Ratt - Lay It Down Guitar Lesson

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In this Lay It Down guitar lesson video, I will show you how to play this great 80's hard rock classic in it's entirety.

The tuning is Drop D tuning. That is, starting from the 6th string, D A D G B E.

The opening riff is one of my favorite hard rock riffs of all-time. The riff is played during all of the chorus sections and contains some pretty significant stretches, forcing you to play with proper fret-hand positioning in order to play it.

Guitarists Robbin Crosby and Warren DeMartini play some very cool riffs throughout the song, at times splitting them up into dual guitar roles that compliment each other very well.

I will take you through each riff of the song, demonstrating both guitarists riffs in the order that each appears on the original recording.

I will also show you how to play Warren DeMartini's guitar solo note-for-note. This solo is very musical with just the perfect amount of flash thrown in there.

Have fun learning this classic! Carl...

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[jamisonc]

2:24 Main riff (chorus)
7:07 Riff ending
8:17 Riff variation
9:11 Verse
9:44 Crosby’s line
10:11 DeMartini’s line
11:50 Crosby’s pre-chorus
13:07 DeMartini’s pre-chorus
17:06 Bridge
19:28 Solo rhythm (hope you have good insurance)
22:19 Solo
32:51 Outro chorus

Yesss you might as well make an 80’s hair metal month at this point 😩

[ArtbyPaulPetro]

one of the greatest opening riffs in rock/metal history!

[anthonygarcia]

Man, Carl has been killing it with these lessons lately. You're the greatest on YT

[sugargold]

Hey Carl, I’m a 58 yo lady that thought I’m the only person out there that loves that tune. I’m picking up my guitar right now to learn that riff from you!! Thank G-d I have big paws!

[RCSmiths]

One of Ratt's definitive songs for sure! I know I will enjoy this one!

[klauswigsmith]

LOVE early Ratt. They were my introduction to metal, and while I later discarded them for heavier bands like Mercyful Fate, Celtic Frost, the big 4 of Thrash, etc, I still go back to them every now and then. Incredible guitar duo.

[frankd]

Carl this is a thing of beauty, every day you're further clarifying for me that my small monthly contribution to your academy is a killer value... Humblestudent

[michaelpekala]

Since we're doing Ratt, how about Way Cool Jr? A great bluesy riff.

[marksmith]

If you see any of these videos talking about ‘top 80’s riffs, ’ that doesn’t include this, it’s not quite legit. If you were playing guitar in that time, this riff was being tried by almost EVERYBODY. Good breakdown of it here.

[ronmendoza]

Ratt. All time favorite 80's Metal Band.

[TeddScheckler]

Man…your tone is soooo good. You explained this song better than anything I’ve seen.

[Part-Time-Pope]

Warren has some great melodic riffs, this being one of the best.

[cheenu]

Yess, more of the 80s. I think guitar tone and playing in general peaked in the 80d and we've been trying to catch up ever since.

[stathis_kaza]

I've been watching you since 2014 and learned lots of songs, riffs and solos by watching your lessons, you are awesome and yet so simple keep it up greetings from Greece.

[Terrysoddy]

Carl I really appreciate these awesome tutorials you do on YouTube. I mean you have been ruling YouTube on guitar instruction. I love the way you teach and slow things down where we can see what your doing . Keep up the great videos man. Appreciate it.

[henriksotto]

Finally dude this is one of the best riffs of rock in general

[ivank]

Finally, owe you my life for this tutorial! Do Quiet Riot - Bang Your Head as the next 80s super hit🤘🏼

[AtomicTacoSauce]

You keep mentioning the main riff. My band currently plays this song and, oh boy, this is one of my absolute favorites of our nearly 40 song set! In my opinion, that opening/main riff is one of the best of all-time. I said what I said. >.<

[UGRagtop]

Getting through this riff the first time (roughly) put the biggest smile on my face. 🤘

[StringEraser]

12:12 That is a killer riff, no doubt!