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Nighthawk119th July 2013Awesome lesson. I also usually use only two fingers for the powerchord slides but I find it easier to add the strong vibrato if I use my my second finger as a backup in this case
rsouther16th July 2013a stitch off topic but...where is John Sykes style?...anyone?...
wollace035th July 2013great lesson!! another chapter of the famous ben higgins in the style of lessons.....great diabolic vibe...will do this one if I feel brave enough...
- Lovtscho5th July 2013
Real nice class
Nava4th July 2013Thats amazing!
St Anger4th July 2013J'adore !!!
Dieterle4th July 2013Thats the Feeling for Warrior to go.....
Good One , Ben !
Darius Wave4th July 2013You're wellcome
Ben Higgins4th July 2013Once again, strikes the ten. Who's that guy? This is Ben! Covers styles of many players, making awesome guitar layers
Hahaha - excellent !!
TreyDeschamp4th July 2013Straight evil. Cool lesson Ben.
Spock4th July 2013Holy cow Ben - you are freaking amazing how perfect you can nail people's style. That is EXACTLY something Iommi would play.
- Darius Wave4th July 2013
Once again, strikes the ten. Who's that guy? This is Ben! Covers styles of many players, making awesome guitar layers
sammetal924th July 2013Woah, that's dark
- Avaloa4th July 2013
Premium Sabbath Lesson! Awesome ! Thx !
Renan4th July 2013Great lesson , and I have the same t-shirt
- schui4th July 2013
Easy lesson but great sound!
MikeyMayhem4th July 2013Very Nice!! Great Sabbath sound
bleez3rd July 2013duder! that's excellent. Sounds proper authentic. Looking forward to having a go at it
waynedcoville3rd July 2013wow. just awesome, Ben. but I think Satan is staring at me from within my closet now, though.
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Welcome to my new lesson!
This time we worship at the altar of the indisputable master of the riff... Mr Tony Iommi.
Tony Iommi and his band, Black Sabbath, should need no introduction!
This lesson is inspired by some of Black Sabbath's more recent songs like 'Bible Black' and the latest single 'God Is Dead ?'. There's some arpeggiated clean guitar chords for a verse section and then a typically doom-laden 'chorus' with power chords. Then a solo to finish.
Black Sabbath evolved from playing blues music so a lot of their compositions are minor pentatonic based. Of course, the thing that made them really stand out was their use of the diminished 5th - the Devils' Note. It's demonic sound, allied to Sabbath's heavy power chords formed the blueprint for heavy metal itself.
This lesson will work on:
- Picking chords
- Power chord shifting
- String bending
- Timing
So, put on your blackest attire and pay tribute to the left handed genius of Mr Iommi!
Tuning: Standard tuning. E A D G B E
Tempo: 125bpm
Gear: Marshall JVM 410H. OD2, Orange setting for rhythm. OD1, Red setting for lead.
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