James Hetfield Metal Guitar Rhythm Lesson
Instructor: Andrew Szucs Heavy metal rhythm guitar lesson in the style of James Hetfield (Metallica). This type of guitar playing uses down picking, palm muting, power chords and single note riffs
The chords are common two and three note "power chords". Hetfield uses ornamental notes and chords, some of which don't belong to the scale the song is played in giving the riff darker sound.
Even so, this progression doesn't really sound like Metallica in the slow version that starts the lesson, where we explain the fingerings. For that, you'll need to wait for the full speed demonstration. When the synchronization of the distorted guitar and the drums come together to give that classic metal sound, you can see how note choice alone is not the whole style.
This lesson is part of a series that includes profiles of Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore, and others.
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