 Our next song is called Metallica Rules and it's a little takeoff on the old song One by Metallica. It's a lot of fun to play and if you know any of the Metallica songs this is probably one that you'll recognize. The important concept in Metallica Rules is that of blocking your hand. We as guitar players inherently want to do the least amount of motion in our left hand as possible and so what we'll do is we'll put all of our fingers down for a passage so that you don't have to move your fingers around a lot. If you look at the tab in Metallica Rules you will see that in the first line each measure or group of notes has a sort of a pattern to it that you might be able to put your fingers down in a block and not move them very much. For instance in the first measure I put my index finger on the second fret of the A string, my ring finger on the fourth fret of the D string and play the passage. Now as I play this I want you to particularly focus on my left hand and watch how little movement there is in my left hand. Blocking your left hand is the important concept here. Metallica Rules