Paranoid Guitar tab video
Black Sabbath
Make your own Paranoid tab video, freeNo editing. No card. 10 minutes free.- Instrument
- Guitar
- Difficulty
- Easy
- Tuning
- E A D G B E
- Key
- Do maggiore
- Tempo
- 163 BPM
About this riff
The main riff is a fast, driving single-note figure in E played with tight downstrokes, making it one of the most accessible yet satisfying riffs in the early metal canon. The challenge isn't the notes but sustaining clean, even palm-muted picking at 163 BPM without the wrist tensing up, plus locking the power-chord chorus into the same relentless pulse. It's an ideal piece for building right-hand stamina and alternate/downstroke control.
Did you know?
Paranoid was famously created as a last-minute filler track when the label told the band their album was too short. Tony Iommi came up with the riff in the studio while the rest of the band were out at lunch, and it was written and recorded in a single day. Despite being an afterthought, it became the band's biggest hit and only UK Top 20 single, reaching number 4.
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