Black Sabbath Style Lesson

- Kristofer Dahl22nd April 2008
  This so much Sabbath - awesome Gabriel! Sorry to hear about the punh though they didn't realise it was the great Leopardi they were dealing with...
- Nick Kellie22nd April 2008
  great lesson
- Nighthawk122nd April 2008
  Compliments for that lesson Gabriel..it sounds 100% Black Sabbath like...it s always amazing how you can nail the style of certain bands or guitarists by analyses and by inspiration...Thanks
- Hisham Al-Sanea22nd April 2008
  great lesson Gabe ...very welldone
- Marcus Lavendell22nd April 2008
  Brilliant Gabe!
- Joe Kataldo22nd April 2008
  Great Lesson
- Capt.Z22nd April 2008
  COOLAROONI!!
- Bogdan Radovic22nd April 2008
  Awesome in style lesson Gabriel! You nailed it perfectly!
- kyldeee22nd April 2008
  Really nice lesson gabriel, nailed his style
- Adel Alsayed22nd April 2008
  THIS IS IT !!
  
  Awesome lesson !
- zoom22nd April 2008
  That's just absolutly s*** hot Gabe!
  
  Edit for language - Smells
- kaznie_NL22nd April 2008
  Well the punch was worth it! Neat lesson
- Gabriel Leopardi22nd April 2008
  thank you for the comments! the punch was worth it!
- Pi3822nd April 2008
  Obviously the blows to the head didn't affect your playing. It's completely in tune with how Black Sabbath plays. It would've been awesome if you had bitten the head off of a rubber bat at the end!
- Martin la guitarra22nd April 2008
  its GAB!! Yes finally, thanks you so much!
- Sergio Dorado22nd April 2008
  Very interesting lesson! It sounds great!
- Gabriel Leopardi22nd April 2008
  I'll try to get a bat for the next Sabbath style lesson...
- Old School Rocker22nd April 2008
  Once again Gabriel Amazing lesson. lol it made me Lmao when i read you got decked in the head. But it was still probably a bad a** concert.
- Fran22nd April 2008
  Nice one Gabriel, sounds like black sabbath for sure
- Jon Lambo22nd April 2008
  As always, a great lesson from one of guitarmasterclasses best instructors.
- Danilo Capezzuto22nd April 2008
  Nice lesson!
- Alex8722nd April 2008
  This is very true to black sabbaths style, thanks Gab
- PassionPlay22nd April 2008
  SWEEET
- Ivan Milenkovic22nd April 2008
  Very good Gab, sound is top notch too
- Dejan Farkas22nd April 2008
  Real Black Sabbath
  
  Well done, you caught the spirit
- at lights end22nd April 2008
  awesome!
- Unleash-The-Shred22nd April 2008
  This sounds incredible.
- Nick32522nd April 2008
  sweet
- JVM22nd April 2008
  Awesome! As soon as I saw a black sabbath lesson on the site I got excited... then I saw it was by none other than gabriel, and i about wet myself
- Stevie-Ray-Vaughn22nd April 2008
  I love this! Inspired to write a song!
- Stevie-Ray-Vaughn22nd April 2008
  Did you use the X3 to get that tone?
- Gabriel Leopardi22nd April 2008
  JVM: I just can say...
  
  Stevie·Ray·Vaughn: Yes, I used my new POD X3 live for this lesson. I used one of the Messa Boggie amp simulators (called treadplate). I know that Sabbath don't use messa boggie but I love how it sounds.
- rokchik22nd April 2008
  Iommi is one of my faves and you've nailed his style with this lesson. As usual Gabriel just a brilliant lesson. You never disappoint.
- Stevie-Ray-Vaughn22nd April 2008
  Could you please upload this tone so once I get my X3 I can use it?
- Pablo Vazquez22nd April 2008
  Wow!!
- Pablo Vazquez22nd April 2008
  ...yes, I need say it again... WOW!!!!
- Carlos Carrillo23rd April 2008
  Hey gab!!!Great lesson!!!!!Awesome!Awesome!Vamos gaby nomas!!!!
- Nemanja Filipovic23rd April 2008
  Great lesson Gabriel.
- BIGD223rd April 2008
  Great as usual..........I would love to hear it a step or so down.......BD
- Gabriel Leopardi23rd April 2008
  Thanks for the comments!
  
  Stevie: I haven't used the X3's software yet so I can't upload patches but I'll did it when I have some time to explore the emonkey and the gearbox. (Don't worry, I saved the patch )
- BIGD223rd April 2008
  Gabriel.......I gotta say that after listening more to the lead that I hear Zach Wylde in there......did he get inspiration from Toni?
- SensE23rd April 2008
  This is really great. I'm not kidding
- MickeM23rd April 2008
  Great lesson, it's Sabbath all the way.
- Juan M. Valero23rd April 2008
  you nail the Black Sabbath style !!! excelent mate
- Gabriel Leopardi23rd April 2008
  Bigd2: Maybe... I have listened a lot to the Zakk's version of Sabbath songs so maybe I made a mix of Toni with Zakk.
- Alejandro Pinero23rd April 2008
  Fantastic!!
  QUe sonido GAby !!!!
  Rock & Roll!!!!!
- Adel Alsayed23rd April 2008
  Great Lesson!
  
  Do you plug your X3 into a soundcard or do you use it with USB ?
- krudtaa23rd April 2008
  This is just awsome dude and you really nailed Iommi style. Thanks.
- audiopaal24th April 2008
  This is too awesome!!!
  Wow, awesome lesson Gabriel
- Carlos Carrillo24th April 2008
  yeaaahhhhh!!!!!!!
- Gabriel Leopardi24th April 2008
  I plug the X3 directly to my soundcard.
  
  thanks again for the comments!
- BIGD224th April 2008
  [quote]
  Bigd2: Maybe... I have listened a lot to the Zakk's version of Sabbath songs so maybe I made a mix of Toni with Zakk. ohmy.gif [quote]
  
  That's probably why I love it so much......
- Gerardo Siere24th April 2008
  Beavis and ButtHead are really proud of you
- Gabriel Leopardi25th April 2008
  yeah Gera!
- seanM125th April 2008
  Amazing!!!
  excellent lesson, you nailed the style!
- Marcus Siepen25th April 2008
  Very cool Gabriel
- manbearpig29th April 2008
  Cool lesson, made me pay for this site. Sabbath rules, my fav band!
- karsten malmquist12th May 2008
  great lesson gabriel
- sidewas lightning1st June 2008
  Another totally awesome lesson. Sounds just like something Black Sabbath would actually play, and actually think that if this was in one of their songs it would be one of my favorites.
  
  Sideways Lightning strikes you on another job well done!
- Gabriel Leopardi2nd June 2008
  it would be awesome to hear this tune played by Sabbath!
- CursedLefty789th July 2008
  awesome lesson dude!
- Matt233rd August 2008
  Great lesson Gabe.
- beebo28th December 2008
  Nice wish i cud view the whole thing but like the freebie and that kinda had a touch of slash to me haha but 99.9% Sabbath!
- Gabriel Leopardi28th December 2008
  QUOTE (beebonumma1 @ Dec 27 2008, 08:51 PM)
  Nice wish i cud view the whole thing but like the freebie and that kinda had a touch of slash to me haha but 99.9% Sabbath!
  
  Slash is one of my main influences in guitar playing so it's very possible that this lesson has 0.1% of it.. or maybe more...
- Daniel Realpe22nd April 2010
  you captured the style here! nice lesson!

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- Tags: Toni Iommi, War Pigs, Paranoid
Hello GMC! Welcome to this lesson that is dedicated to the early years (the Ozzy years) of Black Sabbath. I received many requests for lessons in the style of Toni Iommi and also in the style of Sabbath so here we go!

I had that in mind for many time but I find inspiration after seeing Ozzy’s concert in Argentina. He played War Pigs and Paranoid that night and it was magic. People went crazy and I received a punch and a head blow in my noise. However I really enjoyed it! lol.

In this lesson I tried to use the most used riff types, intervals and guitar techniques to show you their style. I hope that you feel the vibe of one of the most important Heavy Metal bands of all times.

Key: E minor
Scale: E minor
Tempo: 90 bpm

Enjoy it!

Gabriel.-