Attempt to play one of the best guitar solos ever + a little improvised part.
‘Stairway to Heaven’ for Solo Bass, Zander Zon
Apr 9, 2010 amazing classical guitar solos
My solo album – Sonorous – is now available on CD Baby:
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/ZanderZon
(Also available on iTunes.)
I’ve heard several excellent covers of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ on guitar, piano and cello, and I was really inspired to try to do a version on the bass. Quite randomly, I found a tuning that worked nicely: A F# C# E…
Originally, I had pretty much the whole tune worked out (except for the solo), but I just didn’t think the fast parts sounded that good. So, I decided to arrange this piece around the slower parts that I found most beautiful. Hope you enjoy it!
Duration : 0:2:45
Tags: bass, classical, cover, guitar, hamm, hand, Heaven, Introduction, Jimmy, led, Manring, Michael, on, page, piccolo, solo, Stairway, String, Stu, Tap, tapping, to, two, victor, wooten, zeppelin
Led Zeppelin Black Mountain Side COVER DADGAD Acoustic Zep Blackwaterside
Jan 2, 2010 hybrid picking
Led Zeppelin Black Mountain Side COVER Wheew! A very difficult cover of an acoustic number by Mr Page paying tribute to an old Irish folk tune, Blackwaterside. Many have attributed Mr. Bert Jansch with this tune but it is a twist on a called Blackwaterside. The song by Mr. Page was recorded on Led Zeppelin’s first album from 1969. This is in a DADGAD style tuning but 1/2 step lower to match the album which would make it a D flat. Mr. Page calls this his “CIA” tuning…Celtic, Indian and Arabic. What he did with this song and the arrangement and production with tabla shows how ingeniuos he really is…transforming an old Irish tune into sort of an international piece by bringing the connection of Celtic and Indian music together. Remember he did this in the late 1960s when the Beatles and the Stones had featured the Sitar and classical Indian instruments on the songs “Within you, without you” and the Stones “Paint it Black” I believe.
I made several attempts to play this in its entirety and correctly. It is a variation on a theme and is not exactly the way Mr. Page arranged it. I think the hybrid picking and fingering technique is more in line with what Mr. Page did in the studio then just fingerpicking or flat picking the song.
Sorry I do not have any tabs for this song. I learned it by ear. I made an attempt to also show both hands during the taping of this so you can get an idea of how its played.
When I get it closer to 99% I will repost.
I hope you enjoy it and can learn something from it. It is very difficult to learn and play, one of the most challenging of Page’s acoustic numbers. Remember, have fun with your playing !
Duration : 0:1:58
Tags: 1969, acoustic, album, bert, Black, blackwaterside, cover, DADGAD, first, from, guitar, Irish, jansch, Jimmy, led, Mountain, page, Side, traditional, tune, zep, zeppelin, Zeppelin's
CoverLed Zeppelin – Achilles Last Stand (Solo) Cover
Oct 31, 2009 guitar solos
This is my new cover of Achilles Last Stand’s guitar solo, a song by Led Zeppelin, off the “Presence” album (1976).
I used a FREE BACKING TRACK that contains Drums and Bass, and I played all of the Guitar parts.
I think this is one of the best songs by Led Zeppelin, and its for sure the most complex song by this band.
I personally think that this song is way too underrated, its as epic as Stairway to Heaven, and it also features more work and creativity on all instruments.
Maybe this song had “bad luck” cuz it was realeased in an album where not all of the songs were as epic and amazing as Achilles.
On another circumstances, Achilles Last Stand could be considered as the best and most famous Led Zeppelin song.
Its guitar solo is very interesting, there are 2 parts where the tempo changes, and the solo re-takes the normal tempo again. This solo is FULL of feeling, and I did my best to cover that crucial detail.
I hope you like my cover, thanks for watching!
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As usual, I used my Zoom G2.1u effects pedal, so these are the settings for the patch I made for this cover:
http://www.mediafire.com/?mnjjnwcmybw
Duration : 0:1:44
Tags: achilles, cover, guitar, Last, led, solo, stand, zeppelin
