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10 Steve Vai Style Licks
Transcription by Olivier Vieser : vieser@bluewin.ch
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STEVE VAI STYLE LICKS – Runs, Tappings and Arpeggios
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Tabbed by: Olivier Vieser
Email: vieser@bluewin.ch
Lick 1 (Down-Arpeggio)
e|-20-17----------------------12—15-\--10-7-------------------------------|
B|-------18----------------13---------------8-----------------------------|
G|----------19---------14---------------------9---9--\-2------------------|
D|-------------17-\-12--------------------------7-------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lick 2 (Up-Arpeggio)
e|-------5-7-/-9-7-----------------9-/-15-12------------------------------|
B|-----6-----------8------------10-----------13---------------------------|
G|---7---------------9-------11-----------------14------------------------|
D|-5-------------------7-/-9-----------------------12---------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lick 3 (Up-Run)
e|----------------------15------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------13-------13---------------------------------------------|
G|----------12-------12---------------------------------------------------|
D|---10--------10---------------------------------------------------------|
A|------10----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-8----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lick 4 (Down-Run)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-14-12-11----11-------14-\-7-5-4---4------------------------------------|
D|----------14----14-12------------7---7-5-/-7----------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lick 5 (Chromatic Down-Run)
e|-12-10-9----9-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------12---12-10-9-/-15-13-12----12----------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------14----14-12-11-/-12-10-9----9----------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------12---12-10-9-/|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-15-13-12----12---------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------15----15-13-12---12-10-9----9---------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------12---12-10-9-/-12--------------------|
Lick 6 (Tapping-Run)
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e|-5-7-20-7-20-7-5--------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------5-7-20-7-20-7-5---------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------5-7-19-7-19-7-5-----------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------5-7-19-7-19-7-5-------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-5-7-20-7-20-7-5-\-3----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------5--------------------------------------------------|
Lick 7 (Tapping-Run)
e|-15-13-12-10-------------15-13-12-10-------------15-13-12-10------------|
B|-------------15-13-12-10-------------15-13-12-10------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------15-13-12-10------------------------------------|
B|-15-13-12-10-------------------------15-13-12-10------------------------|
G|-------------14-12-10----------------------------14-12-10---------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------12------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lick 8 (Chromatic-Lick)
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-13-12----------12-13-12---------------------------------------------|
G|----------15-14-15----------15-14-15----etc.----------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lick 9 (Arpeggio,Up-Run)
e|---------------4-7-/-12-9-11--------------------------------------------|
B|-----------5-7---------------12-----------------------------------------|
G|-------4-6----------------------11-9-\-8-9-8----------9-----------------|
D|-4-/-6---------------------------------------9--------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------9-/-11-------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Lick 10 (Arpeggio-Line)
e|-15-14--------------------------------------------------------12-14-16--|
B|-------15-----------------------------------------7-9-/-12-14-----------|
G|----------14-12-11-12-11------------------4-7-/-9-----------------------|
D|-------------------------12-------------6-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------12-10-9-\-7---------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-14---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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