Key:
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| h = hammer-on |
| p = pull-off |
| b = bend |
| r = release bend |
| xby = bend up from x to y |
| yrx = release bend from y to x |
| / = slide up |
| \ = slide down |
| x/y = slide up from x to y |
| y\x = slide down from y to x |
| x\\ = slide right down |
| x// = slide right up |
| ~ = vibrato |
| Pm... = palm mute (right hand) |
| () = notes in brackets are considerably less audible |
| v = down-stroke |
| ^ = up-stroke |
| “ = very fast repeated up and down strokes |
| FT = finger-tapping |
| PT = picktapping (plectrum) |
| ¬ = whammy bar use (W = Excessive whammy bar use) |
| x¬y = whammy from x to y |
| * = hold note |
| H = harmonic |
| AH = artificial harmonic |
| NH = natural harmonic |
| V = violin effect (when playing a note, curl finger around volume |
| control and increase volume from quiet to loud) |
| < = volume swell (louder) |
| > = volume swell (softer) |
| = = hold bend/hammer-on/pull-off |
| x = dampen string (left hand) |
| NPU = Neck Pick-Ups (e.g.: /NPU\ = slide up to NPU and slide back down |
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Oriental Melody - Joe Satriani
Drop D tuning (DADGBE)
Guitar 1:
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-15--15--17--17---17-0-0--11--9-11-9-11--9-x-x-x-x--3-5-|
|--0---0---0-----0--0-0-0---0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-5/6--5--5p3-5-----/9--10--\5--5---5-x-|
|-0----0--0p0-0-0-0--0---0--------0-0-x-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-15--15--17--17---17-0-0--11--9-11-9-11--9-x-x-x-x--3-5-|
|--0---0---0-----0--0-0-0---0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-5/6--5--5p3-5-----/9--10--\5----------|
|-0----0--0p0-0-0-0--0---0--------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-15--15--17--17---17-0-0--11--9-11-9-11--9-x-x-x-x--3-5-|
|--0---0---0-----0--0-0-0---0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-5/6--5--5p3-5-----/9--10--\5--5---5-x-|
|-0----0--0p0-0-0-0--0---0--------0-0-x-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-15--15--17--17---17-0-0--11--9-11-9-11--9-x-x-x-x--3-5-|
|--0---0---0-----0--0-0-0---0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-5/6--5--5p3-5-----/9--10--\5----------|
|-0----0--0p0-0-0-0--0---0--------------|
Guitar 2 (With delay):
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-5-5-5-5p3p0-3-5b-3--------------3-5-5-5-5p3p0-(0)---------------|
|----------------------------------------------------5p3-5----------|
|------------------------0---0--0------------------------------0----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3h5-5-5-5p3p0-0-3p0-3/5-\3b-----------3-5-5-5-5p3p0-(0)------|
|--------------------------------------------------------5p3-5-|
|-------------------------------0---0--------------------------|
Guitar 1: AH
|-17h18p17-18p17-15~-15h17p15--14~------14-15-17--17--17/=20-18~-17==h18=p17--15~-|
|----------------------------------15-16------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 2:
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------AH-------------------------------------------------|
|-7=h8=p7-8=p7--5~---7=h8=p7-5--4~----4-5-7--7---7/10----8~----7=h8=p7h-8p=7--5~--|
|---------------------------------5-6---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-17p15--14-------14h15-17--17/20--20b22--20b22-20-|
|------------15h16---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-7-5\4----------4-5-7--7/10----12--12--12---------|
|--------6~--5h6-----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------0/-12\\-|
(End delay)
Guitar 3:
|--------------18b20===r18-17-15--17----15=\10-----------------------13h15-|
|---------------------------------------------------------13-13=/15--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Guitar 2:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------5--x-5--x--4~---x-x--4=\2-0--/5----x--x--5-x--5/7-x-|
|-x--x-x-x-x-x-x---x-------------------------------------------------------|
|-x--x-x-x-x-x-x---x-------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--x-x-x-x-x-x---x-------------------------------------------------------|
PM.
|---15==p13---------------18b20==r18-17-15--17----15=\10-|
|-----------15====\13------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-5\4---------------------/5--x-5-x-/4--x--x-2/4\2-0--/5-|
|-------0h3p0-3/5-5\3-0----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-18b20==r18-17-15-17=b18r17=(17)b18r17=(17)b18r17=(17)b18r17-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-x-5-x--5---5/7--x-5/7*~-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 3:
|------------------------16-14=h16-14=h16-16b17-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 4 (synthesiser):
|-20------22-------------16-14=h16-14=h16--14------------|
|--------------------------------------------------13-15-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 1:
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-15--15--17--17---17-0-0--11--9-11-9-11--9-x-x-x-x--3-5-|
|--0---0---0-----0--0-0-0---0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|
Guitar 4:
|---------------------------------------|
|-16-15==h16p15p13-15--19-20-15---------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 1:
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-5/6--5--5p3-5-----/9--10--\5--5---5-x-|
|-0----0--0p0-0-0-0--0---0--------0-0-x-|
|-20------22-------------16-14=h16-14=h16--17------------|
|------------------------------------------19------13-15-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-15--15--17--17---17-0-0--11--9-11-9-11--9-x-x-x-x--3-5-|
|--0---0---0-----0--0-0-0---0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|---------------------------------------|
|16-15==h16p15p13-15--19-20-15----------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-5/6--5--5p3-5-----/9--10--\5--5---5-x-|
|-0----0--0p0-0-0-0--0---0--------0-0-x-|
Solo:
Guitar 2:
|----------------------------------------------|
|--------------15b16==========r15-13h15--------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-12/10-13-------------------------------------|
|-12/10-13-------------------------------------|
|-12/10----------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 5:
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--------6p3-3-36p3-3-36=p3-6p3-3-36p3-3-36=p3-|
|----------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/j/joe-satriani/54114.html ]
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|----11--11--11--11--11---------6~-6~6~6=\4---4~-4~----6\4~-|
|-/12--12--12--12--12----12=\8--------------5---------------|
|---------------------------------------------------5/7-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|------6p3--3-3-6p3--3-3-6=p3--6p3--3-3-6p3--3-3-6=p3-------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-3---------------------------------------------------8-|
|-----3b4r3-1----1-3p1-1/8-8-8-8\--1----1-3p1~--1~------8-|
|--------------3-------3/9-9-9-9\-----3-------------/10---|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6p3--3-3-6p3--3-3-6=p3--6p3--3-3-6p3--3-3-6=p3------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------8-11=p8-11=p8----------------------------------------|
|-------8-11--------------11b13-11-8-11b====11.5=12=12.5=13--11\-|
|-10b12----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------6p3--3-3-6p3--3-3-6=p3--6p3--3-3-6p3--3-3-6=p3---------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------10-15b17r16===16==16r=15.5=15.5=r15=p13-------------------------|
|-15b18r15-13~13~13~\---10---------------------------------------15=b18-13h15-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------15=b18-------14--14\---|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----3p0-0-0-3p0-0-0-3=p0-3p0-0-0-3p0-0-0-6--5--3p0-0-0-3p0-0-0-3=p0-3p0-0-0-3p0-0-0----|
|---10------10-----10-----10-----10-----10-----10-----------10-|
|--10-10-----10-----10-----10-----10-----10-----10---------10--|
|-12---12h13--12h13--12h13--12h13--12h13--12h13--12h13-12b14---|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----6------5-----3p0-----0---0----3p0-----0----0----3=p0-----|
|----------10-----------10------------------15b17-13~-|
|-13p10---10-13p10----10-13p10--------------13b15-----|
|-----12b14-------12b14------12=b14=r12p10------------|
|-----------------------------------------12----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|--------3p0----0---0---3p0----0---0---6-----5--------|
|-10----------10--------------------------------------------------------||
|--13p10--------13p10---------------------------------------------------||
|-------12b14-------12=b14r12p10----10------------------W---------------||
|---------------------------------12---12~--10¬ ---- ¬ ---- ¬ ---- ¬0---||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----3p0---0--0--3p0---0--0--3=p0----3p0---0--0--3p0---0--0--6---5-----||
End solo.
Guitar 2:
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3-5-5-5-5p3p0-3-5b-3--------------3-5-5-5-5p3p0-0-----------------|
|----------------------------------------------------5p3-5----------|
|------------------------0---0--0------------------------------0----|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3h5-5-5-5p3p0-0-3p0-3/5-\3b-----------3-5-5-5-5p3p0(0)-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------5p3-5-|
|-------------------------------0---0--------------------------|
Guitar 3:
|----------------18b20===r18-17-15--17----15=\10---------------------13h15-|
|---------------------------------------------------------13-13=/15--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 2:
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------5--x-5--x--4~--x-x--4=\2-0--/5----x--x--5-x--5/7-x--|
|-x--x-x-x-x-x-x---x-------------------------------------------------------|
|-x--x-x-x-x-x-x---x-------------------------------------------------------|
|-0--x-x-x-x-x-x---x-------------------------------------------------------|
PM.
|---15==p13---------------18b20==r18-17-15--17----15=\10-|
|----------15=(15)=\13-----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-5\4---------------------/5--x-5-x-/4--x--x-2/4\2-0--/5-|
|-------0h3p0-3/5-5\3-0----------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-18b20==r18-17-15-17=b18r17=(17)b18r17=(17)b18r17=(17)b18r17-||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-x-5-x--5---5/7--x-5/7*~-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
Guitar 3:
|------------------------16-14=h16-14=h16-16b17-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 4 (synthesiser):
|-20------22-------------16-14=h16-14=h16--14------------|
|--------------------------------------------------13-15-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 1:
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-15--15--17--17---17-0-0--11--9-11-9-11--9-x-x-x-x--3-5-|
|--0---0---0-----0--0-0-0---0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|Guitar 4:
|---------------------------------------|
|16-15==h16p15p13-15--19-20-15----------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
|Guitar 1:
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-5/6--5--5p3-5-----/9--10--\5--5---5-x-|
|-0----0--0p0-0-0-0--0---0--------0-0-x-|
|-20------22-------------16-14=h16-14=h16--17------------|
|------------------------------------------19------13-15-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-15--15--17--17---17-0-0--11--9-11-9-11--9-x-x-x-x--3-5-|
|--0---0---0-----0--0-0-0---0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|---------------------------------------|
|16-15==h16p15p13-15--19-20-15----------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-5/6--5--5p3-5-----/9--10--\5--5---5-x-|
|-0----0--0p0-0-0-0--0---0--------0-0-x-|
|-20------22-------------16-14=h16-14=h16--17------------|
|------------------------------------------19------13-15-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|-15--15--17--17---17-0-0--11--9-11-9-11--9-x-x-x-x--3-5-|
|--0---0---0-----0--0-0-0---0--0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0--0-0-|
|---------------------------------------|
|16-15==h16p15p13-15--19-20-15----------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-5/6--5--5p3-5-----/9--10--\5--5---5-x-|
|-0----0--0p0-0-0-0--0---0--------0-0-x-|
|-20-----------22------------------------16-----14=h16-14=h16--------17-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------19-|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-15--15-15-15--17--17-17-17--17--17-17--17--17-17-17--17--17-17-17--17-|
|--0---0--0--0---0---0--0--0---0---0--0---0---0--0--0---0---0--0--0---0-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------13--15----16--15==h16p15p13--15---------19-------20-----15----------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-17-17--17--17-17-17--17--17-17-17--17--17-17--17--17-17-17--17--17-17--15--17-x-||
|--0--0---0---0--0--0---0---0--0--0---0---0--0---0---0--0--0---0---0--0---0---0-x-||
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