Welcome Home (Sanitarium) Guitar Lesson - Metallica - Intro & All Chords/Rhythm Guitar Parts

In this Welcome Home Sanitarium Guitar Lesson video series I will teach you how to play all of this Metallica classic note-for-note in it's entirety.

We have a lot to cover in this lesson including 4 guitar solos!

The intro consists of an introspective clean guitar part using harmonics and a melody on the high E string. That intro leads into the main clean guitar riff which is a somber arpeggio picked riff that also makes a great shifting exercise for the entry level guitarist. This is the same clean guitar riff used in the verse of "Welcome Home (Sanitarium)".

Continuing in the first video lesson, I will then demonstrate how to play all the heavy guitar rhythms. These rhythms are a lot more difficult, especially when you make it to the fast muted downstrokes used throughout the second half of the song. Keep a relaxed picking wrist here and it will help you not only develop speed, but also the endurance to make it through the entire last half of the song.

In the second video lesson we make it to the first solo!

Being one of the standout tracks from the incredible Master of Puppets album, this intro solo helps create the ominous vibe used throughout most of the song.

Technically I would put this Welcome Home Sanitarium intro guitar solo at an intermediate level.

There aren't many fast runs, just a lot of melodic guitar lines that complement the underlying chord progression quite nicely.

I would say the most technically demanding part of this solo is the quick A min arpeggio just towards the end of the solo. Kirk Hammett uses a finger roll here and a down down down up picking pattern in order to play those four notes so quickly yet still have each note sound clearly. Keep in mind this isn't a sweep, but literally three separate downstrokes.

Playing the same type of stroke in the same direction across adjacent strings can be done quite fast after you get used to it. Just be sure to keep your picking hand wrist nice as loose. :)

In the third video lesson I will tackle the second solo. This one moves around the fretboard quite a bit so you will need to keep your fret hand nice and light.

In the fourth video lesson I will teach you how to play the epic main solo. Here is where Kirk Hammett really kicks into high gear and we have a lot of very fast licks from beginning to end. This solo will be a challenge to just about any guitarist.

And finally in the fifth video lesson I will demonstrate how to play all of the outro section, including the harmony guitar parts and outro solo. This section isn't nearly as difficult as the main solo so if you make it this far you probably won't have much trouble at all. :)

OK get to work! Carl..

[kennyrindal]

I hope you make a lot of money on YouTube for what you do because you kick ass I can't believe you have the patience to break some of the songs down for people like us really makes it easy thanks man

[moosby]

I came for the clean intro part, sounds great on the acoustic guitar, thanks a lot 🙂

[leethemancape]

Thanks Carl! I’ve learned so much from you!

[danielloung]

Soloing and overall lead guitar is fun as hell to play, but when youre rythm riffing And downpicking like hetfield, thats another level of badassness lol! Great lesson!

[ryand]

Carl you are the absolute GOAT! I can't tell you how much your videos help and inspire me. You have all the rock and metal I love. Please keep doing what you do best, we appreciate all the hard work.

I would love a lesson on Stricken by Disturbed and Patient number 9 by Ozzy if you get chance.

[Peter_]

I like that you played the part at 0:25-0:26 in the same way as it is actually played on the album, instead of playing the occasional live variation and acting as if that were the album version.

[billygoat]

more metallica pleeease carl you rock!!!!

[chrissumandea]

I know it's pretty overlooked but i appreciate how carl always writes a description and explains everything. Pretty cool teacher. Only thing that needs some work done is his tone

[stres]

Started playing 3 months ago and this has fast become my favourite channel, thanks so much for your videos you inspire and help so much👍

[AColonDashSix]

This dude Always has my favourite songs! He's a good teacher too, I wish my sub was worth more because this guy does quality content 🤟💣

[ramiz]

Dude that Intro is so ! Got a very Mysterious, Dark and Sinister vibe to it

[juan-ksporty]

thanks im learning one one of my favorites song

[ChannelEleven]

GuitarLessons365Song You taught me the intro solo to One now this. Thanks. I have the skills not the patience to pick it all out. Thanks for doing the hard part. Thanks for the various camera angles as well. Very smart and helpful to all Im sure

[TheTrophyCollective]

I've been wanting to play this ever since I first picked up a guitar. Thx so much man.

[thomasjensen]

Thank you for all your tutorials, one thing that would be legendary, would be a camera showing the top of your fingers on the fretboard

[tristan]

Can you please tell me how or do a lesson of how to put your finger on a string, play it and then pull off without changing its tone like you did in the beginning of the song??

[thequebee_]

Thank you so much Carl, im getting into harder Metallica riffs now and thought of doing sanitarium, the lesson was great

[licksnkicks]

Thanks Carl I really love your teaching.  Very clear and concise!

[sjohnston]

Fingers are burning from those slides haha. Carl you are an unbelievable teacher man i love your videos!

[EddieArafa]

thank you so much Carl, you rock dude i really love your lessons, please do more metallica lessons if you found the time :)