Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
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Learn how to play Friends, as performed by Led Zeppelin released on their third album Led Zeppelin III in 1970. The song utilizes the feel of Indian music which was popularized in the mid-late 60s, and Page uses an open C6 tuning for the song with really only two very easy chord shapes for the whole song. Don't be afraid of the alternate tuning - super easy, give it a try.
The lesson covers all of the acoustic guitar parts that Jimmy plays here from the first intro chords, through the buildup and climax at the songs outro.
00:00 Introduction / What to Expect
01:40 Open C6 Tuning
03:45 only two chord shapes in the song!
05:53 Lesson - song intro
06:36 Lesson - the bouncy Friends riff
09:17 Lesson - the octave climb
10:09 Demo - verse/octave climb
11:06 Lesson - verse section
13:12 Demo - verse section
14:38 Lesson - outro section
16:45 Demo outro section
Gear used in this video (if you purchase via these links I will earn a small commission):
Yamaha Red Label FGX5 6 string Acoustic sweetwater.sjv.io/Jzjak7
little EQ and Reverb applied in my DAW.
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More ways to support the channel:
Super Thanks (see below the video screen)
Patreon: patreon.com/12footchain (tabs and chord charts on patreon)
Learn how to play Friends, as performed by Led Zeppelin released on their third album Led Zeppelin III in 1970. The song utilizes the feel of Indian music which was popularized in the mid-late 60s, and Page uses an open C6 tuning for the song with really only two very easy chord shapes for the whole song. Don't be afraid of the alternate tuning - super easy, give it a try.
The lesson covers all of the acoustic guitar parts that Jimmy plays here from the first intro chords, through the buildup and climax at the songs outro.
00:00 Introduction / What to Expect
01:40 Open C6 Tuning
03:45 only two chord shapes in the song!
05:53 Lesson - song intro
06:36 Lesson - the bouncy Friends riff
09:17 Lesson - the octave climb
10:09 Demo - verse/octave climb
11:06 Lesson - verse section
13:12 Demo - verse section
14:38 Lesson - outro section
16:45 Demo outro section
Gear used in this video (if you purchase via these links I will earn a small commission):
Yamaha Red Label FGX5 6 string Acoustic sweetwater.sjv.io/Jzjak7
little EQ and Reverb applied in my DAW.
Also...
WIN FREE GEAR:
imp.i114863.net/9WoMd3
DEALS ON MUSIC GEAR:
imp.i114863.net/a1dxGM
USED GEAR:
imp.i114863.net/3P19aB
