=== †Crankster's Ozzy Page† === http://crankster.cjb.net === crankster@mailexcite.com Transcriber - Mike James Notes on Guitar Technique - Wolf Marshall - Copyright - 1986 Mr. Crowley Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz Organ intro: arr. for guitar: |---------------------------------------------------------- |-------------------------------------------------3-5---5-- |--------0-2------2-0----0-2--4-5------5-4-2--4-5-----4---- |-0--2-3------2-------3------------5----------------------- |---------------0--------------------3--------------------- |---------------------------------------------------------- |---------------------| |---------------------| |---------------------| |-7--8--3--5--3--2--3-| |---------------------| |-5--6--1--3--1--0--1-| |---------------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------------- |-7----------7-----\--------------------------------------- |-7----------7-----\---3---3------------3---3-------------- |-5------0---5-----\---1---1--x-1-3-1-0-1---1---3---------- |----------1----------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------------- |-7----------7----\---------------------------------------- |-7----------7----\----3---3------------3---3-------------- |-5------0---5----\----1---1--x-1-3-1-0-1---1---1---------- |----------1----------------------------------------------- "Your lifestyle to me seemed so tragic..." |---------------------------------------------------------- |-------------------5--6------------------5-6-5-6/8--6----- |-------------------5--5------------------5-7-5-7/9--7----- |-5---5----5--------5--7---7----7-----5h7------------------ |-3---3----3----5-7--------5----5-------------------------- |-----------------------------------x---------------------- "you fooled all the people with magic..." |---------------------------------------------------------- |---------------------------------------------------------- |-5---5-----5--------5---5---3---3-------3----------------- |-5---5-----5--------5---5---3---3-------3---(2)----------- |-3---3-----3----x-x-3---3---1---1-------1----0------------ |---------------------------------------------------------- Fill 1: |----------------------------------- |-3h4p3---3------------------------- |-------5---5p3-5-3\2--------------- |---------------------5-3-5p3-2----- |-------------------------------5--- |----------------------------------- the first solo combines elements of burning hard rock, blues, heavy metal, and classical to a unique end. The first series of blues riffs is obviously pentatonic, as is the triplet sequence which follows. But what follows that is definitive Rhoads: a line exploiting climbing chromatic fragments and wailing bends. Notice the interplay of well articulated modal scales with the D minor blues scale in the second half of the solo. Randy was a master at "scale combining" in the hard rock genre. 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