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								| league |  |  |  
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									Joined: way back United States   Lessons: 2Karma : 10    | I listen to a lot of metal.Lately i've been listening to a band called Son of Bodom and I wanted to know what kind of scale they play in the Neoclassical Metal genre.Usually it sounds very melodic. |  
						
							
								| InFlames |  |  |  
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 | Do you mean Children Of Bodom?If so Alexi uses pentatonic a lot when soloing
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									Joined: way back Lessons: 8Karma : 1    | agree with Inflames also certain other scales can give you a melodic sound as well.  |  
						
							
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 | You could also learn some melodic and harmonic minor as well, I don't think Alexi used those too often but it will give you a melodic sound for sure. |  
						
							
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									Joined: way back United Kingdom   Lessons: 1Karma : 20   Moderator | Bodom also like using the diminished scale as well. It gives that sort of uneasiness and tension to the music. Son of Bodom? lol I haven't heard that one before, although my friend once called them 'Children of Bodmin'.
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									Joined: 04 Jan 2007 United Kingdom   Licks: 1Karma : 11   Moderator | lol I thought they were called Children Of Bodom but I'm not a massive fan of power/death metal so I didn't want to point it out if I was wrong. :) Yeah, minor pentatonic and melodic and harmonic minor. |  
						
							
								| league |  |  |  
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									Joined: way back United States   Lessons: 2Karma : 10    | I messed up. I knew they were called Children of Bodom lol.Thanks for the info. |  | 
 
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