Chords for ZEP's Rock And Roll INTRO "Mystery" SOLVED!
Tempo:
112.3 bpm
Chords used:
A
C
Am
C#m
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Okay everyone, today is going to be a lot of fun.
We're going to solve a few more mysteries.
And one huge mystery to me my whole life was the intro to Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin.
I tried to play it on drums and guitar and I found that if the drummer is not doing it
correctly, the guitar player is not going to come in at the right time or the bass player.
It's just going to be a mess.
So what I want to do today is I want to make sure that we're
all counting it the correct way.
Like I said, I did this the wrong way for a long time until
a drum teacher finally taught me the correct way to count it.
Then everything made sense.
Sometimes I think that's why I like doing these videos because I love having breakthroughs and
I also like to share them so other people can have breakthroughs as well.
So let's go ahead
and get to it.
First of all, I'll show you how I used to think it went.
I recorded it on the
drum kit and put it in my loop pedal so you could hear there's going to be a four count and then
it's going to come in at the wrong time.
Here's what I thought it was supposed to [D#] be.
[C#]
[Am] [N] See, I was
kind of listening really hard.
I was waiting for that hit to know when to come in because the
guitars and bass have to come in on the and so it's a little bit tricky.
But if the drummer is
freaking out, where do I come in?
Boom!
It's just a huge mess like I said.
So a better way to count
this, the correct way to count it, is going to actually be by not starting the snare on the one.
So a lot of people think it's one, two, three, four.
The snare makes you think that's the one
beat.
So instead what we'll do is we'll do a little bit of a trickier count but it'll pay off
in the end.
So we're going to go like this one, two, three, and four, and one, so the first hit of
the snare is actually going to be on the and of three.
So it'll be like this one, two, three,
and four, and one, and two, and three, and four, and one, and two, and three, and four, and one, and two,
and three, and four, and one, and two, and three, and four, and boom!
It's really nice to have those four really
solid hits at the end to tell you it's going to come in on the one beat after that.
So one more time, just the beginning will go like this.
One, two, three, and four, and one.
So really the second snare is on the one beat, which is kind of confusing at first.
So what I did on the drums earlier is I slowed it way down just like this, and I hit the
snares where they're supposed to be.
I didn't do any of the ghost notes though.
So you're going to also have a kick drum going the whole time so you can keep track of the
one, two, three, four.
Let's hear how it sounds slowed down.
And watch how easy it is to come in on the and of one with the guitars when the drummer
knows what they're doing.
Okay, here we go.
So it's going to go one, two, three, and four, and one, two, and three, and four, and one,
and two, and three, and four, and one.
[C#m] Boom.
Okay, so the one hit is very predictable at the end there.
Let's come in with the guitars at the right time.
One, two, three, and four, and one.
[Am]
[Em] [F#] [A]
See how much easier that is when everyone knows where the one is?
Okay, so do that for a while.
Really just go one, two, three, and four, and one, and start to hear it start off that way.
From then on, the pattern will start to make sense.
You know, if you keep repeating this and trying to come in at the right time.
Remember the guitar is coming on the and of one, so it's a little bit tricky.
You can't come in right on the one.
You have to go like this.
One, two, three, four, [C] one.
[Em] [C] [A] So it's a little bit strange all around, but it's much easier when everyone's counting
the correct way.
Okay, so let's speed it up closer to what the album is, but let's keep this kind of
concept where the kick drum keeps the one, two, three, four, and the snare only hits
on the accents.
Here we go.
[C#m]
[C]
[A] [G#] So hopefully you can count with me now the correct way.
Remember, one, two, three, and one, two, [A] three.
All right, so if you're a band that plays this song together, it's a good time for the
whole band to say, okay, let's all count this way, get on the same page, and it'll pay off
when you start to play live because you'll all feel very confident instead of hoping
you'll all come in at the right time.
You don't want the beginning of such a legendary song to be a disaster.
You want to honor the song as much as you can, in my opinion.
Okay, guys, have a good one, and I'll [N] catch you soon.
Thanks, bye.
We're going to solve a few more mysteries.
And one huge mystery to me my whole life was the intro to Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin.
I tried to play it on drums and guitar and I found that if the drummer is not doing it
correctly, the guitar player is not going to come in at the right time or the bass player.
It's just going to be a mess.
So what I want to do today is I want to make sure that we're
all counting it the correct way.
Like I said, I did this the wrong way for a long time until
a drum teacher finally taught me the correct way to count it.
Then everything made sense.
Sometimes I think that's why I like doing these videos because I love having breakthroughs and
I also like to share them so other people can have breakthroughs as well.
So let's go ahead
and get to it.
First of all, I'll show you how I used to think it went.
I recorded it on the
drum kit and put it in my loop pedal so you could hear there's going to be a four count and then
it's going to come in at the wrong time.
Here's what I thought it was supposed to [D#] be.
[C#]
[Am] [N] See, I was
kind of listening really hard.
I was waiting for that hit to know when to come in because the
guitars and bass have to come in on the and so it's a little bit tricky.
But if the drummer is
freaking out, where do I come in?
Boom!
It's just a huge mess like I said.
So a better way to count
this, the correct way to count it, is going to actually be by not starting the snare on the one.
So a lot of people think it's one, two, three, four.
The snare makes you think that's the one
beat.
So instead what we'll do is we'll do a little bit of a trickier count but it'll pay off
in the end.
So we're going to go like this one, two, three, and four, and one, so the first hit of
the snare is actually going to be on the and of three.
So it'll be like this one, two, three,
and four, and one, and two, and three, and four, and one, and two, and three, and four, and one, and two,
and three, and four, and one, and two, and three, and four, and boom!
It's really nice to have those four really
solid hits at the end to tell you it's going to come in on the one beat after that.
So one more time, just the beginning will go like this.
One, two, three, and four, and one.
So really the second snare is on the one beat, which is kind of confusing at first.
So what I did on the drums earlier is I slowed it way down just like this, and I hit the
snares where they're supposed to be.
I didn't do any of the ghost notes though.
So you're going to also have a kick drum going the whole time so you can keep track of the
one, two, three, four.
Let's hear how it sounds slowed down.
And watch how easy it is to come in on the and of one with the guitars when the drummer
knows what they're doing.
Okay, here we go.
So it's going to go one, two, three, and four, and one, two, and three, and four, and one,
and two, and three, and four, and one.
[C#m] Boom.
Okay, so the one hit is very predictable at the end there.
Let's come in with the guitars at the right time.
One, two, three, and four, and one.
[Am]
[Em] [F#] [A]
See how much easier that is when everyone knows where the one is?
Okay, so do that for a while.
Really just go one, two, three, and four, and one, and start to hear it start off that way.
From then on, the pattern will start to make sense.
You know, if you keep repeating this and trying to come in at the right time.
Remember the guitar is coming on the and of one, so it's a little bit tricky.
You can't come in right on the one.
You have to go like this.
One, two, three, four, [C] one.
[Em] [C] [A] So it's a little bit strange all around, but it's much easier when everyone's counting
the correct way.
Okay, so let's speed it up closer to what the album is, but let's keep this kind of
concept where the kick drum keeps the one, two, three, four, and the snare only hits
on the accents.
Here we go.
[C#m]
[C]
[A] [G#] So hopefully you can count with me now the correct way.
Remember, one, two, three, and one, two, [A] three.
All right, so if you're a band that plays this song together, it's a good time for the
whole band to say, okay, let's all count this way, get on the same page, and it'll pay off
when you start to play live because you'll all feel very confident instead of hoping
you'll all come in at the right time.
You don't want the beginning of such a legendary song to be a disaster.
You want to honor the song as much as you can, in my opinion.
Okay, guys, have a good one, and I'll [N] catch you soon.
Thanks, bye.
Key:
A
C
Am
C#m
Em
A
C
Am
Okay everyone, today is going to be a lot of fun.
We're going to solve a few more mysteries.
And one huge mystery to me my whole life was the intro to Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin.
I tried to play it on drums and guitar and I found that if the drummer is not doing it
correctly, the guitar player is not going to come in at the right time or the bass player.
It's just going to be a mess.
So what I want to do today is I want to make sure that we're
all counting it the correct way.
Like I said, I did this the wrong way for a long time until
a drum teacher finally taught me the correct way to count it.
Then everything made sense.
Sometimes I think that's why I like doing these videos because I love having breakthroughs and
I also like to share them so other people can have breakthroughs as well.
So let's go ahead
and get to it.
First of all, I'll show you how I used to think it went.
I recorded it on the
drum kit and put it in my loop pedal so you could hear there's going to be a four count and then
it's going to come in at the wrong time.
Here's what I thought it was supposed to [D#] be.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [N] See, I was
kind of listening really hard.
I was waiting for that hit to know when to come in because the
guitars and bass have to come in on the and so it's a little bit tricky.
But if the drummer is
freaking out, where do I come in?
Boom!
It's just a huge mess like I said.
So a better way to count
this, the correct way to count it, is going to actually be by not starting the snare on the one.
So a lot of people think it's one, two, three, four.
_ _ _ _ The snare makes you think that's the one
beat.
So instead what we'll do is we'll do a little bit of a trickier count but it'll pay off
in the end.
So we're going to go like this one, two, three, and four, and one, so the first hit of
the snare is actually going to be on the and of three.
So it'll be like this one, two, three,
and four, and one, and two, and three, and four, and one, and two, and three, and four, and one, and two,
and three, and four, and one, and two, and three, and four, and boom!
It's really nice to have those four really
solid hits at the end to tell you it's going to come in on the one beat after that.
So one more time, just the beginning will go like this.
One, two, three, and four, and one.
So really the second snare is on the one beat, which is kind of confusing at first.
So what I did on the drums earlier is I slowed it way down just like this, and I hit the
snares where they're supposed to be.
I didn't do any of the ghost notes though.
So you're going to also have a kick drum going the whole time so you can keep track of the
one, two, three, four.
Let's hear how it sounds slowed down.
And watch how easy it is to come in on the and of one with the guitars when the drummer
knows what they're doing.
Okay, here we go.
_ So it's going to go one, two, three, and four, and one, two, and three, and four, and one,
and two, and three, and four, and one. _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ Boom. _
Okay, so the one hit is very predictable at the end there.
Let's come in with the guitars at the right time.
One, two, three, and four, and one. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ [F#] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
See how much easier that is when everyone knows where the one is?
Okay, so do that for a while.
Really just go one, two, three, and four, and one, and start to hear it start off that way.
From then on, the pattern will start to make sense.
You know, if you keep repeating this and trying to come in at the right time.
Remember the guitar is coming on the and of one, so it's a little bit tricky.
You can't come in right on the one.
You have to go like this.
One, two, three, four, [C] one.
[Em] _ [C] _ [A] _ So it's a little bit strange all around, but it's much easier when everyone's counting
the correct way.
Okay, so let's speed it up closer to what the album is, but let's keep this kind of
concept where the kick drum keeps the one, two, three, four, and the snare only hits
on the accents.
Here we go. _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G#] So hopefully you can count with me now the correct way.
Remember, one, two, three, and _ one, two, [A] three. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ All right, so if you're a band that plays this song together, it's a good time for the
whole band to say, okay, let's all count this way, get on the same page, and it'll pay off
when you start to play live because you'll all feel very confident instead of hoping
you'll all come in at the right time.
You don't want the beginning of such a legendary song to be a disaster.
You want to honor the song as much as you can, in my opinion.
Okay, guys, have a good one, and I'll [N] catch you soon.
Thanks, bye. _
We're going to solve a few more mysteries.
And one huge mystery to me my whole life was the intro to Rock and Roll by Led Zeppelin.
I tried to play it on drums and guitar and I found that if the drummer is not doing it
correctly, the guitar player is not going to come in at the right time or the bass player.
It's just going to be a mess.
So what I want to do today is I want to make sure that we're
all counting it the correct way.
Like I said, I did this the wrong way for a long time until
a drum teacher finally taught me the correct way to count it.
Then everything made sense.
Sometimes I think that's why I like doing these videos because I love having breakthroughs and
I also like to share them so other people can have breakthroughs as well.
So let's go ahead
and get to it.
First of all, I'll show you how I used to think it went.
I recorded it on the
drum kit and put it in my loop pedal so you could hear there's going to be a four count and then
it's going to come in at the wrong time.
Here's what I thought it was supposed to [D#] be.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [N] See, I was
kind of listening really hard.
I was waiting for that hit to know when to come in because the
guitars and bass have to come in on the and so it's a little bit tricky.
But if the drummer is
freaking out, where do I come in?
Boom!
It's just a huge mess like I said.
So a better way to count
this, the correct way to count it, is going to actually be by not starting the snare on the one.
So a lot of people think it's one, two, three, four.
_ _ _ _ The snare makes you think that's the one
beat.
So instead what we'll do is we'll do a little bit of a trickier count but it'll pay off
in the end.
So we're going to go like this one, two, three, and four, and one, so the first hit of
the snare is actually going to be on the and of three.
So it'll be like this one, two, three,
and four, and one, and two, and three, and four, and one, and two, and three, and four, and one, and two,
and three, and four, and one, and two, and three, and four, and boom!
It's really nice to have those four really
solid hits at the end to tell you it's going to come in on the one beat after that.
So one more time, just the beginning will go like this.
One, two, three, and four, and one.
So really the second snare is on the one beat, which is kind of confusing at first.
So what I did on the drums earlier is I slowed it way down just like this, and I hit the
snares where they're supposed to be.
I didn't do any of the ghost notes though.
So you're going to also have a kick drum going the whole time so you can keep track of the
one, two, three, four.
Let's hear how it sounds slowed down.
And watch how easy it is to come in on the and of one with the guitars when the drummer
knows what they're doing.
Okay, here we go.
_ So it's going to go one, two, three, and four, and one, two, and three, and four, and one,
and two, and three, and four, and one. _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ Boom. _
Okay, so the one hit is very predictable at the end there.
Let's come in with the guitars at the right time.
One, two, three, and four, and one. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ [F#] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
See how much easier that is when everyone knows where the one is?
Okay, so do that for a while.
Really just go one, two, three, and four, and one, and start to hear it start off that way.
From then on, the pattern will start to make sense.
You know, if you keep repeating this and trying to come in at the right time.
Remember the guitar is coming on the and of one, so it's a little bit tricky.
You can't come in right on the one.
You have to go like this.
One, two, three, four, [C] one.
[Em] _ [C] _ [A] _ So it's a little bit strange all around, but it's much easier when everyone's counting
the correct way.
Okay, so let's speed it up closer to what the album is, but let's keep this kind of
concept where the kick drum keeps the one, two, three, four, and the snare only hits
on the accents.
Here we go. _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G#] So hopefully you can count with me now the correct way.
Remember, one, two, three, and _ one, two, [A] three. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ All right, so if you're a band that plays this song together, it's a good time for the
whole band to say, okay, let's all count this way, get on the same page, and it'll pay off
when you start to play live because you'll all feel very confident instead of hoping
you'll all come in at the right time.
You don't want the beginning of such a legendary song to be a disaster.
You want to honor the song as much as you can, in my opinion.
Okay, guys, have a good one, and I'll [N] catch you soon.
Thanks, bye. _