Hey Hey What Can I Do - Led Zeppelin | Guitar lesson

[@bobchill5151]

That hard stab on the A string instead of the chord changed my life. It's an easy song with a # of little (important) details. I've watched a half dozen tutorials and yours is THE ONE imho. Thanks!

[@12footchain]

Thanks! Much appreciated!

[@user-vj8io5io2f]

Finally, someone that has it exactly right! Not that I need to be so exactly right, but it's cool to hear you nail it, and now I know this is the lesson to follow. Also, wow, so nice to learn about exactly how they recorded it. When I was a kid I used to get so confused by so many songs when trying to learn them by ear (which I as not especially got at doing anyway). I would think something was wrong with my ear or my guitar when it seemed like the band was not in tune with my standard A pitchfork. Turns out it was not me, it was the band and it was done for a reason. There was no KZbin back in those days! (Not even digital music!) Thanks for this!

[@normannoriega9557]

Thanks for the recording information on how LED did it in the studio. This lesson was fantastic. Appreciate your time.

[@DavidMains-pf6zo]

Thanks a bunch best ever heard it played.maybe ill be able to play the song now.my problem is always the rythum.

[@sterlingmcvay2469]

Wow!! Thanks for that!! Much of my Favorite Zep' stuff is the Bluegrass- Folk-Blues-tinged material anyway. Always wanted to Learn this. Interesting info about VARISPEED - I've read a little about it Here and There....

[@waynesmith537]

Hi I’m a beginner guitarist and I really like the way you breakdown the chords and easy to understand I played along to this made a few mistakes but after a while I nailed it you are a great teacher really enjoyed the video.

[@12footchain]

Glad it was helpful!

[@OddBall1958]

According to the score that Jimmie gave me he tuned down a half step. Also on the recording there are actually two guitars, A six and a twelve string along with a mandolin. Thanks for the lessons and keep up the great work.

[@12footchain]

Sooo.......are you saying Jimmy Page worked with you?

[@OddBall1958]

@@12footchain No I just had the pleasure of meeting him once when I was 16, 1973 if I remember correctly. That was a lot of beer ago! I actually worked with my dad at the time and worked for a lot of people in the music and movie industry. Maybe you've heard of Micheal Omartian, One of the producers we used to do a lot of work for. That's the only name I'm going to drop But Sammy Davis Jr was a really great person.

[@enchantederic3792]

@@OddBall1958 Funny you said Sammy Davis. I just watched a YT here that is interviewing him. He is real clear in about '71, it looks like about the business associates he has to keep. And you don't find his name on the lolita express logs, either. Then he unabashedly explains the difference from 'black people' and the other type of people that look similar, but do not play nice with others. Oh, when language was usable and free. Sammy held his head high, such a better life.

[@tribeoflightband8145]

Thanks man. Didn’t know about the slowing down of the track and then adding the vocals later on. Makes way more sense and such a cool effect for music production. And you got the best tutorial out there...especially with that A stabbin technique 👌🏼

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

That Yamaha really gets a nice tone

[@mackmitchell94]

The reason it’s hard to play with the record is because they slowed it down . When they initially recorded it at normal speed it was in A. You can really tell the song is slowed by how the cymbals drag, it adds a really nice effect .

[@Millerman57]

Assuming you didn't watch the beginning of the video as he said exactly that, well he did call the cymbal effect decay and not drag.

[@MyS10Rocks]

Great work, like your teaching style!

[@12footchain]

thanks George!

[@r.llynch4124]

20 cents down from Eb standard

[@esmeraldo7887]

neat video. if you are lookin for feedback...I don't think JP played the G like that - fretting a D on the B string. You ever see him play it that way in videos/photos.That voicing didn't seem to come around for anyone until the 90s it seems. Not sure why. Maybe its from players with less picking/folk background.

[@vanillacreem816]

Great lesson. I always play this on my 12 string since I think that was the guitar used in the original recording? But it sounds great on a six sting as well.

[@12footchain]

yeah it sounds great on a 12 because it sort of combines the 6 string acoustic and mandolin that is on the original recording. But the guitar that you hear on the record is an acoustic 6 - you can tell on the opening riff and when he hits the big open A string to kick off the choruses, that is a single A string with no octave. There may be another 12 added on in the background, but too hard to hear for sure. Such a great song

[@TT-kf3pk]

Great lesson, the best on this song for sure. The tuning took it to the next level. Thanks The only thing I have to add is your overall volume of the video seems low compared to other KZbin videos. Not an issue if I used headphones or powered speakers. 👍

[@12footchain]

Thank you. Yes you are right. The first couple months I was making videos I didn't have the right audio setup. I am mulling over redoing these early ones. Thanks for the feedback

[@TT-kf3pk]

@@12footchain No "Thank you" Zep.. pun intended. Next song? 🤔 It's all good. Thanks again! Great lessons. Maybe you can just edit the videos and bump the db? Doesn't matter either way nice job.

[@OeraliusTarth]

You're great at guitar. How long have you been playing? This is not an easy song to play.

[@konradhof7318]

Great lesson! I’m trying to figure out the rapid fire alternating-chord changes he does near the end. He can be seen doing something up the neck there in the live 1995 Page-Plant concert clips. But I’m not sure what, and it could be a little different from the original recording.

[@wilhelmrogue1]

That is a beaut yamaha ya got there

[@jonnywilco]

that was great, could you do stage fright by the band

[@12footchain]

Will look into that

[@jonasm9815]

well played! cool song aswell. but 0:42 you have a windows update :S

[@12footchain]

Ha ha - true!

[@stephenadamsmusicalinterpr4203]

Fortunately my tuner can point to the correct slightly flat G.

[@davedavid7061]

I've got my 45 still

[@markz3853]

So do I, crazy!

[@markz3853]

Japanese import

[@davedavid7061]

@@markz3853 B side Immigrant Song

[@bobabooey]

So this means that JPJ was tuned down as well?

[@12footchain]

Probably not, I think all instruments were recorded in standard tuning in A and the faster tempo, and then the tape was slowed down turning everything to G.

[@LeeMcDaidDonegal]

Britny Fox nicked that riff for their 1989 song "Girlschool".... well, I think they did anyway! :)

[@12footchain]

Yeah kinda is

[@giuseppemartino6889]

Can I ask you something about the guitar.? Lol. Looks like you have the same problem I do. Lol

[@invisableobserver]

Your doubleneck is giving you white horns, it goes good with your red shirt. This song was banned in the U.S. due to censorship & is why it did not come out on LZ 3; though a few came through radio promos & on juke box 45s because of the flip side was either immigrant song, that's the way or tangerine as far as I have seen. I read somewhere years ago that 100 made it into the U.S. (I have one I bought back in da day)

[@12footchain]

Interesting. What was the reason for it being censored?

[@SeattleShelby]

@@12footchain I’ve never been sure why it was banned. I’m 42 and is wasn’t on my dad’s LP but it has always been one of my favorites as I primarily play acoustic guitar and love LZ. Great tune. I used to close sets in my college band with this song. It was a crowd favorite and much cooler than closing with “you can’t always get what you want.”

[@socom2173]

This doesn't sound like my album