Lesson
Introduction from Jeff Fiorentino
This lesson deals specifically with what I call "EPIC Surf music". Epic
surf music is a phrase I coined for my own purposes that signifies surf
music that takes you on a journey of some sort. It's not just a
flat-line song with one vibe or feel to it. In the case of our track "Drop
In Epic Surf" we begin with a mellow lull in the waves, and progress to
full on surf riding, with a mellow/melodic ending.. These types of
surf track are tough to write. You need to have a concept in your
mind's eye before you begin. In the case of this track I began with
the song's intro riff, and drifted into some classic Surf riffs and a re-use
of a riff I wrote years ago that was actually used as the example riff for
our surf part 1 guitar lesson here on the site.
 Obviously
the JFRocks "Sun,
Sand, & Surf Music" Guitar Lesson package goes deeper into surf
music than I can here online, but this is still a killer lesson and should
give you the foundation for basic surf mode and key usage, as well as some
great techniques..
PRIMARY Scales and keys in use
-
Most of the scales in use are what we call Hybrid scales, meaning they
are pieces of modes put together. We have a few videos on the
JFRocks MailBag page covering Hybrid scales for more info on those
please
go there. The scales in use for our track here are, E Major
with a flat 2nd and minor 6th, "Em", "E Major", "E Harmonic minor"
and "F diminished" which is included as part of the E Major with
flat 2nd and minor 6th scale.
Hybrid modes are very common in Surf music and frankly in most forms of
music. They are acceptations to the rules and are a great way to
create out of this world tones and feels..
For those unfamiliar with Surf Lingo, the song's title contains 2 surf
lingo phrases. "Drop In", means to steal a wave out from under
someone, and "Epic Surf", and or "Epic", means awesome or killer surf...
Please as always listen to the song's example track a few times before
diving into the tabs and video lesson. You'll get much more out of the
lesson that way.. Plus it's a great track... Enjoy it..
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Drop In Epic Surf
JFRocks Guitar TAB Transcription
Transcribed by:
Erica Reese
Lesson notes by: Jeff Fiorentino
Copyright © 2012 JFRocks.com,
All rights reserved.
Song Intro -
E Major with Flat 2nd and
a minor 6th -
E, F, G#, A, B, C, D#
The track begins with a mellow intro,
which like the song's outro is done at half-time of the regular song tempo.
Guitars are color coded throughout the tabs. Guitar 1 is in Black,
Guitar 2 is in Blue,
and if applicable Guitar 3 is in Green.
 --
FX LOOP--
*Half-time feel
Guitar 1
E
Am
*F diminished walk down
E______________________________________________
B______________________________________________
G____________1~_______________*5_4_____________
D_______________2~~_______2_______4_3_________
A________________________0_____________3_2~____
E___0__1---4____________4_______________________
E
Am *E
Harmonic minor walk up
E_______________________________________________
B__________________________________4_5--7~______
G____________1~_______________*4_5______________
D_______________2~~_______2____________________
A________________________0*let ring out________________
E___0__1---4____________4________________________
And the Guitar 1 part above REPEATS throughout Guitar 2's Intro Slide Leads.
Guitar 2
- Song Intro Slide Leads, done over the guitar
1 part tabbed above. Take note
that we're using a C over an E Major scale instead of the C#.
E_____________________________________________
B___________________12_12--13~~__12~-->________
G__12--13~~___12--13___________________________
D_____________________________________________
A_____________________________________________
E_____________________________________________
E____________________________________________________________
B_____________12~~___12--13~~________________________________
G__12--13~~_____________________8-----11~~____________________
D___________________________________________9--11__9~--->_____
A____________________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________________________
B_____________12_12--13~~___13~~---->________________________________16-----19~~__
G___12--13~~____________________________12--14--12--13--12--->____16--17_____________
D_______________________________________________________________________________
A_______________________________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________________________
Transition Riff - E minor -
E, F#, G, A, B, C, D
The transition riff for this track is done with 2
guitar parts, each doing its own thing, followed
by the bass playing along with guitar 1. It's all about effect here..
Guitar 1 is doing a simple classic surf root, minor 3rd riff, while guitar 2 in
another speaker is driving a muted open E 6th string.. The two together
are where the sound comes from. In a live setting if you only had one
guitar you would of course do guitar 1's part..
--
FX LOOP--
Guitar 1 - Main guitar
**Apply a palm mute effect to
this riffing.
E5
G E
G E
G E
G E
G etc.
E_____________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________________
D_____________________________________________________________
A____2___2____2___2____2___2____2___2____2___2________________
E__0___3____0___3____0___3____0___3____0___3____etc. etc. etc...___
Guitar 2 - Secondary
guitar
**Apply a palm mute effect to
this riffing.
E____________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________
G____________________________________________________
D____________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________
E__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__etc. etc. etc...___
Muted Trem-picked
riff
This riff leads us into the main song.. See video for additional lesson as
guitar 2 does something slightly different for an added effect,
especially at the end of the song..
E_____________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________
D_____________________________________________________
A_____________________________________________________
E__12///>>>>Trem pick while with a slight palm mute while sliding
down the fret-board______
Main Theme Riffing / Verse/Chorus Riff -
E Harmonic minor - E, F#,
G, A, B, C, D#
This riff is a redux of Surf Part 1's main riff. It's a classic surf
style riff, and was worth using in a full song format. The riff itself
while it may look easy, is a bit tricky as far as the picking goes. I
suggest a loose wrist for this type of riffing.. But do it how ever you
want.. The idea here is it should flow like it's riding on water..
--
FX LOOP--
Guitars 1 and 2 play..
Em
C
B
E______________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________
G______________________________________________________
D______________________________________2______1________
A________________2___2_____1---3__3_3_3____2_2___2______
E__0__0_0_0__1--3___3___3_______________________________
Em
C
B
E______________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________
G______________________________________________________
D______________________________________2______1________
A________________2___2_____1---3__3_3_3____2_2___2______
E__0__0_0_0__1--3___3___3_______________________________
Em
C
B
C
B A G
E_____________________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________________________________
D______________________________________2______1_________________2_____________
A________________2___2_____1---3__3_3_3____2_2___2___2---3__3_3_3____2_2_0______
E__0__0_0_0__1--3___3___3_________________________________________________3~___
*Transition Riffing
Guitar 1 - Main guitar
**Apply a palm mute effect to
this riffing.
E5 G5 etc.
E_____________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________________
D_____________________________________________________________
A____2___2____2___2____2___2____2___2____2___2________________
E__0___3____0___3____0___3____0___3____0___3____etc. etc. etc...___
Guitar 2 - Secondary
guitar
**Apply a palm mute effect to
this riffing.
E____________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________
G____________________________________________________
D____________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________
E__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__etc. etc. etc...___
Bridge - E Major - E, F#, G#,
A, B, C#, D#, & E Major with minor 6th - E, F#, G#, A, B, C, D#
The bridge takes us into a slight key change.
We tend to drift back and forth in this track
between E minor and E Major, though we look at the whole track as E minor..
For the bridge we transition up to the Major 6th "C#" and also include the Major
3rd "G#" toward the end.. There are 3 guitar parts that make up this
bridge.. Guitars 1 and 2 play the same thing, while guitar 3 plays chord
changes..
--
FX LOOP--
Guitars 1 & 2 play the riffing,
guitar 3 follows with chord strums, C#m and Am.
C#m
Am
C#m
Am
E____________________________________________________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________________________________________________
G____________________________________________________________________________________________
D____________________________________________________________________________________________
A__1---4__4_4_4__6_7_6_4_6________________________1---4__4_4_4__6_7_6_4_6______________________
E__________________________1---5__5_5_5__7_8~~___________________________1---5__5_5_5__7_8~~__
*Bridge
Ending
G#
A G#
A G#
A G# A G# A
(Chords implied by bass)
E___________________________________________________
B___________________________________________________
G___________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________
E__1---4__4_4_4_5__4__4_4_4_5__4__4_4_4_5__4_5_4_5___
G#
A G#
A G# A
Bb B
(Chords implied by bass)
E____________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________
G____________________________________________________
D___6__6_6_6_7__6__6_6_6_7__6__7_7__8_8__9_9---_______
A____________________________________________________
E___4__4_4_4_5__4__4_4_4_5__4__5_5__6_6__7_7---_______
Chorus / Solo Lead in -
E Harmonic minor - E, F#,
G, A, B, C, D#
The chorus riffing is simply the Main Theme riff.. It's common in surf
music to have the Verses double as the chorus
parts as well..
--
FX LOOP--
Guitars 1 and 2 play..
E______________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________
G______________________________________________________
D______________________________________2______1________
A________________2___2_____1---3__3_3_3____2_2___2______
E__0__0_0_0__1--3___3___3_______________________________
E______________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________
G______________________________________________________
D______________________________________2______1________
A________________2___2_____1---3__3_3_3____2_2___2______
E__0__0_0_0__1--3___3___3_______________________________
E_________________________________________________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________________________________________________
G_________________________________________________________________________________________
D______________________________________2______1_________________2_________________________
A________________2___2_____1---3__3_3_3____2_2___2___2---3__3_3_3____2_2_0__________________
E__0__0_0_0__1--3___3___3_________________________________________________3~_0*let
ring out into solo__
SOLO
-
Mixture of all scales from the rhythms used
The solo for this track takes us in a new direction. It's a wild Wah
progressive Surf-style solo. Or at least that's what
I call it anyway... It requires a lot of bending and wah technique..
I'll do my best on the video lesson to teach it to you, but really you just need
to understand that the Wah is a tone shaper. So use it to shape your
bends. I would expect this solo to come out differently with each person
that plays it, because everyone uses the Wah differently to shape tones..
Just go with it, but remember to keep it flowing like water.. It is Surf
after all..
The solo is done rhythmically over the Verse, Bridge, Chorus, and transition
riff of our song.
Chord names or song sections are
written above
the lead tabs below so you take the lesson of understanding what you're soloing
over..
*Solo lead in
E
E_________________________________________
B_________________________________________
G_________________________________________
D_________________________________________
A_________________________________________
E__1///---*Trem pick and apply wah as you move up the
fret-board///___
*Main
Solo
E *Done Over Verse Main theme riff
E__15_______________________________
B__17^1 **Apply
wah swiftly and alter the bend as you do____
G___________________________________
D___________________________________
A___________________________________
E___________________________________
E________________________________16_17^1.5>release_17__17_19^1.5_19_17______________________
B__17^1 >release bend> 16__17^1.5>release_17_________________________________20_19_17^1.5>release_17____
G__16^1
*apply wah_________________________________________________________________________
D_____________________________________________________________________________________
A_____________________________________________________________________________________
E_____________________________________________________________________________________
Em *Done Over Transition Riff
E_______________________________________________3_____3__________
B_____________________3-5-3-0_3-5-3-0_5^1.5>release_5____5^1_____________
G__2^1 slow steady bend~wah~_____________________________________2^1~____
D________________________________________________________________
A________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________
*Done Over Bridge Riff
C#m
A
C#m
A
E___________________________________________________________
B_________17^1>release_17_______________________________________
G__18~~______________18~~~---___18_18--16_16--13__13---9~~___
D___________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________
G# A G# A post bridge build up etc.
E_______________________________________________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________________________________________________________
G__9-11-9>trill__10-12-10>trill_11-13-11>trill__12-14-12>trill__14-16-14>trill__16-18-16>trill_17-19-17>trill_19-21-19>trill_19^1/2~
D_______________________________________________________________________________________________
A_______________________________________________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________________________________________
E *Done Over Chorus Main Theme Riff
E__17^^Slow steady bend^1________________________________________17_20^1.5_20_19_17_______________
B_____________________________15_16_17_18_19_20^2>release_20____________________20^1.5>release_20__
G____________________14_15_16_____________________________________________________________
D_________________________________________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________________________________
E__17__________________17____________
B_____20_20^1.5>release_20_____17^1.5~---___
G____________________________________
D____________________________________
A____________________________________
E____________________________________
E________________________________________________________________17_20^1.5_20_19_17_____________
B____________15_16_17_17_17^1.5>release_17___________17_20_20_20^2~~___________________20_20_17^1/2_
G___14_15_16___________________________16_17_18________________________________________________
D______________________________________________________________________________________________
A______________________________________________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________________________________________
Em *Done Over Transition Riff
E_____________________________________________
B_____________________________________________
G__8^1/2~~
**hold steady and apply wah, as
guitar 1 and 2 play transition riff___
D_____________________________________________
A_____________________________________________
E_____________________________________________
Post Solo Transition Riffing
Guitars 1 and 2 play the transition riff, guitar 3 does the clean leads
tabbed below..
--
FX LOOP--
Em *Done Over Transition Riff
E___12h_____15-12_________________________________________________12h________12h__
B__12h___________15~~____12-13-12~~________________________________________12h___
G______________________________________12-13-12_________16-17-16>trill_________12h_____
D_____________________________________________14~~_______________________________
A_________________________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________________________
Outro
The outro of the song is exactly the same as the song started, which guitar 1
playing it's intro riff.. However Guitar 2 and 3 are now out doing
their own thing. Guitar 2 is following the bass, and Guitar 3 is playing a
mellow outro lead, with light Wah applied..
--
FX LOOP--
*Half-time feel
Guitar 1
E______________________________________________
B______________________________________________
G____________1~_______________5_4______________
D_______________2~~_______2_______4_3__________
A________________________0_____________3_2~____
E___0__1---4____________4_______________________
E_______________________________________________
B__________________________________4_5--7~______
G____________1~_______________4_5______________
D_______________2~~_______2____________________
A________________________0*let ring out________________
E___0__1---4____________4________________________
And the Guitar 1 part above REPEATS throughout
Guitar 2
- Follows the Bass
E__________________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________________________________
G________________________________________________8__9__11__________________
D__________________________________________9_10____________________________
A________________________________________________6__7__ 9~____& Repeat etc.__
E__0____4_5~____2_1_--_8_7______0___4_5~___7_ 8_____________________________
Guitar 3
- Outro Leads
E_________________________________________________
B___19^1/2>release_19___17~~___13-12__12-10_12-10_______
G___________________________________________10~~__
D_________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________________________________
B__19^1/2>release_19___17~~____13-12________16_17_17--19~~______________________
G________________________________16_17_____________________________________
D______________________________________________________& repeat to song end___
A__________________________________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________________________________
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