Master of Puppets Guitar tab video
Metallica
Make your own Master of Puppets tab video, freeNo editing. No card. 10 minutes free.- Instrument
- Guitar
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Tuning
- E A D G B E
- Key
- Do maggiore
- Tempo
- 212 BPM
About this riff
The main riff is built on relentless palm-muted downpicking that demands serious right-hand stamina rather than raw speed, since alternate picking sounds noticeably looser and less percussive. Nailing it means keeping every downstroke tight and evenly muted for the full length of the song, which is where most players' picking hand starts to cramp. Learning it is a rite of passage for building the disciplined, machine-gun rhythm technique that defines heavy metal.
Did you know?
James Hetfield insists on playing the riff entirely with downstrokes because he feels alternate picking sounds inferior, and the sustained downpicking in songs like Master of Puppets is famous for being physically punishing on the picking hand. Isolated studio tracks later revealed how precise his execution was, with his double-tracked takes coming out near-identical note for note.
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