Arguably, the most famous rock song of all time, “Stairway to Heaven” was released by Led Zeppelin in 1971. Even though it’s banned in most guitar shops, (lol) the sheet music for this song has sold well-over a million copies.
During an interview with Jimmy Page, Rolling Stone magazine asked how much of the song’s guitar solo was composed before the song was recorded. His reply was as follows:
“It wasn’t structured at all [laughs]. I had a start. I knew where and how I was going to begin. And I just did it. There was an amplifier [in the studio] that I was trying out. It sounded good, so I thought, “OK, take a deep breath, and play.” I did three takes and chose one of them. They were all different. The solo sounds constructed – and it is, sort of, but purely of the moment. For me, a solo is something where you just fly, but within the context of the song.”
I managed to find a backing track for this one which you’ll find below. Not a terribly difficult song to play but, it will take some practice.
Stairway to Heaven Backing Track
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25 responses so far ↓
1 barrycarol2 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
wow what a great job on this. Great playing and excellent singing and arranging
2 infernoboi92 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
no pun intended, but, woah wow amazing video
3 acguitarists // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Dude this is freakin amazing, u should make a instructional video on how to play this, if you can pleez send me the tabs, thanks, hella good job!!!
4 Spytunestunes // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
careful… it’s my girlfriend…
5 sarcazm345 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
no …………………..
6 infernoboi92 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
am i the only 1 who watch this everyday?
7 hndsmcrpntr // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
sweet ….excellent picking
8 stuffpups // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
what kind of guitar is that
9 EpiphoneForLife // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
FINNALY A TRUE GUITARIST
10 protege420 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
opps strum not strom lol
11 protege420 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
WOW your fret and strom work is amazing, and I love your solo, rivals page in my opinion
12 kallae56 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
wherry goooooood my broter look on this video
13 ruotze // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
nice job
14 mattouff4901 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
franchement la partie arpegee est nickel, rien a dire. qd au solo il manquait un peu de peche mais bon on te pardonne. 5 etoiles !
15 mystro810 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
yeah right, like Im gonna take a guitar lesson from a girl
16 lazzz77 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
very very great job! Grat!
))
17 riku1213 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
for some reason, i love the sound of his strings.
turns me on.
i need my girl.
i’m SOO ready right now.
xD
18 littlebadfox10 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
do you pluck the same strings over and over? sorry…i cant observe that well btw…nice playing ^^
19 elroc10 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Freaking awesome! Vocals and all. Great job.
20 elpapisk8 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
yes is a girl with a boy singing or she had a voice of man, whereve the cover is great.
21 Chaser53pin // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
Your playing is really great Thanks for the invite! I’ll check you out! Keep on Rockin!
22 123jozef // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
i can’t even imagine how awesome it would have been to have this when I was a kid just learning and wanting to see an electric being played. All i had was records and my imagination. Kids got it much easier these days. Great visual lessons. Very cool.
23 EvilEmpire350 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
When i get a girlfreind who weighs less than me.. i want her to be as lush as u.
24 wittekid9 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
i think i heard him say “to be a rock and not a roll” lol “and not to roll” lol
25 ljhbaby93 // Mar 18, 2009 at 9:07 pm
sam is short for samantha
not a dude slowness
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