Metallica - Enter Sandman Guitar Lesson Pt.1 - Intro & Main Riff

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In this video guitar lesson series of videos you will learn Metallica's biggest hit "Enter Sandman" note-for-note is an extremely easy to follow format. I will guide you through all of the rhythm guitar sections and lead fills PLUS take you note-for-note through the now legendary solo by Kirk Hammett.
It's hard to believe that this song is a couple of decades old now, it still sounds so fresh and exciting today. This is the song that catapulted Metallica to the status of the biggest heavy metal band ever and was the first single off of the classic Black Album.

The rhythm guitar parts to this song can be studied by just about any level of player and are a great workout in techniques such as palm muting, sliding, arpeggiated picking and string skipping. The solo is a textbook Kirk Hammett tour de force of fast pentatonics and two string arpeggios.

So go ahead and take a swing at this great track by Metallica, you will be glad you did. GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN!!

Lesson Taught by: Carl Brown

[Dannyzors]

I like the casualness in the lessons. "Just do this and this" *starts totally shredding*

[jebstv]

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[Unclecoconuts]

I'd rather watch this video from 2011 than any new guy. You're just that awesome

[reneedunaway]

I haven't played guitar in YEARS, and YouTube didn't exist when I was practicing hours a day self-teaching. Wow, how wonderful to see which finger should play which note, and learn efficiencies and details like palm muting. I relied on repetition and TABs when I learned to play, and that yielded many bad habits that stunted me from progressing. Excited to continue learning again more properly, years later. Thank you so much for this video and the time it took to create thoughtful instruction!

[BradyBaseball]

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[mactei]

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[barzoreiss]

my tuning on metallica songs :
gain 9
treble 10
mid 2
bas 7
reverb 2
i dont know is that good but i love this tuning and tone
(sorry for bad eng)

[Bhettho]

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[dan]

I learned 3 chords and said fuck it let’s take a stab at enter sandman

[isaacverrall]

Yeah this guy is THE guy when it comes too guitar tutorials, ive picked up so much from him also... what a fucking sequence off riffs by metallica .. genius so hard 🥶🤟🏽

[EddieEnriquez]

I completed this video took me like 4 weeks. But it's ok. So 2 more videos to go and trust me learning how to play Enter Sandman this gentlemen right here is the perfect teacher.

[alaza]

millions of noob guitarist will know how to play enter sandman with this teacher ! superb teaching skills !

[zaynnimis-ibrahim]

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[BlackGhost]

You are very good at showing people how to play different songs how long have you been playing guitar

[xvor_tex]

The songs makes me feel like bad-ass when I play it

[theproduct]

I feel weird coming to this video already knowing how to play it.
I wanted to learn how to hit the small details, but realized that I already had it down.
Nice video, though. ;D

[gretalannimusic]

I have just bought an electric Ibanez and I have always wanted to learn this song. This tutorial, like the following ones, is fantastic! Thank you so much!

[TridentEditing]

How does he get such a clean sound that doesn’t ring out for so long

[hashtag_number]

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[ziyyp]

Dude that strat sounded really heavy tho.. And its is single coil?! Anyway awesome video. Very much appreciated