Exactly! I learned Ktulu by ear, and I've alwayes played it closer to the nut, so now I'm gonna have to go back an re-learn it this way, since it sounds SO much better and is, undoubtedly, the actual way that they played it on the album.

Same here. Learned ALOT by ear because of not having the internet mid/late 80’s. Tore up a lot of tapes too. Haha

We would have all sounded like clones. The old school way we learned guitar gave us our own style, and got us excited when we stumbled upon that "key" chord we were trying to figure out. Now it's pretty much handed to players. You can't develop your ear that way. 😉👍

Fukin pissin meself laffin briliiant lol

brilliant lol

I don't want to reveal too much as far as what's coming this month (for "Metal Month") but I can assure you 'The Chords of Pantera' is TOTALLY coming. : ) Getcha pull! \m/ DIMEBAG \m/

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I have a feeling he stopped right at that point, so as to not rob from the content that will be shown in an upcoming Chords of Megadeth episode. Just a hunch. ;)

@@toodark6 Ah, very true. Good call. I was waiting for Dave to bring it up at the end.

Hey! Thanks for watching and for this question too! The main thing to remember here is we're not dealing with full triads - we're really just stacking diads with a droning open string (in this case D). So while I used the natural minor (Aeolian) scale to map out the fretboard, we're not really following full chord construction concepts with this idea. Look at the first chord - D5 (there's a D-A-D on the neck). The next partial chord is Bb/D (with D-Bd-D performed on the neck). Then it's C/D - with D-C-E on the neck (and so on). So, while the notes we're stacking to create these chords came directly from Aeolian, we're not really creating full chords here - it's just partial and implied chords. Your head is in the right place, but there aren't enough notes (for most of these chords) to build proper triads. We're really just mining the whole two-note diad concept, but with a droning open string below the diads. Partial and implied chords are a big part of metal's sound. I hope this makes sense!

Found it in another video.

Thanks for this comment! Be sure to watch the "Guitar Tone & Amps" episode form the Brewster's Millions of Rants series on this channel to learn more about the amp I use in these videos. Thanks again for watching! : )

Sure! It's a 2004 Behringer Vampire combo and it's featured in the 'Guitar Tone & Amps' video from the Brewster's Million's of Rants series on this channel. That vid explains the amp and what I'm playing through in these videos. Thanks for watching!

Eb minor wouldn't contain a B natural note, rather it would have a Bb, so in this instance B major is the correct chord

@@TomHolloway123 True I would say both B chords are actually D major over B and Eb minor over B. It's my personal perception anyway, David is x1000 better musician than I am.

I see what you're saying here, but those two chords are B minor to B Major. In theory, a B minor chord has the notes B-D-F# and B Major has B-D#-F#. If you notice the spelling of those two shapes they're exactly B-D-F# (B minor) and B-D#-F# (B major). It's also toying with harmonic minor during that section. The B minor chord is the "regular" v chord (in E minor), so when it shifts to B major (making it a major V chord), it's technically signaling a harmonic minor scale/tonality - which gives it that really dark sound when it shifts. Super cool slight-of-hand from the mighty Metallica. : )

@@LateNightLessons Thanks David! I was actually thinking that the Eb minor that I've mentioned is a quick change into E harmonic minor! Thanks for the excellent videos!

I totally agree and thought the same thing. They probably had no idea what these chords were called, just stumbled upon and went for it!

I thought that Cliff was a learned musician, as well, and always suspected that once he started writing in Metallica, his knowledge influenced and rubbed off on everyone else (James especially).

Yeah, moving basic power chords while keeping some open strings, that totally smells "let's try this shit out and see how it sounds". It's funny to see that 30 years later now that we've had proper music training. Every guitar players start writing the same way... and they don't all become Metallica 😂

@Ron Gillespie Good point.

Um...I explained this in the video. That's also why I was using finger quotes when I mentioned "reverse power chords" - as that is a common nickname people have given these chords. They're just diads and triads (as I mentioned).

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