ST-315 • Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You (Led Zeppelin)

[justinguitar]

Questions...

Lesson Link: http://www.justinguitar.com/en/ST-315-BabeImGonnaLeaveYou.php

[thepicnicband]

Although there are good tabs all over the web for this song and a lot of people talking about technique for it I can't find anyone talking about the flamenco-type strum at the very beginning right after the first bass note. I'm not imagining it. There is some kind of arpeggio strum there if you listen carefully to the original Zeppelin I version. Hope it's ok to post links here (please someone let me know if it is not OK). If you want to check it out now here's the original that someone has posted at You Tube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrVDViSlsSM
Now please don't tell me that I'm imagining it but anyone who knows what he is doing please do let us all know? I've listened to it may times and it sounds great. It only happens that one time right at the beginning. However many times I hear it I just can't figure out what he's up to. Could it be an over-dub? Any help or suggestions welcome. Thanks.

[Cooch]

I suppose that this funny sound is just the result of pushing left hand on 4th string and picking the same string after that, so the note is sounded as if it is played twice. But I could mistaken

[thepicnicband]

I was so intrigued by this that I got that "Transcribe" application and tried to figure it out using that. If you can imagine the timing of the first four plucked notes on strings 5-4-3-1 then believe it or not he is keeping the "usual" plucked timing but is somehow shoving in two more plucked notes between the 1st and 2nd notes of the "ordinary" pattern. These are the plucked 3rd and 4th strings. It's some kind of 2-note chord light-speed sweep back!
I can hear it clearly in the slowed down playback but am at a loss to understand how anyone could pluck that fast.

[misterg]

I can hear it clearly in the slowed down playback but am at a loss to understand how anyone could pluck that fast.

Necro bump -

Not sure if you're still intersted, but I think it's a technique where you flick your fingers across the strings from a closed 'fist' to a flat hand position. I thought it was called 'rubato', but google doesn't support that. After opening your hand, the fingers are in position to pluck the strings normally.

Andy

[harristom]

You make mention of the tabs for this lesson...... Where are the located?

[stitch101]

Read the second paragraph of this page
http://www.justinguitar.com/en/ST-000-SongsTAB.php