10 Quick Tips for Playing MASTER OF PUPPETS on Guitar!

-10 Quick Tips for Playing MASTER OF PUPPETS on Guitar!
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[NelderGuitar]

First learned this song over 20 years ago, and it’s been like a crazy journey from first learning it with horrible tabs to now where we can dissect hundreds of live versions and slow down the original isolated tracks to really figure it out. Great video!

[sam.fridayyy]

I've been wanting to learn guitar for a while now, but Eddie's solo pushed me to finally try it and now I got a guitar and I'm teaching myself.

[KevinKoolx]

I remember multiple people told me that the decimal harmonic was Kirk pulling the string off the fret and I just knew it didn't sound right. Since it was a tab book people took it as gospel but I knew they were wrong haha. I've played this song a million times but there are so many little things that get looked over. Thanks for the tutorial!

[TheBranDingo]

One thing that helped me with the first two riffs is really getting your timing locked in with a metronome. This is difficult to do because the accents are all over the place. However, once you get it locked in you'll find that there's a lot less tension that builds up in the right hand and you'll go faster.

[Dr_Grape]

0:28 Tip 1: Palm Muting Bounces
1:20 Tip 2: Descend w/Middle Finger ..I..
2:15 Tip 3: Downpicking Mastery
3:20 Tip 4: Don't Skip the In-Betweens
3:48 Chorus example
4:20 Tip 5: Use Chord Shapes
5:22 Tip 6: No Fancy Stuff
6:06 Tip 7: Assume the Correct Position
6:54 Tip 8: The "Squeal Technique"
7:28 Tip 9: Falling Off the Fretboard (NOT THE SAME AS TIP 8!)
8:20 Tip 10: The "Scream" Note

Good: Really choke up on your tiny prick. Make it small and tight.
Bad: Don't let that extra floppy pick hang out, you will lose control.

[mahmud]

Glad I learned James' solo by watching him. Every lesson on YouTube showed it the *wrong way* and jt just felt awkward for me.
Another great video, Mike. Keep it up. We love you

[LunaFaye]

This is one of those songs that you never stop learning something new about. Every time you think you've got it 100% replicated, you learn something new. To me, that's part of what makes this song timeless!

Great call out on using chords shapes for the arpeggios! That's something many self taught guitarists overlook early on. From experience, my focus was on playing the right notes without considering how to play them more efficiently. It wasn't until I tried learning Fade to Black that it clicked to position my fingers as I would for chords. It makes a huge difference!

[Madchris]

The coolest looking Charvel I've seen

[totizic]

I love how everyone's trying to learn this right now, it's awesome !!

[obuffma]

after a few months of practicing these techniques, i'm playing this song perfectly at (almost) the same tempo as them. Truly, you are one of my guitar sensei's. thank you.

[obijuano]

I’ve been playing this song for about 30 years now and I learned a new way to play James solo. Thanks!

[idiotburns]

I cant stop playing MOP since watching Stranger Things!

[berylmgage]

The comment on knowing the chord shapes is SO HELPFUL. When I was beginning I did the same exact thing, I just blindly followed the tab without thinking about it.

[Nateb]

The Art of Guitar has became my favorite guitar channel! Everything is relatable, informative, and fun... Without being super goofy lol.

I also appreciate that he Mike always has a guitar and isn't afraid to show (and break down)what he is talking about. 🎸

[sebastianmataobando]

I started playing guitar 3 years ago, and some months later learned some of the main riffs, now I'm practicing and trying to perfect the 2nd half of the solo, hope I get it soon, these helped me a lot!

[LazyPerezoso]

I thought I knew how to play the James's solo but I guess there is always something to learn !!

[palanthis]

Spent a month working my way through the intro. First building accuracy, then building speed. Finally happy with it, moved on to the main riff. Then I realized that I had learned the intro (descending notes) without the mute, mute, ring, mute, mute ring. Now it sounds right! Thank you!

[gentelmanjunkie]

I wish you would do a complete lesson for this song so I'd know it would be right the 1st time & I wouldn't have re-learn/re-train my muscle memory later, and also I just like your teaching style. I never have any questions I have to go to another video or live performance for. Plaese do it!!

[ibanezplayer]

Probably one of the best videos you've ever uploaded, and you always upload amazing content. 👏

[paveldvorak]

Perfect! So much valuable information here 🙌
Thank you