Children of the Grave Guitar Lesson (Rhythms) - Black Sabbath

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In this Children of the Grave guitar lesson video series, I will show you how to play this Black Sabbath classic note-for-note!
First things first, the original recording has all strings tuned down a minor 3rd. I will be using that tuning for these video lessons as well. The notes to tune to are, starting from the 6th string (C# F# B E G# C#). That tuning pretty much makes anything you play on the guitar sound HUGE!
In the first video lesson, I will show you all of the chords and riffs Tony Iommi plays in "Children of the Grave". He favors playing power chords mostly off of the 6th string which requires him to play in a higher than normal position from time-to-time.
The most challenging riff occurs in the bridge/interlude section. That riff is a fast E minor blues lick that requires some pretty accurate fast picking.
In the second video lesson, I will tackle Tony Iommi's main guitar solo and short unison bend outro solo.
The solo is one of those improvised solo's that will be quite hard to play note-for-note just as it was originally recored. When you hear Tony Iommi play it live you will hear him give a pretty close approximation of all the licks, but not exactly note-for-note.
I will show you how to do that as well, but will also break down the solo note-for-note for those of you who want all the little details to be perfect.
I hope you enjoy learning this Black sabbath classic. It has some of their best rhythmic grooves in my opinion. :) #childrenofthegraveguitarlesson #blacksabbath #guitarcovers
Carl...

[@berrybumpkiss9426]

If you want to play it down a minor third and you’re using a phone tuner just hold down the third fret on each string while you tune to standard. A capo works if you want to tune without holding it down

[@lawrencehall1235]

Top tip. Thanks!

[@connorrekdahl3754]

Thanks, couldn’t hardly find anything about how to do it

[@PulledPurk]

Tune Again is the best tuner app IMHO

[@bobbysattler1947]

Thank you!

[@jacebryant1738]

I been waiting so long for this!

[@frankiehood7155]

Brilliant take as always Carl and you’re spot on with the guitar sound. Keep em coming my good man. 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@liamfenwicker]

Master of Reality is the best Black Sabbath album

[@garnetbezanson1404]

The first six are all classics

[@Mr.Steve-O]

Sabtoage is pure Fire

[@kaiserwilhelmii1827]

I like Mob Rules!

[@rylanholland7294]

agreed

[@nhproductions1895]

13 is an impeccable one as well.

[@nothousebroke]

i always felt like you were the most accurate. but you have a great talent for making things understandable. thanks

[@fix298]

IVE WANTED A QUALITY LESSON FOR THIS SONG FOR SO LONG THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@scarfacekid97]

Love your videos man! You are the reason i am the player i am today!

[@Cickstart]

Same here! Carl it one of the Best! be a Patreon like me ... just about a year soon!

[@Skidder17]

Thank you so much for all these videos I have learned so much from you and it has taken my terrible guitar playing to an all most listenable level..... thanks again loving all your vids!

[@timothyjerry1177]

Hey I just found your channel and very glad about that. Thank you!!

[@junnelramos1524]

Mr. Carl, can you teach this more Black Sabbath heavy tuning songs? Because this is one of my inspired play

[@bandit2613]

Great video, I've wanted to learn this song for a while now. Also could you do some other songs in this tuning, it sounds sick

[@chasefjelsted3681]

This is the lesson ive been waiting for for awhile

[@brianosbment2343]

That tuning is wicked! Gonna have to try it.

[@CC-qb9sm]

Great lesson!! 🤘

[@exmortis666]

Awesome. You should do "killing yourself to live" next time you wanna do a sabbath song

[@Cickstart]

Awesome! love it!

[@hamishstrachan7481]

hi carl could you do a lesson on fight fire with fire or damage inc

[@antoniogoncalves8288]

thanks for posting Carl 👍

[@midnightraiin4035]

Great lessons

[@malumb6507]

Hey carl ..thank you for your vids bud ..fuck the haters ...your my favorite guitar teacher I have ever learned from ..I enjoy all of your vids carl thank you so much brother

[@karlbjornsson9090]

Hi, nice lesson, thanks ☺️ which effects did you use?

[@claymangarza]

thanks a lot.. great job... would you be able to show us Brad Gilli's version from Speak of the Devil?

[@kristiankumanov5732]

Can you do some other songs from the 1987 Whitesnake album. Children of the night, Bad boys or Don't turn away, great riffs with outstanding solos.

[@azbasshead]

Yes!!! More Sabbath Carl plz... \m/,

[@MrPeperoni79]

11:00 is one of the most evil riffs in metal history.

[@BadassBrutusGuitar]

Great tutorial Carl...😎

[@bigdaddyshigg]

Dang Carl! Kicking it old school!

[@darkness_rises1403]

Hi, thanks a lot! Headless Cross would be a great lesson, too!

[@nikolarodic4577]

Can you maybe do more Pantera lessons?

[@solipsist_guitars]

Cemetery gates?

[@traphouseproductions101]

This is such a fun song to play

[@paradox7743]

Excellent Job as usual-Needed a refresher on this one/Amazing -it's so simple but damn dat rhythm is fuckin; Fire-Certain parts of this song reminds me a bit o "Into The Void"-Now I'm ready to RAWK this Joint- Thank You.

[@filipstrmbck2290]

YES! FINALLY!

[@robyoung2563]

Take it chill luv your profile pic man

[@lazaromurillo9212]

Carl could you please do some Pantera songs off the heavier albums?

[@johnarmenis2493]

hi carl nice lesson but i have one question do i have to use thicker strings for this kind of tuning?i use 10s to 46s on my guitar are they ok?

[@kingpingu5441]

Yes! Sabbath!

[@sawekss4127]

Very nice sound, how do you rise it ? Thx for lesson

[@stevenliberius3643]

Thanks

[@chin70]

Thank you!

[@ChristieCora]

Please can you do 'Damaged Soul' by Black Sabbath? I can't seem to find a guitar lesson of it anywhere :(

[@donmamon9263]

Can you redo black dog by Led Zeppelin? KZbin blocked the audio I think.

[@josebemol23]

My Fav!

[@xK1S1x]

what are you using to get the tone, it sounds spot on

[@usbeagle575]

Can you do a video teaching us how to play Lonely Day by System Of A Down? one of my favorite songs.

[@emmanuelmujar9186]

Sounds good

[@visiedo72]

Great lesson, thanks! And talking about graves, any interest on doing a lesson on "Digging the Grave" by Faith no More? ;-)

[@ragepoppa]

Carl..just a quick question..I see how you hold your pick in your right hand..not showing much pick like I do. Here's the question. Do you find your finger and thumb dragging over the strings as well as the pick when you chug along rhythm parts? I scrape the hell out of my finger!! Lol..

[@chrismcgirr1]

Awesome.

[@pdoherty926]

This lesson makes me so glad I ditched my Floyd Rose bridge. Great stuff, Carl!

[@AstonM1965]

Hey Carl! Is it possible if you could do Soldiers Of Fortune by Deep Purple! I haven't found any good guitar lessons on this one and I reckon you'd do a good job on this one hehe xD

[@jedrickvillanueva8878]

hi Sir.can do the sabbra cadabra.thank you.and more power

[@shoobedooba2908]

Do fairies wear boots next!

[@claemayor1650]

No faries wear nikes

[@DethronerX]

Thanks! Really would be awesome if you did Hand of Doom and some songs from Dio and Tony Martin albums

[@fxsrider]

Hand of Doom is kick ass but if you followed along with Children of the Grave you are all set to read some tab for Doom. It's pretty easy.

[@Decalto35]

hi would like to ask if you could include a metronome in your vids? Thanks

[@ManOnTheMoon0]

Dude I’m literally playing the same chords but it does not sound the same 😭

[@angelmorales2381]

Carl can you please finish diary of a madman please

[@SnowTheJamMan]

And I don't know as well

[@nothousebroke]

Angel Morales i agree

[@bigdaddyshigg]

Yes please! Finish Diary of a Madman! You said a long time ago that a certain # of likes were required, like 600, well there's 953 like on it now. We kept our part of the bargain.

[@nothousebroke]

bigdaddyshigg lol i was wondering about how many likes. i remembered that.

[@gmoder100]

What is A minor third?? Never heard that tuning before. Is it like drop D or open D?

[@matty5087]

Hi Carl, by tuning down a minor 3rd, does that mean its the tuning of C#F#BEG#c#?

[@drewlitton3843]

Yes

[@toddlaber3906]

Where's the other videos? I really want to learn this song full

[@darkness_rises1403]

Me too! And a Sabbath bloody Sabbath solo lesson would be fine as well...

[@adamsevilla6621]

Do a lesson for Pink Floyd's Have a Cigar!!

[@louisdutoya857]

Adam Sevilla Yeah !

[@Rick_Cleland]

Cigar Box Guitar??

[@exmortis666]

Yes please. That solo is great

[@regandunn4850]

That's just e minor c play around with all the chords you can but bounce from e to c the intro is the two note e minor pick it apart and learn how to flow into c I play the power cord c

[@CrispEars666]

Anyone help? How do I get this tuning using an electronic tuner?

[@Blueesteel_]

SABBATH!!!!!

[@zachjohnson8316]

Can you please teach some rival sons?

[@ivanoblitas664]

revolution is my name (pantera) please

[@yourfbiagent6483]

Can you do Electric Funeral?

[@LUR1FAX]

Electric Funeral is easy enough to learn by ear.

[@mannyv4044]

@@LUR1FAX ya

[@C_PRTCL]

Pantera songs next?

[@hilldwler420]

Iomi was a master of the barre chord

[@Boobies92545]

Do you know any KORN songs ?? Or FLYLEAF?

[@Kilokawasaki636]

lovely lesson, would you cover if you can heaven and hell thanks

[@al3967]

The Mob Rules would be great. Thx

[@adamswain6900]

Hey Carl, you should do fairies wear boots, Heaven and hell and Sabbath bloody Sabbath.

[@kevinkeith3530]

❤

[@connor4215]

symphony of destruction?

[@DD-ei7yi]

Great lesson but re: what you say at 7:20 - he actually does continue to hit the 5th string 7th fret during the section you're talking about. He uses his pinky and then comes down to the 3rd fret power chord after that. See 1:16 - 1:21of this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZ_FdJpjfsR5kKs and 2:06 of this kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZipkp-DnLGnq7c as well as 0:55 of this one kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmi5ZKN7fL-tbJY

[@gabyletal2656]

BLACK SABATH - when death calls PLEASE !!!!!!!!!!

[@mickjagger149]

Please do Sabbra cadabra!!!!

[@mikewhocheeseharry2459]

You should do a lesson on zeitgeist by Black Sabbath there isn’t an actual lesson KZbin thanks!

[@Edwin_Keeshig]

Do a lesson on life's been good joe walsh

[@cheenu711]

I'd like to say master of reality but honestly can't rank them at all. They're all do damn good.

[@n3gat1v34]

Can I use an acoustic guitar?

[@mylerwilson4879]

Will sound weak

[@robertolugo2822]

Please do A National Acrobat

[@riffgrindergeneral]

Do the Randy Rhoads version so you can show it in standard tuning

[@JoeKoh9]

Do the Tribute album, RR version. This tuning sucks.

[@stinger1nrockzone786]

Do more megadeth plz,Symphony of Destruction/Peace Sells/Tornado of Souls Or Myabe.Thinking of Doing Some Avenged Sevenfold? Afterlife/Batcountry

[@rockmetalhead7680]

Whats the tuning name??

[@knappah4857]

ghost - cirice please dad

[@rodrigobueno1374]

*heaven and hell Black sabbath*

[@josemanuelbustamantetronco7254]

🤘🏼🔥

[@louisdutoya857]

Carl can you reuploded a version of your Dazed and confused solo because KZbin blocked the audio :/?

[@matthewlebish6787]

Do Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath please, thanks Carl!!!!!!!!

[@chasestierwalt9072]

Matthew Lebish that’s pretty easy it’s a power chord at the third fret e 5 a and d . Then 5 on the d with vibrato. Then 5a with a fats hammer on to 6

[@chasestierwalt9072]

Matthew Lebish fast *

[@m.a.r2411]

I just tuned the 6th string... It works the same way

[@angelherrera5352]

please because there is no full lesson

[@dimitplays]

please teach into the void

[@mpasistasyalanci]

do you know what is the rhythm of the song ? is it 6/8 or 12/8? it seems to me something like zonaradikos a greek rhythm and dance from north Greece from thrace, here one song that it is like traditional children of the grave just listen to the percussion and the main riff, kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZ68q6lqZpt5naM . Is it the same rhythm or its just in my mind. ntoum-ntoutakata ntoum-ntoutakata etc

[@fpcawolff]

Can you do juntos e shallow now?

[@just1raindog]

It's Benedict Cumberbatch teaching an iconic Black Sabbath song... finally, all the pieces have fallen into place!

[@dettespaghetti5412]

Why doesn’t he ever say what pedal he is using and what settings to use It would really be helpful to get the sound right

[@OldNavajoTricks]

Just had that wierd wander riff thing and started playing something that reminded me of this so abandon original thing and learn this instead lol. So here I am, Why do guitarists NEED focus but have attention disorders lol...

[@johnnys3160]

Thought it was tuned to C# just like Toni plays most of his songs

[@malavparmar7694]

There are 666 likes and my like will be 667th...lol how Brutal is that!!

[@josepheich3977]

I just play it in regular tuning. Heavy strings like they had back then would be what you would need.

[@paulmerritt8593]

You need to tune down or the low notes would be too high. The guitar needs to be tuned down to C#.

[@christophercarty675]

Iommi used 8’s

[@loganwhetzel2069]

@@christophercarty675 8's in standard and half step down tuning. 9's in c# tuning.

[@theccarbiter]

He used 8 gauge strings

[@vishkiller23]

Floods by pantera n electric funeral pantera