Learn to play Paranoid by Black Sabbath on guitar.
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You can listen to the song here on Spotify while you play along!
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Marty Music
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Ozzy Osbourne and the band of darkness need you to learn Paranoid to rock amongst the greats! One of the first influential metal songs, this tune will surely impress your friends and give you a reason to crank that amp up to 11!
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Today’s “famous riff” lesson is a special one because I am going to show you how to play ALL of the riffs in “Paranoid” by Black Sabbath, not just the main riff. 🙂
And what is also really cool about this Paranoid guitar lesson is that it is one of the easier songs you will run across.
In this video lesson I will break down each guitar riff note-for-note and demonstrate any specific techniques required to play them.
As I said before, I think this song can be played by beginner guitar players if they want to give it a try. Of course if you are a total beginner, everything will be challenging to a point. But, if you have any guitar experience at all you will probably find that learning how to play “Paranoid” will be a piece of cake.
That isn’t to say that Tony Iommi’s riffs aren’t great, in fact some of the riffs found in “Paranoid” are considered to be some the greatest hard rock riffs ever written. It just goes to show you that simplicity can be extremely effective if used correctly.
For all of you wanting the challenge of learning the guitar solo you are in luck there as well! Just help this video get 600 YouTube likes and I will then quickly make a video lesson for the solo as well.
So I hope you guys enjoy learning some of the most classic guitar riffs ever written by Tony Iommi and the great Black Sabbath.
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