Do you want to get inside the music and meaning of Jimmy Page’s writing and playing on the Led Zeppelin Track: Heartbreaker? In this episode, I share my reaction and joy of breaking down this epic guitar track. Jimmy Page’s solo cadenza is one of the reasons why I started to play guitar in the first place. It has been a dream to try to get it under my fingers. In the process of trying to learn this solo, I realized what was eluding me were not the notes, but rather the essence of it all. It’s this essence and personification of the solo that helped me see it. It is that angle that I try to share with the viewers. No one will ever recreate this solo at a molecular level (Jimmy Page never tried). That is because you can’t capture the immediacy of it. It was a pure spontaneous and emotional expression by a young and gifted guitarist who often resembles an impressionist painter. He puts lots of brusque brush strokes on canvas which when examined closely look harsh, but as you step back and see the whole, you capture the true essence of the work. Such is the case with Jimmy Page in general and Heartbreaker specifically. It’s our good fortune that the microphone and tape machine captured the world premier and final performance all in one go on that day in the studio back in 1969.
There is a lot of content in this video (too numerous to detail here), but the subject matter under analysis is quite substantial. Whether you’re a guitar player, musician, songwriter or just a music enthusiast, I’m sure you will find something interesting, if not helpful or even inspiring. Stemming from my 40+ years as a professional artist, I bring a historical and composer’s background to my love of rock music by analyzing and learning some of the most iconic music of all time.
At the heart of all my videos is that I’m an enthusiast who has dedicated his entire life to composing and playing music.
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