Heavy metal performance techniques

voice type

musical chord composed of a root (tonal) note and its respective fifth

thumb|Erik Mongrain demonstrating the technique

type of drum beat

singing style that is popular in "aggressive" music genres

virtuoso lead guitar solo playing style

muting technique for guitar

guitar technique to achieve artificial harmonics in which the player's thumb or index finger on the picking hand slightly catches the string after it is picked, canceling the fundamental frequency of the string, letting one of the harmonics dominate

guitar technique