Members Burn Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 Is it? Obviously it's significantly more comfortable to play the thing alternate picked. I think John Petrucci of DT was alternate picking it when they covered it, but I'm not sure about how James Hetfield plays it. I have been half-assing it for about 10 years, so I just decided today that I want to get this song right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chezdon Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 Well to me it sounds {censored} alternate picked. So I downpick it all and by the end of the song I'm looking a bit like Popeye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members tlbonehead Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 Breast strokes, the way it sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ProjectBert Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 That's why I can't follow that damn intro -_- xD let me try and do it with alternates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JimAnsell Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 i mastered the hetfield "only downstroke" technique when i first started playing.i didn't even think about it... thats what listening to metallica religiously did to me back then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Neemo Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 all down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members EdgeOfDarkness Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 yeah, I can play down strokes like no ones business...It was the alternate picking I had to work on in my early years.The guitarist we have now tries to alternate pick EVERYTHING, I am constantly jumping his ass to down stroke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Uncle_Milton Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 I play almost everything alternate. It sounds good enough and if you play it faster than the recorded tempo it's impressive enough that no one will notice or care but the Metallica elitests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JMPMarshall Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 The record is at least. Live they cheated on anything James had to sing over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members CaseyMAN Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 I think downstrokes sounds better.. But some things you just have to alternate pick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jnurp Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 that song gives me all sorts of trouble still to this day and i have been playing since that {censored}ing song came out lol! the intro is not as hard for me to play as opposed to the verse...that song makes my forearm burnnnnnnnn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oblivion DC Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 Master of Puppets is all downstrokes. Play it right or don't play it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burn Posted April 27, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 yeah, I can play down strokes like no ones business...It was the alternate picking I had to work on in my early years.The guitarist we have now tries to alternate pick EVERYTHING, I am constantly jumping his ass to down stroke. Exactly... Somehow, over the years, I got used to alternate picking everything, even rhythms that I can easily downstroke. So I'm trying to un-learn "proper technique" at this point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tommy Horrible Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 On a seperate but related note: Is angel of death all down strokes? Because if it is Holy Shit thats fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Burn Posted April 27, 2008 Author Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 that song gives me all sorts of trouble still to this day and i have been playing since that fucking song came out lol! the intro is not as hard for me to play as opposed to the verse...that song makes my forearm burnnnnnnnn! Yeah, me too. I just think because I tried so hard to learn that song when I was just starting guitar, I programmed in some terrible technique there I should be able to play it, logically... But I just can't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jaytee123 Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 Master of Puppets is all downstrokes. Play it right or don't play it at all. Except for the solos...:poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -PlagueAsAForm- Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 On a seperate but related note: Is angel of death all down strokes? Because if it is Holy Shit thats fast. No, there's no way that's all downstrokes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Oblivion DC Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 Except for the solos...:poke: I stand corrected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rushtallica Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 Well to me it sounds shit alternate picked. So I downpick it all and by the end of the song I'm looking a bit like Popeye. Agreed. I can play thrash all day -- except all those songs that are almost fully downpicked. I wear out and start to slow up a bit too much before a song like MoP is over and just had to reason with myself a decade or so ago that apparently I just wasn't meant to play that way. I can't feel too bad about it; apparently Petrucci is in the same boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members StevePage Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 My previous band used to cover it and when we first started, we we're really struggling. But the key to it is to really warm up before hand. Stretching too. Also, making sure all the movement is in the wrist otherwise you'll tire yourself out before the chorus. I built up the stamina in my right arm over time and this song helps out alot with building stamina. Take it slow at first then gradually build it up. Then let loose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chezdon Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 Yeah it's a great exercise. I play the intro over and over until I'm sweating to build up the strength/stamina in my picking hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeloAngelo Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 everything metallica ever plays is downstrokes unless its physically impossible to downstroke. like the galloping riff in disposable heroes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mavesicles Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 MOP isn't hard to downstroke at speed. I've got a fast picking hand though, which some of you may not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Chezdon Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 MOP isn't hard to downstroke at speed. I've got a fast picking hand though, which some of you may not? Here, have a cookie. :blah: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mavesicles Posted April 27, 2008 Members Share Posted April 27, 2008 Here, have a cookie. :blah: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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