Kirk Hammett

First off is his tapping sequences. Although he sometimes does them fast (ex. One solo), they are usually slow tempo and easy on the tapping finger. Here is the tapping sequence for the "Am I Evil?"

Figure 1.

   T      T      T      T        T      T      T      T
|-12p8p5-12p8p5-12p8p5-12p8p5-|-12p8p5-12p8p5-12p8p5-12p8p5-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

   T      T      T      T        T      T      T      T
|-13p8p5-13p8p5-13p8p5-13p8p5-|-13p8p5-13p8p5-13p8p5-13p8p5-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

   T      T      T      T        T      T      T      T
|-13p9p6-13p9p6-13p9p6-13p9p6-|-13p9p6-13p9p6-13p9p6-13p9p6-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

   T      T      T      T        T      T      T      T
|-14p9p6-14p9p6-14p9p6-14p9p6-|-14p9p6-14p9p6-14p9p6-14p9p6-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|

   T       T       T       T         T       T       T       T
|-14p10p7-14p10p7-14p10p7-14p10p7-|-14p10p7-14p10p7-14p10p7-14/--7-|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|

The next tapping sequence is the One solo.

Figure 2. Very High Tempo.

  T         T        T        T        T        T        T        T
e|-19p15p12--19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15p12|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

  T         T        T        T        T        T        T        T
e|-20p15p12--20p15p12-20p15p12-20p15p12-20p15p12-20p15p12-20p15p12-20p15p12-
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

   T         T        T        T        T        T        T        T
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-19p15p12--19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15p12-19p15p12-
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

   T         T        T        T        T        T        T        T
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-20p15p12--20p15p12-20p15p12-20p15p12-20p15p12-20p15p12-20p15p12-20p15p12-
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

   T         T        T        T        T        T        T        T
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-17p13p10--17p13p10-17p13p10-17p13p10-17p13p10-17p13p10-17p13p10-17p13p10-
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

   T         T        T        T        T        T        T        T
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|-18p13p10--18p13p10-18p13p10-18p13p10-18p13p10-18p13p10-18p13p10-18p13p10-
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------

   T        T     T     T     T     T      T     T    T    T    T    T
e|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------
B|-17p12h14-17p12-17p10-17p12-17p10-17p8-|-17p10-17p8-17p7-17p8-17p7-17p5---
G|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------
D|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------
A|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------
E|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------

Next is the use of the wah pedal in most of his solos. Try to improv something on the G, B, or high E string and then add the wah and follow the rhythm of your solo. Add bends to get even more sounds out of the wah. And last but not least is the harmonic vibratos with the whammy bar. If you have a floyd rose or any locking tremolo, beautiful. If you got an ordinary tremolo, it ok. All you gotta do is hit any natural harmonic on the G, B, or high E string and give the bar a little shake or go crazy and shake the bar until it falls off.

Figure 3.

E--(9)~~~~~~~~~~------------------------------
B------------------(7)~~~~~~~~----------------
G--------------------------------(5)~~~~~~~~--
D---------------------------------------------
A---------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------

Thanx for reading hope it helped. Email me if got something to say.

Comments

[Led_Zeppelin992]

Very little in terms of examples, explanations and whatnot.

A very poor lesson, indeed.

[InTheFlesh!]

Your "lesson" consists of tapping, tapping, and a little bit of harmonics...

...Actually, that sounds like the Kirk Hammett we love, but to capture the true essence, you needed pentatonic examples that are uninspired and overfilled with wah.
:p:

[Mackk123]

InTheFlesh! wrote:

Your "lesson" consists of tapping, tapping, and a little bit of harmonics...

...Actually, that sounds like the Kirk Hammett we love, but to capture the true essence, you needed pentatonic examples that are uninspired and overfilled with wah.
:p:

he was better when he was playing Dave's solos on Killem ALL

[Dwight Schrute]

Where's the section of the lesson on what hair loss products to buy and how to fail using a wah wah in every song?

[RENDOGG!!!]

bad lesson doesn't explain how the hell to pull off from 17 to 13 to 10 quickly

[RENDOGG!!!]

which by the way i need to know if anyone else does a quick comment on how would be great