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 Guitar Tabs & Lesson Notes
 


 "VAN Hallows EVE"

 (Vh'izing Original Songs - Part 11)
 

                          
Arranged & Written by: 

 
  Jeff Fiorentino

             Performed by: 

  Jeff Fiorentino (Guitar), Mick Simms (Bass)

Transcribed by: 

  Erica Reese with lesson notes by Jeff Fiorentino

Engineered by:

  Mick Simms & Jeff Fiorentino

              



 
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Tuning = Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Bb, Eb,

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About Van Halen'izing Originals -- written by Jeff Fiorentino

 In these "Vh'izing Originals" guitar lessons I want to not only teach you some Van Halen go to techniques, sounds, and arrangements, but I also want you to understand that the VH guitar style can be a creative spring-board and is transferable into any style your want, hopefully your own style of course..  It's not about the Phase 90 or the Flanger, it's about the approach to the fretboard.  Van Halen takes a very free spirited approach to music, this allows for a limitless creative process.  My hope for these lessons as we embark on this series of original Van Halen influenced materials is that you not only learn some cool riffs and solos to impress your friends with but also you take the creative process I'm going to talk a lot about on the video lessons and in the lesson text and run with it to create your own music.

All this being said, please listen to this lesson's song example a few times before diving into the tabs and video lesson so that you can get the absolute most out of this guitar lesson.

Enjoy the lesson and as always CRANK IT UP!!
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VAN Hallows EVE
JFRocks Guitar TAB Lesson Notes
Transcribed by:   Erica Reese
Lesson notes by: Jeff Fiorentino

 Copyright © 2013 JFRocks.com  All rights reserved.
Unauthorized reproduction or use is prohibited.


Guitar Lesson

This lesson deals mostly with VH whammy bar application.  We're going to cover a wide variety of techniques, all of which will be demonstrated in this lesson's video.


What's Tabbed Below??:

-Main Theme Riff
-Solo
  >Phase 90 wired through the amp's FX Loop>>

**This setup is used for song rhythms ONLY!.  See "setup" page for settings & details.


Main Theme Riff - (main concept, see video for elaborations)

This riff is based largely on "Tora Tora" from Vh's "Women and Children" release, however I adapted the riff to have more of an "Ain't talkin' bout love"
type vibe to it for this year's (2013) JFRocks Halloween.

**Remember as always with JFRocks guitar tabs, only the notes in BOLD are picked.  Non-Bold notes are either hammered onto, or pulled off to etc.


      E5              F5                              E5      F5 implied
E_________________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________________
G__9________10_________________ 9_________________________
D__9________10_________________ 9_________________________
A__7________8__________________ 7_________________________
E__0___7~~______--random hand slide--___0____1~_1-----8~~__7~-8~___

 

Main Solo

   

This solo incorporates a lot of whammy bar techniques, and uses the later Sammy era VH Chorused Brown Sound Tone.  We will cover these on the video as they are sometimes hard to figure out from tabs no matter how well explained they may be..  See also the rhythm under the solo.  As always there is no lesson in a solo, if you don't know what you're soloing over in the first place...


Rhythm under the solo:  Done with Phase 90 tone

E_________________________________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________________________________
G_________________________________________________________________________
D_________________________________________________________________________
A__________________________3~_____________________________________________
E__0__0_0__0_0__0_0__0_0_0_1~___0__0_0__0_0__0_0__0_0_0_1-----8~~__7~-8~___

 

Leads:  Done with chorused tone

**Leads are separated out into phrasing sections called "Fig" or "Figures".  These will be covered individually as lessons on the video.


Fig 1

E____________________________________________________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________________________________________________
G_<w.b in limbo<7h<bring up slowly<____<w.b bring up slowly<5h>w.b down slightly>>__w.b<5^1_h(12)>release bend on 5th fret as harmonic rings out_5~~__
D____________________________________________________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________________________________________________
 


Fig 2

E___________________________(17)-12-15_________(17)-12-15__________(17)-12-15__________________
B________(17)-12-15_(17)-12-15__________(17)-12-15_________(17)-12-15___________(17)-12-15________
G_5---12__________________________________________________________________________________
D________________________________________________________________________________________
A________________________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________________________




Fig 3

E_(17)-12-15__________(17)-12-15__________(17)-12-15___________________________________________
B__________(17)-12-15__________(17)-12-15__________(17)-12-15_(17)-12-15_________________________
G_________________________________________________________________(16)-12-14_(16)^1/2-14~~__
D________________________________________________________________________________________
A________________________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________________________

 


Fig 4

E________________________________________________________________________________________________
B__(17)--gliss--12-15_(17)--gliss--12-15_(17)--gliss--12-15_(17)--gliss--12-15_(17)--gliss--12-15_(17)--gliss--12-15_(17)--gliss--12-15__
G_______________________________________________________________________________________________
D_______________________________________________________________________________________________
A_______________________________________________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________________________________________

 


Fig 5

E_____________________________________________________________________________________
B__(17)--gliss--12-15_(17)--gliss--12-15__________________________________________________________
G____________________________(16)-12-14_(16)-12-14________________________________________
D______________________________________________(16)-12-14_(16)-12-14______________________
A________________________________________________________________(16)-12-14_(16)-12-14~---_
E______________________________________________________________________________________

 


Fig 6

E_________________________________________
B_________________________________________
G__2w.b>_-0>w.b dive>>__w.b into<5h~w.b wide vibrato~~~~___
D_________________________________________
A_________________________________________
E_________________________________________

 


Fig 7

E______________________________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________________________
G__w.b<5^1/2>w.b down 1 step>_-0>w.b dive>>__w.b<2^1/2>w.b down 1 step>_-0>w.b dive>>__w.b<7h>w.b>____
D______________________________________________________________________
A______________________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________________

 


Fig 8

E_________________________________________
B_________________________________________
G__5^1__(12)>release bend holding tap down>_5~~_________
D_________________________________________
A_________________________________________
E_________________________________________

 


Fig 9

E____________________________________________________
B__(17)-12-15_(17)-12-15_(17)-12-15_(17)-12-15_(17)^1-15~~___
G____________________________________________________
D____________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________

 


Fig 10

E___________________________________________________(17)-12-15______________________________
B_________________________________(17)-12-15_(17)-12-15_________(17)-12-15_(17)-12-15_(17)^1-15~__
G__0>w.b quick dive>>_w.b into<2^1>w.b quick dive>>__________________________________________________________
D_________________________________________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________________________________

 


Fig 11

E__12///____14____15____17___________________
B__15^1///__17^1__18^1__20^1~________________
G____________________________________________
D____________________________________________
A____________________________________________
E________________________________0>w.b deep dive>>__

 

End Lesson
 

 

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