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Larnell Lewis Hears "Enter Sandman" For The First Time
Drummer Larnell Lewis hears Metallica's Enter Sandman for the first time on Drumeo and learns to play it by ear, using his musical vocabulary.
Why HN readers recommended it
Cited as an inspiring example of quickly picking up a new piece by ear and of expertise transferring across genres.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Drumeo
- Topic
- learning music by ear
- Format
- demo
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 3
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2021–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I'm not a drummer but my most inspiring example of picking up concepts is this video [1] of Larnell Lewis playing "Enter Sandman" by ear for the first time. Note how his vocabulary helps him learn the form of the song and its nuances. Software-development …
efortis on Hacker News · 2021-05
In Ask HN: Ways to train your mind to be faster at picking up conceptsNot the same song, but I really, really love this and it is Metallica: [VIDEO] Larnell Lewis Hears "Enter Sandman" For The First Time (and plays the drum part)
e40 on Hacker News · 2023-05
In Microtiming in Metallica's “Master of Puppets”
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