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Lesson
Introduction from 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 Halen Techniques 3
(Classic VH Tapping)
JFRocks Guitar TABs & Lesson Notes
Transcribed by:
Erica Reese
Lesson notes by:
Jeff Fiorentino
Copyright © 2014 JFRocks.com
All rights reserved.
Unauthorized reproduction or use is prohibited.
Lesson 1
Let there be Guitar - (Intro Taps)
In this lesson segment we'll deal with Van
Halen classic style 2 hand tapping. One of the mainstay techniques of
VH, there is much more to it than just being able to do it. I often
say to young guitarists who seem to think they're ready for the big time
because they can play something, "great, you can play it, but
do you understand it enough to write it". Too often their
answer to that question is NO. Hopefully those of you who come to
JFRocks.com have learned by now to dig a little deeper. And that's
what we're going to do here as always.
Lesson 1 is a slick little slide and bend stand alone intro tap section.
Then further down the page lesson 2 is the main song kick-in tap section.
While it's great for you to learn the tapping and the techniques, we're
going to dig a little deeper on this lesson and also explore the rhythm
guitar under the kick-in tap section in lesson 2. Because knowing how
to tap is great, but knowing what the hell you're doing enough to write
music to go with your tapping is not only beyond great, it's essential if
you want to really call yourself a musician. So let's get to it, and
"Let there be guitar".....
Lesson taken from Jeff's song,
"Let
there be Guitar" -
(listen to it on SoundCloud) --
(Download
a FREE mp3)
Slide taps and Bends - (Standard Tuning on song mp3) - Be
sure to load the video guitar lesson for demos, tips and of course the
lesson.
**Notes
in (x) parenthesis are tapped, notes in
non-bold
are acted upon, either by pull-off or hammer-on etc.
E_____________(12)-0-5---8__(12)-0-3___________________(12)-0-5---8-(15)~-8-10-8--5~-8~~-5_________
B__(12)-0-5---8____________________(12)-0-3__(12)-0-5---8______________________________8^1/4~____
G________________________________________________________________________________________
D________________________________________________________________________________________
A________________________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________________________
E_____________(12)-0-5---8__(12)-0-3___________________(12)-0-5---8-(15)~-8-10-8_______________________
B__(12)-0-5---8____________________(12)-0-3__(12)-0-5---8_____________________(15)-10-8^1>slight
release>>~_____
G_____________________________________________________________________________________________
D_____________________________________________________________________________________________
A_____________________________________________________________________________________________
E_____________________________________________________________________________________________
*Hold
the tap prior to pulling off to open for an extra little bit to feel, approx a
dotted 1/16 note.
E_____________________________________________________________________________________
B__(15)-0-8_(15)-0-8_(15)-0-8__(15)-0-8_(15)-0-8_(15)-0-8__(12)*-0-4_(12)-0-4_(12)-0-4_(12)*-4~~____
G_____________________________________________________________________________________
D_____________________________________________________________________________________
A_____________________________________________________________________________________
E_____________________________________________________________________________________
Lesson 2
Let there be Guitar - (Song Kick-In Tapping)
Make note that aside from good tapping technique, which
we'll cover on the video lesson, part of what makes this sound the way it does
and come across to the listener the way it does is the rhythm guitar riffing
going on under the soloing. In some cases this is built around the
arpeggio that makes up a given tap, but in other cases chord substitutions can
be used as is the case here in a couple spots, and you simply work with a
combination of what's in the key, and as was the case when I wrote and recorded
this, just what felt right and sounded good. Like I always say, know the
theory so you can dig yourself out of a hole or get started with something, but
never let the theory drive. Always go with what feels right.. Odds are
there's some weird theoretical reason why it works anyway, and you can always
reverse engineer it later to give yourself that lesson.
Make note of the chords written above the tabs, they are the chords the rhythm
guitar is riffing. I'll demo both the rhythm and the taps on the video
lesson, and give you some tips along the way..
**See
chord chart below tapping section for chord shapes.
E5
D5
E5
E________________________(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_______________________(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_____
B__(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_______________________(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8___________________________
G______________________________________________________________________________________________
D______________________________________________________________________________________________
A______________________________________________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________________________________________
C# dim
C5
E_______________________________________________________________________________________________
B__(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8___(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7__(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8__(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_
G_______________________________________________________________________________________________
D_______________________________________________________________________________________________
A_______________________________________________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________________________________________
E5
D5
E5
E________________________(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_______________________(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_____
B__(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_______________________(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8___________________________
G______________________________________________________________________________________________
D______________________________________________________________________________________________
A______________________________________________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________________________________________
C# dim
C5
E_______________________________________________________________________________________________
B__(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8___(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7__(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8__(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_(12)-5-8_
G_______________________________________________________________________________________________
D_______________________________________________________________________________________________
A_______________________________________________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________________________________________
G5
E______________________________________________________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________________________________________________
G__(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7__(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7__(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7__(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7__
D______________________________________________________________________________________________
A______________________________________________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________________________________________
C5
E______________________________________________________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________________________________________________
G__(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9__(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9___
D______________________________________________________________________________________________
A______________________________________________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________________________________________
G/B
E______________________________________________________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________________________________________________
G__(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7__(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7__(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7__(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7_(12)-4-7__
D______________________________________________________________________________________________
A______________________________________________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________________________________________
C5
E______________________________________________________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________________________________________________
G__(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9__(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9_(11)-5-9___
D______________________________________________________________________________________________
A______________________________________________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________________________________________
G5 v2
E____________________________________________________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________________________________________________
G____________________________________________________________________________________________
D__(12)-5-9_(12)-5-9_(12)-5-9_(12)-5-9_(12)-5-9_(12)-5-9__(12)-5-9_(12)-5-9(12)-5-9_(12)-5-9_(12)-5-9_(12)-5-9__
A____________________________________________________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________________________________________________
D/F#
E_________________________________________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________________________________________
G_________________________________________________________________________________
D__(9)-4-7_(9)-4-7_(9)-4-7_(9)-4-7_(9)-4-7_(9)-4-7__(9)-4-7_(9)-4-7_(9)-4-7_(9)-4-7_(9)-4-7_(9)-4-7__
A_________________________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________________________
E5
Eb
dim
E_____________________________________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________________________________________________
D__(9)-2-5_(9)-2-5_(9)-2-5_(9)-2-5_(9)-2-5_(9)-2-5__(9)-2-5_(9)-2-5_(9)-2-5_(9)-2-5_(9)-2-5_(9)-2-5_(9)-1~~-7~~~__
A_____________________________________________________________________________________________
E_____________________________________________________________________________________________
**Rhythm guitar chord diagrams.
The names of these chords are written above the tapping section. Below is
how they apply to the fretboard.
E5
D5 C# dim C5
G5 C5
G/B G5 v2 D/F#
Eb dim
E_____________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________________
D___9____7____5____5____________________12__ 12__ 7____________
A___7____5____4____3_____5___10___10____10___9___6____________
E________________________3____8____7__________________________
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