Notice that this main riff-which begins at 00:00:20 of the song- is a cycle that repeats three times. Start off this riff by playing down strokes with your right hand on both the low E string and the A string. You will use your ring finger and pinky finger to play the fourth and fifth fret respectively on the A string. Start the riff on the low E string with your index finger on the second fret. Then slide this entire shape up two frets to play the next bar chord (an ‘E chord’).Īnother version of explanation – How to Play Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne To play the first bar chord (Which is a ‘D chord’), play the 5th fret on the A string with your index finger whilst laying your ring finger on the 7th fret across the next three strings. N the fourth time through the riff ends in two bar chords, and these chords are marked in dark blue in the tablature. Notice that this main riff – which begins at 00:00:20 of the song – is a cycle that repeats three times. When you arrive at the part of the riff which is marked in red, your right hand should begin to alternate between down strokes and upstrokes. Start the riff on the low E string with your index finger on the second fret.You will use your ring finger and pinky finger to play the fourth and fifth fret respectively on the A string. First one (Beat 2) is the A major and the 3rd beat is the E. (Please see the image on the right).īeat 2 and 3 will have more emphasize on the chord form. Most of these notes is the open A string. The second part of the riff has more 16th note. This is much faster compared to the first part which is most (if not all) 8th notes. The second part of the riff is the one right after the minor pentatonic scale. On this post I will show you how to play Crazy Train. Like mentioned before the riff is played over the A major key or its relative minor (same set of notes) which is F#m. The song was also ranked 9th by VH1 on the list of the 40 Greatest Metal Songs and in 2009 it was named the 23rd greatest hard rock song of all time also by VH1, the highest placement by a solo artist on the list. It was rated 9th greatest guitar solo ever by over 25 million readers of Guitar World magazine. The song is one of Osbourne’s most well known and recognizable as a solo performer. It did not however, reached any position in the US charts but it did got a considerable (a lot) of air play that it became very popular! It reached 49 on the United Kingdom chart and number nine on the Billboard Rock Tracks chart in 1981. Apparently this is the first single by Ozzy as a solo artist, separated from Black Sabbath.Ĭrazy Train has one of the most recognizable rock guitar riff and it primarily uses the full minor scale of F#m (or the A major scale which has the relative minor of F#). For this post we will be learning how to play Crazy Train by Ozzy Osbourne! This is not a Black Sabbath song.
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