Randy Rhoads Diary of a Madman guitar lesson
Written by Edward Cupler
Index
Interlude
This tablature for Randy Rhoads guitar interlude in Diary of a Madman is broken up into four parts. This is where Randy slows the pace and Ozzy confirms that he is indeed the madman.
This section starts off the interlude. The first measure, repeated 3 times is an E minor add 9 chord. The fourth measure is a D major add 9. Although these are not the traditional chord shapes you can understand which chords they are if you understand the way chords are constructed. The open strings are E (root), the other notes are G (third) B (fifth) and F# (ninth).
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Randy plays the second part very similar to the first part but the second measure uses a C as the root note instead of an E. The fourth measure is the same as the fourth measure of the first part.
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This is where the Ozzy starts to sing. Rhoads basically plays the same E minor add 5 chord and a D major chord using an open D string as it's root. There are also a few notes played over the D chord.
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This is the same as the above example with a descending chord riff over the D chord instead of single notes.
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