This came up in the discord today, and many of us learned we've been living a lie. So, how do you play the descending chromatic part of the Master of Puppets intro?
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How do YOU play the Master of Puppets riff?
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Yeah, I've always played it on the 7th fret of the A string, but it is true that 12th fret of the E string has a different timbre. It seems like a pretty common mistake that even a real expert'd make, especially if you learn it by ear. And when I first learned the song, I had never seen a live performance of the song, YouTube didn't exist, and I had no way of checking where his fingers were.
There's actually a song I wrote last year that starts around the 12th fret of the low B string, but I started thinking about how difficult it would be to play live while singing, so I came up with a version that doesn't sound quite as good in my opinion but uses all the same notes that starts on the 7th fret of the low E string. That one I can actually play without looking at my fingers, while the one I wrote the song on I will occasionally accidentally be a fret off if I don't look at my fingers when playing the riff (which happens when making huge jumps from high frets to low frets or low frets to high frets without looking).
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Funny thing about this is when I originally learnt it from an ascii tab I learnt it the correct way. This was way back when guitar was just a thing I messed with in high school at break times as drums were my instrument.
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Originally posted by Hulk Krogan View PostDon't expect much, it's not like I'm a Rocket Surgeon...
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Originally posted by Chris View PostNon silly post: I've never cared about playing covers the "right" way. Whichever way you want to play them is correct. They're covers, they're supposed to be fun.
Originally posted by Budda View PostNo one has said what the right way is
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Originally posted by Chris View PostNon silly post: I've never cared about playing covers the "right" way. Whichever way you want to play them is correct. They're covers, they're supposed to be fun.
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