Master Of Puppets, Need some help please !
djohnneay
Jun 29 2009, 04:57 PM
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Hi all !

As told in the 'what are you currently working on'-thread I'm trying to learn Master of Puppets, by Metallica.
I've been told that all of the riffs are downpicked. The problem is, that I can't downpick that fast.
Would it be an option to alternate pick the riffs? If so, it could solve my problem, but it won't sound the same, and when I get better at downpicking, I might have to relearn the song.

So I'd have 2 options :
- learn to alternate pick the song and relearn it later downpicking
- learn the song the hard way and waiting until I reach the speed needed to play the song up to tempo

I wonder which way is more time-consuming, has anybody got any advice about this ?
Right now, all I can do is downpick up to about 180 bpm 8th notes cleanly, and the song should be about 220 bpms.
All help is appreciated !!

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- djohnneay   Master Of Puppets   Jun 29 2009, 04:57 PM
- - Muris Varajic   It IS all downpicking but you don't have to t...   Jun 29 2009, 05:00 PM
|- - Muris Varajic   Oh yeah, your question is but tricky tho, "le...   Jun 29 2009, 05:03 PM
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- - ZakkWylde   Practice downpicking until you can do it properly...   Jun 29 2009, 05:02 PM
- - Matt23   I learnt it alternate and I've actually seen J...   Jun 29 2009, 05:03 PM
- - MickeM   Well... if you can't beat the downpicking bpm ...   Jun 29 2009, 05:05 PM
- - djohnneay   Thanks for the replies guys ! If I don't ...   Jun 29 2009, 05:57 PM
- - Santiago Diaz Garces   Are you working your downpicking with metronome?   Jun 29 2009, 06:55 PM
|- - djohnneay   QUOTE (Santiago Diaz Garces @ Jun 29 2009, 07...   Jun 29 2009, 07:19 PM
|- - Ivan Milenkovic   QUOTE (djohnneay @ Jun 29 2009, 08:19 PM)...   Jun 29 2009, 11:08 PM
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- - Bogdan Radovic   If you want to play the song now, do it with AP bu...   Jun 29 2009, 09:51 PM
- - djohnneay   QUOTE (Bogdan Radovic @ Jun 29 2009, 10:5...   Jun 30 2009, 09:01 AM
|- - Ivan Milenkovic   QUOTE (djohnneay @ Jun 30 2009, 10:01 AM)...   Jun 30 2009, 11:25 AM
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- - wrk   I would play it with AP and practice it with down-...   Jun 30 2009, 10:00 AM
- - Vasilije Vukmirovic   Alternate picking is out of question, downstrokes ...   Jun 30 2009, 01:00 PM
- - Jose Mena   Downpicking Master of Puppets gets your hand tired...   Jun 30 2009, 03:44 PM
- - djohnneay   Thanks for lots of help guys ! I'm gettin...   Jul 1 2009, 03:36 PM
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