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Awesome! This was one of the first metal songs I've ever learned on guitar, and learning from Guitar Pro, I've never questioned the timing - but listening care
by bheadmaster 3y ago
Awesome!
This was one of the first metal songs I've ever learned on guitar, and learning from Guitar Pro, I've never questioned the timing - but listening carefully now, the 5/8 bar seems to actually fit in 3/8. It's like they had the metronome on when playing (or just Lars being a bozo), then tried to fit the riff into the time.
Whatever it is, the real recording definitely sounds better than the surgically-precise Guitar Pro playback.
- osigurdson 3y agoBut... do you play it all using downstrokes?
- bheadmaster 3y agoOf course. What else would I practice downstrokes for since puberty?
- osigurdson 3y agoGood to hear. I have an unpopular opinion that it actually doesn't matter that much. I don't like how they play this live, only playing the E string with light downstrokes. It sounds much better in my opinion to play the full 5th. There are other songs where downstrokes make a lot of difference but not this one imo. I expect many down votes for this opinion on downstrokes but prefer not to "live on my knees, conformity".
- bheadmaster 3y agoI agree, I always use my index finger to press the second fret to get that E 5th for the palm mute, then use middle finger and pinky to do the G-A-A#-A 5ths. One peculiar thing about the riff is how the chorus is actually played B-B-B-B-C-B-C-C-C-C-D#-B, but I always thought it was C-C-C-C-C-B-C-C-C-C-D#-B, since that's how it sounds on the recording. But tabs always say it's B. I guess they just palm muted it really hard...