HE LOVE OF GOD (Bassline)
As recorded by Steve Vai
(From the 1990 Album PASSION AND WARFARE)
Music by Steve Vai
Arranged by Steve Vai
Transcribed by Kevin Gregory ([email protected])
Q=100
4/4
Emadd9 Fmaj7+11
H. Q W H. Q W
||-------------|----------|------------|------|
||o------------|-2--------|------------|-3----|
||o---------2--|----------|---------3--|------|
||--0----------|----------|-1----------|------|
Emadd9 Amadd9
H. Q W H. Q W
|------------|----------|------------|-2----|
|------------|-2--------|---------2--|------|
|---------2--|----------|-0----------|------|
|-0----------|----------|------------|------|
Emadd9 Cmaj7
H. Q W H. Q W
|------------|----------|------------|-5----|
|------------|-2--------|---------5--|------|
|---------2--|----------|-3----------|------|
|-0----------|----------|------------|------|
Fmaj7+11 Emadd9
H. Q W H. Q W
|------------|----------|------------|-------||
|------------|-3--------|------------|-2----o||
|---------3--|----------|---------2--|------o||
|-1----------|----------|-0----------|-------||
G Fmaj7+11
H. Q W H. Q W
||-------------|----------|------------|------|
||o------------|-5--------|------------|-3----|
||o---------5--|----------|---------3--|------|
||--3----------|----------|-1----------|------|
Emadd9 Dsus2
H. Q W H. Q W
|------------|----------|------------|-7-----||
|------------|-2--------|---------7--|------o||
|---------2--|----------|-5----------|------o||
|-0----------|----------|------------|-------||
Emadd9 Fmaj7+11
H. Q W H. Q W
||-------------|----------|------------|------|
||o------------|-2--------|------------|-3----|
||o---------2--|----------|---------3--|------|
||--0----------|----------|-1----------|------|
Emadd9 Amadd9
H. Q W H. Q W
|------------|----------|------------|-2----|
|------------|-2--------|---------2--|------|
|---------2--|----------|-0----------|------|
|-0----------|----------|------------|------|
Emadd9 Cmaj7
H. Q W H. Q W
|------------|----------|------------|-5----|
|------------|-2--------|---------5--|------|
|---------2--|----------|-3----------|------|
|-0----------|----------|------------|------|
Fmaj7+11 Emadd9
H. Q W H. Q W 3x
|------------|----------|------------|-------||
|------------|-3--------|------------|-2----o||
|---------3--|----------|---------2--|------o||
|-1----------|----------|-0----------|-------||
G Fmaj7+11
H. Q W H. Q W
||-------------|----------|------------|------|
||o------------|-5--------|------------|-3----|
||o---------5--|----------|---------3--|------|
||--3----------|----------|-1----------|------|
Emadd9 Dsus2
H. Q W H. Q W
|------------|----------|------------|-7-----||
|------------|-2--------|---------7--|------o||
|---------2--|----------|-5----------|------o||
|-0----------|----------|------------|-------||
Emadd9 Fmaj7+11
H. Q W H. Q W
|------------|----------|------------|------|
|------------|-2--------|------------|-3----|
|---------2--|----------|---------3--|------|
|-0----------|----------|-1----------|------|
Emadd9 Amadd9
H. Q W H. Q W
|------------|----------|------------|-2----|
|------------|-2--------|---------2--|------|
|---------2--|----------|-0----------|------|
|-0----------|----------|------------|------|
Emadd9 Cmaj7
H. Q W H. Q W
|------------|----------|------------|-5----|
|------------|-2--------|---------5--|------|
|---------2--|----------|-3----------|------|
|-0----------|----------|------------|------|
Fmaj7+11 Emadd9
H. Q W H. Q W
|------------|----------|------------|------*|
|------------|-3--------|------------|-2----*|
|---------3--|----------|---------2--|------*|
|-1----------|----------|-0----------|------*|Duration Legend
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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
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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
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - 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
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| - 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 16th
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