#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# 7-STRING GUITAR DEMO As recorded by Steve Vai Transcribed by Julien777 Music by Steve Vai Arranged by Steve Vai B 0 2 2 1 x x x Dsus2 3 x 0 0 2 3 0 A5 x x 0 2 2 x x Gtr I (B E A D G B E) - 'Steve' Freely Q=160 4/4 Gtr I ~~ ~~ W E E E E Q E E E +S +S E E E E a Q |----------:-----------------:----------------------------------: |----------:-----------------:----------------------------------: |----------:-----------------:----------------------------------: |----------:-----------------:----------------------------------: |----------:-----------------:----------------------------------: |----------:-------9s11------:-11b12==(11)r(11)-9---9-9-(9)s11--: |----------:-0---x-------0-0-:----------------------------------: ~~ ~ E E E E Q E E S +E. E a E a E a E a Q |-----------------:----------------------------------------: |-----------------:----------------------------------------: |-----------------:----------------------------------------: |-----------------:----------------------------------------: |-----------------:----------------------------------------: |-------9s11------:-11b12r(11)-9-(9)s7-(7)s9-(9)s4-(4)s2---: |-0---x-------0-0-:----------------------------------------: ~~ ~~~~~ e E E E Q E E E +S +S E E Q Q |-----------------:--------------------------------: |-----------------:--------------------------------: |-----------------:--------------------------------: |-----------------:--------------------------------: |-----------------:--------------------------------: |-------9s11------:-11b12==(11)r(11)-9---9--/[11]--: |-0---x-------0-0-:--------------------0-----------: PM |-3-| E E E E +E E E E E a E a E a E E S S S a E a E |-----------------------:-----------------------------------------------: |-----------------------:-----------------------------------------------: |-----------------------:-----------------------------------------------: |-----------------------:-----------------------------------------------: |-----------------------:-----------------------------------------------: |-------/11-(11)-----11-:-14-(14)s9-(9)s11-(11)s9p7-7h9p7-(7)s4-(4)s2---: |-0---0----------0-0----:-----------------------------------------------: ~~ ~~~~~ ~~ E E E E E E E E E S S E E Q Q E E E E Q E E |---------------------:--------------------------:-------------------: |---------------------:--------------------------:-------------------: |---------------------:--------------------------:-------------------: |-------------13------:-13s14s13-11---11---/13---:-------11s13----16-: |---------------------:--------------------------:-------------------: |-------9s11-(11)-----:-11s12s11--9----9--/[11]--:--------9s11----14-: |-0---0-----------0-0-:-------------0------------:-0---0--------0----: a E a E a E E E a E a E a E |-------------------------------------------------: |-------------------------------------------------: |-------------------------------------------------: |-(16)s11-(11)s13-(13)s11---9-(9)s11-(11)s6-(6)s4-: |-------------------------------------------------: |-(14)s=9--(9)s11-(11)s=9---7-(7)s=9--(9)s4-(4)s2-: |-------------------------0-----------------------: ~~ ~ E E E E Q e E a E a E a E E a E a E a Q |-------------------|-----------------------------------------------: |-------------------|-----------------------------------------------: |-------------------|-----------------------------------------------: |-------11s13--13---|-13s14-(14)s13-(13)-11---11s13-(13)s11-(11)s9--: |-------------------|-----------------------------------------------: |--------9s11--11---|-11s12-(12)s11-(11)--9----9s11-(11)s=9--(9)s7--: |-0---0-----------0-|-----------------------0-----------------------: ~~ ~~~~~ E E E E Q E a E a E a E a E a E a Q Q |-------------------------:----------------------------------------------: |-------------------------:----------------------------------------------: |-------------------------:----------------------------------------------: |-------11s13--13-(13)s14-:-(14)s16-(16)s14-(14)s13-(13)s14-(14)s11--9---: |-------------------------:----------------------------------------------: |--------9s11--11-(11)s12-:-(12)s14-(14)s12-(12)s11-(11)s12-(12)s=9--7---: |-0---0-------------------:----------------------------------------------: ~~ ~~ E E E E Q E E E a S a S E E E a Q E |-----------------:-------------------------------------: |-----------------:-------------------------------------: |-----------------:-------------------------------------: |-----------------:-------------------------------------: |-----------------:-------------------------------------: |-------9s11------:-11-(11)s12-(12)s11-9---9-(9)s11-----: |-0---0-------0-0-:----------------------------------16-: ~~~~~~~ ~~ E E E E E E E E E E E E H |-----------------------------:-------------------: |-----------------------------:-17-------17s19----: |--------------------------18-:-------16----------: |-----------14-(14)-/18-16----:-------------------: |-----14-16-----14------------:----19-------------: |-/16-------------------------:-------------------: |-----------------------------:-------------------: ~~ ~~ |--3--| E E E E Q E E E E E E E S S S Q |-----------------:-------------------16-----------: |-----------------:---------------/16----16--------: |-----------------:-------------------------16-----: |-----------------:----------------------------14--: |-----------------:--------------------------------: |-------9s11------:-/11b12r11-9--------------------: |-0---0-------0-0-:--------------------------------: ~~ ~ E E E E E E E E E +E E E E a E Q |---------------------:--------------------------------: |---------------------:--------------------------------: |---------------------:--------------------------------: |---------------------:--------------------------------: |---------------------:--------------------------------: |-------9s11-11-9s11-:-[11]b12r(11)p9h11p9-(9)s7-7----: |-0---0---------------:--------------------------------: ~~ ~ E E E E E E E E E E a E E a E E a Q |-------------------:-------------------------------------: |-------------------:-------------------------------------: |-------------------:-------------------------------------: |-------------------:-/13-----------11-(11)s13------------: |-------------------:-----11-(11)s9------------11-(11)s9--: |-------9s11-11-----:-------------------------------------: |-0---0-----------0-:-------------------------------------: |--3--| E E E E E S S S E E |----------/19-16--------------: |-----------------17-----------: |--------------------18----18--: |-----------------------16-----: |------------------------------: |-------11---------------------: |-0---0------------------------: |--3--| a E a E a S S S S S E E a E a E |---------------------------------------------------------: |---------------------------------------------------------: |-18s14-(14)s11-(11)s13-/16-13----------------------------: |------------------------------14-------------------------: |---------------------------------16----16-(16)s11-(11)s9-: |------------------------------------14-------------------: |---------------------------------------------------------: ~~~ |--3--| Q E E E S S S E E |----------/19-16--------------: |-----------------17-----------: |--------------------18----18--: |-----------------------16-----: |-/11--9-----------------------: |------------------------------: |--------0---------------------: |--3--| a E a E a S S S S S E E +E E |--------------------------------------------------: |--------------------------------------------------: |-18s14-(14)s11-(11)s13-/16-13---------------------: |------------------------------14------------------: |---------------------------------16---------------: |------------------------------------14-16-(16)s11-: |--------------------------------------------------: ~~ |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| a E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------------------------------19--: |--------------------------------17-----: |--------------------------16-16--------: |--------------------14-14--------------: |--------------14-14--------------------: |-(11)s9-12-12--------------------------: |---------------------------------------: T T |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |------6-------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-14----19p14----19p14-------19-14h19p14----------14h19-21p19p14-----------: |----17-------17-------17p14-------------17p14h17----------------21p17p14h=: |--------------------------------------------------------------------------: |--------------------------------------------------------------------------: |--------------------------------------------------------------------------: |--------------------------------------------------------------------------: |--------------------------------------------------------------------------: T T |--3--| |------6-------| |--3--| |-----5-----| |-----5-----| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |----14h19-21p19p14-------------14h19-21p19-21p19-21p19-21p17-21p16-: |-17----------------21p17p14h17-------------------------------------: |-------------------------------------------------------------------: |-------------------------------------------------------------------: |-------------------------------------------------------------------: |-------------------------------------------------------------------: |-------------------------------------------------------------------: T T T |-----5-----| |-----5-----| |---5----| S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E +E |---------------------------------------------------------: |-21p19-21p17-21p16---------------------------------------: |-------------------21p18-21p16-21p14-21-16-(16)b18r(16)--: |---------------------------------------------------------: |---------------------------------------------------------: |---------------------------------------------------------: |---------------------------------------------------------: |--3--| |-3--| S S S S +S E E a E S S S S +S E |---------------------------------------------------------: |---------------------------------------------------------: |-14----------------------14-14s11p9----------------------: |----16-14---------------------------11p9-----------------: |----------16pb18r(16)-14-----------------[11]pb14r(11)p9-: |---------------------------------------------------------: |---------------------------------------------------------: H.=H ~~ |-3-| E a S S S S S E a E a E E E |----------------------------------|| |----------------------------------|| |----------------------------------|| |----------------------------------|| |-9-9s11-9p7-----------------------|| |------------9p7h9-(9)s4-(4)s2---2-|| |------------------------------0---|| Q=80 Dsus2 A5 T ~~~ |-3-| H Q E E E E. S S a S a S a S +Q Q |-^0-----------------||----------------------------------|| |-^3----3(15)--------||----------------------------------|| |-^2----2(14)--------||-2----2-(2)s4-(4)s2-(2)s4-(4)-----|| |-^0----0(14)--------||-2----2-(2)s4-(4)s2-(2)s4-(4)-----|| |-^0----0(14)--------||-0--0-----------------------------|| |-^x---------------0-||----------------------------------|| |-^3-----------3-2---||-------------------------------0--|| 5/4 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ 1/ |----3----| |-----3-----| E a E a E E E E E E E Q E |-------------------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------------------|| |-7-(7)s9-(9)s4-/6---/7---/9---/11---/13---/14---13----------|| |-------------------------------------------------------------|| |-5-(5)s7-(7)s2-/4---/5---/7----/9---/11---/12---11----------|| |-------------------------------------------------------12---|| Dsus2 A5 4/4 1/ |-3-| Q +Q. E E E E Q. E H +H H |-^0--(0)------------||--------------------:--------------*| |-^3--(3)------------||--------<12>pb14r===:=(12)---------*| |-^2--(2)------------||-2------------------:--------------*| |-^0--(0)------------||-2----x-------------:--------------*| |-^0--(0)--------0---||-0----x-------------:--------------*| |-^x-----------0---0-||--------------------:--------------*| |-^3--(3)----0-------||--------------------:--------------*| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) / - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide- natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting / - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths