Metallica - Authorized Guitar Edition [with Tablature] (Paperback)

~ Metallica (Author)

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Product Description

Matching folio to their critically acclaimed self-titled album. Includes: Enter Sandman * Sad But True * The Unforgiven * Don't Tread on Me * Of Wolf and Man * The God That Failed * Nothing Else Matters * and 5 more metal crunchers.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Cherry Lane Music (September 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0895246759
• ISBN-13: 978-0895246752
• Product Dimensions: 11.9 x 8.8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #64,340 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good for Beginners who love Metallica, March 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Metallica: (Black) (Play It Like It Is) (Paperback)

This is a good book for Metallica fans who just started playing guitar. It has some of the greatest hits from Kill em All to the Black Album. Be careful, it doesn't teach you to play all of the songs the same way that metallica does. This could be a problem for perfectionists. Also, it doesn't transcribe the whole songs, just the majority of the rhythm guitar. If you're not just starting out, don't buy this book, buy a "play it like it is" book.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Sloppy Transcriptions, December 12, 2004

By	Aaron Dawe (Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Of Metallica's first 5 albums, this songbook probably suffers the worst from transcription errors. The first printing of the book was released less than a month after the album was, so if you consider the time it took to transcribe, typeset, edit and get it printed, this was a rush job. The Unforgiven suffers the most in the book in terms of accuracy (the verse riff is so very wrong), while Sad But True has a few problems as well. Is anyone ever going to transcribe the eerie micro-tonal slide part of the chorus?

I don't know if subsequent printings have corrected some of the errors or not, but I do know that Guitar For the Practicing Musician (who were involved with the early Metallica songbooks) did release a 'Metallica Special' magazine that corrected the Unforgiven and Blackened (from AJFA), as well as a corrected version of Sad But True in their monthly magazine.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Metallica learning source!, March 24, 2000

By	[e-mail] (New York, U.S.A.) - See all my reviews

If you are a Metallica fan and play guitar, then this book is a must! Learn all of Hetfield's Rythym and Hammett's solos. I learned more than 90% of this book's song already-with ease.