metallica's "Motorbreath" and, more famously, "The Four Horsemen".[6] The pattern has also been used by group such as Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Slayer and Black Sabbath.[1] Variations include triplet gallop rhythms (<phonos file="Heavy metal gallop guitar triplet.mid">Play</phonos>).[7]
This pattern has also been used in many non-metal songs. A classic example is the Scott Walker single "Jacky" released in 1967.[citation needed]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marshall, Wolf (1993). The Wolf Marshall Guitar Method: Basics, Vol. II, p.24. Hal Leonard. ISBN 9780793516100.
- ↑ Consumer Dummies (2014). Guitar All-In-One For Dummies, p.144. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 9781118872062.
- ↑ Stang, Aaron and Warner, Daniel (1996). Guitar rock shop, Volume 3, p.6. Alfred. ISBN 9781576237311.
- ↑ Hal Leonard (2011). Rock Bass Songs for Dummies, unpaginated. Hal Leonard. ISBN 9781458434937.
- ↑ Popoff, Martin (2011). Black Sabbath FAQ: All That's Left to Know on the First Name in Metal, p.237 & 247. Backbeat. ISBN 9781617131097.
- ↑ Pillsbury, Glenn (2013). Damage Incorporated: Metallica and the Production of Musical Identity, unpaginated. ISBN 9781136091223.
- ↑ Woods, Tricia and Green, Raleigh (2008). The Versatile Guitarist, p.58. Alfred Music. ISBN 9780739048054.
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