Deconstructing Led Zeppelin Riffs
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- This week on Modes with Friends, Sean and Ian deconstruct a couple of classic Led Zeppelin riffs and talk about some of the theory behind how they work.
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There are two types of people in this world, those who like Led Zeppelin, and those who haven't heard them
Right on!
Those who like Led Zeppelin, and dead people🤷🏻♂️
It's actually those who like Led Zeppelin, and those who are wrong lol
Led Zeppelin is one of the greatest achievements of human kind.
Agreed!
Sam _ after chocolate
Nope. Led Zeppelin beats chocolate.
👏👏👏well said🤘
Yeah!!! I'm agreed
You guys rock. Too many of the other UA-cam guitar guys just say things like "third string, fifth fret" without getting into the theory at all.
Thanks so much! Always a fun time with my dude Ian!
Ditto that! No one else bridging theory and application on the web with THIS MUCH fun, spontaneity, and relevance.
Thanks so much Doug!
Holy shit, I needed this UA-cam channel in my life.
Thanks so much Esteban!
Fellow mode nerds! Automatic thumbs up! Fun and substantive demonstration, gentlemen.
Now imagine a Deconstructing Mastodon, or Opeth...
Esteban Aguayo Anybody learning the guitar does.
Your worshipping Zeppelin gave me goosebumps. Soulmates, guys, soulmates...!
you guys can teach theory Like nobody else
Thanks so much!
Sean Daniel you guys should briefly go over everything you could use from music theory to make a song. I've been trying to figure it out myself and theres so much crap I've never heard of that i have to really dig to find. Just shedding light on topics would be very helpful.
nobody hears a single word you say, but you keep on teaching till your dying day
The first riff I ever learned (Although I learned it wrong) was Heartbreaker
Such a great riff.
Did you end on the Minor 3rd instead of the Minor 7th? I did that for years before I realized it, lol.
Good Times Bad Times has been my warm up/soundcheck jam for ever. Gets you in the mood, is easy, and sounds great just on the guitar with the scratching in between.
Right on Andrew!
Was John Bonham the worlds first metronome?
Can't disrespect Joe Morello like that!
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Apex Window Cleaning Services: John Bonham was the HAMMER! Jimmy Page was the GOD!!
He actually played behind the beat. Problem is most rock drummers ARE metronomes, and they can't groove. So your comment is quote the opposite.
You should do a video for every Led Zeppelin riff like this, honestly. Make a whole series. They were the first band that ever got me into music, and holy shit I never looked into the theory behind the riffs like you have here. This is some fucking quality content. My mind is blown. You've got a new sub.
Thanks so much man! We'll have more coming!
I've been a beginning guitar player for 20+ years (played on and off) and always thought Led Zeppelin's songs were some unobtainable grail reserved for advanced players. You guys are really helping me to get the Led out with these lessons. Can't thank y'all enough. Rock on Stich and Sean \m/
Thanks so much Robb! Keep rocking!
You guys REALLY have helped me learn and understand music theory. Ive been playing for about 3 years and play stuff like mastodon and ISIS and a little bit of Baroness. I kinda learned it backwards by learning how to sweep and then looking up what arpeggios and scales were after the fact. Now i have a decent understanding of scales and how they play together with chords and i can now play along and "talk" music with my more experienced friends. I have never had a guitar teacher or any kind of lessons but if i did, I dont think they would be on the level you guys are at. Thank you guys so much! I really appreciate the videos and i hope they keep comin!
i wish to end up on your level someday. but some of this stuff is still over my head
Man thanks so much for reaching out Garrett. So great to hear!
Never in my wildest dreams would I have thought I might try some Jimmy Page. This is one of my faves of all your videos, and not just because you each picked a massive tune to deconstruct.
If you have any interest in making a whole series of LZ deconstructs, I'll be watching every one repeatedly.
Thanks so much Joel. We'll talk more Zep for sure!
I think ur channel is my favourite on UA-cam always makes sense when u teach and u both work very well together and have genuine charisma
Man thank you so much!
Some other video I watched the poster was asking what everyone's favorite Led Zeppelin song was, to which I also laughed and had to explain why that was impossible
even a top ten list is too limited. I still love playing Over the Hills and Far Away, everytime I pick up my guitar. Black Dog is a good example of subtle picking alterations
which enhance the pace and feel of the song, they were masters at this. I am always drawn back to all these riffs like a magnet. Thanks for the analysis, Paige was
after all a skilled master studio guitarist. He didn't just stumble upon all this, he knew how music could play with emotions.
100% agree. So hard to choose.
The Modes with Friends series has really opened my eyes to the purpose of modes, and this video just solidified that I really understand it now. There's a song on my band's first album that always had a different vibe to it, and now I've discovered that it's because I wrote it in mixolydian (incidentally, of course). The song is much easier to improv over now that I understand what made it different. Thanks so much for this series!
So great to hear Ryan! Thanks for watching!
Jimmy was heavy into the eastern vibe, how about G harmonic minor!
Oh that's coming!
Good times bad times is the best Zeppelin song ever. It's amazing. i learned all three instruments from that song
I love that it's their very first song.
The Knights Of Ren first song ive ever heard on vinyl. Never heard the song before but i saw that Communication Breakdown was the A Side of the single but i accidentally put on Good Times Bad Times first. It started with those powerful chords at first and i was like "what in hell is this?" (in excitement) and i listened over and over
I got a lot of guitar skills by learning led zeppelin songs like in my time of dying or heartbreaker, thank you jimmy!
Such a great way to learn.
@@seandaniel23 absolutely
Awesome video! I wonder though, wouldn't it be more fitting to say Four Sticks is in E Dorian? Same notes as A Mixolydian, and the song centers around E much more. Kind of similar logic as Good Times Bad Times being in E Mixolydian; it's this way because E stands as the song's "tonic" center.
You wouldn't be wrong :)
I miss having a buddy like this to hold guitars and analyze the favorite songs
We gotchu :)
I'm enamored with Jimmy Page's writing and playing style, and I just found this video. Needless to say, I'm a very happy man right now. Thanks for the insightful discussion, guys!
So happy to help Tom!
Love it dudes!!! been playing for years just recently trying to wrap my head around modal playing and theory in general and these videos are putting them perfect for me to understand! Kudos
Thanks for reaching out.
The first Riff I heard from Led Zeppelin was Kashmir, and I heard it in an ad for some movie (I forget the name) But I heard it and it absolutely blew me away. I didn't know music could sound like that. And after about a week of searching, I find the name of the band and I was immediately hooked. Led Zeppelin inspired me to play Guitar, and 4 years later I'm starting to make my own riffs after studying under LZ.
What a great song! They're the best.
When I watch your videos, I'm giggling like a schoolgirl. I
Haha, thanks so much, we'll keep it up!
I got chills at the 2:18 mark. You said, "Here come Led Zeppelin" and I was THERE!!!
I had advanced reserve tickets in the summer of 1980 only to be crushed that September 25th...
Man so cool you got to experience it but what a bummer about those tickets!
you guys are great. Been playing zeppelin a while and you guys are really good at making theory fun.
Thanks so much man, rock on!
Scales are just so damn fun. I can't see why people get bored by them. Arpeggios are a bit of a choir though. Thanks for breaking down those riffs.
Right! Scales for the win!
It's funny you mention Zeppelin. I've been playing Zep for about 15 years. I don't like all of their songs, but you're right about what can be learned from them. Jimmy Page still takes me to school every time I listen to them.
Kudos for featuring them. I think you should do more videos on Zep.
Thanks for reaching out man, we'll have more soon!
This is absolutely my dream guitar lesson, making the theory really concrete with amazing examples! Can we have 2, 3 & 4 of this? And a special on the rain song obviously!
Thanks tim!
I was born in '72, and I knew of LZ when I was growing up, but it wasn't until one night in 1986, when I decided to watch "The Song Remains the Same," on A&E, that I was hooked; they've been my favorite band, ever since.
I've got that DVD actually, so good.
Great stuff guys. Breaking the Grimoire code of Led Zep is a joy to behold!
Right on man, thanks for watching!
these guys are such geeks, I didn't understand a word but I loved it xD
Thanks for watching!
Sean Daniel I usually watch your videos cause you're a great guitar player and seem like a very chill guy to hang out with, but if Led Zeppelin is in the title you got me 100%!
Patrik Kozjak-Lesički hey tame impala
Thanks guys this is great. Zeppelin live is where the band really shine! ✌️🎸❤️
One year later, we need an episode 2 of Deconstructing Led Zeppelin... :)
I'm down.
Loved this!! You guys should totally make this a series where you explain famous songs and the theory behind them.
Start with Knights of Cydonia!!!!
Man I might have to! Best song ever!
Get ready planet Earth!! Hahaha this is so amazing. Zep is still my all time fave if I'm honest and this video really took things up a notch for me. Thanks guys!!!
Thanks for watching Kimberly! Long live Zep!
Wow. This is WAY kewl and I love the Zep! Keep it coming, guys :D
will do! Zep forever!
Zeppelin was fantasic and so was Jimi Hendrix. Those are the ones most beginner guitarist want to learn how to play their riffs and solos. They were my prime guitar objectives to learn eons ago.
You and me both!
Just had an explosion in my mind, and so much more makes sense now due to this video. Love learning applicable theory, especially from Zeppelin! Thank you guys!
Happy to help Jared!
Y’all are great teachers. Nice job
Thanks so much! We'll keep em coming!
The second song is basically E Dorian, I think. To me it sounds like the E chord would be the resolution.
It's all up for debate!
On that GTBT riff you improvised, that’s kept for the bass line.
JPJ for the win!
Great episode. Please do more of this kinda thing. "Hey you know that awesome Muse song, fully Locrian mode!"
Thanks Chris! We'll keep em coming!
YES! Good Times Bad Times, sooooo... sweet.
The best!
The practical way you teach is outstanding!!
Thank you :)
Keep doing this deconstructing thing! It's interesting and really helpful!!
We'll keep it up!
My first Led Zeppelin song i learnt on guitar was Babe im gonna leave you! Awsome acustic guitar song!
Classic!
Great Lesson. Today is Led Zeppelin day at my house. I can't believe you two teach in the same studio. I have never wanted to live in Florida more in my life.
This was part 1 of a 24 part series, yes? Please?
Those first sounds ... :-) You do an excellent job of sharing great stuff.
We'll see what we can do Danny! Thanks for watching!
Great video guys. This approach to learning songs is what I've been looking for. I know theory but having you guys break down songs like this saves me tons of time and helps me really understand what I'm doing so I can do sane improv more quickly.
Also, Led Zepplin is the greatest band of all time FYI. But you knew that already.
Thank you for watching! You are right, I already did :)
Just so you guys know that riff was actually written by John Paul Jones, as were many of the difficult notey riffs in Zeppelin such as Black Dog, Out on the Tiles and of course Good Times Bad Times.
You're blowing my mind right now.
You're welcome! I was shocked when I first heard too. JPJ was such an essential part of Zeppelin.
John Paul Jones wrote the riff good times bad times. He wrote many of thr led zeppelin riffs actually, most notably black dog. He said if a riff has a lot of notes, he probably wrote it, but jimmy wrote the ones with chords
I love it.
I love Led Zeppelin! It'd be really awesome if you guys would keep making Zeppelin stuff and maybe see some Clapton and Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi) styles.
Will do my man!
My favorite band
The greatest.
Good stuff to get the Led out I find them heavy and yet spiritual in the intensity and musicianship. The bass and percussion with that piercing vocal. Page well Jimmy adds something making them well-rounded and in a class all their own
So good!
You guys should do a vid on Zep time signatures. I find the mix of signatures one of the more interesting and challenging aspects of playing a Zeppelin song. Would love to hear your breakdown on that!
Great idea!
Eye opening. Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
I think it would be interesting to hear you guys break form 'Kashmir', which sounds like it never actually resolves to my uneducated ear.
Great idea!
WE WANT MORE!!!;)
You got it!
Zeppelin is the soul reason I picked up the guitar when I was a kid, I could wait to learn Heartbreaker and Blackdog.
best video I've watched since forever.
Great video guys, love the explanation, plus Zeppelin is without a doubt THEE Greatest Rick band of all time, so versatile!!! Hey Sean, I use to own that same model of Breedlove with a ceder top, great guitar! I traded it for the Yamaha NTX 700 nylon strings because I was playing at the Brisol Renaissance Fair in Wisconsin, but still have my Breedlove Passport, great guitars they!!! You guys ROCK!!! Stay safe my friends, Rock On & God Bless!!!
Rock on Dave!
So if Good Time Bad Times is Mixolydian, why are the two solos in Aeolian (Minor Pentatonic)? Or do I have that wrong?
StichMethod Guitar
Dudes... MORE!
This needed to be a ten hour video.
I need to hang out with people like you guys! I dont have any HUGE Zepplin fans around me lol. You guys are friggin awesome!
So part of what makes Good Times Bad Times be Mixolydian is that Mixolydian has a flattened 7th, making the default 7th be the "dominant 7"... so C D E F G A Bb (C) for C Mixolydian... and since it's in E Mixolydian, that explains the riff's walking up in half steps to the E to D to E kind of main riff of the beginning of the verse that you played there, drops down to the C# giving you a nice 3 half steps to walk back up to the E.. pretty cool. Is the melody in Mixolydian mode?
I personally wouldn't think of the melody as being modal to my ear, but if you really dissect it you can see it following the chords and make that argument.
The first four notes of Four Sticks are also the first four notes of George Harrison's Within You and Without You. Also the main riff in Dancing Days is in G lydian.
Mind blown.
Love you guys!
Thanks so much for watching!
In babe I'm gonna leave you. The solo somewhere in the end Jimmy plays a mixolydian run
+Sherbert The destroyer right on. He does that a lot!
These guys are the best
Thanks so much!
That was fun trying to keep up ...
+INDIE GEMS THAT JAM Thanks for checking it out!
more of theseeeeeee!!!!
Will do!
I'm a little confused - In regards to good times bad times...how do you know its in A-mixolydian not A Lydian. Couldn't it just as easily be based on the 4th mode being a 5-4 progression? Or are we basing mixolydian on the fact that in this case the 5 is home not the 4 or 1. Thanks in advance.
Yup! Only because the 5 is home do we call it mixolydian. But it can also be open to intepretation. :)
The G note in the four sticks riff sounds like it was played in unison on the record
You're probably right.
Guys! This video is so freaking awesome! Couple friends having a good time analyzing the best band of the world! Kudos and keep this type of vids coming. Just subscribed.
Cool deconstruction!
Thanks for watching!
these is the best channel i saw so far
Thanks!
I replied to the Modes Zeppelin riff video,about a re-Pitch of the tunes; if you're interested listen to Dancing Days go to Roger Weafer on you tube and check out "what did they to to Houses of the Holy".
Yeah I need to check that out.
I think at 4:26 I heard the beginning of Bob Marley's Redemption Song (accident. I know). Notes, Major 3rd, keys. The only key I know is house and car. This is way over my head. But what the hell, I listened anyway cause it was fun.
So cool to hear Thomas! keep it up and it'll all click soon!
Together! ha! I dig both of your channels!
BFFs
Very informative!!! Thanks a bunch.
No problem! Thanks for watching :)
And friend of mine and I had to pay drinks for a whole bar once when we played (an awful version of) Stairway to Heaven. It was an Open Stage and there was a sign outside that said "Whoever plays Stairway must pay for the whole Bar" and we felt challenged haha
good for you Never hide from a challenge like that Stick your guns out there and charge back at em I say. I remember only once I backed off on free drink if I played there at the walk up bar with my guitar in hand. I paid and walked off.
Way to be! Rebellion!
Awesomeness!
Thanks so much!
Great Show !! Would you talk a little about "How many more times " they take lyrics of other songs ie "they call me the hunter" that was a separate and completely different song of the blues (Albert King perhaps). To create that song from other songs is genius, no ?
I'l have to! Love that song!
I disagree. I think 'four sticks' is definitely in E dorian/blues pentatonic. I was in a hurry to analyze it tho but I think it's in E. The main riff has a constant E drone below it. The A-G progression is meant to lead back to the E which is underneath the main riff tho the riff itself isn't obviously in E mode. I think this is the best explanation but I'd like to hear someone else's thoughts.
You definitely could be right!
the 4 sticks sound is pretty common in older indian compositions. But yeah its sick as fuck
He's so good.
Listen to the Rush tune Xanadu and you'll hear mixolodian all over the place
Rush is amazing.
I've seen a couple of videos about modes, but I still don't understand how to use them in my own songwriting process. It just doesn't want to stick in my head...
As a LZ fan and guitar player I'm getting really frustrated, because I want to write song with more than just chord strumming :O
Thanks for this video :). I would love to see a second part.
Thanks so much! We'll do another :)
Page used the Mixolydian scale quite often. What Is And What Should Never Be and The Lemon Song just to name a couple more.
But when you're playing A Mixolydian, isn't the A the One (1, I, ...)?
Some people use that numbering system but I prefer to think of modes in relation to the major scale, so A mixo would actually be the 5th mode of D major, D being 1 and A being 5
A Ha! That clears up a lot compared to other places that teach modes on the UA-cams.
Please do this with "Over The Hills And Far Away". The whole intro. The transition to Bb6 is very overwhelming. I would wanna learn the theory behind it.
Good video idea!
awesome!
Thanks for watching!
So this song was written in the key of A, right? So the lead solo (at the end of the song) is in dorian mode?
By the way GREAT channel! I'm so glad I found you!
Thanks so much! Which song were you referring to?
good times bad times
Omg. I'm an ophthalmologist. I am watching this in between patients and cracking up. So true. Lol
Fun breakdown. Cheers!
Thanks so much Scott!
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Agreed.
the chromatic climb up from the A is a typical R&B filler riff - its positioning is the great thing
After 37 seconds I can truely say, I love this Clip 😎
Thanks for checking it out!
Sean Daniel
Yes Sean thank you in return, you both are very interesting, nice and funny Guys, I will check out some more of your clips, great Guitars also, that Taylor Jumbo 😊 or your Martin with the Cut from another Clip of yours, it's white on the .. random? I also got this Martin! But I have to pay some Money, I brought 6 Guitars to this place there lending, to get some Money, 2 I got back. I am really bad, need a lot of practice, just have a good ear, improvise with Songs hearing, I know People who really are better then me, they pick and got all the rhytms and techniques, but they don't like to improvise, strange. I just love it, it's pure feeling. Just have to build on that somehow, and I think you Guys can help me a bit, thanks 😉
Oh, and I have to say I really love Les Zeppelin, the Beatles - my big 2. But also the Doors, Dire Straits, I love many Bands, and Hendrix, Clapton, Beethoven, Mozart, Schubert, Paco De Lucia, Jeff Beck, Jeff Buckley, Boyz 2 Men, oh and also Filmmusic, yeah the Martin... Imperial March you played it 🤔☺. Anyway, IMO the best Theme ever. I love Jerry Goldsmith, John Barry, Morricone and Williams, the big 4. And lot of other Music, Cuban, The Theme Song of Once Upon A Time in China in Cantonese (or is it Mandarin, I think no) beautiful Language, specially Mandarin!! Ok, nuff said. We'll hear 😉