Sad But True Guitar Lesson - Metallica (Famous Riffs)
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In this Sad But True guitar lesson video I will demonstrate how to play the main riff to this killer slow grooving song by Metallica.
When it comes to Metallica's sound and style, "Sad But True" was a big departure. First off, Metallica usually tunes to standard tuning most of the time and are a lot more well known for their lightning fast thrash riffs than for slow power grooves.
However, with "Sad But True" they decided to break the mold and did so with outstanding results. Personally, this main riff to "Sad But True" is probably my all-time favorite Metallica riff. The groove is just simply infectious.
The tuning that Metallica employs in "Sad But True" is called D standard. What that tuning calls for is for you to tune every string on your guitar down one whole step. So the tuning will now be D G C F A D. This low tuning is a huge aspect in creating the deep grooving sound of "Sad But True".
The riff itself uses a combination of thick palm muted power chords and open string pull-offs. It is actually rather simple to play once you get it under your fingers. The most important aspect in mastering this riff is to make sure you lock into the groove. The feel of the riff is just as important as the notes, especially with a slow power groove feel like "Sad But True" has.
If you guys want to learn the rest of the song please let me know by making sure this video gets 600 "likes" on TH-cam. After it hits that goal I will be back here teaching the entire song, solos included!
So I will see you guys back here very soon I hope teaching the full song. Until then I hope you enjoy playing this killer power groove riff from the one and only Metallica!
Carl...
Dude you tought me more then my math teacher XD
same
Shadow sad but true
And your Ela teacher
And your english teacher
Coz you're paying more attention :)
My favorite Metallica riff to play my neighbor loves it too... well he has no choice thanks Carl!
Hell yeah
lol
Over the last two years I've wanted to play guitar so badly, I've had no teachers, I've taught myself how to read music and with your video's I've gotten way further than I ever though would be possible. So thank you !
im not even practicing guitar i just wanted to see what the riff actually looks like when it’s being played and i am absolutely mesmerized
do of wolf and man plz i cant find good tutorials like this comment so he can see it
He did it dude, only took him 6 years
Yes!!
Whenever I wanna learn a new riff your channel is where I go to look for it!!! Love these videos man you’re a hero!
I payed for lessons where my teacher only told me it was drop D. 20 years later... I got it! Thanks to you buddy so THANKS!
Carl is one of the best guitar teachers on TH-cam IMO. Keep up the awesome videos.
And you were only asking for 600. Great job man, love your channel!
You are truly the best guitar teacher on TH-cam, everytime I search for a song I wanna play you have it! 🤘
Dude this is the single most badass metal riff of its time
One of the first guitar videos I watched when I started playing a little over a year ago! I played this riff over and over so many times 😂 remembered the song a couple days ago and decided to learn the rest of it, thank you Carl for your amazing videos I've learned most of what I know from you and a year ago I wouldn't think there was any way in a hell I could play this whole song. Seriously appreciate all the effort you put in these videos, much love!
I've been about less than a week into guitar and i know some few but easy songs, do you think i can already try playing this riff? i need some advice for someone who knows more than me about this ahaha
what about leper messiah???
600 likes? 😆 Carl, my son recently fell in love with Metallica and I was going to tell him about your videos. When I went in to show him he told me he had ben watching videos from a guy that was REALLY GOOD! It was you! LOL
You seriously do a great job! THANK YOU for all the great tutorials!
600 likes carl ...600 likes,where is the rest of the song ;)
marty332 Thanks for letting me know. I will get to work on it and you should see the rest of the lessons for Sad But True in a week or so. :)
yessss!!! thank you carl :)
+GuitarLessons365Song my d standard doesn't sound like that for some reason I have one of the Kirk hammett guitars with the nut locks on it
Kevin The Cucumber must be tuned wrong then
Cody Blaze I used rock smith
bro, I request the full version of the metallica instrumental tutorial suicidi and redemption
"The day that never come"
by Metallica
Could you please help us out on this tutorial??
Thanks
Love the new addition of the tabs
And by the way, Marty got an artist guitar from Epiphone. You DEFINITELY deserve one too!!! I'm gonna start bugging Ernie!!
I love the staccato-ish (second- and third-played) D5s each time thru THE RIFF... ending the ringing strings with the remaining L.H. fingers. You kinda do a hybrid at least, employing P.M. and some muting of the strings w/ the left hand. Most folks seem to just classically palm mute.
This really needs to get 600 likes i wanna learn the whole thing and i watch your videos to learn cause you know how to teach
8 years later dude.....12 thousand likes.... I've just got my hands on my first dean and this shred tone is a dream come true....first song to nail down had to be this one
Watching and my man is asking for 600 likes… how’s 14,000 ??? Hahaha love it. Keep on cranking out these videos they have helped so many of us !
600 Likes from me here, now WHOLE SONG!
Carl !!! thx man ! after all these years practicing with the tab book i always thought, why James and Kirk used "pull offs" - doesn't make sense ! i does now ! thanks man
Oh hell yeah!! We’re about to melt someone’s face off with this one! 😱🔥
Hey, could you please tell how do you get this specific Metallica distortion? )
Thank you for all your videos your teaching is really easy to understand and l can pick up a lot of songs i really like thanks again keep up the good work I'll keep learning as well.
Can you make a tutorial for Frayed ends of sanity?!
Please do So Far Away - Avenged Sevenfold
Yeah!!!
ChaRudatTa MuNdE Lol you replied exactly 2 years after that comment
@@ogolster8346 sad but true
Kurt cobain Hey there Kurt
That intro part I can play , it's just the verse parts I want to learn. I can't read music and basically learnt some Metallica songs by ear , like enter Sandman and wherever I may roam.. however, the verse part in sad but true I would like a better in depth example of how the verse goes. I learned tabliture , but never had a tab for sad but true
If I may be so bold, I think you need to be grooving out a little more to really sell that riff properly. There's something about laying into the strings more and banging your head with it that makes it somehow sound more "metallica". I swear to god it's true, try it!
Also, your execution and technique are fantastic, don't get me wrong. Good tone too. I also didn't know this was in D standard! I thought it was in D. Thanks for the rad video, keep it up!
I really don't see the point in changing the tuning because I played it in standard just fine without the drop D and the half step all the way down. and besides your only using the top 3 for the main riff
I have learned all ur Metallica lessons this was my last one I need to conquer
what do you mean by the strings becoming different letters
Carl your a bad man! This Riff is like a Jugernaut Unleashed-I'll be playing this one in a mixmash w Into the Void...
Ok, I sent Ernie at Music Man an email. You should be getting your own artist series any day!
One of my favorites
Thanks, this is a fun song to play.
Thanks so much this video is amazing most guitar lessons I watch I don’t get anywhere but this is amazing thanks
Snapped my high E string down tuning. I’m off to a great start😂
Thank you man this was awesome
OMG thank you thank you thank you did not know to drop to standard D
Can you please do rattlesnake shake by Motley Crue?
Great Job!!!!!! Thanx...
Mario From Catania!
Please do " Welcome to the family" Avenged Sevenfold!!!!
keep up the great work bro,.,.thanks a lot
Pain to tune and retune but worth it, totally worth it
That's why you save your pennies and have 3 or 4 guitars
the feedback was a nice touch ;)
Thanks Carl!
Hi carl can you do a lesson on the god that failed pleasee
Can you make a tutorial lesson of harem scarem title is there was a time 🔥
good video man thanks much appreciated 👍
What about the intro
Does anybody know what kind of pedal effects he is using for this song?
I would appreciate the help.
great lesson! Thank you so much ^^
I cant get the guitar to be in tune with standard d. Any help? Ive look up videos and it just doesn’t sound like this at all
i love how fucken easy he makes it thx so much
How come when I pull off it never sounds correct? it sounds off, not like the song
Good job
Great song. Thanks you so much.
Can you please make a lessons for the songs
The day that never comes
Until it sleeps
And the unforgiven III
How do you get that heavy sound?
Can you show me how to tune the guitar to the sad but true tune.
Its just D standard, he goes over this and tells you what to tune to in the beginning, try paying attention dude. E becomes D, A becomes G, D becomes C, G becomes F, B becomes A, and the high E becomes a high D. Download or buy a guitar tuner. Tune to that. Easy as hell.
Can I still play this in standard tuning?
Can you play this in standard tuning
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I'm new to guitar, but doesn't Metallica play this in standard E? Why change the tuning?
d standard… completely different sound is why
I want to learn the full song.
So simple but catchy
Drop the tunning?
Yo man what do u use to get that sound ? Only pedals or something else ?
how tune?
What tunning is this song.
Great lesson once again! Can you do Mike Oldfield's Moonlight Shadow solo please? Classic solo without a real guitar lesson on youtube
What kind of equipment do you use?
What is the tune for this song? My guitar sounds different :/
It or Roam are prob the best song on the black album
I though Sad But True was in drop B?
Dude that fret buzzzzzzz izzzzzzz inzzzzzzzane
Thanks
where do you normally get your tabs from
Drop whole guitar down to D Standard. Also, adjust your intonation. Because everybody forgets that and things sound like dumpster fire as you move up the neck.
I got a floyd rose :( no D tuning
Sounds like a good reason to get a new guitar!!! 👍
What guitar is that?
Where's the while thing?!?!?!?
I thought this was played in drop D?
0.30-0.36 that strumming pattern technique,
he wanted 600 likes xD xD xD now its 14k brodda!!
Sweet..already can play most of it..
600 likes...
How about 600 THOUSAND likes??
Party on Wayne!! Party on Garth!!
Lucky to have you as my guide ❤ first I covered fade to black and now sad but true. Thanks a lot for teaching all these Metallica tracks. 🎸🎶
coll tengkyu for lesson
From the starting
600 likes
No it's 11 thousand
0:20 when your parents force you to play guitar
This was so heavy my gutair lost tune
1000's Like was mine :-D
Jesus loves you
Why does everyone I see giving lesson always look like they're not play with their finger tips?
Cuz they're using a pick
Sad but fucking true
Carl The Slayer!!!!
Hey (hey)
I'm your life
I'm the one who takes you there
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