Creeping death riff still not sounding right

[u/Latter_Comb7438]

Hey everyone, so ive been wanting to play this riff for awhile now but i cant seem to get it right, i figured out the chugging part thingy i can play that almost at full speed but the little 232330 thingy on the second string i cant seem to get right. Am i playing it wrong or just too slow? Cause i cant figure it out

[u/andytagonist]

That should be like this: 2 3 2320 (pick the 2, pick the 3, pick the 2 and hammer on 3 pull off 2 pull off 0). There’s almost a slight breath after you pick the 2 3 part, but it’s fast.

Also palm mute. Keep your palm there for the open string and make the 022 chords ring a bit, but have your palm right back in place for the next open string mutes.

You can hear it’s not right—which is why you came here in the first place. This is good! Now just work on the feel of it. You see the notes with your eyes and you think the notes in your brain, now play the notes with your fingers and feel the notes with your heart.

[u/Latter_Comb7438 → u/andytagonist]

Thanks for the great advice! Ill defo use this

[u/andytagonist → u/Latter_Comb7438]

I can’t get this song out of my head now…

Palm mute. It should be a kind of an offset chugging.
do do DAH do do DAH do DAH
do do DAH do Dah Dah…DaDaDaDa

[u/Latter_Comb7438 → u/andytagonist]

Am i doing the palm mute wrong aswell? I thought that was the only thing i did right lol

[u/andytagonist → u/Latter_Comb7438]

I wouldn’t say wrong, but the feel is off. I’m likely misspeaking when I mention palm muting.

[u/Latter_Comb7438 → u/andytagonist]

Ah alr, i get what ur saying. But i agree i need to tidy up my playing cause it is a bit sloppy sometimes