Lesson
Introduction from Jeff Fiorentino
This track idea has been requested more times than I can count.
To keep the notes simple my tips are to have fun with it, and remember that
EVERY SINGLE NOTE is IMPORTANT. This is especially true with the VH
guitar style. Every note, even a passing muted hit means something to
the given riff or solo phrasing section.
The main bass riff of "Money" itself has been reworked into a guitar
riff done using various change ups and VH inspired transitions. These
change ups are a mainstay of the VH guitar style and how Van Halen
themselves approached cover songs. Everything is loose and almost free
time, this is especially true with the song's Flanged out ending part.
Really for a song like this it's about understanding what chords might be
under the Money bass riff, and with that information you can piece together
what scale notes can be used to embellish the riff and add some flair to it
to make it a bit more flashy to suit the VH guitar style.
As for time, this track not unlike the Pink Floyd track is a mix of 4/4 and
7/4 time. I've gone and mixed it up even more and added what I call VH
style drop offs, with add an extra 4/4 measure here and there. These are heard by you the listener as rest points
peppered into the main theme riff of the song.
The sounds on this track are classic VH tones ranging from early "Little
Dreamer" type tone on the main theme riffing and solo to VH Flanged out
riffing at the very end of the track.
All that being said, as always I recommend you 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 this (in my humble opinion)
fantastic guitar lesson.. As always please also do yourself the favor
of reading all of the lesson notes that I've written in with the
guitar tabs. The REAL LESSON with all of this is not only in the
guitar tabs, but also what I'm teaching you and explaining on the video
lesson and in the performance notes written here with the tabs.
Above all I hope you enjoy the lesson and CRANK UP the song track!!
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MONEY
(Van Halen'ized)
JFRocks Guitar TAB Transcription
Transcribed by:
Erica Reese & Jeff Fiorentino
Lesson notes by: Jeff Fiorentino
Copyright © 2012 JFRocks
Song Intro -
7/4 Time
This intro part is
a free flowing loose lead in to the song.
The Phase 90 was wired through my amp's FX Loop
**IMPORTANT:
Wiring the Phase 90 through the FX loop of your amp
i.e. after the pre-amp instead of before it on the floor in your string of
pedals
is purely OPTIONAL!! I only share this tip because
people write in and like the sound we get here for VH and ask how we got
it.. Well, that's a
big part of how we get it. Let me be very clear that
this is MY OWN TRICK figured out through more than 25 years of trial
and error, and not
necessarily what VH himself did with his Phase 90. But
who really cares how VH hooks up his stuff anyway, you and I need to get the
sound on
our stuff at home in our basements, garages, laundry rooms,
and where ever else we've been shoved with our guitar equipment in the home.
Always remember that you're trying to reproduce the finished
fully produced recorded VH tone from the VH albums at home without the
benefit
of a sound engineer and music producer etc. For more
tips on getting a good Van Halen Brown Sound at home please visit our VERY
POPULAR
newly re-written by yours truly
JFRocks Brown Sound Tips page. -
Thanks, Jeff
Fiorentino
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(The song begins with spoken
words and a loose bass warm-up... The tabs below take it from when the
guitar begins.)
B5
A5
D5
E____________________________________0_______0_____________________________
B______________________________________12---7_______________________________
G_____4____________________________________________________________________
D__4____4____________2______ 7___________________4~--2-0________0-2-0-2-0_____
A__2______2__________0__2~__5___________________________0__2~_____________
E____________0_2~--____________7--__________________________________________
The MXR
Flanger was added to the notes in Purple in the tabs below.
B sus4
A5 B5 D5
B5
E_________0________________________________________________________
B_____0_____0______________________________________________________
G_______4__________________________4_______________________________
D____________________2__4__7____4____4_____________________________
A__2_________________0__2__5____2______2________0__2~__2--5~__2____
E______________ 2~--______________________0_2~--____________________
*Band
kind of enters here and does a warm-up with the guitar - remember we're
still pre-song kick in here, and we're still just messing around as we were
recording this until the main song kick in comes..
B sus4
A5 B5 D5
A5 B5 D5
E______0________________________0______0_____________________
B__0_____0________________________12--7______________________
G____4______________________________________________________
D_________________2__4__7_________________4~--2-0__2__4__7___
A_________________0__2__5_________________________0__2__5___
E____________2~--___________7--______________________________
B sus4
A5 B5 D5 B5
A5 B5 D5/A
E____________0____________________________________________________________________
B________0_____0__________________________________________________________________
G__________4_______________________4______________________________________________
D______________________2__4__7_______4___________2__4_____________________________
A__2~--________________0__2__5___2_____2_________0__2___5~~~~____________________
E_________________2~--____________________0x_2~--_______ 5~~~~_*let
chord ring out until kick in____
Main Song Kick in - 7/4
Time
This kick in point is where the actual main theme riffing and and leads come
into play. We look at this as the guts of the song. The song
ends where it began with free time riffing based on the Money bass riff.
However during this middle part we keep a real tight early VH vibe going..
See video lesson for help with all of this riffing, as it's not as easy as it
looks to get it to sound right. The mutes and little things are very
important..
The Phase 90 is wired through the amp's FX Loop
Kick in Vocal:
(HUH!!)
B5
B5 D5 B5
E_____________________________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________________________________
G_______4____________________________ 4_______2^1/2 a.h____2^1/2
a.h_2a.h_0a.h_________________
D_______4________________4_--_7_______4________________________________2^1/2
a.h_0a.h______
A_____________________0__2_--_5__________________________________________________2~a.h__
E___7_x____7_7__x_2_x____________7_x____7_7___________________________________________
B5
A5 B5 D5
B5
E_______________________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________________________________
G________4___________________________ 4________2^1/2 a.h___0a.h______________
D________4_____________2__4_--_7______4__________________________________
A______________________0__2_--_5____________________________2~a.h_2~a.h____
E__0_7_x____7_7__x_2_x____________7_x___7_7_x___________________________
Bridge - 7/4 Time
The bridge part to this track is again a guitar riff take off on the bass
bridge for Money, however in true VH fashion I've added a guitar 2 harmony using
unison bends... Tabs are color coded below..
The Phase 90 is wired through the amp's FX Loop
Guitar 1: Main Riff
F#5
F* implied
E5
A5 B5 D5/A
E________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________
G______________________________________ 9________________ 7~______
D________________ 4__7__4_______________9_________2__4_--_7~______
A____________4_________ 4__8^1/2 a.h_8~a.h__7_________0__2____________
E__0-2_2_2_2___2__2__5_____________________0_3^1/2_________________
Guitar 2: Harmony basically off of the 5ths
of guitar 1.. The chord names written above the tabs below are taken from
guitar 1's part.
F#5
E5
A5 B5 D5/A
E__________________________________14______ 17________
B__14_______________12_____________17^1~___20^1~w.b~__
G__16^1~w.b~________ 14^1~w.b~_________________________
D____________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________
Back
to Main Theme Riffing / Solo lead in -
7/4 Time
The Phase 90 is wired through the amp's FX Loop
B5
A5 B5
E_______________________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________________________________
G______4________________________________________________________________
D______4_____________2__4_--_____________________________________________
A____________________0__2_--__5-7-5>trill_---4-5-4>trill_---2-4-2-4-2~~__0>w.b
dive>>___
E__7_x____7_7__x_2_x_____________________________________________________
B5
A5 B5 D5
B5
A5 B5 D5/A
E___________________________________________________________________________________________
B___________________________________________________________________________________________
G______4___________________________ 4_______________________________________________________
D______4_____________2__4_--_7______4_____________2__4______________________________________
A____________________0__2_--_5____________________0__2_ _5~~>w.b
down slowly_______________________
E__7_x____7_7__x_2_x____________7_x____7_7__x_2_x_______5~~>w.b
down slowly_*let chord ring out and go into the solo___
SOLO -
4/4 Time
This solo is a classic early VH style solo using techniques from pretty much
the entire DLR era, including VH1, VH II,
Diver Down, 1984 etc. etc...
About the rhythm under the solo:
The solo is over a
VH altered version of what the leads in "Money" is over. I'll demo the
rhythm track for you on the video lesson but for lesson purposes all you need to
know is that it's a walking chromatic
bass line pattern.
Over a "B5" root chord "D walks down to B", then the change up is
over an "E5" root chord and it's "E walking down to C#" in a double time
feel from the first pattern..
The chords are
written above the lead tabs as a "B5" and "E5" respectively.. Any other
chord changes written above the lead tabs such as for the ending parts of the
solo are indicating the root chords the bass and rhythm guitar are doing, and
not necessarily the chords being done by the lead guitar during the solo, so
please keep that in mind.
Also please make note of the positions I'm playing in and the how I'm bending
and using scale patterns. See the video lesson for additional tips
and lesson beyond just what's tabbed here...
The Phase 90 is wired through the amp's FX Loop
B5
**See the "About the rhythm
under the solo" note above for an explanation of what you're soloing over.
E____________________________________________________7h~w.b~_____________________
B__________________7h_10^1~~~____7-10______________7h_______ __2^1
a.h>w.b down slowly>___
G____9^1 a.h_7~____7h___________________9^1
a.h_7~____7h_________x rake_______________
D__x rake_________________________________________________________________________
A________________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________________
E________10______________7______7___________________________
B___12^1____12^1------3----10^1__10^1___10_7______________________
G_x rake________________________________9^2
with slight release>>_9_____
D__________________________________________________________
A__________________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________________
*Be very loose with the
line below..
E_____________________________________________________________________
B_________7_________7_________7______7______7_________________________
G__7_9_10____7_9_10____7_9_10___10--9__10--9___10_9_7_4^1-0>w.b
slow dive>>____
D_____________________________________________________________________
A_____________________________________________________________________
E_____________________________________________________________________
*Notes
in (parenthesis) are tapped..
E5
E________________________________________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________________________________________
G__w.b into<9^1*hold bend for taps_(14)-9^1__(12)-9^1__(14)-9^1__(16)-9^1__(14)-9^1__(12)-9^1>release
bend_9-7-w.b9-7-w.b9^1
rel_9
D________________________________________________________________________________________________
A________________________________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________________
B__7___10^1~>release bend_10__7-10-7-0__7-10-7-0__7-10-7-0__7-10-7-0__7___10^1~>release
bend_10---_
G___7__________________________9_______ 9_______ 9_______
9_______________________
D________________________________________________________________________________
A________________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________________
*The
line below are 1 step bends on the 2nd string that end up being 1/2 step below
the 10th fret "D" on the 1st string.. It's a cool effect, be loose with
it.. They should almost blend together and flow.. DO NOT STAGGER
THEM...
//// = trem or speed
picking..
B5
E________10________10________10_________10__ 10////___12//_14//_15//_17//_19//_21_21--22_22^1/2^1~__
B__10---12____12^1_______12^1_______12^1______12^1_///_____________________________________________
G________________________________________________________________________________________________
D________________________________________________________________________________________________
A________________________________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________________________________
E__12^1>release_12__12^1_12_11_10___________________________
B_____________________________12_11_10__________________
G______________________________________13_12_11~~-----___
D_______________________________________________________
A_______________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________
E5
F#5 E5 D5
C#5 B5 A5 G#5
G5
E_____________________________________________________________________________
B____________________________________________14__12__10__9____________________
G_______9___8___7___6______ 9___8___7___6_____________________________________
D__2---9___8___7___6____6---9___8___7___6______16__14__12__11__
9__7__6__5~_____
A____________________________________________________________9__7__6__5~_____
E_____________________________________________________________________________
B5
D5 B5
E5
E___________________________________________
B___________7~____________9~_______________
G_______ ___ 7~____________9~_______________
D__9~_____________9~_______________________
A__9~_____________9~_______________________
E_______0x_____________0x___________________
F#5 E5
D5 C#5
B5 A5
G#5 G5
E_________________________________________________
B_____14____12____10____9____7____5____4____3_____
G_________________________________________________
D___16___14____12____11______9____7____6____5_____
A_________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________
Post
solo bridge and riffing - 7/4 Time
The Phase 90 is wired through the amp's FX Loop
Guitar 1: Main Riff
E________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________
G______________________________________ 9________________ 7~______
D________________ 4__7__4_______________9_________2__4_--_7~______
A____________4_________ 4__8^1/2 a.h_8~a.h__7_________0__2____________
E__0-2_2_2_2___2__2__5_____________________0_3^1/2_________________
Guitar 2: Harmony basically off of the 5ths
of guitar 1..
E__________________________________14______ 17________
B__14_______________12_____________17^1~___20^1~w.b~__
G__16^1~w.b~________ 14^1~w.b~_________________________
D____________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________
Final Main
Theme Riffing
E_________________________________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________________________________
G______4___________________________9^1 a.h>slow release_9___4^1/4
w.b~~~-0>w.b dive>>____
D______4_____________2__4_--_7_____________________________________________
A____________________0__2_--_5_____________________________________________
E___7_____7_7__x_2_x____________7__________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________________________
G________________________________ 4______________________________________________
D______________________4_--_7_____4_____________2__4_--_7___0-2---7^1-0>w.b
slow dive>>>___
A___9__9__9_________0__2_--_5___________________0__2_--_5_________________________
E___7__7__7___x_2_x____________7_____7_2__x_2_x__________________________________
Outro -
7/4 Time
This final ending of the song is a free spirited Flanged out version of how the
song started.. Be very loose with this as with most VH stuff..
No counting, just let it flow...
The Phase 90 is wired through the amp's FX Loop
*Loosely
E______________________________________________
B______________________________________________
G_____4________________________________________
D__4____4____________2_________________________
A__2______2__________0__2_2---5-7-5-7-5~__________
E____________0x_2_0x___________________________
E______0_______0_______________________________
B________12---7_________________________________
G______________________________________________
D_________________4___2__4_--_7_________________
A___________________0_0__2_--_5_________________
E___7___________________________________________
E_________0__________________________________
B_____0_____0__________ 12----19---15~~_________
G_______4____________________________________
D__________________2--9_ 9----16---12~~_________
A__2_______________0_________________________
E______________2_0___________________________
E______________________________________________
B______________________________________________
G____________4_________________________________
D____________4____________2____________________
A___9_____________________0__2~_2--5~~_________
E___7__7x_7x____7x__2x_0x______________________
E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_____4_________________________________________
D_____4_________________2__4____________________
A__9____________________0__2_--_5-7-5-7-5~________
E__7_____7x_2x_0x_2x_0x_________________________
*Final portion of the line
below has a 1/2 time feel to it where indicated.
E________0_______0___________________________0_____________
B__________12---7___7---2_0__________________4___4___________
G_________________________**Half time feel starts here>4_________________
D_________________________________________________ 4_______
A___9--____________________________________________2_______
E___7--____________________________________________________
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