If you want to play it like the Seattle 89' Concert and probably most of the concerts in the late 80's and '90s, you can also tune down to C# Standard. They had lowered it half a step extra for Seattle. The studio version was in D Standard
It’s funny to me that people play it in drop D when there’s that really old video of Kirk showing riffs from MoP and he clearly plays it in a standard-type tuning (not sure if it’s D or C# in that video but it doesn’t matter)
The main riff in Opeth's Blackwater Park is notoriously tabbed wrong, I have literally never seen anyone play it correctly on UA-cam. Maybe you could do that one in the near future.
I’ve always thought the outro “chugs” end up becoming short pick scrapes just as the song starts to fade out, similar to the pick scrape effect Mustaine uses in the post-solo section of Megadeth’s Skin O’ My Teeth . At least it sounds like Metallica used pick scrapes on the record.
On the album, it's an overdub that fades in and pans left and right while the chugs continue. Live (see Seattle '89), Kirk is "sawing" the muted strings with his picking hand. There's still a chance it was pick scrapes in the studio, though. In early live performances (1986-1988), he kicked on a flanger, but in that '89 show and onward he uses his trademark wah-wah pedal, which sounds more like the studio version effect. Really cool, creepy stuff to close out the track.
Fun fact: This song was actually recorded in C# standard, not in D standard. Because of recording methods to increase clarity at the time tapes were sped up a bit which in turn caused a slight increase in pitch. If you listen to live recordings, particularly Seattle 89' you can hear that they're actually playing the song in C# standard.
Nothing is better than Uncle Ben confirming the way you play the song ! I was right for Damage Inc, Leper Messiah and this one. The song Crack the Skye need your inspection deer uncle !
That pre-chorus riff is one of my favorite Metallica riffs. I wonder who wrote it, James or Kirk. Since both are credited. Maybe even Lars came up with the idea and then James jammed something over it. They both liked it and they decided to use it. It's those little facts I love! :D
I remember having the master of puppets tab book (official) and it said to play in DADGBE, so I learned it that way, saw them live and realised it was D-standard, but because I’ve played it that way for years it’s hard to adjust to the correct way, I know you’re right, Metallica know you’re right too, but I’m pretty damn sure the official master of puppets tab book says drop D 🧐🤔
I think I have the same Cherry Lane tab book of MOP and I know they put the song in dropped D. That's why I hardly ever play my favorite Metallica song. I didn't like tuning to dropped D, but now I'm gonna learn it the right way!!!
Flint 1768 just buy a cheap Ltd. Eclipse with the 81/60 combo and leave it in that tuning I’m thinking about doing this myself as I have a ec1000 I got real cheap and I don’t like the guitar that much but it may serve its purpose in a different tuning saves me wrecking a good but on my good guitar
Thank you for doing this! I was watching videos about a month ago trying to figure out the correct way of playing this, and you swooped in and saved the day!
Hey Uncle Ben, I think it would be cool to do a This is Why You Suck at Guitar lesson highlighted around things "you may not know you're doing wrong". Drawing attention to certain aspects of playing like certain habits that carry a lot of tension, excessive movement or just efficiency of playing mechanics, fingering choices, etc. I was thinking of little stuff like that to where a beginning player might learn some good habits to keep with them, and an advanced player might be able to free some of the shackles from their playing.
Hey Ben! Quick comment here; I've actually noticed that this C power chord you're playing at 2:26 into the video is actually *_*2*_* C power chords played as a 16th one, followed by an 8th one, but ONLY for the very first time this main riff kicks in. It happens right after the intro, and right after the chorus. I'm actually making a short video showcasing the intro as we speak. Thanks for decoding this majorly overlooked gem!
Started trying to learn this song in 1995 at the age of 13. No UA-cam back then and smaller, skinnier fingers. Drop D sounds perfect for about 70% of this song but then half the transitions don’t make any sense.Took me 20 years and several UA-cam viewings of James playing live before I realized it was standard and not drop. Thanks for the vid!
I love your channel so much man. Especially the comedic stuff. I dont subscribe to alot of channels. But I wish I could subscribe to yours twice. Keep up the good work man. Much love from an amateur guitarist
Great upload, this was helpful. 😁👍 I always knew that the tab book was wrong! That’s why I never bothered to learn from that. I can believe that anyone uses it. Let your ears be your guide! ✌️🎸🤘
0 000 0 0 0 00000 000 0 0 0 00000 000 0 0 0 00000 000. Basically each gallop lasts as long as a normal 8th note would. The pattern remains consistent after the lead in chug and gallop. The riff starts on the 3 8th note chugs, followed by 5 double time chugs, a brief rest (like one taken between gallops), and then a gallop. Then it starts over again. Just start slow and play to a metronome. Then work on endurance once you've got the speed.
Ozzie A play it with drums. MUCH easier. James sings while playing this, and live they have played it faster than the album. It's hard to get the halftime feel with just the guitar.
@@BenEller Info such as the way to hold or angle the pick would be really helpful to get that kind of scrape sound James gets. And the timing. I can play the riff up to speed but it just doesn't sound right!
Be should thing that the not. Sorry. That joke is so overdone but I couldn't help it. The title of this song is too perfect. By the way. This is my favorite video of the week AND I HAVEN'T EVEN WATCHED IT.
Jesus Ben, I never thought of playing that riff with the thumb over the top. It was always so cumbersome and hard to mute the other strings. You’re always showing us some hen house shit that just makes all these songs so much damn easier. Gee whiz.
This is great, as it always is. the use of the thumb is new to me (oo-err!), I had never considered that. part 4 is the bit that showed me it was not recorded in drop D (you can make most of the rest sound pretty good in drop D)
I dunno. James may play it in standard D, but Drop D -- the way it's written in the tab book - remember, that's pre-video days so they're trying to figure it all out entirely by ear -- Drop D is so much more efficient in terms of hand motion though, on the main riff. You just barre your finger across the two low strings and use middle and pinky to play the higher power chords - it's very fluid (something akin to what Mustaine might do). Sliding a huge static power chord shape for all the chords the whole time is just a waste of motion. It also makes it consistent with the pre-chorus shapes. My point is: someone should tell Hetfield he's been making it too hard on himself all these years...
Hey uncle Ben, One riff I always was stumped on was the one in disposable heroes where he harmonizes with Kirk's solo twice before going back to the interlude rhythm section
Hey Uncle Ben!! One of my favorite breakdowns you do, (I'm not sure if it was a "Wheekend Whank Shoppe" Episode or not), is Metallica's Blackened!! As an accuracy player myself, I love that you do these. Through the years, I used to intently listen to songs for little nuances people missed all the time too. I think it was too many trips to listen to the Guitar Center customer absolutely MURDER these things... Anyway, Kudos my friend!! Keep up the amazing work!! >M
Only juicy things from Uncle Ben! Fantastic video! If I can suggest you another similar video for the future, there are also songs like Battery, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), even MOP and TTTSNB as well, showed on the January 2006 issue of Guitar World by Kirk himself. The video of that lesson is available here in YT but the tab on the GW issue is important to get the riffs. Thanx Cheers from Italy!
In the "unison" riffs, it's actually 3-5 on the 6th string rather than 3 (6th string) 0 (5th string). I know it's the same note, but if you watch how they play it live, you'll see.
Way back in the 80s, when my band covered this, we played it in drop D, cause it was "easier" to do. Just drop that E down, and go, instead of needing a guitar tuned to D-Standard for one song. I suggested just tuning down to D all the time, but the other guitarist wasn't digging the idea.
I've been playing it wrong all this time! Well, I probably haven't played it in two decades and definitely not in front of people so I guess I'm safe. On a serious note, finding out this wasn't actually in drop D (like in the tab book) is one hell of a revelation.
very nicely played! love the riffs in this song. Only one thing i would add is let your groove out man feel it in ur pick hand and lead hand.. Lotta groove in these riffs that require alot of feel to make it sound right on. One of them riffs where if you aint head banging/slamming them strings with a forceful palmute while jamming it its not gonna feel right lol.. Good shit!!
This is precisely how they play it live... BUT I have seen interviews with Kirk and James separately stating that they actually recorded the song in a Drop tuning and then had to transpose it so they didn't need separate guitar swaps to play it live. (C# or some bullshit). And if you attempt to play the song in a drop tuning, it actually feels really natural in most parts. OF course live, I have only seen it performed how you instructed. Interesting.
So, I just slowed down the actual recording, and I think on the second time they do the single note riff after the solo, it’s C D, not D C. So, 3rd fret to the 5th on the A.
Great video Ben. somehow i always knew that the old tab books i had in the 90's were wrong! Anyone want to hear them writing this, and other MOP tunes? check out these videos of their old demos: ua-cam.com/video/0YCV-sk4yfc/v-deo.html (58:40 for thing that should not be). there is more than one video and they are pure gold for metallica fans! so much fun to hear James coming up with the song structures.
5:26, I can’t tell you the number of times when I learnt a part the way the artist played it, and that way would make it easier than how you’d conventionally move from a chord to a particular part, and someone would tell me I’m cheating because I’m playing smarter not harder even when that’s how the artist does it
Break down the solo of The Shortest Straw! Metallica just released a live video from '92 where you see the solo pretty good. Looks like a fun solo to play.
I've played it in Drop D for years but the post chorus is domestic violence hard to figure out in that tuning. I think the rest of the song is waaaaay heavier in drop D though. You can really reaaaaaaaallly dig in and the song is magic with that extra tension in the higher strings. This would mean that Metallica never plays in drop D though. Weird
Xplora213 come to think of it, I’m not sure Metallica has ever used drop D, unless I’m forgetting something. Some songs, like Outlaw Torn, are in drop Db , if I recall.
Wow! Thanks for this lesson Maestro! I've been playin this song in Drop D for years; and the Tab Notation I used (via GTR Magazine 1999 / 2001) matches the tonality (tuning?) of the "Studio Version" perfectly.. although I often add a little Octave Divider FX on the solo to fatten it up for a simulated 2 Guitar Feel. Are you absolutely sure it's not Drop D ? ? \m/
I actually found an Accurate TAB Notation of this song in Standard D Tuning via "Guitar One" Magazine dated April 4, 1995, but the solo might be missing a few nuances...
Robert Rocks I’m positive about the tuning; watch any live footage, there are no one finger power chords; also, that open low G note in the chorus is a giveaway.
I have played that song live in both drop D and regular D tuning. I have to say it sounds closer to the album version in drop D.. I know they play standard tuning live. Playing it live in drop D is awkard. I have to say it is still plausable that they did in fact record it in drop D. ?
Jeg har aldrig lagdt mærke til noget som helst ved metallica, før for et par år siden, men har altid vidst hvem de var, eftersom Lars Ulrich er dansk. Jeg er selv dansker, så de er lidt svære at undgå. Griner.
Trevor Phillips FYI for future references here are some sentences that are more appropriate than "" I've played it loads " I've played it until i could ride the lightning I've played it until i was BLACK in the face I've played it until there was justice for all I've played it until i could kill em all even to say I've played it until i was hardwired to self destruct is accpetable hehe
![Metallica: The Thing That Should Not Be (Live - Seattle '89) [Live Shit: Binge & Purge]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/qgeSScjSU7U/mqdefault.jpg)
Thanks for playing The Thing That Should Not Be the RIGHT way!!! What other Metallica songs have you stumped that you want a lesson on? Post em up!
Dyers Eve and the acustic parte of One.
I'd love to see the Mercyful Fate riffs broken down into something teachable. Thanks for this vid!
Trapped under ice fight fire with fire for sure
Ben Eller The day that never comes
Please Máster of Puppets solo, but the official transcription guitar book (8va is to two strings, but in a lot of covers is a single string)
So, shouldn't the title be "The 5 things that should not be in The thing that should not be?"
SID G brilliant 😄
@MrOnionCock Yes.
The best comment i have ever seen
I think it should not be;)
"The title that should be The five things that should not be in The thing that should not be"
If you want to play it like the Seattle 89' Concert and probably most of the concerts in the late 80's and '90s, you can also tune down to C# Standard. They had lowered it half a step extra for Seattle. The studio version was in D Standard
I'm so glad you mentioned the tuning. I'm pretty sure I was yhe only one that knrw it was in d standard. Sad but true is also in this tuning
Did you have a stroke?
Yes only you
It’s funny to me that people play it in drop D when there’s that really old video of Kirk showing riffs from MoP and he clearly plays it in a standard-type tuning (not sure if it’s D or C# in that video but it doesn’t matter)
The main riff in Opeth's Blackwater Park is notoriously tabbed wrong, I have literally never seen anyone play it correctly on UA-cam. Maybe you could do that one in the near future.
I’ve always thought the outro “chugs” end up becoming short pick scrapes just as the song starts to fade out, similar to the pick scrape effect Mustaine uses in the post-solo section of Megadeth’s Skin O’ My Teeth . At least it sounds like Metallica used pick scrapes on the record.
On the album, it's an overdub that fades in and pans left and right while the chugs continue. Live (see Seattle '89), Kirk is "sawing" the muted strings with his picking hand. There's still a chance it was pick scrapes in the studio, though. In early live performances (1986-1988), he kicked on a flanger, but in that '89 show and onward he uses his trademark wah-wah pedal, which sounds more like the studio version effect. Really cool, creepy stuff to close out the track.
I always thought that scratchy sound was an overdub low E (D) chug with a flanger. That’s what it sounds like to me at least
Fun fact: This song was actually recorded in C# standard, not in D standard. Because of recording methods to increase clarity at the time tapes were sped up a bit which in turn caused a slight increase in pitch. If you listen to live recordings, particularly Seattle 89' you can hear that they're actually playing the song in C# standard.
In a recent interview with Rick Beaty Kirk stated the song is tuned to C#.
Where did you get this information?
thank you so much, this is gonna help a ton!
Where is Andriys comment xD
Nothing is better than Uncle Ben confirming the way you play the song ! I was right for Damage Inc, Leper Messiah and this one.
The song Crack the Skye need your inspection deer uncle !
That pre-chorus riff is one of my favorite Metallica riffs. I wonder who wrote it, James or Kirk. Since both are credited. Maybe even Lars came up with the idea and then James jammed something over it. They both liked it and they decided to use it.
It's those little facts I love! :D
Such a gnarly tune. Thanks for busting this one open for everyone!
I remember having the master of puppets tab book (official) and it said to play in DADGBE, so I learned it that way, saw them live and realised it was D-standard, but because I’ve played it that way for years it’s hard to adjust to the correct way, I know you’re right, Metallica know you’re right too, but I’m pretty damn sure the official master of puppets tab book says drop D 🧐🤔
mike akers man, that tab book is worthless. It’s full of fake news.
Same here
I think I have the same Cherry Lane tab book of MOP and I know they put the song in dropped D. That's why I hardly ever play my favorite Metallica song. I didn't like tuning to dropped D, but now I'm gonna learn it the right way!!!
Flint 1768 just buy a cheap Ltd. Eclipse with the 81/60 combo and leave it in that tuning
I’m thinking about doing this myself as I have a ec1000 I got real cheap and I don’t like the guitar that much but it may serve its purpose in a different tuning saves me wrecking a good but on my good guitar
I had the same book. Drop D is what I've been playing this song in for 30 years.
Thank you for doing this! I was watching videos about a month ago trying to figure out the correct way of playing this, and you swooped in and saved the day!
I must admit I'm a victim of learning this song on inaccurate tabs. Thank you Uncle Ben!
Just watched Ben stoned, just noticed how nice, mellow and detailed he is at teaching....Great Job support the channel ...
Hey Uncle Ben,
I think it would be cool to do a This is Why You Suck at Guitar lesson highlighted around things "you may not know you're doing wrong". Drawing attention to certain aspects of playing like certain habits that carry a lot of tension, excessive movement or just efficiency of playing mechanics, fingering choices, etc. I was thinking of little stuff like that to where a beginning player might learn some good habits to keep with them, and an advanced player might be able to free some of the shackles from their playing.
Hey Ben! Quick comment here; I've actually noticed that this C power chord you're playing at 2:26 into the video is actually *_*2*_* C power chords played as a 16th one, followed by an 8th one, but ONLY for the very first time this main riff kicks in. It happens right after the intro, and right after the chorus.
I'm actually making a short video showcasing the intro as we speak. Thanks for decoding this majorly overlooked gem!
You're absolutly right. I heard this in the only guitar track. \m/
@@m4nu003 Ben actually commented on my video just today, essentially confirming it! ua-cam.com/users/shortsUcWYvoHiS5U
I'm glad somebody finally acknowledges that the tuning is in D Standard, you kickass dude keep making good vids!
Perfect, detail drives me crazy when I see these covers , I feel like I have to play it the way it was written. Awesome!
This and Sad but True are Metallica at their heaviest, such great plodding riffs
Oisin McPhillips Yes!
I hate when people confuse heavy and brutal
The thing that should not be=heavy
Fight fire with fire=brutal
@Hidde Veldkamp frayed ends is unlistenable for me with those ridiculous viking chants at the start
Not even as cool as vikings, it's from the fucking guards in the Wizard of Oz
How about the solo on this one for the next lesson? In other news cracking Machine Heads Burn my eyes (the whole album) would be nice.
Thumb power chord, I'll need few years for that
update: I'm getting better faster than expected
final update: I have mastered the thumb power chord
nice
Started trying to learn this song in 1995 at the age of 13. No UA-cam back then and smaller, skinnier fingers. Drop D sounds perfect for about 70% of this song but then half the transitions don’t make any sense.Took me 20 years and several UA-cam viewings of James playing live before I realized it was standard and not drop. Thanks for the vid!
Stop telling us we are shit and we all need to listen to you Uncle Nobface !! Just continue your great lessons and updates on songs etc...got it?
I love your channel so much man. Especially the comedic stuff. I dont subscribe to alot of channels. But I wish I could subscribe to yours twice. Keep up the good work man. Much love from an amateur guitarist
Always had trouble hearing the right chords. Hetfield chugs very hard on the recording, bottomless heavyness. Thanks for another great lesson!
Great upload, this was helpful. 😁👍
I always knew that the tab book was wrong! That’s why I never bothered to learn from that. I can believe that anyone uses it. Let your ears be your guide! ✌️🎸🤘
Disposable heroes galloping riff please.
0 000 0 0 0 00000 000 0 0 0 00000 000 0 0 0 00000 000.
Basically each gallop lasts as long as a normal 8th note would. The pattern remains consistent after the lead in chug and gallop. The riff starts on the 3 8th note chugs, followed by 5 double time chugs, a brief rest (like one taken between gallops), and then a gallop. Then it starts over again.
Just start slow and play to a metronome. Then work on endurance once you've got the speed.
The key is the picking pattern. I should do this one.
Ozzie A play it with drums. MUCH easier. James sings while playing this, and live they have played it faster than the album. It's hard to get the halftime feel with just the guitar.
@@BenEller Info such as the way to hold or angle the pick would be really helpful to get that kind of scrape sound James gets. And the timing. I can play the riff up to speed but it just doesn't sound right!
People have trouble with this? Ive been able to play the whole song since i was 2 months into guitar. Im not trying to brag but what throws yall off?
Gah, I knew i wasn't playing that chuggy chorus part right! Can't thank you enough for this!
Be should thing that the not.
Sorry. That joke is so overdone but I couldn't help it. The title of this song is too perfect.
By the way. This is my favorite video of the week
AND I HAVEN'T EVEN WATCHED IT.
I don't get it :(
@@martyg8137 that's the joke.
You are supposed to arrange the words in the most stupid way possible.
Not the thing should be that 😆
Mr. Metalhorse Not that the thing should be, mind you.
Be not the thing that should
Nice Intronaut shirt! And cool video. This is one of my favorite Metallica songs.
Jesus Ben, I never thought of playing that riff with the thumb over the top. It was always so cumbersome and hard to mute the other strings. You’re always showing us some hen house shit that just makes all these songs so much damn easier. Gee whiz.
I have been waiting for this lesson!
Passion & Warfare lurking in the back there 😍
This is great, as it always is. the use of the thumb is new to me (oo-err!), I had never considered that. part 4 is the bit that showed me it was not recorded in drop D (you can make most of the rest sound pretty good in drop D)
Amazing song and one of the craziest solos ever written!
Meticulous research pays off once again, thanks for all you do
I’m loving the intronaut shirt
I dunno. James may play it in standard D, but Drop D -- the way it's written in the tab book - remember, that's pre-video days so they're trying to figure it all out entirely by ear -- Drop D is so much more efficient in terms of hand motion though, on the main riff. You just barre your finger across the two low strings and use middle and pinky to play the higher power chords - it's very fluid (something akin to what Mustaine might do). Sliding a huge static power chord shape for all the chords the whole time is just a waste of motion. It also makes it consistent with the pre-chorus shapes. My point is: someone should tell Hetfield he's been making it too hard on himself all these years...
The tab book is notorious for getting the songs wrong.
Hey uncle Ben,
One riff I always was stumped on was the one in disposable heroes where he harmonizes with Kirk's solo twice before going back to the interlude rhythm section
Hey Uncle Ben!!
One of my favorite breakdowns you do, (I'm not sure if it was a "Wheekend Whank Shoppe" Episode or not), is Metallica's Blackened!! As an accuracy player myself, I love that you do these. Through the years, I used to intently listen to songs for little nuances people missed all the time too. I think it was too many trips to listen to the Guitar Center customer absolutely MURDER these things... Anyway, Kudos my friend!! Keep up the amazing work!!
>M
I play the pre-chorus as a barre chord, I still get the same sound
Only juicy things from Uncle Ben!
Fantastic video!
If I can suggest you another similar video for the future, there are also songs like Battery, Welcome Home (Sanitarium), even MOP and TTTSNB as well, showed on the January 2006 issue of Guitar World by Kirk himself.
The video of that lesson is available here in YT but the tab on the GW issue is important to get the riffs.
Thanx
Cheers from Italy!
Nicely done, young Warrior
In the "unison" riffs, it's actually 3-5 on the 6th string rather than 3 (6th string) 0 (5th string). I know it's the same note, but if you watch how they play it live, you'll see.
Way back in the 80s, when my band covered this, we played it in drop D, cause it was "easier" to do. Just drop that E down, and go, instead of needing a guitar tuned to D-Standard for one song. I suggested just tuning down to D all the time, but the other guitarist wasn't digging the idea.
get other guitar in D and play Sad But True too haha
That tone is great!
Thanks, uncle Ben! This really helped me, gee whiskers!
I've wondered when you were gonna make this video. Thank you.
Thanks Uncle Ben! @5:30 was a straight facepalm moment for me. The thumb needs to pull its weight on this one.
Thanks so much, this is awesome. You rock!
Ben and Andrrriy for Metallica tabbing justice!!!!!
I've been playing it wrong all this time! Well, I probably haven't played it in two decades and definitely not in front of people so I guess I'm safe. On a serious note, finding out this wasn't actually in drop D (like in the tab book) is one hell of a revelation.
That ibanez is bad ass!
I agree Uncle Ben......best song Metallica ever wrote!
very nicely played! love the riffs in this song. Only one thing i would add is let your groove out man feel it in ur pick hand and lead hand.. Lotta groove in these riffs that require alot of feel to make it sound right on. One of them riffs where if you aint head banging/slamming them strings with a forceful palmute while jamming it its not gonna feel right lol.. Good shit!!
Thans Uncle Ben! I learnt this one finally!!!
Excellent!
You know what's funny your lesson is actually easier the ones played wrong right or wrong hahaha
this is pure gold
Man could you do Among the Living by Anthrax I swear I have never heard anything sound like the recording.
"one of the songs I see most frequently butchered by online tabs and lessons" - pretty much sums up youtube guitar tutorials
DUDE I FUCKING LOVE YOU ITS LIKE YOU MAKE VIDEOS JUST FOR MY NICHE INTERESTS. THANKS UNCLE B
This is precisely how they play it live... BUT I have seen interviews with Kirk and James separately stating that they actually recorded the song in a Drop tuning and then had to transpose it so they didn't need separate guitar swaps to play it live. (C# or some bullshit). And if you attempt to play the song in a drop tuning, it actually feels really natural in most parts. OF course live, I have only seen it performed how you instructed. Interesting.
There was once a quiz in finnish music magazine, and even they got the tuning wrong. 😄
Hey uncle Ben , can you do the tapping part of the firts solo of blackened ?
!!!Dyers Eve!!!
Always had it in my head that the song was tuned down at C sharp, could of swore i seen that in an interview with james but hey ho.
They play the song live in c# standard tuning. The original tuning used in the recording is actually d standard.
Nope, you are correct. It was recorded in C#
Gracias Tío Ben
They may play it in D standard tuning, but it‘s much easier in Dropped D. And it makes more sense.
Uncle Ben is The Master of Puppets!
So, I just slowed down the actual recording, and I think on the second time they do the single note riff after the solo, it’s C D, not D C. So, 3rd fret to the 5th on the A.
Beastly, just Beastly 👍👍
Thank you so much. You really helped me :D
the fact that he was giving note names on E standard and i was immediately understanding what he meant XD
Great video Ben. somehow i always knew that the old tab books i had in the 90's were wrong! Anyone want to hear them writing this, and other MOP tunes? check out these videos of their old demos: ua-cam.com/video/0YCV-sk4yfc/v-deo.html (58:40 for thing that should not be). there is more than one video and they are pure gold for metallica fans! so much fun to hear James coming up with the song structures.
It's way easier to play this drop D, but still using the notes that Uncle Ben does. Do yourselves a favour and play it that way, it's still correct!
5:26, I can’t tell you the number of times when I learnt a part the way the artist played it, and that way would make it easier than how you’d conventionally move from a chord to a particular part, and someone would tell me I’m cheating because I’m playing smarter not harder even when that’s how the artist does it
How about that solo, uncle Ben?
Break down the solo of The Shortest Straw! Metallica just released a live video from '92 where you see the solo pretty good. Looks like a fun solo to play.
Would be awesome to get the solo for this song
Yeah, I got that, it's the notes in between are fucking with me!
I've played it in Drop D for years but the post chorus is domestic violence hard to figure out in that tuning. I think the rest of the song is waaaaay heavier in drop D though. You can really reaaaaaaaallly dig in and the song is magic with that extra tension in the higher strings. This would mean that Metallica never plays in drop D though. Weird
Xplora213 come to think of it, I’m not sure Metallica has ever used drop D, unless I’m forgetting something. Some songs, like Outlaw Torn, are in drop Db , if I recall.
Ben Eller Outlaw Torn is Eb, they have used drop Db in Minus Human and drop d in all Nightmare long. Also, drop c in most of st anger.
@@BenEller
I do believe Crash Course In Brain Surgery is in drop D. But I may be a victim of bad tabs on this one.
All nightmare long is definitely drop d, but yeah that's about all i can think of offhand
Wow! Thanks for this lesson Maestro! I've been playin this song in Drop D for years; and the Tab Notation I used (via GTR Magazine 1999 / 2001) matches the tonality (tuning?) of the "Studio Version" perfectly.. although I often add a little Octave Divider FX on the solo to fatten it up for a simulated 2 Guitar Feel. Are you absolutely sure it's not Drop D ? ? \m/
I actually found an Accurate TAB Notation of this song in Standard D Tuning via "Guitar One" Magazine dated April 4, 1995, but the solo might be missing a few nuances...
Robert Rocks I’m positive about the tuning; watch any live footage, there are no one finger power chords; also, that open low G note in the chorus is a giveaway.
I hope one day you do a lesson on the verse riff for Divinations by Mastodon -- or hell even the whole song haha
You should do the solo sometime
The thing that should not be is in C# (Dflat)
I think the tuning issue comes from people not understanding what drop tuning means. I’ve seen a lot of people calling Eb or D tuning as drop.
Great song!
But that Ibanez is go'geous!!!!
I have played that song live in both drop D and regular D tuning. I have to say it sounds closer to the album version in drop D.. I know they play standard tuning live. Playing it live in drop D is awkard. I have to say it is still plausable that they did in fact record it in drop D. ?
Do one for Roots Bloody Roots! Almost everyone, including the guitarist for Soulfly, gets the verse riff wrong.
looks like james sat down one day and thought to himself "i'm going to write the most confusing song ever"
Jeg har aldrig lagdt mærke til noget som helst ved metallica, før for et par år siden, men har altid vidst hvem de var, eftersom Lars Ulrich er dansk. Jeg er selv dansker, så de er lidt svære at undgå. Griner.
Odd coincidence.
I hadn't listened to that song in years until about 3 days ago, I've played it loads since. Now this 😆.
Mate,... the word "LOAD" does not belong in this forum
hehe
Well said 😂.
Trevor Phillips
LOL
Trevor Phillips
FYI for future references
here are some sentences that are more appropriate than "" I've played it loads "
I've played it until i could ride the lightning
I've played it until i was BLACK in the face
I've played it until there was justice for all
I've played it until i could kill em all
even to say
I've played it until i was hardwired to self destruct
is accpetable
hehe
Thumb double stops up!
Fuck that’s a dope guitar, nicest blue
I've always thought that the Thing that Should not be in D-tuning but in C#.
Hi uncle Ben, please make a Video of „harvester of sorrow“ please.👌 i think there‘s Dome Tricky parts in it too.
What's the intro song?