No matter how hard we may try to play it as accurately as possible, sometimes a classic guitar riff never ends up sounding quite like the official version, and Led Zeppelin’s “Black Dog” riff is certainly no exception to this frustrating phenomenon. The song’s signature guitar line is loose, raucous, memorable, and a bear to play. Led Zeppelin bassist John Paul Jones broke down the riff count-by-count in a 1996 column for Guitar World, revealing what most people get wrong about the iconic lick.
No matter how hard we may try to play it as accurately as possible, sometimes a classic guitar riff never ends up sounding quite like […]