@jroxx11211 I think I know what you are hearing,,the hammer-on and a pull off..I feel they were done on an overdub. I could be wrong...but they sound like they are on an electric guitar,mixed low. If you can ,post it here...sorry I don't go into that.
@GtrGeorge Your right, page was famous for overdubbing and over laying many guitars on top of each other, thats what made their music so great, i wasnt critizing, just saying i heard other parts in there too, ROCK ON BRO!!!
@Afayemi93 I dont know why he ducks the other parts...although I will say its an odd lil song...good...but definetly different. Glad I could help. Keep Rockin!! GtrGeorge of Holiday Road
@Afayemi93 I just looked up some of his vids. Pretty cool . He makes a lot of vids...Ive been way to bizy. Lots of gigs (Holiday Road and my acoustic gigs). But he seems like a good teacher, but all teachers,ME INCLUDED, learn as much as you can and STILL go back to the source and tweak. Add those little things that just can't be notated. Thats what this is all about. The never ending learning curve. But if ya want to be really skilled, you have to like the process.
@mrmmark1 I dont believe everything on Wiki. I once read on Wiki that Bill O'Reilly's audience was "clinically retarded", for example. So..I guess it sometimes contains "opinion".
Guitar George DOESN'T know all the chords. You left out the E7sus4 that goes between the E and A chords of the verse riff, played with the 5th, 4th, and 3rd strings barred at the 7th fret over the open E.
@luduwanda you make a good point..but also keep in mind..if you want to bore a student play it thru . I assumed that if you loaded this lesson,then you already have heard the song many,many times. But hey..theres lots of different GOOD ways of doing things.
@citrix99301 You said it VERY well....Thats exactlky what I aim for: a working understanding of the song. Not perfect but a substantial understanding, which you can build apon. Thanks man...keep playin!!!
George, thx 4 showing me parts I didn't know but I don't understand why u & everyone on youtube is missing a great part at the very start. U don't just play the E (which is the A chord - or structure of - barred on the 7th fret,). U start off playing it that way but as the rythm goes on u drop all 3 frets as if there's a capo on the 7th fret then u play w/ the middle note of those 3 that you just dropped. U do all of that before changing to the A so it happens kinda fast but u know the song.
when you are playing the E on the 7th fret of the intro i think if you will listen to the song again you will see that he lifts his fingers off the 9th fret and just bars across the seventh fret.
Your welcome..I try to be practical...I give thought to the proportions of what a player does in a song. How much is structured..how much is off-hand and improvised...How much is essential. I teach at a store and play live quite a bit. I post these lessons to kinda help my students along...I do a vid every once in a blue moon. Im getting due to add a few more..I have to say. thanks for the feedback..keep rockin! GtrGeorge
@GtrGeorge if you listen closely youll hear there is much more to the song than what your showing and its annoying how you act like you know what your talking about. go listen to it again what your teaching is incomplete
It's not just an E to A, your missing one in between. I play E config on 14 then slide it down to 12 then F config on 5 and adding the pinky. I know there is a million ways to play it but I found this way the easiest. I still learned a few things from your video here though, thank you
@civic734 yeah, I hear you. Page seems to vary his playing quite alot on everything he touches. He varies parts all the time...within the same song it will be a lil different each time around. he was session player for quite a while (in his most formative years) and I think his ability to develop many alternate "takes"..is used all the time in his recorded work (inc Coverdale/Page..and his solo work). So there is ALOT to learn from him,imho. -GtrGeorge
I actually think the whole song is Jimmy on an electric. He's just using a very clean tone. I'm not positive but I watched a movie with him in it and he was talking about dynamics and how important they are and he played this all on his Les Paul.
@crosschek4 I have seen him play it live entirely on his LesPaul...but the studio version.if you listen does seem to have acoustic on it, as well as crunchy rhythm guitars and 2 guitars on the lead..in harmony! He was/is into that guitar-army thing..and he is great at it..tasteful..and not always easy to notice whats he is using.
I agree with you, the guitar part is way much more complicated than what (theme rythm patterns vary much more) GtrGeorge shows us BUT he gives a basic way of playing it and it fits very well. And, above all, it's an excellent beginning.
Beginners, start with that first ! Do it perfectly and the you'll be on the right way !
GtrGeorge, I got it! I mean the rythm pattern that I never worked that way before, and I got it, the most difficult rythmic part was the rythm when playing the A chord followed by the A sus 4 ( or something like that, not sure), passing from C# and D little notes. It's quite very simple after working it but that's the right rythm for this song. I like it ! Thanks !
This song will always lend itself to endless disputes over how certain moments were played; but I'd be surprised if even Jimmy Page could completely reconstruct what he did back in the original version! All in all, I think you've done a wonderful job on this fabulous song. Thank you!
Are you simplifying the song for the sake of beginners? B/c there are two other chords in the intro, there is a pull-off between the a's in the intro, the chorus chords are quite different, and sometimes there is a full d at the end (its quick, but it is there). among some other things. look up jimmy playing it in "it might get loud" they get good views of his fingers. otherwise, good video. I don't claim to play it perfectly, so as long as it sounds good its cool with me.
@ohshammyitspork hey...I am all up for improving this lil lesson..if you could please post those things youre refering to...I think alot of people would dig it. There seems to be alot of dispute over the parts. I dont take it to seriously. I never claimed to provide perfection. I try to make these lil video for my students as a helper to their lessons. They like em..and if anyone else gets something out of em..cool. George Barry
How are you positioning your fingers for you E chord at 0:42? Trying to learn this song and just bought a guitar...Looks like a barre E chord for sure but I can't figure out how you put your other fingers on the strings...
theres clearly 4 suspended chords for the E & crazyness 4 the Asus4....just listen to it......haven't figed it out good e-nuf yet 2 post but....perhaps just studio magic...aint open tune'ns in this case.
Cheers GtrGeorge, a good clear lesson, but im still puzzled... Jimmys playing on the original recording throughout the intro and verses is really tricky because he plays it slightly different each time, sliding into and out of subtle chords and what not. Ive ordered the official tabbook so maybe that will explain it more? your lesson helps alot maybe im just nit -picking! Thanks
Nelsano, fwiw...I havent gone back and scrutinized the recording in a while..but if I recall correctly..the slight variations are mainly slidin into chords and doing the suspension of the A major at slightly different times each time around. Really an off hand sort of thing. On this I agree with Zack Wylde who said: I paraphrase "Page did 3 takes of the Stairway solo..people overthink these things". I agree..In Ramble, Page is just loosely playing the same chords. Tell me if ..see next post
Tell me if the Tab book you get (apparently "the Official" one..acc to what you said..) actually gives anything that I didnt cover. id be interested in that. I am always trying to improve.
Your forgetting the hammer-on from the E to the E9 variation on the first lick. Listen to the track and watch Jimmy play it on the documentary "It Might Get Loud"
it's insanely hard to play it note for note like Page does, never seen it done by anyone. This is a very simplified version, sounds all right, but it's far from the original
To BbUiDgZ ,alagogo ,sackettm you guys rock...thanks for your encouragement..I make nothing from making these videos. And I only do them for people like YOU...people who know that (as the old expression goes) it takes a carpenter to put up a Barn...put any jackass can kick one down! if you like catch up with me at myspace.comgeorgebarrysolo thanks again.
I do Teach, on Long Island (NY)..if you want lessons just send me some contact info...I have over 25 students currently and would be into adding a few more. GtrGeorge
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Dude...you're not even close. For example, in the first bit...you're leaving out two chords. You have the first chord right but right after that E barre with the open low E there are two chords,
E=O A=7 D=7 G=7 B=7 E=X and E=O A=9 D=7 G=9 B=O E=O and then the A. If you're gonna teach...at least get it right, please.
If you can't post a video of your own for this song, keep your damn sanctimonious mouth shut you asshole. There are too many of you dumb fuckers on you tube.
I saw another lesson by a guy and he plays his E with a one finger bar chord and throws a D at 7th fret and then another chord which I think is a D with open A and D and G fretted at 7th fret with an open B.
But as he says Page plays it with different variations so I guess there is no one right way to play it. You sound great so who gives a damn?! Thanks for posting!!
Yes, exactly he plays it different everytime that I have scrutinized him on video...and thats part of what makes him great...he is always open to another way to play something. Checkout the film "This might get Loud" a movie with Page,Jack White and The Edge...an excellent film with alot of Page footage...goes into how each of these guitarists approaches music. VERY recomended..probabaly on DVD by now...was in theatres briefly about 3 months ago.
that docu lead me to looking up this video on how to play ramble on. page is so badass. did notice he plays it slightly different. bothered me that they went into so many close ups while he played - i wanted to watch his hands =P
thanks for the vid man it helped me out,,,,,but I disagree with irajaygold, you do NOT look like jimmy page!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get some glasses man!
Cool..glad to hear your not..there are alot of hate-filled people out there. To remind: I listened to the recording (multiple mixes of it) and all I can tell is he is suspending the 4ths in a slightly off- hand manner..and he is doing it somewhat randomly. I didnt want to get hyper in the video and dissect that, seeing how Page doesn't even do it live. But hey...definetly make a vid showing those finer points. I am game to learn those..what the hay.
you are missing several chords on the intro. you are right about the e major and the a to start but it goes from e-d (same chord shape as open e chord) to power chords e and d and then you play the a suspended to a
If I could suggest something for the intro....sounds really cool if you play an open E shape on the 13th fret (use 2,3 and 4th fingers), then slide same shape down (still open) to 11th fret, then you go to the E on the seventh fret (played as a barre A shape). then briefly lift fingers off but keep barre there for a second before going into the A with occasional suspended 4th, as you suggest. Tell me what you think. Thanks again for the video
There's no excuse for asking, airhendrix. You MUST know that pretty accurate tabs for almost all songs ever written are on the internet. Just go to g'gle and get them. Did that option not occur to you, friend?
The chords I use are: an E major at the 7th fret and an A major at the 5th fret. these are not rare chords. Stop the video if you like. Or do a google search on these chords' names. they are common. The only interesting thing about it is adding a suspended 4th note to each chord. And that is just a matter of putting your pinky down. and raising the 3rd. Again I do lesson, if interested. I teach all this and alot more. -GtrGeorge
Thank, the lesson gives you all the essental stuff. If ya like, you can add the miniscule refinements later. Some posters here have commented on those miniscule components of the song. I think they have a point, but I wouldnt get dragged down by it..learn the song, and if later ya feel like being a scholar about it...chart out the tiny little variations he does. Frankly, I have watched him play this live..even he doesnt do them. But to each their own. but for you?.. enjoy, and thanks.
thank you very much for the lesson, just one question: I cant get the chorus, after the X799XX and the X777XX then it's something like XX79XX then a slide two frets below(XX57XX)? but the two notes doesnt sound well whats the strum pattern?
Hi. Thanks for posting this. It's definitely useful but this is only a simple sketch of the original. That's not a real problem but you're missing out at least one really important chord in the intro. Even a cursory listen to the song tells you that he doesn't stay on the E major chord for that long - he breaks it up with a chord change. Otherwise, thanks. You've unravelled a few bits I couldn't work out myself.
I hear you..and thats why I said in the video, he does "vary" things a bit...what I am refering to is his of hand way of throwing an E sus4 in every now and then..very random. I wanted to make this video quick (it was for one of my students, actually)..and all things considered, I felt THAT move could be something added later...in a refinement stage. So now you know the specifics..listen to Page and put it in accordingly.
come on George no point in slowing it down ..it aint that difficult...the section with the g minor 7th is intersting tonally but doesnt exist...its all played as lead
i even include a little slide into the e bar chord the second time round then from then on after, try it you'll see what i mean it gives it that dip you hear on the record makes it a little harder but hey its jimmy page :p
thats not how you play it, after the e bar chord there is a d5 chord mute out b include high e open give that one strum, then to a e9sus4 for a few strums, 3 i think 0o not 100% then you go to the asus9 try it you will see a great difference
Great job! He does pull off on the 'E' though. The bridge was close and you nailed the chorus. Thanks!
TheMattbasil 2 months ago
@TheMattbasil Thanks Matt..I do try. But fwiw, starting 2012 I am focusing more on live performing , less so on teaching and Vids. But keep Rockin!'
GtrGeorge 1 month ago
i dont know bro, the first E chord, he slides up, then does a pull off, then a hammer on, theres a few more different things you miss, just saying
jroxx11211 2 months ago
@jroxx11211 I think I know what you are hearing,,the hammer-on and a pull off..I feel they were done on an overdub. I could be wrong...but they sound like they are on an electric guitar,mixed low. If you can ,post it here...sorry I don't go into that.
GtrGeorge 2 months ago
@GtrGeorge Your right, page was famous for overdubbing and over laying many guitars on top of each other, thats what made their music so great, i wasnt critizing, just saying i heard other parts in there too, ROCK ON BRO!!!
jroxx11211 2 months ago
thnx 4 this, my usual guitar lesson guy only covers the verse part nd the bass line
Afayemi93 3 months ago
@Afayemi93 I dont know why he ducks the other parts...although I will say its an odd lil song...good...but definetly different. Glad I could help. Keep Rockin!! GtrGeorge of Holiday Road
GtrGeorge 3 months ago
@GtrGeorge me either, he can play it really well. maybe he come across his vids before. his name is Marty Shwartz
Afayemi93 3 months ago
@Afayemi93 I just looked up some of his vids. Pretty cool . He makes a lot of vids...Ive been way to bizy. Lots of gigs (Holiday Road and my acoustic gigs). But he seems like a good teacher, but all teachers,ME INCLUDED, learn as much as you can and STILL go back to the source and tweak. Add those little things that just can't be notated. Thats what this is all about. The never ending learning curve. But if ya want to be really skilled, you have to like the process.
GtrGeorge 3 months ago
This is SUPER!! Thanks a ton for your lesson. It's so nice for people to take the time to help us learn.
And you DO bear some resemblance to Mr. Page!!
reset3x 4 months ago
:D just a little bit better, haha no one is better than JIMMY PAGE
micros95 4 months ago
You look like u could be related to James Page... that's uncanny.
TheGravygun 5 months ago
@TheGravygun thanks man!!
GtrGeorge 5 months ago
Thanks for the upload and adding a couple more pieces to this beautiful puzzle!
starsighter13 6 months ago
@starsighter13 yeah..EXACTLY!! Every great song can be studied again and again and almost always yields up more things. Very cool!
GtrGeorge 6 months ago
great lesson!
guitarhack42 6 months ago
@guitarhack42 Thanks..I do try to help..despite alot of negative people out there. Yikes!
GtrGeorge 6 months ago
@mrmmark1 I dont believe everything on Wiki. I once read on Wiki that Bill O'Reilly's audience was "clinically retarded", for example. So..I guess it sometimes contains "opinion".
GtrGeorge 6 months ago
Guitar George DOESN'T know all the chords. You left out the E7sus4 that goes between the E and A chords of the verse riff, played with the 5th, 4th, and 3rd strings barred at the 7th fret over the open E.
PutItAway101 7 months ago
Awesome lesson. Thx George
oranse 7 months ago
@oranse
thanks oranse.
GtrGeorge 7 months ago
thanks freindo u helped alot
TheFrownFactor 7 months ago
He looks nothing like Jimi P, he looks more like my music teacher.
ReyMrBan 7 months ago
@ReyMrBan Tanxmma-man!
GtrGeorge 6 months ago
@GtrGeorge i thought you would get it. your the teacher. ha ha ha ha...
ReyMrBan 6 months ago
the best thing for a lesson is to play the song at the beginning one time all through.
luduwanda 9 months ago
@luduwanda you make a good point..but also keep in mind..if you want to bore a student play it thru . I assumed that if you loaded this lesson,then you already have heard the song many,many times. But hey..theres lots of different GOOD ways of doing things.
GtrGeorge 7 months ago
haha, check out guitargeorge....he knows ALL the chords
twst1 10 months ago
@twst1 Yes!
dlong6184 9 months ago
@twst1 dude, that was funny, i don't care what anyone says.
cheezyridr 8 months ago
Thanks George...Your Vid helped work out the bugs(mine) on that song.......Your are my regular tutor from now on.... Russell Baton Rouge La.
Kaless134 11 months ago
@Kaless134 I just wish I had more time to make more vids..dang it!
thanks for the words,though.
GtrGeorge 6 months ago
hey man.... you look like Jimmy!!!
andrea89palermo 1 year ago
OH SHIT YOU ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE JIMMY PAGE!!!
MixxMasterKid 1 year ago
all he need is a awsome british accent like jimi and hes jimi :D
halo3master1983 1 year ago
You also resemble Page a bit
TheSterlingSound 1 year ago
can some one write out how the strum for me? only part im not getting
boyd5647 1 year ago
could you post the chords please?
LucasW92 1 year ago
what you do at 2:52 is magical. The simplicity of it yet infinite musicality
LiltingLyricist 1 year ago
Great work! I learned the fundamentals of this song from watching this video a couple times through. Big thank you.
citrix99301 1 year ago
@citrix99301 You said it VERY well....Thats exactlky what I aim for: a working understanding of the song. Not perfect but a substantial understanding, which you can build apon. Thanks man...keep playin!!!
GtrGeorge 6 months ago
Great work!!!
kdenn71 1 year ago
@kdenn71 yeah....a weird seagull I found in a pawn shop. Its an interesting guitar..all maple..2 pickup systems on it (LR Baggs Duet). Quite cool!!!!
GtrGeorge 6 months ago
@GtrGeorge It is cool! And a great sound.
kdenn71 6 months ago
seagull?
masonrox2547 1 year ago
George, thx 4 showing me parts I didn't know but I don't understand why u & everyone on youtube is missing a great part at the very start. U don't just play the E (which is the A chord - or structure of - barred on the 7th fret,). U start off playing it that way but as the rythm goes on u drop all 3 frets as if there's a capo on the 7th fret then u play w/ the middle note of those 3 that you just dropped. U do all of that before changing to the A so it happens kinda fast but u know the song.
imageniusdonchaknow 1 year ago
Thank you George Very easy to understand and appreciate your taking the time
ham60 1 year ago
@ham60 Your welcome..I hope it helps.
GtrGeorge 6 months ago
Thank you for the sweet lesson.
DarM331 1 year ago
thank you george
alfjon1 1 year ago
when you are playing the E on the 7th fret of the intro i think if you will listen to the song again you will see that he lifts his fingers off the 9th fret and just bars across the seventh fret.
JKryanX 1 year ago
Great lesson George. Thanks for including a lot of the details that are overlooked a lot of the time.
mars856 1 year ago
you have some parts right and some parts very wrong
donnyrocker1 1 year ago
@donnyrocker1 seriously: put up a video of what I got "very wrong". I am actually sincerely interested in what that is.
GtrGeorge 6 months ago
WOW the first thing i thought when i saw your face is"Damn he looks just like jimmy page now" just have longer hair white hair and your Page
slimyesli 1 year ago
Your welcome..I try to be practical...I give thought to the proportions of what a player does in a song. How much is structured..how much is off-hand and improvised...How much is essential. I teach at a store and play live quite a bit. I post these lessons to kinda help my students along...I do a vid every once in a blue moon. Im getting due to add a few more..I have to say. thanks for the feedback..keep rockin! GtrGeorge
GtrGeorge 1 year ago
@GtrGeorge if you listen closely youll hear there is much more to the song than what your showing and its annoying how you act like you know what your talking about. go listen to it again what your teaching is incomplete
huntermdp 11 months ago
@huntermdp wow you're a dick, he's just trying to help
ianjohnson171 11 months ago
Nice work George...I like your straight forward instruction. learned this in 5 min thanks to you!!!
radairman33 1 year ago
very nice guitar george. Not too, fast not too slow, straigt forward, no fluff. good job....I learned it fast!
kevinrfar 1 year ago
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TasOMW 1 year ago
It's not just an E to A, your missing one in between. I play E config on 14 then slide it down to 12 then F config on 5 and adding the pinky. I know there is a million ways to play it but I found this way the easiest. I still learned a few things from your video here though, thank you
civic734 1 year ago
@civic734 yeah, I hear you. Page seems to vary his playing quite alot on everything he touches. He varies parts all the time...within the same song it will be a lil different each time around. he was session player for quite a while (in his most formative years) and I think his ability to develop many alternate "takes"..is used all the time in his recorded work (inc Coverdale/Page..and his solo work). So there is ALOT to learn from him,imho. -GtrGeorge
GtrGeorge 1 year ago
u look a little like Page..
esglobe10 1 year ago
I actually think the whole song is Jimmy on an electric. He's just using a very clean tone. I'm not positive but I watched a movie with him in it and he was talking about dynamics and how important they are and he played this all on his Les Paul.
crosschek4 1 year ago
@crosschek4 I have seen him play it live entirely on his LesPaul...but the studio version.if you listen does seem to have acoustic on it, as well as crunchy rhythm guitars and 2 guitars on the lead..in harmony! He was/is into that guitar-army thing..and he is great at it..tasteful..and not always easy to notice whats he is using.
GtrGeorge 1 year ago
@crosschek4 led zep. is known to do a lot of overdubs on their studio records..
cobracarg 1 year ago
Well done and well taught. Thanks for taking the time. Love to see you do Titanic theme or scarborough fair type stuff with your style.
mars856 1 year ago
@mars856
thanks ma-man...I spend alot of time doing rock stuff..so for now ..sorry....but maybe in a few months. Keep playin!!!! GtrGeorge
if your in NY come see my band!
GtrGeorge 1 year ago
what about guitar solo
jameshickey2010 1 year ago
Thank you very much dude :D
xicaraxicara 1 year ago
@xicaraxicara
nah..thanks to you! I am grateful whenever anyone gets something from these vids..pay it forward..sir!
GtrGeorge 1 year ago
Great lesson! Thanks for the help!
glammyricky 1 year ago
hey just wanted to say that this has helped me so much. I am playing this song so well now!! Thanks a ton George!! You rule!
maxey60 1 year ago
Good T-Shirt!!
samrenfou 1 year ago
Thanks. Nice variation on the theme. I've seen many different interpretations on how to play this. Yours is nice- sounds great!
tintinet 1 year ago
ohshammyitspork,
I agree with you, the guitar part is way much more complicated than what (theme rythm patterns vary much more) GtrGeorge shows us BUT he gives a basic way of playing it and it fits very well. And, above all, it's an excellent beginning.
Beginners, start with that first ! Do it perfectly and the you'll be on the right way !
benoitdeg01 1 year ago
GtrGeorge, I got it! I mean the rythm pattern that I never worked that way before, and I got it, the most difficult rythmic part was the rythm when playing the A chord followed by the A sus 4 ( or something like that, not sure), passing from C# and D little notes. It's quite very simple after working it but that's the right rythm for this song. I like it ! Thanks !
benoitdeg01 1 year ago
Best guitar lesson seen so far for Ramble On on you tube.
Thanks GtrGearoge, I've learned from you ! Little details but very important.
I'd recommend you as a guitar teacher
benoitdeg01 1 year ago
@benoitdeg01 Thank you, It really means alot to me when someone recomnds me as a teacher. George Barry
GtrGeorge 1 year ago
@GtrGeorge
I made an audio sample (no camera home ...) and upload it on a web site, but apparently, URLs can't be added to comments, do you confirm that ?
benoitdeg01 1 year ago
are you related to page?
you kinda look like him.lol
nice job to
almostblind21 1 year ago
@almostblind21 Not related to Page, unless me mum lied to me!!!!! george Barry
GtrGeorge 1 year ago
that dub comprimise was actually pretty impressive .... i dont know if i could have even found that
adamczykmike 1 year ago
haha i thought you were jimmy page for a sec!
musicman978 1 year ago
thnx
lionellogan 1 year ago
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If you watch the film It Might Get Loud Jimmy page plays this with just his guitar. With close ups and all
dwinCeffyl 1 year ago
If you watch the video It Might Get Loud. Jimmy Page can be seen playing this with just his guitar with close ups
dwinCeffyl 1 year ago
This song will always lend itself to endless disputes over how certain moments were played; but I'd be surprised if even Jimmy Page could completely reconstruct what he did back in the original version! All in all, I think you've done a wonderful job on this fabulous song. Thank you!
bizsjw 1 year ago
Are you simplifying the song for the sake of beginners? B/c there are two other chords in the intro, there is a pull-off between the a's in the intro, the chorus chords are quite different, and sometimes there is a full d at the end (its quick, but it is there). among some other things. look up jimmy playing it in "it might get loud" they get good views of his fingers. otherwise, good video. I don't claim to play it perfectly, so as long as it sounds good its cool with me.
ohshammyitspork 1 year ago 4
@ohshammyitspork hey...I am all up for improving this lil lesson..if you could please post those things youre refering to...I think alot of people would dig it. There seems to be alot of dispute over the parts. I dont take it to seriously. I never claimed to provide perfection. I try to make these lil video for my students as a helper to their lessons. They like em..and if anyone else gets something out of em..cool. George Barry
GtrGeorge 1 year ago
How are you positioning your fingers for you E chord at 0:42? Trying to learn this song and just bought a guitar...Looks like a barre E chord for sure but I can't figure out how you put your other fingers on the strings...
Thanks
Francis
fouellet 1 year ago
@darraghok haha omg i thought the same thing
Jimborocknroll90 2 years ago
theres clearly 4 suspended chords for the E & crazyness 4 the Asus4....just listen to it......haven't figed it out good e-nuf yet 2 post but....perhaps just studio magic...aint open tune'ns in this case.
realcygnus 2 years ago
@realcygnus Go to lick library, Danny Gill. shows you step by step note for note....
dalbenlou 1 year ago
beautiful seagull
kaerfehtdeelb 2 years ago
Good stuff, my man!!
Anyone ever tell you that you look like the Hon. Rev. James K. Page himself?
lenceagle1 2 years ago
When you play along with the song does it sound right because it's close but I think there are some key things missing.
hueseph 2 years ago
great lesson!!
what guitar is that?
sounds amazing
AlTheNamesWereTaken 2 years ago
goddammit he left out the only part I wanted
calgore5 2 years ago
I love your guitar!! It is BEAUTIFUL!!
cody8334 2 years ago
Cheers GtrGeorge, a good clear lesson, but im still puzzled... Jimmys playing on the original recording throughout the intro and verses is really tricky because he plays it slightly different each time, sliding into and out of subtle chords and what not. Ive ordered the official tabbook so maybe that will explain it more? your lesson helps alot maybe im just nit -picking! Thanks
nelsano3 2 years ago
Nelsano, fwiw...I havent gone back and scrutinized the recording in a while..but if I recall correctly..the slight variations are mainly slidin into chords and doing the suspension of the A major at slightly different times each time around. Really an off hand sort of thing. On this I agree with Zack Wylde who said: I paraphrase "Page did 3 takes of the Stairway solo..people overthink these things". I agree..In Ramble, Page is just loosely playing the same chords. Tell me if ..see next post
GtrGeorge 2 years ago
Tell me if the Tab book you get (apparently "the Official" one..acc to what you said..) actually gives anything that I didnt cover. id be interested in that. I am always trying to improve.
thanks for the post GtrGeorge
GtrGeorge 2 years ago
no he doesnt
skinnyjeansboy 2 years ago
Thanks GtrgGeorge you are an excellent teacher -- we appreciate it!
sundogcafe 2 years ago
Thanks...Micheal (or barbie?)..I do try.
GtrGeorge 2 years ago
yea he looks like a mid/late 90's page
Pepper2Jason 2 years ago 3
thanks dude
VanWinick 2 years ago
shoot! Jimmy Page is giving guitar lessons now!
ARVNpistola313 2 years ago
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THanks George, finally I got it.............
rococooler 2 years ago
Well, keep practicing dude....
spareaxe 2 years ago
Your forgetting the hammer-on from the E to the E9 variation on the first lick. Listen to the track and watch Jimmy play it on the documentary "It Might Get Loud"
Irishman99 2 years ago
Thats just something different Jimmy is doing in that vid... this guy is doing the studio copy
disavowed101 2 years ago
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Irishman99 2 years ago
how do you play that first chord can someone show please??
kotakattack 2 years ago
GtrGeorge, you know all those fancy chords.
XanBcoo 2 years ago
you lool like jimi page :D
chojinkid 2 years ago 23
Very nice contribution George, well explained and demonstrated. Thank you.
DictionRedaction 2 years ago
it's insanely hard to play it note for note like Page does, never seen it done by anyone. This is a very simplified version, sounds all right, but it's far from the original
Barefoot67 2 years ago
thanks alot this really helped me
crazyodd199 2 years ago
To BbUiDgZ ,alagogo ,sackettm you guys rock...thanks for your encouragement..I make nothing from making these videos. And I only do them for people like YOU...people who know that (as the old expression goes) it takes a carpenter to put up a Barn...put any jackass can kick one down! if you like catch up with me at myspace.comgeorgebarrysolo thanks again.
GtrGeorge 2 years ago
he looks a TAD like jimmy page himself lol
Woolstones 2 years ago
wrong rythm missing chord....its not ramble on...
brmoogma 2 years ago
become a tutor, a teacher... you helped me, thanks a bunch
PigMenX 2 years ago
I do Teach, on Long Island (NY)..if you want lessons just send me some contact info...I have over 25 students currently and would be into adding a few more. GtrGeorge
GtrGeorge 2 years ago
Good lesson!
... but I believe they got that percussion sound from Bonham hitting a trash can lid with his sticks.
BigTone2112 2 years ago
lol The camera is constantly slowly zooming in the whole video.
Voexum 2 years ago
yes...to help see where I am on the neck..and what my fingers are doing. The zoom helps people progress.
GtrGeorge 2 years ago
nice dude. good gist of it. really helped a lot
MrMonkforfunk 2 years ago
arent you missing a whole chord after the e
ping235 2 years ago
this guy is really good
jbiarnesen 2 years ago
Thanks brother...if you like, catch me live..currently playing in The Fuse out on Long Island, NY. Keep playin...no matter what.
GtrGeorge 2 years ago
Amazing!
Thank you so much for teaching me!!
analuizavm 2 years ago
great. thanks
allen1162 2 years ago
Some of these comments are pretty brutal, but overall dude, I think you got the song down. I picked up something from it, so that's all I care about.
sackettm 2 years ago
worst lesson ever!!!! (let alone the hamburger arrogance.)
petervanderweerd 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Dude...you're not even close. For example, in the first bit...you're leaving out two chords. You have the first chord right but right after that E barre with the open low E there are two chords,
E=O A=7 D=7 G=7 B=7 E=X and E=O A=9 D=7 G=9 B=O E=O and then the A. If you're gonna teach...at least get it right, please.
mel07green 2 years ago
If you can't post a video of your own for this song, keep your damn sanctimonious mouth shut you asshole. There are too many of you dumb fuckers on you tube.
ezekielthemack 2 years ago 3
AMEN Ezekiel !!!!!!!
alagogo 2 years ago
I saw another lesson by a guy and he plays his E with a one finger bar chord and throws a D at 7th fret and then another chord which I think is a D with open A and D and G fretted at 7th fret with an open B.
But as he says Page plays it with different variations so I guess there is no one right way to play it. You sound great so who gives a damn?! Thanks for posting!!
readmore2008 2 years ago
Yes, exactly he plays it different everytime that I have scrutinized him on video...and thats part of what makes him great...he is always open to another way to play something. Checkout the film "This might get Loud" a movie with Page,Jack White and The Edge...an excellent film with alot of Page footage...goes into how each of these guitarists approaches music. VERY recomended..probabaly on DVD by now...was in theatres briefly about 3 months ago.
GtrGeorge 2 years ago
that docu lead me to looking up this video on how to play ramble on. page is so badass. did notice he plays it slightly different. bothered me that they went into so many close ups while he played - i wanted to watch his hands =P
SmarticusRex 2 years ago
thanks for this. 5 star
BbUiDgZ 2 years ago 2
Good job man but in the beggining youre missing that d chord after the e
lsdman14 2 years ago
muy bueno gracias
rubmm 2 years ago
thanks for the vid man it helped me out,,,,,but I disagree with irajaygold, you do NOT look like jimmy page!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Get some glasses man!
1overthehillsfaraway 2 years ago 3
i think if he had greyish whitish hair he could resemble jimmy page
amwilmes 2 years ago
exactly
amast3rMind69 2 years ago
wow, thanks! this is a very helpful video:)))
gtrmeganx10 2 years ago
Hey George, I was listening to Ramble On today and thought I would love to be able to play this.
This is a great video, you covered the whole tune very well, in enough details for hackers like me to grasp. Sounds awesome.
Don't waste a second with the negative crap, spend your time putting up more great videos. I appreciate the lesson. Thanks!
myguitarvideoarchive 2 years ago 2
Man you look like Jimmy Page!
irajaygold 2 years ago 2
I'm not a "hater" George, but really man you're missing 2 passing chords that take the E chord to the A chord during that intro section.
boomzuun 2 years ago 3
Cool..glad to hear your not..there are alot of hate-filled people out there. To remind: I listened to the recording (multiple mixes of it) and all I can tell is he is suspending the 4ths in a slightly off- hand manner..and he is doing it somewhat randomly. I didnt want to get hyper in the video and dissect that, seeing how Page doesn't even do it live. But hey...definetly make a vid showing those finer points. I am game to learn those..what the hay.
GtrGeorge 2 years ago
even though u might have listened to it alot i hate to say it but u are missing those two passing chords and personnally it sounds really off
as200s 2 years ago
Time to get your hearing checked.
cast390 2 years ago
that was an excellent guitar lesson very slow and painless.. Your a very good teacher. i thank you
loubaldanza 2 years ago
you are missing several chords on the intro. you are right about the e major and the a to start but it goes from e-d (same chord shape as open e chord) to power chords e and d and then you play the a suspended to a
and then theres the slide up when you finish it
Skeeterhaxxorz 2 years ago
If I could suggest something for the intro....sounds really cool if you play an open E shape on the 13th fret (use 2,3 and 4th fingers), then slide same shape down (still open) to 11th fret, then you go to the E on the seventh fret (played as a barre A shape). then briefly lift fingers off but keep barre there for a second before going into the A with occasional suspended 4th, as you suggest. Tell me what you think. Thanks again for the video
scrumpymanjack 2 years ago
Sorry to ask but can I just have the chords so I can learn on my own?
AirHendrix91 2 years ago
There's no excuse for asking, airhendrix. You MUST know that pretty accurate tabs for almost all songs ever written are on the internet. Just go to g'gle and get them. Did that option not occur to you, friend?
scrumpymanjack 2 years ago
The chords I use are: an E major at the 7th fret and an A major at the 5th fret. these are not rare chords. Stop the video if you like. Or do a google search on these chords' names. they are common. The only interesting thing about it is adding a suspended 4th note to each chord. And that is just a matter of putting your pinky down. and raising the 3rd. Again I do lesson, if interested. I teach all this and alot more. -GtrGeorge
GtrGeorge 2 years ago
This helps out, Thanks!
idahodad1 2 years ago
Thank, the lesson gives you all the essental stuff. If ya like, you can add the miniscule refinements later. Some posters here have commented on those miniscule components of the song. I think they have a point, but I wouldnt get dragged down by it..learn the song, and if later ya feel like being a scholar about it...chart out the tiny little variations he does. Frankly, I have watched him play this live..even he doesnt do them. But to each their own. but for you?.. enjoy, and thanks.
GtrGeorge 2 years ago
thank you very much for the lesson, just one question: I cant get the chorus, after the X799XX and the X777XX then it's something like XX79XX then a slide two frets below(XX57XX)? but the two notes doesnt sound well whats the strum pattern?
radiohm3 2 years ago
holy crap dude... ive been trying to figure this song out for months till today!
Thanx man i got it
nacho122289 3 years ago
Your welcome.,.if you are in NY, I give lessons. You can reach me thru these videos.
And thanks for the compliment..keep going!
GtrGeorge 2 years ago
Hi. Thanks for posting this. It's definitely useful but this is only a simple sketch of the original. That's not a real problem but you're missing out at least one really important chord in the intro. Even a cursory listen to the song tells you that he doesn't stay on the E major chord for that long - he breaks it up with a chord change. Otherwise, thanks. You've unravelled a few bits I couldn't work out myself.
scrumpymanjack 3 years ago
I hear you..and thats why I said in the video, he does "vary" things a bit...what I am refering to is his of hand way of throwing an E sus4 in every now and then..very random. I wanted to make this video quick (it was for one of my students, actually)..and all things considered, I felt THAT move could be something added later...in a refinement stage. So now you know the specifics..listen to Page and put it in accordingly.
GtrGeorge 2 years ago
come on George no point in slowing it down ..it aint that difficult...the section with the g minor 7th is intersting tonally but doesnt exist...its all played as lead
edonotokyo 3 years ago
i even include a little slide into the e bar chord the second time round then from then on after, try it you'll see what i mean it gives it that dip you hear on the record makes it a little harder but hey its jimmy page :p
Gubz20010 3 years ago
thats not how you play it, after the e bar chord there is a d5 chord mute out b include high e open give that one strum, then to a e9sus4 for a few strums, 3 i think 0o not 100% then you go to the asus9 try it you will see a great difference
Gubz20010 3 years ago
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alcoholigy 3 years ago