This new series is just tremendous! Your insights are always appreciated and always bring new excitement and enjoyment and a better understanding to these tunes! Ace lesson Nico! 🤘
Awesome, a sequel to the series! This song is probably a good opportunity for me to stop Hetfielding my way through every riff, and adopt proper picking technique (unless, of course, I'm playing Metallica. In which case I SHOULD downpick). What I really appreciate about your explanation is that it's not a "open E string, third fret on the E string, then fifth fret on the E string" kind of instruction manual that is basically tablature read out loud; you take your time to go through the musical theory involved and provide further insight to WHY a particular riff is written the way it is. Thank you so much!
Hetfielding it's a pretty good, interesting and hilarious term😁. The last month l pay more attention to the Number of the Beast album and surprise- surprise l find out that Cliff (RIP), since TNOTB is a part of his collection, used certain parts for all the 1st 3 albums of Metallica.
Yeah there are some cool little subtleties in this one (and a lot of their songs, really) so I find they're a good way to work on specific skills within the context of an actual song. LOL @ Hetfielding! The good thing about down picking though is that once you've built up the stamina and speed, you have a useful technique down - and even some Maiden songs use that sometimes! It's just good to have various picking patterns down so that you can use the most appropriate one for every situation 😊 And as for the "reading tabs aloud" bit (that one made me laugh too) I actually wanted to purposely avoid doing that because that sort of thing makes me crazy 😄 I just can't follow like that... Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the great feedback! Cheers 🤜🤛
Big thank you for these beginner/inter videos. Glad you have the patience to teach those of us with more thumbs than fingers lol. Also massive respect for including the tab in the description, it really is a must have for these videos to ensure people don't try and find another video with the tab. I am sounding like Maiden, though slower lol. But its progress! I'll be coming back to this video many times Thank You
Those tabs definitely take a lot more work but I figured they would be helpful to many of those for whom these lessons were intended. 😊 Really makes me happy to hear these tutorials are useful. Cheers! 🤘
@@LicksOfTheBeast Very useful. I'm back playing guitar after a 25 year break when i decided that dance music was my passion, and spent all of my time learning turntables instead. Though i always regretted not putting more time into the guitar, so about 6 months ago i bought an ibanez gio and a jackson kelly ( my dream guitar) with a cheap marshall amp and set about trying to learn the music i loved before the 90's happened. I'm at a slight disadvantage has i had to have my little finger re attached to my hand after an accident, but thats a story for another day lol
hey, I had most of this right. That's a first.. Love this song and it's a great one. Thanks Nico and I look forward to many more. One song I absolutely love is "The Red And The Black".The harmonies are among the best I think. It is such a beautiful song.
Definitely lots more like this to come! Funny thing about the red and the black, I didn't really love it until I saw them play it live. My appreciation for the song grew so much from that point on. Cheers 🤘
@@LicksOfTheBeast I hear you, I didn't think it was worth listening too, but then when I did, wow it is absolutely amazing with the harmonies and parts galore.. Solos are always good but these just seem to special...
Hey, thanks, man. The video plus the tabs made this so easy to follow. I'm a beginner/intermediate guitarist, and a huge Maiden fan, so this vid was perfect. Keep 'em coming. Up the Irons!!
Great lesson man. Totally quintessential classic early Maiden. If someone asked me to point them to early Di'Anno Era material this would be where I'd tell them to start for sure. Last time I saw Maiden live was back on the Death On The Road tour at the MEN arena in Manchester England and the place erupted when they launched into this one! Not to overcomplicate things here, but, I do love how Adrian has modified how he plays this live and drop ds to give the song more bottom end. It sounds brutal live these days when they include it in the set. You picked a really good one here man. This was one of the first I learned back when I was starting out. Not too difficult, but challenging enough that you feel really accomplished when you get it down.
Adrian's little embellishments have added so much since BNW - especially live! I find that learning these songs with focus on the rhythm guitar parts will really help players develop real usable skills in a musical context...and that will be useful even when learning the solos once they get there. 😊
@@LicksOfTheBeast it still amazes me that as innovative as Adrian is he'd never really experimented with drop d until he played with Bruce and met Roy Z. I love his Welcome To Tbe World album with his Psycho Motel outfit. Some really nice grooves on that record! Obviously he hasn't brought that level of heaviness to Maiden upon returning but there's definitely more meat on their bones live now and I think Adrian is more responsible for the layering of their sound live than anybody else. I like how they've calmed the tempo a bit live now too. I know that was a source of contention for Adrian and a factor in his departure. I'm sure age has played a part of course but I can't help but feel that as Steve has mellowed with age that perhaps he might've compromised a little in that aspect of their live performances. The energy is still there, but to me, the songs are so much more cohesive live now. Actually there's a lot of really good material from those first 2 albums you could do tutorials on. I'd love to see you do Strange World at some point and also dive into some of Davey's lead playing at some stage too from that song. One of my favorite early days songs. Keep on going man you're doing a great job! 👍
Thank you Nico your playing and teaching are great. I am a new guitar player and love Iron Maiden. I am working on what you show in your videos please keep them coming thank you.
Great lesson. Love this song's structure. Steve was still so free from formula rock at this point in his writing. Definitely made for one of their best albums
spot on Nico, great vid for the learners, i like the straightforward showing of the riffs to go work it out. none of this 'finger 1 on fret 7, second string down' stuff.. Great work
Glad you enjoyed it! I could never work with that "fret the B string on the seventh fret with your index" thing... By the third note I don't remember what we're even doing anymore 😂
Great lesson! Killers was my first Maiden album. I bought it back in '83. Like many other people, I picked it up because of the cover. Happily the songs were even greater than the artwork! I then went back and purchased Piece Of Mind and The Number Of The Beast. Even though their later albums are much more complex and feature more advanced 'musicianship,' Killers will always be my go-to record! Without this album, I never would have picked up an instrument myself! Thanks for the terrific work as always!
Idk how you figure this stuff out but your knowledge & expertise is unreal. Your time & effort has done you wel. As a seasoned book guitar player here I've lost many years of not playing/practicing. It has left me rusty to say the least. Cant read sheet music anymore & Mom threw out all my lesson books. Getting back into it I jst want to jam in my man cave & see if I can blow the windows out while entertaining my homies. Thank you for being here for me. Maiden is my fav & Somewhere in Time was my intro to band as well as many other firsts. Live after Death is my absolut favorite yet I've revisited the 1st two and the Debut. Killers & Piece of Mind will forever be in my car, home stereo and record player (yes I still have one) indefinately. "UP LICKS OF THE BEAST!"🤘 and as always "UP THE IRONS"🤘 . ToI can't read sheet music anymore but alwaysed played by ear anyway. Gave up the professional aspect of of it and
Thank you! I spent a whole lot of time trying to figure out the way they craft and arrange their songs, how sthey structure their guitar parts, how Dave, Jan and Adrian each approach the guitar, and of course learning the songs. I started with tab books too and of course back in the day if a good transcription book wasn't available for a given album (which was often the case) you had to learn by ear so I would spend hours with albums, and watching the live after death and Maiden England VHS tapes. So it's been a lifelong (and ongoing) study. I don't get it all right all the time but I try to be as accurate as possible considering I can't work on things forever or I'd never post anything. 😅
this is such a great Maiden song and it's super cool to play. I'm glad I was good to go with your idea of what the guys were playing. I always wonder if I'm even in the ballpark and Thanks for the confirmation of that Nico.. This is a great series!!
Absolutely! It was fun to play when first learned it 32-33 years ago and it's still fun for me now. It's got a bit of everything! Glad you're enjoying the series so far 😊
@@LicksOfTheBeast sadly on my part I didn't get into Iron Maiden til late. Hope I didn't shock anyone.. when I read read these posts about people being Maidens for years, Like you just said Nico. I missed so much time.....
That's ok now you have 17 albums worth of material plus live albums to binge through! I didn't get into certain bands, movies or TV shows until waaaaaay later and it's always fun to dive into the material 😊
So great Nico! I really hope in the post pandemic world you can hold in person seminars or something. I would love for all of us to be able to get together and geek out on your lessons and breakdowns!
If there is enough interest for something like that's I'd be more than happy to do it. Hopefully at the next Maiden show here in Toronto I can meet some people to say thank you in person for the awesome support! 😊
ottima lezione! E' stato uno dei primi riff che ho imparato! Sarebbe ottimo una tab e una lezione anche sugli assoli perchè sono sempre scritti male nel caso di Wrathchild =)
Hey! Are you going to upload more beginner friendly rythm guitar tutorials? As a Maiden fan, I've been watching your channel for quite some time, but I only bought my first guitar about a month ago.
I use the Bias FX II plugin for everything right now. The only gain pedal in the chain was a Tube Screamer and the gain from both amp and pedal is set to around 4. Cheers!
Hi Nico, i just found you, great stuff man! Thank you so much! I have a problem though finding the tabs, i have a blanc page...i guess the problem is me :)
Thank you! I'm glad you found and are enjoying the channel :) It seems to not be opening correctly on the mobile app but on desktop it seems fine. I'll try linking directly here... let me know if this works: www.keepandshare.com/doc2/120609/wrathchild-full-beginner-tab-pdf-92k?da=y
@@LicksOfTheBeast thanks Nico, it worked both on my tablet and laptop! I knew most of tbe song already but now with your videos and this tab l can finetune everything! Cheers ! Pascal
That chorus part sounds like something jimi page would put together ❤️ 🤔 and then when you slow it down I'm hearing Toni Iommi, interesting, thank you, from: Scranton, Pennsylvania 👩
@@martondombovari827 I like how he adds new variations even on old riffs. He's been doing that consistently since returning to the band. I think it's an important factor in making the three guitar lineup work. He adds to the sound without overcrowding.
My accent is actually a mix of things. My first language is Italian but I grew up in Montreal where I had to go to French school and still speak English in other areas of life. I also moved back and forth between Canada and Italy a few times and I live in Toronto which a very multicultural city where you hear English being spoken in a variety of accents every day. To be fair, you are probably hearing my Italian accent more than anything though 😄
Hi Nico! I ordinarily wouldn’t post something like this because it’s pretty deep in the weeds, so to speak, but I thought if anyone would appreciate this level of detail you would, so here goes… I was playing the opening riff, and I was finding it awkward at one spot - in the second half of measure 2 when you play the single notes on string 4 (D string), they should be played in position IV, right? I was having a little trouble at the repeat, then, when playing the D note on string 5 with my middle finger, having to switch quickly to my first finger at that fret to do the power chord D5 that starts the riff over again. I stumbled into playing that note with the open string 4 instead, which gave my hand time to switch to position V smoothly to restart the riff. Does that make sense? If so, what do you think of that approach? Thanks so much for your channel, Nico. Your thoughtful approach to all things Maiden with a level of detail seldom found anywhere else is really a gift. Keep these lessons and song analyses coming, and Up the Irons!
I got used to playing it this way for some reason but I think they actually play it with the open D so what you stumbled on is likely more accurate than how I showed it here 😊 Plus it is definitely smoother!
Because it's more suitable for beginners than some of their more intricate tunes, because I explain a few things more in detail, and because it's just rhythm guitar without any of the solos 🙂
You might notice a lot of the videos have 666 likes because nobody wants to be the one to break the number of the beast 😂 It's funny but probbaly not exactly ideal for the algorithm 😬🤦🏻
As a drummer, this even makes me want to pick up a guitar and learn. Thank you for these videos.
This new series is just tremendous! Your insights are always appreciated and always bring new excitement and enjoyment and a better understanding to these tunes! Ace lesson Nico! 🤘
That's so great to hear, thank you! 🙏
Damn I’ve been trying to learn that properly for years. Thanks man. Awesome job as always
Great...wait for the part 2 with the solos !!!!!!
God bless you Nicko, for sharing your time and talent with us.
Thanks...👍
Thank YOU for watching!!
Awesome, a sequel to the series! This song is probably a good opportunity for me to stop Hetfielding my way through every riff, and adopt proper picking technique (unless, of course, I'm playing Metallica. In which case I SHOULD downpick).
What I really appreciate about your explanation is that it's not a "open E string, third fret on the E string, then fifth fret on the E string" kind of instruction manual that is basically tablature read out loud; you take your time to go through the musical theory involved and provide further insight to WHY a particular riff is written the way it is. Thank you so much!
Hetfielding it's a pretty good, interesting and hilarious term😁. The last month l pay more attention to the Number of the Beast album and surprise- surprise l find out that Cliff (RIP), since TNOTB is a part of his collection, used certain parts for all the 1st 3 albums of Metallica.
Yeah there are some cool little subtleties in this one (and a lot of their songs, really) so I find they're a good way to work on specific skills within the context of an actual song.
LOL @ Hetfielding! The good thing about down picking though is that once you've built up the stamina and speed, you have a useful technique down - and even some Maiden songs use that sometimes! It's just good to have various picking patterns down so that you can use the most appropriate one for every situation 😊
And as for the "reading tabs aloud" bit (that one made me laugh too) I actually wanted to purposely avoid doing that because that sort of thing makes me crazy 😄 I just can't follow like that...
Glad you enjoyed the video and thanks for the great feedback! Cheers 🤜🤛
Fantastic Nico! Thank you for the lesson, Wrathchild is a song I have never learned yet so this is great! UP THE IRONS 🤘
Cheers man! 🤜🤛
Been playing this song for years in bands and you’ve taught me a few little bits I was missing! Amazing video as always bro
That's awesome to hear!!! 😃
This was great Nick, along with all explanations👍
Glad you enjoyed it!!
Playing this song is really fun. All those bluesy riffs and fills are simply fantastic!
Big thank you for these beginner/inter videos. Glad you have the patience to teach those of us with more thumbs than fingers lol. Also massive respect for including the tab in the description, it really is a must have for these videos to ensure people don't try and find another video with the tab. I am sounding like Maiden, though slower lol. But its progress! I'll be coming back to this video many times Thank You
Those tabs definitely take a lot more work but I figured they would be helpful to many of those for whom these lessons were intended. 😊
Really makes me happy to hear these tutorials are useful. Cheers! 🤘
@@LicksOfTheBeast Very useful. I'm back playing guitar after a 25 year break when i decided that dance music was my passion, and spent all of my time learning turntables instead. Though i always regretted not putting more time into the guitar, so about 6 months ago i bought an ibanez gio and a jackson kelly ( my dream guitar) with a cheap marshall amp and set about trying to learn the music i loved before the 90's happened. I'm at a slight disadvantage has i had to have my little finger re attached to my hand after an accident, but thats a story for another day lol
Top tutorial! Thanks! R.i.p. Paul ❤
hey, I had most of this right. That's a first.. Love this song and it's a great one. Thanks Nico and I look forward to many more. One song I absolutely love is "The Red And The Black".The harmonies are among the best I think. It is such a beautiful song.
Definitely lots more like this to come!
Funny thing about the red and the black, I didn't really love it until I saw them play it live. My appreciation for the song grew so much from that point on. Cheers 🤘
@@LicksOfTheBeast I hear you, I didn't think it was worth listening too, but then when I did, wow it is absolutely amazing with the harmonies and parts galore.. Solos are always good but these just seem to special...
Faultless again. Couple of little bits I haven’t caught in the past like the half step bends. Make it seem waaaaay too easy.
Keep ‘em coming 🤘🏻
Thanks for this series. Great start and looking forward to more.
Thank you! Glad to know I'm on the right track 😊
Hey, thanks, man. The video plus the tabs made this so easy to follow. I'm a beginner/intermediate guitarist, and a huge Maiden fan, so this vid was perfect. Keep 'em coming. Up the Irons!!
Killers is such a good album as a whole!
Absolutely!! 🤘
Great lesson man. Totally quintessential classic early Maiden. If someone asked me to point them to early Di'Anno Era material this would be where I'd tell them to start for sure. Last time I saw Maiden live was back on the Death On The Road tour at the MEN arena in Manchester England and the place erupted when they launched into this one! Not to overcomplicate things here, but, I do love how Adrian has modified how he plays this live and drop ds to give the song more bottom end. It sounds brutal live these days when they include it in the set. You picked a really good one here man. This was one of the first I learned back when I was starting out. Not too difficult, but challenging enough that you feel really accomplished when you get it down.
Adrian's little embellishments have added so much since BNW - especially live!
I find that learning these songs with focus on the rhythm guitar parts will really help players develop real usable skills in a musical context...and that will be useful even when learning the solos once they get there. 😊
@@LicksOfTheBeast it still amazes me that as innovative as Adrian is he'd never really experimented with drop d until he played with Bruce and met Roy Z. I love his Welcome To Tbe World album with his Psycho Motel outfit. Some really nice grooves on that record! Obviously he hasn't brought that level of heaviness to Maiden upon returning but there's definitely more meat on their bones live now and I think Adrian is more responsible for the layering of their sound live than anybody else. I like how they've calmed the tempo a bit live now too. I know that was a source of contention for Adrian and a factor in his departure. I'm sure age has played a part of course but I can't help but feel that as Steve has mellowed with age that perhaps he might've compromised a little in that aspect of their live performances. The energy is still there, but to me, the songs are so much more cohesive live now. Actually there's a lot of really good material from those first 2 albums you could do tutorials on. I'd love to see you do Strange World at some point and also dive into some of Davey's lead playing at some stage too from that song. One of my favorite early days songs. Keep on going man you're doing a great job! 👍
Thank you Nico your playing and teaching are great. I am a new guitar player and love Iron Maiden. I am working on what you show in your videos please keep them coming thank you.
Great lesson. Love this song's structure. Steve was still so free from formula rock at this point in his writing. Definitely made for one of their best albums
spot on Nico, great vid for the learners, i like the straightforward showing of the riffs to go work it out. none of this 'finger 1 on fret 7, second string down' stuff.. Great work
Glad you enjoyed it! I could never work with that "fret the B string on the seventh fret with your index" thing... By the third note I don't remember what we're even doing anymore 😂
@@LicksOfTheBeast Haha, i get annoyed as soon as i see it! Anyway, many youngsters will appreciate this way of teaching. Good job Nico!
Gavin.
Great lesson Nico!! Thanks bro!
Great lesson! Killers was my first Maiden album. I bought it back in '83. Like many other people, I picked it up because of the cover. Happily the songs were even greater than the artwork! I then went back and purchased Piece Of Mind and The Number Of The Beast. Even though their later albums are much more complex and feature more advanced 'musicianship,' Killers will always be my go-to record!
Without this album, I never would have picked up an instrument myself!
Thanks for the terrific work as always!
Thanks!
That 1/4 bend on the 3rd is a great tip thanks for teaching me that
Nice one, Nico👍 Thank you so much. Greetings from England🏴🤘
Cheers man! Greetings back from Canada 🤜🤛
Great lesson!
Great stuff 🤘🏻🎸 Maybe Dave's solo as a bonus "Challenge" next😎
Haha yeah that's a bit too much for a beginner friendly challenge... But I might do a tutorial of that one at some point. it's a cool solo!
@@LicksOfTheBeast that would be great, Dave shines on Killers 🤘🏻🎸
Idk how you figure this stuff out but your knowledge & expertise is unreal. Your time & effort has done you wel. As a seasoned book guitar player here I've lost many years of not playing/practicing. It has left me rusty to say the least. Cant read sheet music anymore & Mom threw out all my lesson books. Getting back into it I jst want to jam in my man cave & see if I can blow the windows out while entertaining my homies. Thank you for being here for me. Maiden is my fav & Somewhere in Time was my intro to band as well as many other firsts. Live after Death is my absolut favorite yet I've revisited the 1st two and the Debut. Killers & Piece of Mind will forever be in my car, home stereo and record player (yes I still have one) indefinately. "UP LICKS OF THE BEAST!"🤘 and as always "UP THE IRONS"🤘
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ToI can't read sheet music anymore but alwaysed played by ear anyway. Gave up the professional aspect of of it and
Thank you! I spent a whole lot of time trying to figure out the way they craft and arrange their songs, how sthey structure their guitar parts, how Dave, Jan and Adrian each approach the guitar, and of course learning the songs. I started with tab books too and of course back in the day if a good transcription book wasn't available for a given album (which was often the case) you had to learn by ear so I would spend hours with albums, and watching the live after death and Maiden England VHS tapes. So it's been a lifelong (and ongoing) study.
I don't get it all right all the time but I try to be as accurate as possible considering I can't work on things forever or I'd never post anything. 😅
Thank you so much for all of your lessons, iron maiden are my favorite metal band of all time!
Great tutorial excellent teaching...I love this Iron maiden song will check out your other lessons ...
These are just lovely videos thanks.
Just about the time I get the hang of Flight of Icarus you bring out this one! Thank you, this is great!
Great timing! 🤜🤛
this is such a great Maiden song and it's super cool to play. I'm glad I was good to go with your idea of what the guys were playing. I always wonder if I'm even in the ballpark and Thanks for the confirmation of that Nico.. This is a great series!!
Absolutely! It was fun to play when first learned it 32-33 years ago and it's still fun for me now. It's got a bit of everything! Glad you're enjoying the series so far 😊
@@LicksOfTheBeast sadly on my part I didn't get into Iron Maiden til late. Hope I didn't shock anyone.. when I read read these posts about people being Maidens for years, Like you just said Nico. I missed so much time.....
That's ok now you have 17 albums worth of material plus live albums to binge through! I didn't get into certain bands, movies or TV shows until waaaaaay later and it's always fun to dive into the material 😊
@@LicksOfTheBeast thanks Nico..
I love that series! 🤘🤩🤘
Another great lesson - this series rules!
Good video I would like that explain other songs rhythm complete like hallowed be thy name, aces high
There will definitely be more!
So great Nico! I really hope in the post pandemic world you can hold in person seminars or something. I would love for all of us to be able to get together and geek out on your lessons and breakdowns!
If there is enough interest for something like that's I'd be more than happy to do it. Hopefully at the next Maiden show here in Toronto I can meet some people to say thank you in person for the awesome support! 😊
@@LicksOfTheBeast that would be great!
You are awesome Nick
Una vez más, gracias por este gran trabajo. Es increible como lo haces a la perfeccion nota a nota. Una gran ayuda para guitarristas fan de Maiden
ottima lezione! E' stato uno dei primi riff che ho imparato! Sarebbe ottimo una tab e una lezione anche sugli assoli perchè sono sempre scritti male nel caso di Wrathchild =)
Brilliant helped me loads
Great vid. I always thought the staccato part was B C# D
Great lesson THANKS!
Very good...I only need the first two albums...
Hey! Are you going to upload more beginner friendly rythm guitar tutorials? As a Maiden fan, I've been watching your channel for quite some time, but I only bought my first guitar about a month ago.
Great sound, what distortion and gain pedals are you using?
I use the Bias FX II plugin for everything right now. The only gain pedal in the chain was a Tube Screamer and the gain from both amp and pedal is set to around 4. Cheers!
Hi Nico, i just found you, great stuff man! Thank you so much! I have a problem though finding the tabs, i have a blanc page...i guess the problem is me :)
Thank you! I'm glad you found and are enjoying the channel :)
It seems to not be opening correctly on the mobile app but on desktop it seems fine.
I'll try linking directly here... let me know if this works:
www.keepandshare.com/doc2/120609/wrathchild-full-beginner-tab-pdf-92k?da=y
@@LicksOfTheBeast thanks Nico, it worked both on my tablet and laptop! I knew most of tbe song already but now with your videos and this tab l can finetune everything!
Cheers ! Pascal
That chorus part sounds like something jimi page would put together ❤️ 🤔 and then when you slow it down I'm hearing Toni Iommi, interesting, thank you, from: Scranton, Pennsylvania 👩
It does!
Adrian plays this one in drop d nowdays, right?
Yes he plays the whole song in drop-d tuning.
@@martondombovari827 I like how he adds new variations even on old riffs. He's been doing that consistently since returning to the band. I think it's an important factor in making the three guitar lineup work. He adds to the sound without overcrowding.
Used to
Good tutorial. Are you in Italy? Just curious.
I'm in Canada but I am Italian 😊
@@LicksOfTheBeast So is that a Canadian accent you have, and not a slight Italian accent?
My accent is actually a mix of things.
My first language is Italian but I grew up in Montreal where I had to go to French school and still speak English in other areas of life. I also moved back and forth between Canada and Italy a few times and I live in Toronto which a very multicultural city where you hear English being spoken in a variety of accents every day. To be fair, you are probably hearing my Italian accent more than anything though 😄
@@LicksOfTheBeast that's why I can understand your English so well 😄. A typical American accent sounds more unnatural to me.
It's not every day that someone tells me my accent makes it *easier* to understand 😄
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Thanks, Ranko From Srbija!
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Of angriness and greed!
@@alialiev6098 dominance and persecution
Hi Nico! I ordinarily wouldn’t post something like this because it’s pretty deep in the weeds, so to speak, but I thought if anyone would appreciate this level of detail you would, so here goes…
I was playing the opening riff, and I was finding it awkward at one spot - in the second half of measure 2 when you play the single notes on string 4 (D string), they should be played in position IV, right? I was having a little trouble at the repeat, then, when playing the D note on string 5 with my middle finger, having to switch quickly to my first finger at that fret to do the power chord D5 that starts the riff over again.
I stumbled into playing that note with the open string 4 instead, which gave my hand time to switch to position V smoothly to restart the riff. Does that make sense? If so, what do you think of that approach?
Thanks so much for your channel, Nico. Your thoughtful approach to all things Maiden with a level of detail seldom found anywhere else is really a gift. Keep these lessons and song analyses coming, and Up the Irons!
I got used to playing it this way for some reason but I think they actually play it with the open D so what you stumbled on is likely more accurate than how I showed it here 😊
Plus it is definitely smoother!
@@LicksOfTheBeast Thanks for the reply! I’m looking forward to the next video in this series - and anything else you put together for the channel! 🤘🏻
Hey Nico, did you call it beginner friendly because this version is simplified or just because it’s an easy song suitable for beginners? Cheers
Because it's more suitable for beginners than some of their more intricate tunes, because I explain a few things more in detail, and because it's just rhythm guitar without any of the solos 🙂
When you play the intro slow it sounds like Sabbath blody sabbath jaja
Yes it does! 😄
I keep thinking you're saying "Licko" instead of "Nic(k)o". Lol
🤦🤦😂😂
this video has 666 likes .......whoa...
You might notice a lot of the videos have 666 likes because nobody wants to be the one to break the number of the beast 😂
It's funny but probbaly not exactly ideal for the algorithm 😬🤦🏻