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(5) Five More Led Zeppelin Riffs in the Same Key (A)

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17:50/35K views/Dec 2025
17:50·35K views·Dec 2025·Taught by Marty Music
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What you'll learn

  • Five Led Zeppelin riffs in the key of A
  • Recognition of shared musical DNA across riffs
  • Blues-rock vocabulary and phrasing
  • Jimmy Page's riff-writing techniques

About this lesson

This is five classic Led Zeppelin riffs, all built from the same key of A and the same blues-rock vocabulary. When you line them up like this, you really start to hear the shared DNA that made Jimmy Page’s riffs so powerful. This lesson isn’t just about memorizing riffs — it’s about: ⦿ recognizing common pentatonic ideas ⦿ hearing how Zeppelin reused vocabulary in different ways ⦿ stealing these concepts for your own playing Riffs in this lesson all come from the key of A, using blues and pentatonic language you can move anywhere on the neck. If you liked my other “Zeppelin riffs in the same key” video, this one goes even deeper. Missed that lesson? Check it out here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vLQSVSKzZ0A Thanks so much for supporting Marty Music. Take these slow, loop them, and let them turn into YOUR riffs!

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