(upbeat guitar-Crazy Train)
(slower upbeat guitar music)
- So you wanna play Crazy Train.
Great track, Randy Rhoads is easily one of
the most iconic guitar players of the metal genre.
Let's take a look at the kinda crazy parts,
in Crazy Train, no pun intended.
It's not the opening riff but
most of us refer to it as the opening riff.
If you're having any difficulty with it, start here.
Practice this scale shape.
(Rhoadsy guitar playing)
That'll kinda get your hand used to doing it.
Flip your hand upside down.
Pop it back.
Flip it upside down.
If you wanna sound smart and adjust your monocle,
invert your hand.
Ahh yes, invert the hand.
As Ozzy is known he's kind of
cycled through guitar players a few times
so one of the more popular era's
for my age group was the Zakk Wylde era.
Here's how Zakk Wylde took the exact same riff,
put a little spin on it.
(guitar playing)
Then he really squealed it.
(squealing guitar playing)
Just make sure if you're gonna squeal it
you have to really grimace like someone
just really made the room smell bad.
(guitar playing with squealing)
(guitar playing)
It's kinda weird at first,
but let's dissect the chords, go like this.
It's this melody based off of five
and I'm really just going five, six, seven
where the five starts on the B string
so five, six, seven.
Play that chord.
Four string it up.
Then switch these two fingers, pop slide back a fret,
there's your second chord.
Fly back two frets,
get this grimacing look on your face
like you know what you're doing
and then end with that classic A power chord.
Or if you wanna be all fancy, A major.
As always, if you're gonna be fancy
adjust your monocle as you do it, hmmm, yes.
So, you might recognize that.
That's for you Nate.
First the fingers, two frets, A power chord.
And the whole time you hear this (rhythmic guitar)
like you're charging into battle or something.
This palm near that A string, have some fun with it.
(upbeat guitar playing)
Just have some fun.
So what kind of guitar riffs do you wanna know next?
Which ones should we cover next?
Which one should we instruct next?
Let us know, watch it go.
(upbeat guitar playing)