a few questions on Master of Puppets

on the first part where its like 0-0-7-0-6-0-0-5-0-4-0-3-0-2 i know its palm muted but how do u alternative pick when ur palm muting if tried it maybe im doing something wrong????

the next question is, after playing that part the other palm mute comes in did kirk just down stoke that or did he alternative pick that (srry if thats a dumb question)

I can play this song but whats the point if u cant play it close to what it sounds like....

and on a scale from 1-10 how hard do u thing the 2nd solo is (not the slow one)

Originally Posted by: CW14On a scale of 1-10, I'd say this would be a 5 or 6.

I'd say 7, but I'm just nitpicking.

I have no idea how they pull off so much doing mostly down strokes. I've made alternate picking a vital part of my technique and refuse to have it any other way. But, yeah, like stated above, alternate picking can be accurate to the sound of down stroking. For the most part it's more of a personal feel type thing, there's a difference in sound, but it's subtle.

James and Kirk use all down strokes on the rhythm's, it add's that chunk to it that alternate picking loses. It takes some time to be able to down stroke at that tempo. Of course it can be played either way, but downstrokes gives it that extra umph to make it sound more like the recording.

Yeah, and that blows my mind (sort of). There's also a grittier sound that comes with alternate picking riffs that I've bonded with. Oh well, different sound for different situations.

I trade the downstrokes for alternate picking and speed the whole thing up some bpm's.It gets interesting when you get it going roughly twice the normal speed.