The beginnings of heavy metal and the instruments used to make it can arguably be traced back to the early days of the electric guitar and the work done by inventors and innovators like George Beauchamp (inventor of the first electric guitar), Adolph Rickenbacker, Paul Barth, and Les Paul.

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2. The beginnings of heavy metal and the instruments used to make it
can arguably be traced back to the early days of the electric guitar
and the work done by inventors and innovators like George
Beauchamp (inventor of the first electric guitar), Adolph
Rickenbacker, Paul Barth, and Les Paul. Without their work and the
work and the contributions of countless others guitars that you
plugged in would not be a reality and, indeed, if heavy metal was
ever created it would have taken on a very different form.
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3. Starting in the early 70s and continuing on today heavy metal has
taken shape as a musical art form played plugged in a very loud.
The basic instruments used include the guitar, bass, vocals and
drums. Many different variations of the guitar can be found from a
basic six string to seven or eight string guitars and even very large
Warr guitars which can have as many as fifteen strings. Bass guitars
used range from 3 to 6 strings and drum sets anywhere from a
single drum to very large and complex kits like the one played by
Mark Temperato which includes over 500 pieces. Due to the nature
of heavy metal, it's tuning, speed, and emphasis on rhythm, most
drums used by drummers will include a double bass.
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4. As metal progressed the artists responsible for shaping it began to
experiment with different sounds. Early use of keyboards used in
heavy metal can be traced back to even some of the most early
practitioners who would used this electric piano-type instrument to
sound like a myriad of other instruments from the piano to a full
orchestra. Other early experimentation with instruments used to
make metal include the band AC/DC's decision to include bagpipes
in their song It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock 'n'
Roll). This example may be the very first of such an unusual
instrument being used in heavy metal and was the decision of band
member Bon Scott who played as a child.
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5. From that point on the community of musicians and fans became
more accepting of different, "experimental" instruments in their
music which eventually gave way to a style that revolutionized and
forever changed "accepted" instruments in metal-black metal. More
specifically, second-wave, Norwegian black metal. With its roots in
thrash metal and traditional Norwegian folk music, black metal
musicians began experimenting with everything from acoustic
guitars to tin whistles, harps, traditional drums, the hurdy-gurdy,
bagpipes, and just about any folk instrument you could imagine.
The new-found freedom within black metal helped other, more
confined styles of heavy metal to branch out as well and work with
other instruments.
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6. Since the early 1990s the instruments that have come to take part in
making heavy metal, while many are formed around a base of basic
guitars, bass, and drums have become almost innumerable. It is not
unusual anymore to hear a band experimenting with the sound of
choirs, full orchestras, Sumerian sounds, the sitar, and even banjos
to complement their music.
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7. Thank you for reading!