7 Great Led Zeppelin Riffs No One Ever Mentions

Greetings! I’m Carl Baldassarre, a composer, musicologist, and a guitarist. In this episode, I dig deep into Jimmy Page’s riffs which are often overlooked because they are not the primary riff of a song. These secondary riffs are so great and would be any other guitarist’s primary riffs!! I dug deep into the studio and live tracks to curate these riffs. They are amazing and fun to play as well. Riff 1: Riff 1 is essentially found in two places! Version (a) is found at 2:43 during Over the Hills and Far Away – it’s the great post-solo riff. Version (b) is found at 0:57 during Good Times Bad Times. It’s very cool to see the similarity in these two F# chordal shapes. Jimmy must have liked it! Riff 2: The Song Remains the Same (4:43) is right after the 3rd studio solo. It’s an amazingly fast and gorgeous figure. Jimmy Page brings a hint of country phrasing to the rock world. It’s also blazing fast! Riff 3: What is and What Should Never Be (3:32). Th