Immigrant Song guitar lesson - riffs and the mystery chord. 1 of 3. Gretchen Menn for ZLC.

[@gretchenmenn]

Hey, everyone! Thanks so much for checking this out. Hope it is helpful to some!

[@mdpocoroba]

Hi Gretchen, I'm just curious if you offer in-person guitar workshops or one-on-one instruction? 💙

[@kennethlawrence3376]

You’re welcome, and yes, very helpful! You have an outstanding grasp of music and how to explain it! Again, well done!!!

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Thank you very much. " You so smart... ".

[@gabrieljohannson6777]

This was killer! Thank you very much Gretchen. Would love to see you tour Australia with either Zapparella or your own band. Please please please.

[@kennylloyd7645]

My 9 year old niece is learning how to play guitar. This is an excellent lesson for her to improve her playing

[@rangerdoc1029]

Really love these lessons. You're a great instructor. Thanks for sharing.

[@gretchenmenn]

Thank you so much for checking it out!

[@mwrobinson1169]

This is one of the best instructional guitar videos I've seen.

[@BKMDano17]

Thank You... You are a very good teacher 🙂

[@Boss-ve8rl]

I have absolutely no idea what the hell your talking about but I’ve enjoyed every bit of it

[@magnusmatthiasson6843]

Great lesson, thank you.

[@CharlesIanChun]

Great teaching!

[@robwalton7749]

Thank you so very much for sharing your incredible knowledge and artistry. Yet another reason for us all to worship Gretchen Menn.

[@Bickhawk]

You are the hottest guitar teacher in the world, who agrees?

[@guitaronwater9034]

Amen brother Brings new meaning for "Hot for Teacher"! I would never want to disappoint her!

[@laurentdubois2268]

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[@guitaraddict5357]

Thank you for posting this, very helpful!

[@nacidoenel64]

you are a great teacher! and understand the nuances of Page so well! wonderful. Thanks.

[@golf5555555]

So talented and beautiful. Thank you for the great tutorial.

[@StuartZechman]

That's an excellent writing assignment. Well done, again.

[@gretchenmenn]

Love to hear what you come up with!

[@MarkSchneider69]

Gretchen, I love you! Greetings from Germany/Bavaria

[@simonjarvis7362]

You have a great teaching style Gretchen. Uncluttered and straight to the point with tremendous clarity!

[@blancolirio]

Yes! Subscribed!

[@SmokinLoon5150]

Awesome. Thanks for sharing! :)

[@ANGELICHUMANANGEL]

LOVING THIS ....I'VE REALLY LOVED THIS SONG SO MUCH ...CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR AWSOME GUITAR PLAYING 👍 🌹🌸🌹🌸🌹🌸

[@gretchenmenn]

Thank you so much. Really glad if it might be helpful!

[@traenknersgarageandspeedshop]

this is very cool... I love the learning and the secret chord.. I just ordered the dragon telecaster.

[@richardhectorlanthier9999]

Your lesson is great 👍 thank you, love the sound of your band.

[@Clearlight201]

Awesome presentation. I really appreciate it when people figure out one of those unusual chords in a famous track, it can make all the difference. Also loved the insight into how Jimmy Page might have created it with Bonham's drums in his mind (or in his ears!).

[@benmaguire4098]

Hey there another fabulous lesson only one thing I would like offer as an idea .. ?? Having been a student all thru the years when this music was evolving & knowing a little bit about the competetive nature of Jimmy as a person plus his sense of Humour & his close often overlooked reliance on JPJ to carry a Riff I think Jimmy enjoyed a capricious element of " Now try & copy that you F***kers " LOL .. he Famously said No one can play Black dog riff exactly like him .. Back in those Days Jeff Beck & Eric etc were often trying to be " one up " on each other but in a fun way as friends & musos do .. & back then these guys especially Jeff Beck & Jimmy were in bands together playing together both sharing & keeping secret trick on feedback & Treble booster etc from each other .. I mentioned how much I adore you & your guitar playing on another lesson comment .. But don't tell me you don't pick up your game a little when another " Gunslinger " is on stage .

[@dszgonis]

I don't know how I found this channel, but it rocks! Thanks for the breakdown, keep em coming!

[@gretchenmenn]

Will do! More to come in the next few weeks. :-)

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Hey Dimitri, here's how I found this channel. Been Enjoying ever since. KZbin video: Led Zeppelin When The Levee Breaks by Zepparella

[@garyclay5595]

Fantastic/brilliant lesson Gretchen. I'm impressed at your knowledge of music. As far as solo is concerned (not knowing what the scale would be) I suspect it would be F#minor pentatonic scale or F#Dorian modal scale? Would I be correct? Or, merely a wild guess? Gary from Grindelwald Tasmania in Australia.

[@johnburger7098]

Nicely done. Lovely guitar. jvb

[@13AK98]

Yeah, Love it.

[@tyrssen1]

Wow, what a terrific lesson, Gretchen! Thanks! Now I'll have to check out some more of 'em! (And yes, you're absolutely lovely. If ya don't mind my sayin'.)

[@johnshinal6369]

I real intellectual explanation of the song and an interesting chord. Thanks !

[@jeanhourques6107]

Very cool...thank you, I'm a french fan !

[@dee_vida]

Holy crap, this has been bothering me for half an hour, and you, ma'am, have cracked the code. The way you explained the bass frequencies resonating with the guitar makes so much sense! I was hearing that low C with the bass EQ'ed out, but that's because of the higher frequencies of the bass that resonate just like you described here! It's all so clear to me now, and finally this song sounds correct when I play it. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, and you have earned this sub a million times over! You ROCK!!

[@SanSevero]

To start with an upstroke...you redeem me after years...♥

[@mauricioferreira6192]

awesome

[@jamespitman3357]

Awesome

[@RainsonZeppelin]

Hey Gretchen Thank you so much! Love to hear and see you play with Zepparella and now also your lesson! I was wondering about the 'mystery ' chord. They way you play it sounds great. But does Jimmy played live that difficult chord? You can do it, but I think Jimmy doesn't play it that difficult. Is it not simply: all notes on the 3 th fret: 333333 ? Then we have also the C. Or x32333?

[@briankehew579]

Gretchen is a real guitar brain. Explains it sensibly and solidly. Great stuff.

[@IncubusOfDeath]

Wow, this is awesome thank you.

[@gretchenmenn]

My pleasure! Thanks for checking it out.

[@carlosgarcia-wq4cw]

I am subscribed, great

[@primeDecomposition]

She might be the only thing on this planet prettier than that LP, this woman is stupid hot. Sick musician too, I love her solo work.

[@rmdtucson57]

Gretchen, I appreciate your solid background of music theory, your diverse knowledge is evident in the way you play and the way you teach, thank you !! A couple of years ago I watched a video of you playing Eric Johnson's instrumental composition of "Cliffs of Dover", and since then, it has eluded my rediscovery. I love your rendition of "Dazed and Confused"!

[@shoestringplayer106]

What makes sense is not doing it the way it's written on paper and do it the way its played by the man

[@baraopolimentos5]

A o vcs de montão, vcs tem que vir aqui no Brasil e quando vir estarei lá !

[@BlackSheepTruthMedia]

i love how passionate you are about music thanksss

[@johnwhite9825]

Gretchen, Thanks for such a well researched, thorough, attention-to-detail, excellent overview of the guitar part of the Immigrant Song.

[@jcwm01]

Thank you so much for this amazing lesson! I have never been able to play the main riff smoothly or comfortably. Practicing your up/down stroke approach I am now finally able to play this riff smoothly and more naturally. Also, now I finally know the mystery chord fingering! Invaluable lesson. I look forward to more like it. Cheers!

[@MA-vr8gp]

Great lesson ...thank you so much for this!

[@squatch545]

Awesome. Thanks Gretchen.

[@stevenblackwell399]

Amazing ! it dos'ent even sound like a pleasing note

[@daf827]

I love this lesson. Fretwork, picking technique, theory, and the mystery chord. Fascinating.

[@ericyoung1959]

Nice. Good explanation and detail. Thank you very much. Yes, simple riffs are the hardest to write, for sure.

[@gretchenmenn]

Whew, and some are the masters of that. Jimmy Page, of course, Ritchie Blackmore, AC/DC... so many were brilliant at something deceptively difficult.

[@jeromeorsel7957]

Super leçon merci ! En espérant vous voir jouer en France bientôt !

[@tmage7042]

Very cool, very informative video!! Well done!

[@gretchenmenn]

Thank you so much!

[@ChimChim812]

Gretchen, You're Awesome! Thank you for being such a technician and breaking that down for us mere mortals! :-)

[@IGK-zt5pc]

Awesome work! Thank you very much!

[@zbaby82]

Very well explained.

[@ericyoung1959]

Very good tone as well !!

[@gretchenmenn]

Thank you! I'll be discussing my rig in the last video of this series for my fellow tone geeks. :-)

[@majorwheelock974]

Gretchen do you prefer the two rock over the marshal ? Does the two rock have a lot of harmonics and sustain? a new fan

[@solomonwaigani4512]

Terrific! Many thanks! 🙏

[@gretchenmenn]

Thank YOU for watching. :-)

[@николайиванов-к2м]

Все хорошо,а на русском можно

[@brucemahaffey108]

Great lesson and explanation. Your love and enthusiasm for what you are doing is wonderful. Thanks so much!

[@ivanjulian2532]

What a great video. Thank you Gretchen, the final minute of the video where you gave us (your students) an assignment was really enjoyable.

[@swampt.6898]

Awesome lesson, and "When The Levy Breaks" is too! I should be embarrassed about how long I have been playing these songs wrong but hell, everyone else has been too, ha ha ha! The way you map the chord out, show the timing, and explain everything makes it very easy to learn, Thanks!

[@hannaro]

"F sharp of the E string, so that's the second fret" Many thanks. I'm a beginner over here.

[@johnmeggers5059]

Very good. I would LOVE IT if you would do a similar video on When The Levee Breaks. I'm still struggling to get that one right.

[@johnmeggers5059]

Never mind - I think I found it!

[@hectorfandi]

Hola Gretchen, me gusta mucho tus enseñanzas, abrazos... 🤗🤗🤗

[@richardandre866]

So well done. Awesome. Thanks.

[@andrewryder1319]

Extremely clear presentation! Great job!!

[@pierre6940]

Thank's a lot!!! Merci beaucoup!!! Great teaching!!!

[@scottmorgan5900]

EXCELLENT+!

[@shelleyloya6703]

I learned more from this video than I ever knew about this song! Thanks Gretchen 🔥

[@fudgefucker666]

What a great lesson. When this Covid thing is over. I really wish you guys would come to S.W PA area (Pittsburgh, Greensburg, or even Morgantown WV) I would jump at the chance in seeing you guys. Again so great of a lesson

[@mrthunder8190]

Pretty sure I've never seen a picture or video of Jimmy Page making that kind of stretch for the mystery chord...But, he always was a bit sloppy live! Nice lesson, wish I had half your knowledge of music theory. It certainly makes dissecting the chords a lot easier!

[@Cymbaline713]

The "Mystery Chord" is also the 1st chord from Lark's Tongues in Aspic Pt. II by King Crimson!

[@rockngpa5094]

I just got my $100 Led Zeppelin studio recording thick ass book for $65... Any help is appreciated, thank you!

[@MikeNascimbeni]

This is the 4th video I've watched to try and suss out all the intricacies of this guitar masterpiece and I'm blown away by how great your teaching method is and how thoroughly you cover every facet of the task. Is it cool if I just click on the like and describe buttons without smashing them? Does it still count? :P

[@bignizzle6973]

Thank you for sharing your expertise and your presentation is so spot on!

[@patriotu.s.elections7879]

TOO MUCH ENERGY AND TOO MUCH TIME on your hands . We Love you !

[@jimbaxter8488]

I just play a C9 for the mystery chord...I know it's wrong but I like it better.

[@HS6_00]

Pretty good, but I’m pretty sure when you transition into the chord section rather than using an A maj you just use an open A to push into the E maj. To be clear, I didn’t come here to critique I wanted to see the improvisational section because I’m playing it twice in two separate live shows in a few months.

[@zrexaminernews260]

Hard to differentiate between that E string and that D string without playing a full chord, but, damned if it doesn't sound good.

[@michaelmeister2142]

Thank you for using tabs! Nothing worse than confusing instructions on finger placement that are hard to see as well. It wastes so much time.

[@jamess2178]

Very well done!

[@spaceavenger54]

I was always playing that G at the end and every member of my band argued with me telling me it was a C. SMH. Lol

[@victornice858]

Great job, understandable and approachable

[@UncleTerry]

Some of the best Guitar riffs in Rock music were written by Malcolm Young and Angus.

[@fixitmyself]

Thank you for doing this!!

[@gilbertopicinich1607]

Thank you! Good homework assignment too.

[@randolphtimm6031]

I think I might have some old studio tracks laying around somewhere if you are interested 😉. No guarantees. Probably nothing you don't have already. Also not sure I could find them. And I run across take-aparts quite a bit.

[@ifbandrew228]

i have nothing substantive to say besides my fav guitar song taught by the hottest teacher on earth!

[@jayquanvo5134]

Chicks and guitars. Is sexy. Chicks who love Led Zeppelin is even sexier!! I'm from Australia, but I really hope i get to see you gals play Live one day.

[@jayquanvo5134]

In regard to the 'secret chord', its kind of reminds me of the famous "A Hard Day's Night" opening chord. Which many people think is a single guitar chord, but It was actually resonant notes mixed/interlaced between the Fadd 9/G note of George Harrison's and John Lennon's guitars, the D and G notes on piano played by George Martin and the D Note of Paul McCartney's bass.

[@anthonybrock9435]

Hullo Gretchen. Greetings from a Glaswegian, tho in the States now. I know that there is an infinitesimal chance of this falling under yer eyes. But I very much want you to know how many of us old head axe slingers over in Scotland whom absolutely love Zepparella. Yer a bonny bunch of wee lassies. Just lovely. And we, in spite of our pride are learning from ye ! Haste Ye Back, Zepparella. 🍀🌹🍀

[@Guitaroverkill]

I’ve seen the mystery chord in tab as a C9. Makes more sense and easier to play than the Gm. Jimmy does now jazz chords.

[@ebbenielsen7]

The chord shown in this video is not a chord I can imagine Jimmy P played - it is too complicated. No offence. His style is more simple. So I think you are right. It could perhaps be just two notes: Bb + D. And then a sort of C9 with a C in the bass.

[@randolphtimm6031]

Gm and C7 in C7 has the d moved to an e. Maybe that's the juxtaposition they felt. Try Rock'n'Roll. Simple 7th boogie but it takes a minute to figure it out.

[@randolphtimm6031]

@@ebbenielsen7 some times it is. Maybe you haven't watched him solo. Nothing simple about it.

[@MitchRossMusician]

Very good. In particular, I really liked the explanation of the C in the mystery chord. Good challenge.

[@dansmith1132]

Gretchen, I just saw you in Murfreesboro this weekend. Awesome show. Please come back soon. This video is great. You definitely know your stuff and know how to teach it as well. Perfect and Thank you.

[@wavequation]

This chick knows the instrument...

[@bondo_channel1706]

Excellent, Gretchen. I'm here because i wasn't playing it exactly right and I just discovered with your help my timing is off. Thank You

[@jonathaneves5847]

Excellent tuition Gretchen, You really know your stuff, seen the boys countless times back in their prime. Would love to see Zepparella, have you played U.K. much? Greetings from Liverpool.

[@Marny700]

Thank you! Excellent lesson: straight to the point, just as much as necessary, nothing left out and very well structured!✌🏼☮️&❤️ 🎸

[@kennethlawrence3376]

Wow! And that wow is not because you’re pretty, it’s because of just how informative and detail oriented you are in your lesson! Incredible teaching style here! Very well done, thank you. One of the first songs I went after. I’d be curious to see how you teach ‘Babe I’m Gonna Leave You’ because that is what I went after when everybody was going after Stairway.

[@tillerthediller3897]

I like everything I see, and thanks

[@theblytonian3906]

Thank you G. Inspirational lesson, clear instruction. Most appreciative. Led Zepp arrived and were at their peak through my formative adolescent years. Aviation career fini, picked up the guitar again after 45 years hiatus with a passion and vengeance. Better late to the party than never. Love Zepparalla. You gals do led Zepp material better than anyone since ...Led Zepp. Best wishes.

[@rtd9153]

I love music but I have no musical talent. She's speaking complete Greek to me but it was amazing watching this instructional video with all of the intricacies. How can someone remember all of that? It's really amazing. I'm an accomplished athlete but when it comes to music I'll stick with listening.