You're Playing This Led Zeppelin Song WRONG! || Riff Theory
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Back today with another episode of RIFF THEORY! Today I'm talking about why the riff from "Whole Lotta Love" by Led Zeppelin is so iconic and why we love it so much. Check it out!
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The problem with so many guitar lessons on RUclips is that they teach you "how" but not "why". The theory behind is important! Thanks, Marty! We need more of this kind of stuff!
One thing i have learned, since 09, when i first picked up my first guitars, IS, u can never play NOTHING wrong. Playing it the "wrong" way becomes YOUR art.
I’m not playing it wrong, just differently
WRONGLY, not WRONG. It's an adverb.
@@raybeer5213 just being different
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Thanks Marty! Like the added depth lesson. Learning the "WHY" not just the "HOW" 😀
Many thanks Marty for decrypting the origins of Jimmy Page's signature guitar tone and what a great treat on unveiling the roots of natural distortion!
I kept hearing "dissidence" and not "dissonance". Am i wrong, or is there a revolt happening that i dont know about?😂
Still, a thumbs up for pointing out the bend Marty👍
Excellent breakdown. These short, riff theory sessions are great. Thanks!
I prefer to start on the A note (5 on the E) and immediately hammer on to the B, like how you play it. It takes up the same amount of space but adds a bit more "riffiness" to it:
Ude all 4 notes of that pentatonic box (5 and 7 on the E, 5 and 7 on the A). I am a metal guy, so perhaps the more precise attack required sounds more appealing to my ears.
Admittedly, not a Zeppelin guy. But this is one of those riffs that everyone has to learn. It's also an easy finger exercise to warm up with.
Make sure you play all the palm-muted E notes in one direction, with the E power chords in the opposite direction. So like up, down, down, down, up, down, down, down etc. This is a good one for tightening the precision of your pick attack and your wrist motions.
Yikes! Did you record the video twice, with two different camera angles, and just edit them all together? Holy crap Marty!
Good stuff! Thx! I'll start practising. Also here is a detail u might adress among other small things in another video #suggestion : A very bright note on the e, a, d string can have a bass note on the open g, b string. Below. On the brighter strings. It sounds cool to play both and gets you away from the trodden path. Anyway great upload! Thx!
Awesome! This is the difference between playing the tones and playing music.
You can make the theory almost painless to this old guy! Thanks Marty from a Classic Rocker.
‘How many more times’ has a pretty good riff with the secret sauce
Black Sabbath's first song on the first album called black Sabbath. The little 3 note riff with the trill all through the song. Disanant and I think it's the dreaded " devil's interval"....
The "devil's interval" (the tri-tone) is a myth. Composers simply often avoided it because of it's lesser melodic quality. But it's still all over classical music. Tony and Geezer admitted they got the idea from the orchestra piece called Mars, the God of War (which also was the inspiration for John Williams' Darth Vader theme).
While the tri-tone is a good example, the most dissonant interval is two notes next to each other (so in theory terms, it could be your tonic (the 1) and a 7th, in major). Take C major: C, D, E, F, G, A, B. If you play B and C (or E and F) that is the most dissonant.
But there is an exception to the rule if used right. Classical and score music will often use the minor scale with a sharp 7th. That equals an example of two notes together. But it's actually one of my favorites because of how it begs to be resolved and sounds more pleasing when it does.
@@MykeHavoc awesome information Michael. Thanks. I'm learning theory, but I'm probably not out of the highschool level yet.
Hey Marty great video as always! Would be great if you could break down some more Zeppelin tunes, perhaps an acoustic one? Cheers
I prefer my “whole lotta love” with alternate picking instead of straight downstrokes. Helps the groove.
Economy picking, not alternate. Up, down, down, down, Up, down, down, down etc. Alternate is just up, down, up, down and so on.
Awesome video as always Marty my man! Could you please do some video tutorials of “Little Red Corvette,” “Purple Rain” and “When Doves Cry” all by Prince. Thank you my friend. Appreciate the videos, and keep up the hard work man!
You know youre playing it wrong in a pretty important way, right? Directly after hitting that chord the e string is hit. A good way is to let the chord be a down stroke and chip the e string on the way up to get ready for the next two strums on the e string
Also, the riff requires some solid precision, but the groove relies on the swagger of the wrist. Needs some loose attack alternate picking/strumming.
Also, during that chord its clear jimmy either pulls off slides off into the A octave on the d string to lead into the next repeating phrase. It is much more smooth.
One song that uses similar is Hey Joe by Hendrix, I always thought it was even the same place, but he uses dissonance by using the E chord instead of Em, and there is a lot of that microbend as well. Great vid!!
Listen, I Was LITERALLY TYPING WHOLE LOTTA LOVE GUITAR LESSON. HOW!?!! Been practicing this tune all morning, and am just becoming invested in it
Just learning lead guitar and it’s a whole other discipline for sure!! Great riff lesson and thanks for posting!
if ur learning lead you should do his lesson for the leads for this song, i recently started soloing a few months ago and it was one of my first that i memorized, they're easy blues
This is right up my alley. I play with great dissonance. That was great!❤
Thanks for going into so much detail!!!!
"Dissonance", dissidence is a whole other bag. ;). Killer riff with nice tip.
Carry On Wayward Son riff suggestion. Thanks Marty for all you do.
Tom Petty you got lucky with me uses dissident notes
Awesome video Marty
Thanks again for this video Marty! Love this series. I think I understand dissonance and I’m not sure if these are examples of this but I feel like the main riff in “I love Rock and Roll” and the chorus of “Back in Black” have some dissonance. I might be wrong.
Not quite. dissonance is when you hear something and it sounds "wrong." Some are so bad, it can hurt to listen to. It's all about how you use it and make something musical out of it.
The MOST dissonant sound is two notes that are side by side played simultaneously. What he is doing is playing the same note twice (the fretted note and the open string above that), but he is using his finger to alter the pitch slightly of the fretted note.
When you bend a string, you are bringing it closer in pitch to the note next to it (you get good enough at bending and you can go up 6 notes if you like!) But he isn't bending it up to the next note. All the space in between the two notes are called micro tones. And you can bend up a quarter of the way, halfway, 3 quarters and so on.
So the bend he does is more like a quarter or half. Very slight. This is more to get the effect Luke one of your strings might be ever so slightly out of tune on one string. But it resolves so quickly, that you don't much think about it until you're watching a video, breaking it down and applying music theory lol.
Hopefully that made some sense and didn't just confuse you more.
Hey Marty, could you make a video breaking down the licks and solos to I never dreamed by Lynyrd Skynyrd? I think the song is seriously underrated and I’m struggling with the tabs lol.
thanks as always Marty have you ever taught the the intro for shambala none of the other videos seem to get in between my ears like you do
Hey Marty, good greeds from good old Germany. 😊
Hey Marty, thank you for the Whole Lotta Love Riff theory lesson!!!!
hey marty! i love your tutorials! i have a request for a tutorial on any song of a german band bochowmusik or kaella but its ok if you dont😁😁
We love you- the edit is wayyyy to much
agreed
Could you do a tutorial for as tears go by, stones on acoustic
Good lesson Marty!! I was thinking that Pearl Jam songs have some dissonance.. much love!!
Love to play it on bass too
I’d love to meet you I’ve been watching your videos for a month now trying to learn guitar and your awesome at what you do thanks Marty 🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸
Awesome sauce ❤
Okay enough with the zoom in and zoom outs.
Yea I can’t watch this
For sure… disorienting 🤮
Zoom in, now zoom out! Tell me what ya gonna do now!
Lol it reminded me of SCTV and their 3D effect.😂
+1 it’s too much
Wow!
😛😎😄 Thanks Marty❣️
Great lesson, but if you watch Jimmy play this in 'It might get loud' you'll see that he uses alternate picking for the whole riff.
He's a super sloppy player. He's written some banger riffs, but they typically sound better when played by others. I know most like his style. But it was a turn-off for me. Likely the reason I never has a Zeppelin phase, despite having one for all the other obvious ones (Sabbath, Purple, Priest, Maiden etc)
Thank you Marty!
Please do Sue by No Suits next!
That was excellent!!
Marty can you do a Brenton Wood "I like the way you love me" guitar tutorial
heres a guess before i watch. its the open D string and the slight bend on the D note of the A string
I can a bit of the led coming on 🎸😎🤟🏻
Is Marty saying "dissidence" instead of "dissonance"? Or am I losing my mind?
What’s your song list for May 5th?
Was this riff picked up from Hey Joe?
Marty, are you acting in commercials now? I swear I just saw you in a Rybelsus advert.
Not me
335 sounds BAD ASS
Yo! If you could do a tutorial on John Mayer's 'Walt Grace's Submarine Test, January 1967" that would be greatly appreciated! Love your content :)
TOP TOP TOP ciao
No mention of where you got this from? Joe Walsh shows how to this on youtube. Sounds to me like this is just ripped off from his video:(
Cool
Would love if you could do sister morphine or pigs on wings.
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A dissidence is here....
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Please,break the theory behind the riff of Black Sabbath's electric funeral...
E blues minor pentatonic. So E, G, A, B, D, E. But you add the flat 5th (A#) which is called a "passing tone". Though it's utilized differently here. The flat fifth is what gives it it's spooky sound, like their self-titled track and many more.
Thanks, Michael! That helps me a lot...
@Roberto ORTIZ my brain for some reason was specifically thinking of the verse riff. The main riff is in E minor. It's made up of only 5 notes and only one not yet mentioned: E, B, C, F# and G. Haven't physically played it in years, but it's a classic that I'd recommend to newer players (as I would many Sabbath tracks).
@@MykeHavoc Got it! Thanks again... I love Black Sabbath, they are so good...
well obviously the best rock song example for dissenence is black sabbath by black sabbath
No. A flat 5th is not the most dissinent interval. Two notes next to each other are.
@@MykeHavoc well i never said that it was. just sayin that its the best song example
you lost me but it sounded cool lol
Wowww🎉
Do you know how to play Seek and Destroy
The whole thing? Or just the opening riff?
Why do you think I'm playing it wrong???
The word is WRONGLY, not WRONG. It's an adverb.
You mean *dissonance.*
Dissidents are political resistors.
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I think maybe you mean dissonance? Dissidence is a protest. The choppy edit makes this almost unwatchable. Disappointing on both counts.
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