Paranoid Guitar Lesson - Black Sabbath Tutorial

[hb]

Hello Andy! I have been learning the guitar for just over a year now and I am still having fun. I stumbled over your lesson for Paranoid while on a work break this past Thursday and decided to have a go at it today (Saturday). Here is the thing that I most want to mention. I have wanted to play this song before I started learning guitar. Early on in my journey I attempted it but said to myself that I would come back to it as I found it too difficult. I can now play Paranoid easily as I understood everything you instructed here. I thank you for your many videos that you post on YOUTUBE and help us who are just getting there to be better.

[recreepy]

I'm genuinely blown away—excellent work!

[SNOWarchitectsLiverpool]

This was on the radio about and hour ago and thought I'll You Tube that later... et voila you are in my mind... keep up the good work Andy

[wiseguy]

According to Tony Iommi himself, his riff does in fact end on the B note of the A string. 3:13

[g]

I love how you explain different variations of this riff without saying "this is the right one and you have to do it that way" and you teach it very carefully. Nice work! Greetings from germany.

[joeguzman]

Best tutorial I've seen for " Paranoid "

[mrmojo]

Thanks Andy! Please do a tutorial on the solo!

[anthonyangelis]

Great lesson and I love your little trick utilizing the pinky when playing on the 10th fret chord thank you !

[dcg]

You’re a great teacher! Thanks for helping me rock

[Ryan-hyjd]

Great video. You're the best teacher on youtube

[joetimilty]

Andy I am a beginner guitar player! I just have to say thank you you make it a lot easier than it was in the past LOL thank you! You're awesome!

[BlackHaloMan]

I ALWAYS WANTED TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY THE GUITAR, BUT THE BEGINNING SEEMED SO SLOW AND FRUSTRATING

[garrobond]

New lead singer of Sabbath, very good lesson many thanks, peace ☮️

[milenkobabic]

Thanks Andy. I started your beginner course just over a month ago and thought id give this a go. No expectation of being able to play it but your tutorial was great and I have managed to pick it up. Would love a tutorial for the Solo. You did provide a link to the tab but i suspect ti would eb much easier with you presenting it. Thanks again.

[julianfp]

I've seen discussion before about where to play this, 12th on 6th string or 7th on 5th string, and the fact that Tony Iommi plays it at 12th being justification for that. Maybe one thing to consider though is the guitar being used. Tony plays it on an SG and the fret board is quite a way further out from the body on an SG. I have Epifone versions of both SG and Les Paul. I just laid the two side by side on the floor and lined up the curve where they sit on the knee to simulate them both being played in the siting position then looked at how the frets line up. Relative to the players body playing on the 12th fret of the SG is the same as playing the 9th fret on the LP. I'm a complete beginner so not trying to make any sort of expert point, it's just an observation. As a beginner I find it quite awkward to get to the 12th fret for the top (thick) strings on my LP (the wedge at the back of the neck gets in the way) but no problem on my SG.

I absolutely love what you do by the way and this is the clearest and best how-to-play-Paranoid video that I've seen, worth watching just for that tip on how to quickly jump the power cord strings by baring both root notes and only changing the other finger, let alone the clarity and quality of the rest of your lesson.

[upuiaropati]

Very impressive teaching . Will always like to see this whole song played by you sir . Can you continue with the solo picking of this same track etc please.

[arib]

Best tutorial of this song by far, well done! My poor neighbours😅

[erdememiroglu]

Awesome tutorial! I have been struggling with Metallica's "one" for sometime now. I was so frustrated.. I've just came across Paranoid and gave it a go. The tutorial is so nicely done, I was so amazed that I could play it after couple tires.

[Proactivity]

Nice! Altho for the 12/14th fret pentatonic part, rather than down/up/down/up picking, I prefer up/down/down/up turning it into more of a 2-string sweep. Personal preference!

[jaytee]

Hi Andy, yes, great work as usual bud. And of course the solo is needed please.