R SONG
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by Joe Satriani
' - bend example:-15'-----`(15)
` - release bend release to original note
^ - bend and release
(2) - ghost note AH - Artificial Harmonic
X - percussive sound P - Pull-off
/ - slide up H - Hammer-on
\ - slide down trem. - tremolo (whammy) bar
~ - vibrato
.. - note held Note: Please read EVERYTHING above the staff
PM - palm muted as well as in it!!
The intro is just a combination of an A5 chord and a D/A
(Rhy. Fig. 1)
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--|
-5-5-----5-----2-2-----2-----5-5-----5-----5-5-----5-
-5-5-----5-----3-3-----3-----5-5-----5-----5-5-----5-
-2-2-----2-----2-2-----2-----2-2-----2-----2-2-----2-
-2-2-----2-----4-4-----4-----2-2-----2-----2-2-----2-
-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-
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Note: You hardly hear the muted A on the fifth string
Guitar I continues with Rhy. Fig. I
Guitar II comes in with Harmonics.
harm.-------->
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------5-------|-----------------|---------5-------|-----------------|
|-------5---5-----|-----------------|-------5---5-----|-----------------|
|---5-4-------4-5-|-----------------|---5-4-------4-5-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------5-------|---------5-------|
|-------5---------|---5-------------|-------5---5-----|-------5---5-----|
|---5-4---4-5---5-|-4---4-5---------|---5-4-------4-5-|---5-4-------4-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------5-------|-----------------|
|-------5---------|-------5---5-----|-----------------|
|---5-4---4-5-----|---5-4-------4-5-|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Main part thingy:
1/2 (slight vib.) trem.
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----10------------------------------------10----------------------------|
|-X-9----9---11^-9-7-9/11-9-9~~~~~~~~\(0)-9----9--11^-9-7-7/9.....\2~~~~~~|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1/2 1/2
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------10---------------------------P-------------------------------|
|-(2)/(19)-9----9-11-11' `~~~-9\7/9-11-11^-(9)-9\7--9/11--9~~~~~~~~(9)~~~~|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1/2 1
|---H---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-12-14-14'--`-12~~~~--------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------14---14'---(14)--`-14~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1/2 1/2
|----17------------------------------------------------17-----------------|
|-17----17---19'-`--17--15--17/19--17--17~~~~~~~~~--17----17--19'-`-17-15-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Harm.------------| 1/2 1/2
|------------------------------------------17--------------------P--H-----|
|-17~~~~~~~~~~~-------------------------17----17-19-19'-19'`'`-17-15-17---|
|-----------------------------5-------------------------------------------|
|---------------7\5/7-------5---5-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------4-5-4-------4-5-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------5-----------------------------------|
H 1/2 1 AH
|-----------P-----------------------17-19-21-21^--19~~~~17--17'--------`17|
|19'~~~~`-17-15--19--17~~~~~~~~~~~\---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1 1 1/2 1 1/2 1/2
|(17)~~~~~~~~~~X\---||-8'--8'~~~~~-8-5----5-------------------------------|
|--------------X\-5-||-----------------8'----8'~~~8-7^-5------------------|
|-------------------||-----------------------------------7-5'---AH--------|
|-------------------||----------------------------------------7-5---------|
|-------------------||--------------------------------------------7-5\3---|
|-------------------||--------------------------------------------------5-|
1 1 1 1/2 1
|-------------------8'--8'~~~~-8-5----5-----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------8'---8'~~~~----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------5~~~~~~-7/9-7------|
|----------------------------------------------3-3-5/7--------------------|
|-----------------X-------------------------------------------------------|
|3'~~~~~~(3)/12\--X-------------------------------------------------------|
1 1/2
Harm. 2 v 6* rake 1 1 1 1 2
|5----(5)\-/--\-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------13^-13'`'`'-13^-10----10~~~~~(10)\-------------|
|----------------X-------X--------------------12--------------11/12-11----|
|----------------X--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------X--------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------3/5----------------------------------------------------|
* - Note is bent with whammy bar
1 1/2
|------------------------------PM--8'~~~~~~~`-5-8'-5---5~~~~~-------------|
|----------------------------------------------------8--------6-6-(8)/10--|
|9\7-9/11-9\7-7/9\2-2-2~~~~~~~/(0)----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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