Hi friends! One of my students is a massive Metallica fan and they wanted me to help them learn how to play Enter Sandman.

The sad truth is, I had never learned it! So I went to the task of figuring it out.

At first, I only used my ear and I figured out the exact notes (down to the frequency) and the exact order and progression, including the rhythm.

I made the video and posted it to the Facebook page. But I immediately hat to remove it.

Following my post I watched Metallica playing it live and I happened to notice that A) his hand looked a different way than mine and B) he played it on one different string than I had.

So I immediately removed the video and went to task relearning what I thought I had learned.

It turns out, I had it right! But not in the way James Hetfield was playing it!

So I reworked the hand frame and I present it to you here today. I also included “my way” as the notes, progression and rhythm are identical, I simply prefer playing the “G” note on the open G.

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