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Metallica: Master of Puppets (Guitar / Vocal with Tablature)

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The Master of Puppets songbook from Cherrylane is actually pretty good as far as these items go. It's fairly accurate, even for some of the more complex sections. However, The Thing That Should Not Be is notated in drop D-tuning, when the whole guitar is actually tuned down to D -- but the actual notes appear correct despite this error. I like the fact that some of bassist Cliff Burton's leads (Orion and the intro to Damage Inc.) were incuded as well. You can nit-pick about some the positons in the tabulature, but as long as the notes are right, who cares?

Much like any tablature book on the market, you have to take the info within the book with a grain of salt.
These tabs are not transcribed by the actual musicians, but by people trying to figure out the easiest way to play these songs.
With that in mind - upon viewing the S&M video, I discovered that "The Thing that Should Not Be" is not in drop-D tuning as the book says, but rather in standard tuning tuned down a whole step (much like "Sad but True" or "Whiskey in the Jar" or "Sabbra Cadabra")- as far as I can tell, the only Drop-D tuning song that the mighty metallica does is "-human" from the afore-mentioned S&M.
these books are great to help you through trouble spots when you are trying to figure out certain difficult passages, but nothing beats figuring it out for yourself.
Still... could not have figured out some of the parts from this momentous album without the help of this book (especially considering what a novice I was when I first bought this - remember kids - downstrokes only... otherwise you won't be as cool as your Uncle James)

This is the most accurate book on the tabs for these songs that i have found so far... i cant really think of any bad things to put down on this product so if ur into tabs and metallica then get this book. But be sure to get the more expensive one. the cheaper one doesnt have the feature with the cut in holes and binded up spine so that it may just open and stay there without u having to push the page out or put something on it to stop the page from turning. its quite annoying when ur trying to play the tabs and the page keeps turning.

This is a very fun Metallica album to learn, as there are some fantastic songs. And this book, as usual from Cherry Lane publishing, gives you all parts of both the lead and rhythm guitars, for every song on the album. There are both musical notations and number tabs available for every song, which is nice for both those able to read music, and those (like me) who are not and just want to see a number. Certain rhythm parts may not have a number tab, and just a note (i.e. G, A, etc), but if that is the case, the beginning of the song has a key that says A= 5-7 on bottom two strings.

This book is worth it, just to get the last song Damage inc. down as it is a very fun song to learn. You also have the Metallica favorites like Puppets and Sanitarium, that are must knows for anyone wanting to be able to play Metallica. You won't be disappointed by this book as it is a close second to Kill em all, for fun metallica songs to play.

What can I say? I was thrilled from the moment I opened the package. Service was great and I'll surely shop this way again. Thanks so much!

On "the thing that should not be" song on this book is for an easy guitar playing, but you can figure out the original version while you know the chords from this tab (Drop D tuning). If you compare them you'll find the book illustrates an easier way of playing "the thing that should not be".

This book is accurate enough to where you can learn the notes on paper, then play along with the cd to finetune the songs. Quite helpful if you grew up learning by reading, not by ear!

The Master tab book is definitely a must-buy for not only the avid Metallica muso-fan, but for those wishing to upskill themselves in various guitar techniques.

As mentioned elsewhere, take all tabs with a grain of salt, however, the solos are a near-enough note-by-note transcription and each riff is intricately tabbed to include even the most subtle of variations.

Includes a very well-written introduction, outlining some very important and helpful tips to assist you in your mastery of one of Metllica's finest albums.

In a one-line verdict: A definite must-have, even as a collector's item!

This is by far the best vocal/tab/sheet music book ever written. All of the songs from MOP exactly as they are played. A must have for the true METALLICA fan or the true METAL player!!!

Sometimes, you can find tablature on the net that isn't always accurate, but you know that these cherry lane books are gonna sound right, cause they are!