We also went online and read some reviews on the guitars I liked. ... Once I got that down to a science I began learning the strings and their notes. ... I'm going continue this passion and learn a lot more songs, chords, and notes. ...

• Word Count: 690
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

According to Steve Huey, who reviewed the album on behalf of the online music database AllMusic, "Sabbath's genius was finding the hidden malevolence in the blues, and then bludgeoning the listener over the head with it. ... The standard pentatonic blues scale always added the tritone, or flatted fifth, as the so-called 'blues note;' Sabbath simply extracted it and came up with one of the simplest yet most definitive heavy metal riffs of all time. ...

• Word Count: 1231
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate