Learning the Hardest Metallica Solo 

Disposable heroes

@@Flash6uL6 good example of constructive criticism..

One

Blackened

In live metallica plays more faster i think

And justice for all is a frustrating album to play

The straw that broke the camels back....

Agree. I think, puppets and justice got insane guitar solos.

AJFA is an exercise in WHY ARE WE DOING THIS?!?

Blackened was for me

Neighborhood *

Rami H. Zuhair block*

City

City*

World*

What's S tier

@@themistoklestheodosopoulos6253 the top tier

Is it really??? That's how i learn solos. I guess I didnt know it was that crazy, I learned early on when I tried learning shine by collective soul that tabs were shit, so i started tabbing by ear very early in my guitar playing years, maybe that gave me an edge and i didn't notice it? Idk

Dude Man I couldn’t do it i have no idea how people do it. I could maybe learn some easy riffs by ear but nothing hard

Not to mention its the HARDEST guitar solo of one of the 4 kings of thrash metal.

Tosi Mattia st anger has no solos

@@blacklotus3205 r/woooosh

@@blacklotus3205 r/wooooooooooooo0000sh

@@blacklotus3205 you have a huge sense of humor

Forbidden Yasuo I was saying it to see if I could get whooshed

Noice

Why do I have a feeling somebody is gonna get woooshed

Funny. WAH WAH.

Mark Fazio how can you if he doesn’t have a phone???

jake jake r/woooosh nigga

Amen

Fo real

Yeah but nothing else matters and the first solo in master.... Suicide and redemption among others are james

CBRHurricane6 which are easy solos. And even if they weren’t, I can learn a handful of solos but lead guitarists have to know dozens of them.

lol😂

Yeah. And then theres people who learn Jazz chords by ear like wtf

TheGamerGauntlet after getting used to scales and keys, it’s sometimes even easier to learn it by ear, just takes practice, like everything else on the guitar.

If you learn a few Metallica solos by tab or RU-vid lesson (Chris Zoupa), you can get a general idea of what techniques Kirk uses in his solos. Like the pentatonic triplets or whatever. Then it will definitely be easier when you try to figure out another solo by ear

The worst part is trying to figure out something that was played on a guitar that wasn't tuned and/or intonated correctly.

@@kylester0055 i prefer nailing stuff down with live videos, a lot of the times people don't play in scale, but in it's general idea Then again you can't really understand by ear what's being played on a distorted track, at least in my opinion, same goes to live videos, artists can play it differently and in different tuning Using something like transcribe can also help sometimes, but there's not really any solid way to learn something

Facts

Yes

PERIOD

Damage Inc. is also amazing

ZosoØNåigh that’s a Dave Mustaine solo though

trev this whole video was just a flex

And still sucking at guitat

@@sebi8375 How does he suck?

SEBY s.a.v sucks at being a happy camper

And still can’t write a song worth a shit

That's cuz Joe satriani probably wrote it

@@577buttfan Legend has it Cliff wrote the solo.

@@ABlazeintheNorthernSky cliff was the man.

No he didn't 🤦 If you watched the Guitar Center video.. He said he had to practice 'My Apocalypse' riff every night so he doesn't mess it up, because when he plays it live he is the only one playing it and it's very obvious when you make a mistake on-stage. 'nuff said.

*mic drop*

Lmao. That's probably a decent description of his blend of influences.

andzelo majkelo lol

This comment killed me. On a semi-serious note, Santana would have played about a third of the notes in the Creeping Death solo. With Santana, it’s quality over quantity.

Hello, You have good ear my friend..this sounds like Dorian mode but in killem all isn't? more like seek and Destroy ...I feel sofocated in this tone..

He totally ruined the solo with that tone. The original solo is so good because of the attitude when Kirk plays it with unmatched energy and doesn't give a damn if some unwanted noise is coming out of his amp.

Tyler be trying to push onto us what’s wrong or right

What I was just thinking. Dyers Eve made me rage

Dear Father, dear Mother! Dyers’ Eve isn’t the hardest solo!

Merge Plays in your opinion what is then?

For a while i though of Dyers Eve too then i listened to Trapped Under Ice again.

Marty Friedman wipes his ass with Kirk.

@Maccarooni sorry I'm actually glad Dave got booted!!

577 Jersey Customs Adventures cool,but we didnt ask :)

@@iamthetable1666 That's ok,I'm very opinionated online.

Kirk and marty has diffrent techniques you cant compare them they are both the best at what they do

Neither kirk lol

Lol

No they’re so hard you can’t even hear them

So brutal

There were solo’s in St. Anger? And yes my name came from that album lol.

Impossible

If you play it right then your guitar explodes from how awesome it is

F

lol mine popped out when trying out Hotel Cali solo

Get some slinky’s bro

try to get some slinky's, especially paradigm ones

One solo isn't that hard compared to other ...and justice for all solos like blackened, the shortest straw or dyers eve

I started to learn fade to black's intro solo, and it's been 7 years, i still cant play the fast part 😭😭😭

He was using a wah before the black album. Listen to “Battery” off MOP.

Used wah on trapped under ice

He uses a wah pedal on the first song on their first album

Steven Austin because that’s e minor and that’s what most of their songs are in

Reflexez yes

Reflexez that’s the key the song is in.

oh that's why 85% of Metallica solos sound the same

leah buh Bruh

People are only pissed such a talented guy is no longer practicing and doesn't put any effort into music. RTL solos were awesome, great compositions, tone, attitude, the best Hammet ever played so it is sad he never really managed to top it, though he made some good stuff even after that.

@@kkarx If they're pissed he's no longer practicing they'd be dead wrong, watch some interviews from Kirk.

Exactly, it's one thing to learn and perform the solo, but to actually write it takes exceptional musicianship

lmao literally

😭😭😭

now that's how dragonforce records their songs

Nah its rings of saturn😂😂

@@starzgd5800 you do realize they play live right?

Pretty much

You’re literally on every video that has anything to do w Metallica 🤘🏻🤘🏻 😂

Lol he didn't use wah until the black album, this is before the black tho so that's why

First people complain about wah, then they complain there is no wah :p

@@angeleyes5523 I think its a little wah in fade to black outro

@@liamfahlin2219 And defenetly in the solo from Hit the lights

@@angeleyes5523 He used Wah in Battery, Fade to Black, & a few songs off Justice. It was just more subtle uses than most things Post-Black Album

Just like me man, the only way to develop a "good" ear. I didn't even have a tuner the first two years. Just some stupid tuning whistle..

From the scholl I did not graduate from 😂, just kidding

Yeah man, a tape deck and a well pressed rewind button. I was always thinking if I had RU-vid , slow down programs and all the convenience of a computer back when I was passionate about learning guitar , I’d be a lot better than I am now. I don’t have the patience for rewinding and listening anymore , what a waste of time haha

I don’t know if I believe that lol

@@abnerolson5923 r/wooooosh

@@abnerolson5923 St.Anger DIDNT HAVE SOLOS and for Justice HAD NO BASS

Blackend, damage inc is hard too,

Joe Dot I wouldn’t say damage inc. that solo was easy for me to learn. The solo for blackened was easy as well, learning the rhythm for it wasn’t

GenericGeorge duh

@@genericgeorge4933 I found the rythem of both easy to be honest

Yeah Dyers eve or disposable heroes

Kapi Games and Bass sounds pretty right

Kapi Games and Bass I thought it was arcade sounds sped up

How dragon force mixers Thier songs played slow then sped up later hate to say it they can play good but all together live not impressed

Herman li/Lee cant even play those solos cuz they speed them up on the album. Its like the autotune for guitar playing.

Glass Prison - Intro Solo

Tales of Horror Beyond The Veil easily.

@@spinnincrash2761 But strictly alternate picked

no doubt is the glass prison sweep, John Petrucci himself can't play it live properly

Metropolis Part 1 is my pick

dude 🤣🤣🤣

Comedy gold

😂😂😂😂😃

Though the exact same thing 😂

💀💀💀

Literally impossible

Use tuners, or a guitar version of Davie's cardboard bass with some serious neck bends

What is this guitar hero?

Captor of sin intro is pretty good

chemical warfare is possble

Underrated gem, it is

Jacob S. That is the most underrated Metallica solo. I actually lost my shit the first time I heard it.

@@jamesvoneschen6603 bro i opend the notes to learn it and my brain died instantly

Kirk's best in my opinion

I learned the Disposable Heroes solo note for note years ago by copying the audio in to my DAW and using time stretching to slow it down. I'm pretty confident that I have the notes right, but I still can't really play it. Kirk Hammett gets a lot of flak, but many of his early solos are no joke.

Just lovely lol

cuz its power metal

lol

looked for this comment

No one can play it as fast as kirk

Justin Villeneuve no it’s not.

Runazoid Games That’s how fast they play it live

@@anasjawad6638 i learned it after a year playing guitar. I had been learning megadeth up till that point so was fairly tame in comparison to marty friedman and Chris Poland solos.

But better

For sure man !

Isn't it also their fastest song? Yeah def the hardest even with having breaks in it's phrasing

I came to this video expecting Dyers Eve lol

@Jordan Ingram He's really a Metallica fan, you should check other videos of him playing Metallica

Thats what i said when i saw the title

Not gonna lie, first song I learnt on guitar :D it's pretty easy if you take it slow

@@akshaykumar_r sarcasm

@@handlethehurdle yeah I realized that I probably just wooshed myself xD but hey, my friends who started playing waaay before me still can't learn it so..

One

Yeah that’s sooo difficult! You know I don’t think he’d be able to do it it’s pretty tough 😂

Phantom Lord, Kirk can't play it that's why the only live versions are with Dave Mustaine

Damage inc

@@chancewillits8133 He has played it live though.

Chance Willits lol phantom lord isn’t that hard and his live performance was really well too

Chance Willits what you talking about? Phantom lord is in their current set list bro lol

WAHt do you mean

You should right this very comment on Kirk Hammett's jamming session videos....

Wah wah wah always complaining, Sheesh

And nickle back sucks. Har har har Real original

M Ross 😂😂😂😂 I jumped on the bandwagon too! 😂👍

Cause of lars tbh

I put the video on 1.25x speed and it sounded a lot like how Kirk plays live actually.

The solo in this video is only 75% speed too

and only has about 50% accuracy

mikepshena yeah i’m sure that you could play it better! :)

Vocals is Battery period. But evrrything else goes to Dyers Eve

@@thedancingguy828 the only thing hard about vocals on Battery is singing while playing.

@@agustincasciero yes lol, you wa thinking that i was talking about high and low notes? That would The Unforgiven 3 or maybe Low Mans Lyric

@@thedancingguy828 possibly. Dream No More's high part is really difficult as well.

@@agustincasciero Or anything from Kill em All lol

Exactly. I think his most memorable solos are in Ride The Lightning but the hardest are in ...And Justice For All.

triledink kirk at his best

Dyers Eve Blackened One Shortest Straw

I concur..

Shortest Straw - that one takes speed and great articulation -

Dastan Pun intended.

You aren’t even picking that fast for that long. That song is a breeze to play rhythm guitar to. Talk to me when you can play Damage inc without your hand cramping

Seriously. As commendable as it is for ear training. If youre really just trying to learn the solo, you could save allll this time and just look at the tabs. Will get you a lot closer than playing by ear and if your that good by ear, you can make any minor adjustments needed. Especially if youre not as good as him and just learning your scales and way around the guitar. Good ear training exercise though, but he was def off. Id rather just peek at the tabs

@@TheAlaskansandman so does learning scales help with ear training or something?

@@Vampire102 If you learn scales then you will understand how the music was written, therefore, it is easier to know where the soloist is heading. Don't get me wrong, makes a really difficult thing just slightly easier

Rt

Suicide And Redemption solo is James' solo.

Metal Fan same fam😂😂

Metal Fan You need to combine rythm and lead,without lead techniques every rythm guitarist suck it dry

@@emreozturk7870 that's why James Hetfield is god

@@dylandawson585 dude. Ever heard of Suicide and Redemption?

dborbs thanks my guy

God bless

Cheers , nothing worse than watching people learn.

Thanks

@@Malc664 why did you click on this video?

Definitely agree with Dyer's Eve, glad to see someone else knows it 🤘

4 songs in one comment

Dyers Eve for sure anyone who disagrees w me is wrong. Damage Inc is up there too

Agree completely with Dyers Eve solo. In my opinion it's Kirk's most creative.

Battery ? No one ? Really ?

Ur funny

Nah man. St Anger is the hardest

Olo

Ngl man I find it infuriating to play , I'm horrible at playing stuff like that

Nothing else matters

Victor Parra ride the lightning isn't too bad, it's the timing for the second half of the solo that always gets me. By that I mean the gap in the solo which is just a slow bend on the 7th fret of the 6th string.

Nathan Simpson true man pentatonic run in ride the lightening took me weeks

Wherever i may roam is one of the easiest imo

Salvador but it’s easily one of Hammett’s best solo

RTL is a pussy solo in comparaison with shortest straw (I’m only talking about the difficulty)

Wherever is one of the easiest ones but sounds so brutal heavy

Idk, Ride The Lightning solos are crazier than AJFA.

@@kylester0055 no they're not

that's Juan cool dude They are٫ Kirk goes crazy٫but yeah the AJFA solos are harder

Familia Sanchez Calderon absolutely.

RTL solos are crazier and have more special complexities to them, but overall, the …AJFA solos rank higher in difficulty

Agreed! Lars has shitty tempo.

they just orientate on james. he is human metronome.

Oh wow, youre such a Prodigy, you must be one of the greatest players of all time by now

Fade to black is the first metallica solo i learned

@@HEAVYpeople250499 I'm at Wah Level 6 now. I heard you're still stuck at Metal Zone 3.

@@aimanshamsol2402 I had to buy a Metallica Tab book for £30 to learn that one haha

man that 2nd solo of jump in the fire is so underrated

No its very easy man

That’s actually a really easy solo 😂

Well actually is easy 😅

@@leob4403 Its a much more basic solo and it was one of the first solos I could practice with on a daily! But its a pretty easy solo, most of it is just fast but its not that hard 😁 Just keep playing

As far as Metallica's solos go that would definitely one of the more difficult, the people above are just posturing.

I agree

Dyers Eve

Shortest Straw is also the funnest Metallica riff to play :D

Dyers Eve X2

yes indeed

It is

And also the longest

@@mikeoxmaul1386 Hi Dave! Wheres Kirk Ketchup?

No all the solos from St Anger are so hard that you can’t even hear them.

Man, that repetitive hook (that's what I call it so ease off....) he does in tolls still to this day tries to trip me up bit past half way every time. No matter how many times......

bandavet Don’t Tread on me is far from the hardest solo on The Black Album, Wherever I May Roam and Through The Never are much harder.

same thing goes for the foo fighters.that crap IS NOT MUSIC.

check out "side of a bullet", a nickelback song with the solo being a record from the late dimebag darrell.

(Eyes Rolling) the hate train for Nickelback is still going around. It’s really getting old

@@leob4403 im not comparing foo fighters to nickleback,id rather listen to nicklback than the foo fighters,as a a matter of fact i refuse to listen to the foo fighters because they fucking suck.if they come on the radio i either change the station or just turn off the fucking radio.