want darker key

[thomas666]

i'm starting to make instrumental songs i already made 2, but both of them are in the scale of c minor (because i like the sound and it's super easy on drop c) but i'm getting tired of c minor, i can't come up with new riffs or anything, so can anyone tell me of a new scale i could use, something darker, like opeth or kalmah
tnx

[rokr258]

thats the 5th fret in drop C.
its placement on the neck allows you do to some cool things with the chords below the root instead o just above it. for example, if youre in F minor, you can use that open C major chord to do some cool stuff in harmonic minor, which is about as dark as it gets, hahah

[thomas666]

thats the 5th fret in drop C.
its placement on the neck allows you do to some cool things with the chords below the root instead o just above it. for example, if youre in F minor, you can use that open C major chord to do some cool stuff in harmonic minor, which is about as dark as it gets, hahah

i'm talking about scales, i use the c minor scale for my songs, that's why i need a darker scale and maybe something eerie

[trueguitarhero]

I'd say tune your guitar up to D standard and **** with D minor and G minor, or you could always go the BFMV route and use D minor in Drop C, with that open C as an accent (see 10 Years Today or All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)

[thomas666]

I'd say tune your guitar up to D standard and **** with D minor and G minor, or you could always go the BFMV route and use D minor in Drop C, with that open C as an accent (see 10 Years Today or All These Things I Hate (Revolve Around Me)
i've heard them thry are nice but i need something darker

[MapOfYourHead]

i-vi-...to somewhere... In Am it would be Am-Fm

i-iii-...to somewhere... In Am it would be Am-Cm

build your riff around that progression, And you don't have to stick to the "basic chords", In the i-iii you can use a m/M7 (minor chord with a major 7th) chord for the iii to great effect- In Am it would be Cm/M7.

You should also experiment with semitone intervals ringing out like;

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or

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etc etc