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Riff of the Month 7/9/06

Band - Led Zeppelin
Album - Led Zeppelin IV
Song - Stairway To Heaven

This is the intro to Stairway To Heaven. It's a awesome song to learn, and it may take a few days to learn so don't fret if you struggle. I would rate this song as a Beginner/Intermediate song. Just depends on how much time you want to put into it.

e-------5-7-----7-|-8-----8-2-----2-|-0---------0-----|-----------------|
B-----5-----5-----|---5-------3-----|---1---1-----1---|-0-1-1-----------|
G---5---------5---|-----5-------2---|-----2---------2-|-0-2-2-----------|
D-7-------6-------|-5-------4-------|-3---------------|-----------------|
A-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2-0-0---0--/8-7-|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

e---------7-----7-|-8-----8-2-----2-|-0---------0-----|-----------------|
B-------5---5-----|---5-------3-----|---1---1-----1---|-0-1-1-----------|
G-----5-------5---|-----5-------2---|-----2---------2-|-0-2-2-----------|
D---7-----6-------|-5-------4-------|-3---------------|-----------------|
A-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2-0-0-------0-2-|
E-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

e-------0-2-----2-|-0-----0----------|---------3-----3-|
B-----------3-----|---1-----0h1------|-1-----1---0-----|
G-----0-------2---|-----2-------2----|---0---------0---|
D---2-----0-------|-3----------------|-----2-----------|
A-3---------------|---------0----0-2-|-3---------------|
E-----------------|------------------|---------3-------|

Intro end.
e---------2-----2-|-0-----0----------|---------------2-|-0-0-0-----------|
B-------1---3-----|---1-----0-1------|-------1-----3---|-1-1-1-----------|
G-----0-------2---|-----2-------2----|-----0-----2-----|-2-2-2-----------|
D---2-----0-------|-3----------------|---2-----0-------|-3-3-3-----------|
A-3---------------|---------0----0-2-|-3---------------|-----------------|
E-----------------|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Band Info:

Led Zeppelin was a British rock band that became one of the most popular and influential musical ensembles ever. The four-member group debuted in 1968 with a raucous and revolutionary take on British blues-rock, and later developed their music in other ways that would contribute to the birth of hard rock and eventually to the rise of heavy metal.

They proved to be consistent innovators while remaining popular and accessible, fusing disparate elements from an eclectic spectrum of popular music, including rockabilly, soul, funk, Celtic, Indian, Arabic, and even Latin. More than two-and-a-half decades after the band retired in 1980, their music continues to sell well, garner widespread radio play, and prove a seminal influence on modern rock. Their epic " Stairway to Heaven" is considered by many to be the greatest classic rock song ever recorded. To date, the group has sold more than 300 million albums worldwide, including over 100 million albums in the United States alone (the US sales figure ranks third, behind only The Beatles and Elvis Presley, according to the Recording Industry Association of America).

This is a pretty easy Riff to learn, just listen to the album for timing. I hope you all learn this, and get used to practicing, as I will have a new Riff for you all to learn every Month!