TAB Thread.

[<-Warheart->]

I've heard Blackhearted. I was told to listen to it so I could hear the dudes scream run out near the end of that intro scream thing but I'll check out the others too.

I was looking at a tab of Midnight Madness by Sinergy the other week and it's tabbed in E tuning and it's in Amin which is a typical key for Sinergy to play in. I thought that was kinda weird that they use E tuning on that song, their tone is SO heavy!!!

 

[Ben Johnson]

Yeah but I can't actually hear what's going on. I can hear the parts that I tabbed already and I've also seen him do it on the live video but during the middle, it's a blur to me. It doesn't help that there's a harmony either. I was just going to copy and paste it from another tab but I'd rather put it there if I knew it was correct. I'll have a listen to that Sinergy song though.

You use a program to slow the cd down right? I use one called "Amazing Slow-downer". It makes tabbing easier...unfortunately I'm really lazy and I like learning songs right away.

But yeah, even slowed down, the part in Mask of Sanity really is a blur.

 

[<-Warheart->]

Yeah I slow stuff down but it's with Windows Media Player. Then I record that slow version as and it as an mp3. Then play the slow1 as an mp3 and slow that down in WMP and record that etc. I do this as many times as I need to but the quality drops each time so it gets easier because it's slower but gets harder because of the quality.

I'm re-doing The Bitch is Back because I'm bored and it's not going to take too long because there's already a tab but I want to tab it in half time like I did with SNBN, the CoB solo and Towards Dead End.

Here's the intro, 1st verse and pre-chours so far:
http://download.yousendit.com/8047404C3E0463FF

 

[Rock Hydra]

Yeah I slow stuff down but it's with Windows Media Player. Then I record that slow version as and it as an mp3. Then play the slow1 as an mp3 and slow that down in WMP and record that etc. I do this as many times as I need to but the quality drops each time so it gets easier because it's slower but gets harder because of the quality.

I'm re-doing The Bitch is Back because I'm bored and it's not going to take too long because there's already a tab but I want to tab it in half time like I did with SNBN, the CoB solo and Towards Dead End.

Here's the intro, 1st verse and pre-chours so far:
http://download.yousendit.com/8047404C3E0463FF

Solution: Do not compress the file. Keep in .wav format. Loss of quality won't decrease past the master recording.

 

[<-Warheart->]

Ok I'll try that next time I use it. I just tried setting it to record in WAV but it keeps going back to mp3 every time I close it and re-open. Ghey. Thanks.

 

[<-Warheart->]

Guitar Player Magazine - November '06

[size=2][b]Ex. 1 - Sparking the Blaze [/b]
[i]Play this evenly, with strict alt picking and stay on time by use of a metronome 
This is Alexi's warm-up--- His favorite, which he got from Paul Gilbert.  This is a descending A Aeolian/Natural Minor pattern.  90-120 BPM [/i]

|-201917------1917----191715------1715----|171513------1513----151312| 
|--------1820------18--------1718------17-|-------1517------15-------| 
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------| 

|------1312----131210------1210----12108------108----| 
|-1315------13--------1213------12-------1012-----10-| 
|----------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------| 

|-1087-----87---875----75---| 
|------810----8-----68----6-| 
|---------------------------| 
|---------------------------| 
|---------------------------| 
|---------------------------|

[b]Ex.2 - Sparking the Blaze [/b]
[i]As Alexi begins to get warmed up, he begins to do a tapping lick, based on the Pentatonic Minor, which is then bluesified by bending and releasing the tapped note.  96BPM [/i]
|-15-(17)-15p12h15-17p15-(17)-15p12h15-17p15-(17)-15p12h15-17--| 
|---b----r---------T----b----r---------T----b----r---------T--E| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------T| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------C| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------.| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------| 

[b]Ex. 3 - Sparking the Blaze [/b]
[i]Mr. Latvala, conscious probably of his aging legs, decides to ride a pimped out streetbike around the venues.  "I don't have any warm-up exercises.  I just play whatever comes to mind.  Actually, sometimes I'll warm up on a little Bach or something.  It really gets me focused," says Latvala.  This is the opening to Musette in D Major from Bach's Notebook II for Anna Magdalena.  You can finger pick this or hybrid pick (pluctrem and fingers.)  This is played in Dropped D down one who step.  [/i]

|----------------------x2|---------------------|---------------------| 
|--10---------8-p7-------|---------------------|---------------------| 
|*-----------------9-p7-*|---------------------|---------------------| 
|*-------0---------0----*|-4--5--7----5----4---|---------------------| 
|------------------------|---------------------|---------------------| 
|---0---------0----------|-4--5--7----5----4---|-2----7----4----0----| 

[b]Ex. 4 - Sweeping Up the Ante [/b]
[i]Laiho begins to test-fire a sweep picking lick in D Major.  Make this sound somewhat like a flute. [/i]
|-------------14h17-22p17p14----------------------14h17-22p17-22p17--| 
|----------15-------T--------15----------------15-------T------------| 
|-------14----------------------14----------14-----------------------| 
|----16----------------------------16----16--------------------------| 
|-17----------------------------------17-----------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------------------------------------| 

|-p14-----------------| 
|-----15--------------| 
|--------14-----------| 
|-----------16--------| 
|--------------17~----| 
|---------------------| 

[b]Ex. 5 [/b][i]is the chord box for the sweep picked arpeggio above, minus the tapped 22nd note [/i]

[b]Ex. 6 - "Sweeping" Up the Ante [b]
[i]Latvala, as if in a duel, decides to see Alexi his Sweeping and Tapping and raise him a dose of legato.  This is an evil sounding D minor phrase that sounds swept, but isn't actually sounded by the plectrum.  It is, however completely slurred, including the first note. [/i]

|------------------------| 
|------------------------| 
|---------h7h10p7--------| Repeat 
|------h7---------h7-----| 
|-h5h8---------------h8p-| 
|------------------------| 
   1 3  2  1  3 1  2  3 

[b]Ex. 7 - "Sweeping" Up the Ante [/b]
[i]Same as [B]Ex. 6[/B], but with some tapped notes via the middle and ring pick hand fingers. [/i]

|------------------------------------| 
|------------------15----------------| 
|---------h7h10-14-T--14p10p7--------| 
|------h7-------T-----T-------h7-----| 
|-h5h8---------------------------h8p-| 
|------------------------------------| 

[b]Ex. 8 - "Sweeping" Up the Ante [/b]
[i]Same as example 7, but the tapped notes move chromatically.  To save space and time, im just gonna put the order of the tapped notes, you can plug em into the above lick. [/i]

|---------------------------------------.... 
|----15-------18-------17-------16------.... 
|-14----14-17----17-16----16-15----15-14.... 
|---------------------------------------.... 
|---------------------------------------.... 
|---------------------------------------.... 

[b]Ex. 9 - It's Gonna Blow! [/b]
[i]Laiho, being the wizard of sweeping that he is, busts out with a similar lick to the one starting at 3:50 on Living Dead Beat. [/i]

|-10p7--------7h10/13p10----------10h13/16p13----------13h16--(19)-| 
|-----h9----9-----------h12----12------------h15----15--------B----| 
|--------10-----------------13-------------------16----------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 

|-19----(19)-| 
|-T----R-----| 
|------------| 
|------------| 
|------------| 
|------------| 

[b]Ex. 10, 11, 12 - Pent-Up Rage [/b]
[i]Latvala closes our lesson with his interesting take on the Pentatonic Minor box.  He prefers three note per string Pentatonic minor boxes, because he likes the sound of two notes of different strings sounding the same note.  Heres what he does. [/i]

[B]Ex. 10      [/B][B]Ex. 11 [/B]
Pent Minor      Latvala Penta Minor 
|-5--8--|      |-5--8--10-| 
|-6--8--|      |-6--8--10-| 
|-5--7--|      |-5--7--10-| 
|-5--7--|      |-5--7--10-| 
|-5--8--|      |-5--8--10-| 
|-------|      |----------| 

[B]Ex. 12 [/B]
[I]100-144 BPM [/I]
|---------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------6--------| 
|------------------------------------5------5-7----5-7---5-7-10-| 
|--------5------5-7----5-7-10-5-7-10---7-10-----10--------------| 
|-5-8-10---8-10-----10------------------------------------------| 
|---------------------------------------------------------------| 

[B]Ex. 13, 14, 15 [/B]
[I]Examples 13 and 14 are basically Ex. 10 and Ex. 11 with the D root moved from 5th fret A to 10th fret E.  Ex. 15 is showing you how to extend the Pentatonic 3 note scale above to a 4 note, and if you can double finger tap, you could include all 5 notes of the Pentatonic Minor scale.  You could also take this lick, expand on it by a few notes, and do single stringed "sweep arpeggios". [/I]
|-10h13h15--17p15p13p10---------------------------------------------| 
|----------------------h15-17p15p13p10------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------h14-17p14p12p10---------------| 
|----------------------------------------------------h15-17p15p12p10| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|[/size]

Taken from the Scythes of Bodom forums.

I put it in "CODE" otherwise it looks like this:

"Ex. 1 - Sparking the Blaze
Play this evenly, with strict alt picking and stay on time by use of a metronome
This is Alexi's warm-up--- His favorite, which he got from Paul Gilbert. This is a descending A Aeolian/Natural Minor pattern. 90-120 BPM

|-201917------1917----191715------1715----|171513------1513----151312|
|--------1820------18--------1718------17-|-------1517------15-------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------| "

Here's a GP4 of those exercises:
http://download.yousendit.com/99DD9DF41F500E1B

 

[Rock Hydra]

Dude, you are too good to us.

 

[j0tun]

I love Norther, like j0tun.

Hardly any songs i don't like - try Blackhearted (awesome chorus) Nothing or Omen to name a few.

"Nothing" was the Norther song I hoped he'd tab

 

[Mystique1721]

holy fucking shit, warheart, you have no idea how thankful i am to you for putting up those warm up excersises! now i'll always have something to play instead of just noodling around and wasting time. and to think, i'll be using the same warm ups as alexi.....wow. i'm speechless.

 

[a bad name]

the chopper in the intro of one sound like a lawnmower :\

nice signature.
HOLY MOTHER OF GOD MY ANUS IS BLEEDING!!!
heh.

 

[xshadowsoulsx]

I saw that too.

 

[Ben Johnson]

holy fucking shit, warheart, you have no idea how thankful i am to you for putting up those warm up excersises! now i'll always have something to play instead of just noodling around and wasting time. and to think, i'll be using the same warm ups as alexi.....wow. i'm speechless.

Those are just a few of MANY, MANY other exercises one could/should be doing.

 

[Earth Breather]

Buy Petrucci's Rock Discipline DVD and you will never need another god damn lesson again.

 

[Ben Johnson]

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6490975382658539247&q="rock+discipline"&hl=en

 

[<-Warheart->]

Dude, you are too good to us.

holy fucking shit, warheart, you have no idea how thankful i am to you for putting up those warm up excersises! now i'll always have something to play instead of just noodling around and wasting time. and to think, i'll be using the same warm ups as alexi.....wow. i'm speechless.

My favourite one is probably the 2nd where he's doing that hammer on thing and then a tap then a bend, sounds cool.

"Nothing" was the Norther song I hoped he'd tab

I'll have a listen to it.

I found a tab, does this sound accurate to you?

http://tabs.exz.nu/tabs/Norther - Nothing.gp4

Buy Petrucci's Rock Discipline DVD and you will never need another god damn lesson again.

Yep, that's a very good DVD. I have a magazine from a year or 2 ago where he says he'll definitely be doing another one sometime in the future. I prefer Paul Gilbert's Intense Rock 1 myself though.

 

[inhe]

Buy Petrucci's Rock Discipline DVD and you will never need another god damn lesson again.

It's a nice dvd, but the handstretching thing

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to <-Warheart-> again.

sucks

 

[Fetzer]

Haha same thing happened to me

1,666 post.

 

[<-Warheart->]

Ooo grim!


Does anyone like Racer X??

I was listening to Second Heat earlier and I ended up tabbing a few songs in GP with drums/bass etc while correcting a few things here and there and trying to make them sound good like I try to do with all my tabs.

I've learnt nearly all of the Bodom solos and I was thinking about learning a few RX solos so I'd have something new to fiddle around with when I'm bored. Not that I'll actually be able to play any of it up to speed and make it sound like Paul Gilbert though...

Check out some cool vids that I like:

PG playing "Get Out of my Yard"
PG plays "Addicted to that Rush" with Billy Sheehan
Rare PG footage from 1986 (1) He was 17.
Rare PG footage from 1986 (2) He was still 17.

The last 2 are absolutely AMAZING. Look at how fast and clean he is, he plays Yngwie songs better than Yngwie himself...

 

[j0tun]

I'll have a listen to it.

I found a tab, does this sound accurate to you?

http://tabs.exz.nu/tabs/Norther - Nothing.gp4

It's okay...apart from the fact that it has none of the atmospheric keyboards and none of the guitar and keyboard solo's.

 

[<-Warheart->]

It's okay...apart from the fact that it has none of the atmospheric keyboards and none of the guitar and keyboard solo's.

Hmm. I'll add it on my list of things to do.

Norther - Nothing
Shadows Fall - Stepping Outside the Circle solo
Passage to the Reaper demonstration 2?

I dno. I still want to finish my Sinergy and Racer X one's first.