Finish Playing 'Black Dog' on Guitar

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JOE WILES: Now, we're still continuing number 15 on our list, which is "Black Dog" by Led Zeppelin. We've gone through the first two introductory riffs. In this, the last segment, we're going to go through the third one, tie it all together and go through some exercises that will help you play that smoothly. Let's go to the guitar. All right, so far, this is what we've covered. I'm going to play it slowly. From there, we're going to take our index finger and put it on the 5th fret of the D string, and we're going to go to the 7th fret of the D string with our ring finger. Okay? Just two to three notes, one, two, three. We're going to take these two fingers, move them down a string to the A string, 5th fret and 7th fret on the A string. Okay? Then we're going to come back to the 3rd fret of the A string then the open D string. And then we're going to put our index finger on the 2nd fret of the D string and hit the open A and the D string. Putting that together, slowly, it sounds like this. Pay attention to my right hand and what strings I'm picking, okay? Again, I'm picking the D string, the A string, open D string, and then put my finger on the 2nd fret and hit them both together. I'll cycle that riff a couple of times, okay? Again. One more time. Now, all three riffs put together, slowly, sound like this. I'm going to run that through a couple of times so you can practice along, okay? It sounds like this. One more time. Now, this whole phrase answers Robert Plant's singing line through the beginning and then it switches keys. To speed, the three riffs put together sound like this. That's an amazing classic rock riff. It's the kind of riff that you play and women just throw their clothes off at you if you just play it in front of them. So learn it and learn it well. Our next segment, we're going to take a look at "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica. See you there.

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