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Matthew "Matt" Kiichi Heafy (born January 26, 1986)〔(Matt Heafy biography @Trivium.org )〕 is a Japanese-American musician, best known as the guitarist and lead vocalist〔http://www.bravewords.com/news/166747〕 for the American heavy metal band Trivium. Heafy is also the lead vocalist for the band Capharnaum, along with Trivium's former producer Jason Suecof. ==Biography== Heafy was born in Iwakuni, Japan to an Irish-American father and a Japanese mother. Although Heafy was born in Japan, he lived there for only one year. His family then moved to Orlando, Florida, where he currently resides. Heafy learned to play the saxophone in years leading up to becoming more serious on guitar at the age of twelve. Heafy attended Lake Brantley High School. He completed his senior year while also touring in Europe, and graduated in 2004. He currently plays a custom Gibson 7-string guitar. He used 6-string guitars for Trivium's first two albums, utilizing standard tuning and Drop D tuning on ''Ember to Inferno'', and solely drop D tuning on ''Ascendancy''. On Trivium's third record, ''The Crusade'', he returned to standard tuning and performed some songs on 7-string guitars. On ''Shogun'', Heafy used 7-string guitars almost exclusively, with only two songs using a 6-string. For Trivium's fifth studio album ''In Waves'', Heafy returned to using solely 6-string guitars and used drop C# tuning similar to the drop D as seen on ''Ascendancy''. For Vengeance Falls, Trivium's 6th effort, Heafy continued to solely use 6 string guitars tuned to Drop C#. However, for the recording of Trivium's seventh studio album "Silence In The Snow", Heafy used both 6 and 7-string guitars, tuned to Drop C#, B Flat Standard and Drop A Flat. Heafy does not know formal music theory, and was almost completely self-taught. However, he does know how to read sheet music, but can only apply it on the saxophone and banjo. "Self taught for quite a bit of it, did lessons on and off for maybe two or three years, but I do not know anything formal music on guitar. I do on saxophone though…but that doesn’t help me on guitar."〔 On January 10, 2010, Heafy married Ashley Howard in Orlando, Florida. The wedding was attended by close friends and family. Matt still often uses the same first Gibson Les Paul he got from his father, in both a live and studio setting. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Matt Heafy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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