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!!
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!
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"!
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.
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.
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!
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.
Mr] page you must give this guitar player all the respect she deserves. Don't be envious. She is showing us all how the master did it in the first place!!!!!!
Fascinating to hear Gretchen expound on this thrilling number, clearly with great insight and technique, but it also shows how creative Jimmy Page was back in the day.
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.
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.
I love how your smile almost to giggles as you do up and down strokes or counting. when all the research and wood shedding is done, you're playing by feel, so audible counting is not normal. as a bassist and guitar player I was thinking exactly - where is the C in the outro chord. your diligence and research are top notch. way to go. Ü ♫
Even though I have no musical talent or ability I really enjoy these videos! Mostly because I love all of you ladies dearly and I don’t get the chance to see you nearly as often as I would like! I also enjoy the insight into how y’all perform this incredible music so well!
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. 🍀🌹🍀
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
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?
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!).
The Immigrant song riff and The Wanton Song riff both use octaves . Miss Gretchen plays the guitar well, teaches these things clearly and she is also a beautiful woman 🙂.
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.
About the mystery chord: often when you haven't any aid except your ears, you have to suppose, the most logical answer, based firstly on the "x guitarist style", fixed in a specific period..! According with the "most usual" Page's spectrum of chords, at that time, that choice apparently seemed to be a C7(9) with a G bass..! Close, to the chord finally brought out of the mystery..! P.S. A serious lesson with all the terms on point, so shy teacher Menn..!
Good point! The more familiarity you have with a guitarist's style and tendencies, the easier it is to decipher the elusive stuff. It was fun to do the research into this chord and revisit it for this video. I confess that in the early years of Zepparella, I also played it as a C9/G! It's cool that there are so many guitar geeks with amazing ears willing to investigate these fun little mysteries.
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 .
I’ve been a fan since I see saw you in Northampton a few years ago at the Iron Horse , band was spectacular , and as guitarist I’m smitten with your playing, you should do a lesson on the Rover 😉
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.
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.
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.
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'.)
Thanks for the guitar lessons. You're an awesome lovable person. I wish I could play the slide as good as you. For some reason I always sound like I'm killing an animal or something.
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.
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Hey, everyone! Thanks so much for checking this out. Hope it is helpful to some!
Hi Gretchen, I'm just curious if you offer in-person guitar workshops or one-on-one instruction? 💙
You’re welcome, and yes, very helpful! You have an outstanding grasp of music and how to explain it! Again, well done!!!
Thank you very much. " You so smart... ".
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.
My 9 year old niece is learning how to play guitar. This is an excellent lesson for her to improve her playing
You have a great teaching style Gretchen. Uncluttered and straight to the point with tremendous clarity!
Yes! Subscribed!
Really love these lessons. You're a great instructor. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for checking it out!
Gretchen is a real guitar brain. Explains it sensibly and solidly. Great stuff.
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!!
This is one of the best instructional guitar videos I've seen.
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!
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"!
I love this lesson. Fretwork, picking technique, theory, and the mystery chord.
Fascinating.
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.
Great lesson, thank you.
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.
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!
Great lesson and explanation. Your love and enthusiasm for what you are doing is wonderful. Thanks so much!
Gretchen,
Thanks for such a well researched, thorough, attention-to-detail, excellent overview of the guitar part of the Immigrant Song.
i love how passionate you are about music thanksss
Great lesson. Really enjoyable. I'm playing guitar 30 years and everyday is still a school day. Just discovered Zepparella. You guys ROCK.
Awesome. Thanks Gretchen.
What a great video. Thank you Gretchen, the final minute of the video where you gave us (your students) an assignment was really enjoyable.
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.
Extremely clear presentation! Great job!!
I don't know how I found this channel, but it rocks! Thanks for the breakdown, keep em coming!
Will do! More to come in the next few weeks. :-)
Hey Dimitri, here's how I found this channel. Been Enjoying ever since. TH-cam video: Led Zeppelin When The Levee Breaks by Zepparella
Mr] page you must give this guitar player all the respect she deserves. Don't be envious. She is showing us all how the master did it in the first place!!!!!!
you are a great teacher! and understand the nuances of Page so well! wonderful. Thanks.
Thank you so very much for sharing your incredible knowledge and artistry. Yet another reason for us all to worship Gretchen Menn.
So well done. Awesome. Thanks.
The "Mystery Chord" is also the 1st chord from Lark's Tongues in Aspic Pt. II by King Crimson!
You are the hottest guitar teacher in the world, who agrees?
Amen brother Brings new meaning for "Hot for Teacher"! I would never want to disappoint her!
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure I agreeee
Fascinating to hear Gretchen expound on this thrilling number, clearly with great insight and technique, but it also shows how creative Jimmy Page was back in the day.
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.
Thank You... You are a very good teacher 🙂
Very well explained.
Thank you for sharing your expertise and your presentation is so spot on!
So talented and beautiful.
Thank you for the great tutorial.
Very good tone as well !!
Thank you! I'll be discussing my rig in the last video of this series for my fellow tone geeks. :-)
I have absolutely no idea what the hell your talking about but I’ve enjoyed every bit of it
Gretchen, You're Awesome! Thank you for being such a technician and breaking that down for us mere mortals! :-)
Gretchen, I love you! Greetings from Germany/Bavaria
Awesome work! Thank you very much!
Super leçon merci ! En espérant vous voir jouer en France bientôt !
Nice. Good explanation and detail. Thank you very much. Yes, simple riffs are the hardest to write, for sure.
Whew, and some are the masters of that. Jimmy Page, of course, Ritchie Blackmore, AC/DC... so many were brilliant at something deceptively difficult.
Thanks Gretchen. Am enjoying your lessons. You’re an amazing instructor
Very good. In particular, I really liked the explanation of the C in the mystery chord. Good challenge.
Very cool, very informative video!! Well done!
Thank you so much!
Very well done!
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.
Thank you for posting this, very helpful!
A o vcs de montão, vcs tem que vir aqui no Brasil e quando vir estarei lá !
I love how your smile almost to giggles as you do up and down strokes or counting. when all the research and wood shedding is done, you're playing by feel, so audible counting is not normal. as a bassist and guitar player I was thinking exactly - where is the C in the outro chord. your diligence and research are top notch. way to go. Ü ♫
Even though I have no musical talent or ability I really enjoy these videos! Mostly because I love all of you ladies dearly and I don’t get the chance to see you nearly as often as I would like! I also enjoy the insight into how y’all perform this incredible music so well!
You're an artist of words! xoxo
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. 🍀🌹🍀
Thank you! Excellent lesson: straight to the point, just as much as necessary, nothing left out and very well structured!✌🏼☮️&❤️ 🎸
Gretchen my lovely. We all know who you are, that’s why we are here😀👍
I learned more from this video than I ever knew about this song!
Thanks Gretchen
🔥
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
Great job, understandable and approachable
What great lessons, on my favourite music! Glad I found this, thanks a lot!
Terrific! Many thanks! 🙏
Thank YOU for watching. :-)
Wow, this is awesome thank you.
My pleasure! Thanks for checking it out.
Thanks Gretchen! I always played that C in the mystery chord... except for that I had the rest of the song right.
Thanks for sharing. Great Teaching. Learned a lot.
Great teaching!
That's an excellent writing assignment. Well done, again.
Love to hear what you come up with!
this is very cool... I love the learning and the secret chord.. I just ordered the dragon telecaster.
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
I'm a bit less dazed and confused thanks to this rather special video. Thank you Gretchen.
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?
Food for the eyes the heart the ears and the soul and I'm still a sucker for that bass player hot as hell
Hola Gretchen, me gusta mucho tus enseñanzas, abrazos... 🤗🤗🤗
You are so cool Gretchen ❤️
Unbelievable talent,you make it look easy
Thank you for showing
Your lesson is great 👍 thank you, love the sound of your band.
you are wonderful, i'm from brazil in the state of ceara, your band is visually and musically beautiful.
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!).
The Immigrant song riff and The Wanton Song riff both use octaves . Miss Gretchen plays the guitar well, teaches these things clearly and she is also a beautiful woman 🙂.
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.
LOVING THIS ....I'VE REALLY LOVED THIS SONG SO MUCH ...CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR AWSOME GUITAR PLAYING 👍 🌹🌸🌹🌸🌹🌸
Thank you so much. Really glad if it might be helpful!
About the mystery chord: often when you haven't any aid except your ears, you have to suppose, the most logical answer, based firstly on the "x guitarist style", fixed in a specific period..! According with the "most usual" Page's spectrum of chords, at that time, that choice apparently seemed to be a C7(9) with a G bass..! Close, to the chord finally brought out of the mystery..! P.S. A serious lesson with all the terms on point, so shy teacher Menn..!
Good point! The more familiarity you have with a guitarist's style and tendencies, the easier it is to decipher the elusive stuff. It was fun to do the research into this chord and revisit it for this video. I confess that in the early years of Zepparella, I also played it as a C9/G! It's cool that there are so many guitar geeks with amazing ears willing to investigate these fun little mysteries.
Excellent job explaining this!
Glad if it was helpful!
This is a very detailed instruction thank you very much for sharing.
Awesome. Thanks for sharing! :)
Thanks--great breakdown fo this iconic song. You guys are amazing!
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.
Thank's a lot!!! Merci beaucoup!!! Great teaching!!!
That was a _great_ #*!@ing lesson! I can't believe you offer this for free. Thanks!
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 .
Gretchen do you prefer the two rock over the marshal ? Does the two rock have a lot of harmonics and sustain? a new fan
Cool! Thanks for sharing Mrs.Gottardo
I’ve been a fan since I see saw you in Northampton a few years ago at the Iron Horse , band was spectacular , and as guitarist I’m smitten with your playing, you should do a lesson on the Rover 😉
Excellent Gretchen ... simple is BEST !
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.
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.
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.
@@ebbenielsen7 some times it is. Maybe you haven't watched him solo. Nothing simple about it.
Very cool...thank you, I'm a french fan !
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.
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'.)
Awesome guitar ,, real talent!
Nicely done. Lovely guitar.
jvb
I real intellectual explanation of the song and an interesting chord. Thanks !
i have nothing substantive to say besides my fav guitar song taught by the hottest teacher on earth!
Thanks for the guitar lessons. You're an awesome lovable person. I wish I could play the slide as good as you. For some reason I always sound like I'm killing an animal or something.
I like everything I see, and thanks
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.