Hey Hey What Can I Do Led Zeppelin Guitar Lesson To Sound Like The Record
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Hey Hey What Can I Do Led Zeppelin Guitar Lesson
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Few guitarists are able to fuse together the roots of the blues and rock ‘n’ roll better than Jimmy Page from Led Zeppelin.
In fact, songs like ‘You Shook Me’, ‘Whole Lotta Love’, ‘Bring It On Home’ and ‘The Lemon Song’, are almost all directly ripped off from old blues classics.
So it’s safe to say that Page’s style has come straight out of artists like Muddy Waters, Robert Johnson, Howlin’ Wolf, and Willie Dixon…
But he did take their sound and styles to a new place. And played some amazing guitar parts with Led Zeppelin.
So today, I’m going to share with you one of them…
You’ll learn a great tuning for blues guitar. How to blend bluesy riffs right into your rhythm playing, and even some more advanced concepts about theory, chords, and scales…
So grab your guitar, tune down, and let’s jump into this “Hey Hey What Can I Do” Led Zeppelin guitar lesson.
Who Wrote Hey Hey What Can I Do?
"Hey Hey What Can I Do" is a classic rock song by the English rock band Led Zeppelin. It was written by the band's four members: Robert Plant, Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones, and John Bonham.
The song was recorded during the sessions for their untitled fourth studio album, commonly known as Led Zeppelin IV, which was released in 1971. However, "Hey Hey What Can I Do" was not included on the original album and was instead released as the B-side to the single "Immigrant Song."
The song was recorded at various locations, including Island Studios in London and Rolling Stones Mobile Studio in Wales. It features Robert Plant on vocals, Jimmy Page on acoustic guitar, John Paul Jones on bass guitar and organ, and John Bonham on drums.
"Hey Hey What Can I Do" is often regarded as one of Led Zeppelin's most classic tracks, despite not appearing on any of their studio albums.
While "Hey Hey What Can I Do" did not receive many formal awards or accolades, it remains a remembered and iconic Zeppelin tune.
What tuning is Hey Hey What Can I Do in?
Before we jump into the chords to “Hey Hey What Can I Do”. Let’s first talk about the guitar tuning. Jimmy Page tuned the main acoustic guitar on this song down ½ step.
To tune a guitar down 1/2 step means to lower the pitch of each of the six strings on the guitar by half a step or one semitone. In standard tuning, the six strings are tuned to the following pitches, starting from the lowest-pitched string (the thickest string) to the highest-pitched string (the thinnest string):
E (6th string)
A (5th string)
D (4th string)
G (3rd string)
B (2nd string)
E (1st string)
When you tune the guitar down 1/2 step, each of these strings is lowered by one semitone. So, the new tuning becomes:
Eb (or D#)
Ab (or G#)
Db (or C#)
Gb (or F#)
Bb (or A#)
Eb (or D#)
This lower tuning results in a slightly deeper and heavier sound compared to standard tuning. Jimmy Page used this tuning to achieve a deeper bluesier sound in the guitar part. It also can make it easier to play certain riffs or bends. This tuning can be called "half-step down tuning" or "Eb tuning" because the 6th and 1st strings are both tuned to Eb.
So when I refer to the following chords, it’s important to note that I am referring to the guitar chords and not the concert pitch…
Let’s now look at the chords…
Hey Hey What Can I Do Chords
There are only 5 main chords you need to know to play “Hey Hey What Can I Do” on guitar. Those chords are A, G, E, D, and Dsus2. Let’s take a look at some chord shapes you could to play the main guitar part.
For the A chord, I would recommend using just one finger. The index finger. This is a common approach that Jimmy Page took when playing the A. Using only one finger, frees up your other fingers to play embellishments off the chord. You’ll hear blues rhythm riffs, walk-downs, and even licks played in between the chords.
Page is a master at blending all of these different elements together into one exciting guitar part.
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Great lesson!
My favorite Led Zeppelin song
Thanks for some really great instruction. Keep it coming!
Best lesson ever on this song!
All the overdub leads are so cool and not that hard to do, once you have the basics down. Need to show them next. Excellent work thanks!
Great zeppelin song! Most doable for us amateurs too. Love your work Jon!
Great song. Thanks for the lesson.
I need the bass to this. Can anyone help me? 😢
Sorry I can't stand it OR Put up with Hand Gesturing. LOL. NEXT HaHa. I had to cut a little hole in a piece of paper and hold it up to your face when you weren't Playing LOL. GOOD lesson though 👍 Thanks