Crazy Train

The intro to this song is one of the most requested “how do I play that?” riffs ever.
Randy Rhoads was Ozzy Osbourne’s guitarist on this song, doubling all his guitar parts note for note. Not too bad for the intro, but for the solo? Ouch!
Anyway, the intro for this song is played on the A and bottom E strings (apart from the D5 and E5 power chords at the end) and needs to be executed very fluently – usually with a reasonable level of distortion on the guitar – if this piece of music is to be instantly recognisable.
The great thing about this riff, is that the notes are relatively syncopated and, once you have your left hand in the correct position, there is little movement required to be able to hit the notes at the correct speed and, of course, in the correct order.
If you are a relative beginner, the right hand may well prove more difficult than the left hand (vice versa if you are a left-handed guitarist) but whatever the outcome, you can turn up the distortion and sound impressive…….or blow the dust off your acoustic and use this introduction as a warm-up exercise.
Great song. Thanks Ozzy; thanks Randy.

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Each Riff Includes Step By Step Videos, Tabs and Backing Tracks

Learn to play this Riff and Jam with our included backing tracks. And all the teaching and Jam session videos can either be viewed online, or downloaded to your PC.

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