how to play "Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin on guitar - rhythm guitar lesson


Published on 26 January 2016
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Shutup-Play-Guitar-Tutorials/531813906953186 An electric guitar lesson on how to play Black Dog by Led Zeppelin on guitar. This is for the rhythm parts only. From Wikipedia: "Black Dog" is a song by English rock band Led Zeppelin, the opening track on their fourth album (1971). It was released as a single in the US and in Australia with "Misty Mountain Hop" as the B-side, reaching number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 10 in Australia. In 2004, the song was first ranked #294 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time before being ranked at #300 in 2010. For the full Wikipedia article go here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Dog_%28song%29 Here's the quote from John Paul Jones about the turnaround section: "I then came up with the bridge riff, which is in E. This riff is rather tricky-sounding, as it's built from a repeated phrase that is four-and-a-half beats long. Each time the phrase is repeated it's displaced by half a beat. Notice how the E note, which falls neatly on beat one the first time the phrase is played, falls on the second eighth-note of beat one the second time around, on beat two the third time, and on the second eighth-note of beat two the fourth time. This technique of repeating an odd-length phrase in an even time signature such as 4/4 is known as hemiola and is a very effective compositional tool." Wow! Who knew! I've never heard of a hemiola before I read this. Pretty cool. I hope you enjoy the lesson and good luck learning the tune. I get a lot of questions about my sound so here's what I'm using: My amp is an Egnater Renegade head through a Marshall 1960b cabinet. I use a TC Electronics Nova System through the loop for effects. On almost all songs I just use a digital delay, roughly 400ms, but some stuff I use tap tempo to set the delay. I also use a BB preamp on most lead tones and sometimes (rarely) a Boss CS-3 compressor. For this tune I didn't use the BB preamp, just used my amp with the gain set about halfway. I also used the compressor. The reverb is from the amp. My wah is a Dunlop MC404 CAE Dual Inductor, REALLY great pedal! I also use a Polytune tuner which is fantastic. My guitar is a 1975 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. I have Suhr Aldrich pickups on it. I have them coil split, but for this tune I had them running in full humbucker mode. Folks may be surprised at how much time and effort goes into creating these videos. If you're getting something out of the lessons and can afford to contribute to the cause, I've setup a Paypal link. If you can't afford it no worries, but if you can, any amount is appreciated and will help me to continue to make the videos. PayPal:https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=G47MZ9YL8F38C Thanks for all the comments, and questions and of course for subscribing. I really appreciate the support. Good luck to everyone with their guitar playing. cheers everyone