Here is my transcription of a song off of Seasons End...it's in 3/4 time.
(Rhythm 1) -arpeggio-
E---------3----------2-(3)-2-----------0-----------0-----
B-----------3----------------3-----------0-----------1---
G-------------0----2-----------2-----------0-----0-----0-
D-------0--------0-------------------2---------2--------- repeat 4x
A-----2----------------------------2---------3-----------
E---3----------------------------0-----------------------
(Chorus)
E---------2-----------3------------3-----------0-----------------------0------
B-------3---3-----------1------------1-----------0---------3-------------1----
G-----2-------2-----0-----0------2-----2-----------0---------2-------0-----2--
D---0-------------2-----------2--------------2-----------0-----0---2----------
A---------------3-----------0--------------2-----------0---------3------------
E----------------------------------------0-----------2------------------------
E---------0-----------3------I-------2-(3)-2-----------3-----------3----------
B-----------3-----------3----I-----3---------3-----------1-----------1--------
G-------------0-----------0--I---2-------------2-----0-----0-----2-----2------
D-------0-----------0--------I-0-------------------2-----------2--------------
A-----2-----------2----------I-------------------3-----------0-------------2--
E---3-----------3------------I-------------------------------------------0----
(post-chorus...)
E-----0-----------------------0------II-------3-----------2-----------0-------
B-------0---------3-------------1----II-----3---3-------3---3-------3---3-----
G---------0---------2-------0-----0--II---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---
D---2-----------0-----0---2----------II-0-----------0-----------0-----------0-
A-------------0---------3------------II---------------------------------------
E-----------2------------------------II---------------------------------------
E-------2-------
B-----3---3-----
G---2-------2--- repeat this figure 1x,
D-------------0- then repeat Rhythm 1
A---------------
E---------------
(Rhythm 2) -strum-
E----2----I----3----I----2----I----3----II
B----3----I----3----I----3----I----3----II
G----2----I----0----I----4----I----0----II etc...repeat 4x,
D----0----I----2----I----4----I----2----II then for duration of solo...
A---(0)---I----2----I----2----I----3----II
E---------I----0----I---------I---------II
Anyway, this is most of the rhythm guitar...you should be able to
figure out the rest by listening to it. If I get enough requests, I'll
Rothery's ability to make his guitar sing (in much the same manner he does
in "Kayleigh"), and is a wonderful exercise in melodic playing!
Also, if anyone is a Marillion freak, perhaps you'd interested in the
Rhythm 1 of "The King of Sunset Town" which goes like this...
E---------0-----------0-----------0-------
B-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1-----
G-----3-------3---3-------3---3-------3---
D---3-----------2-----------0-----------2- etc.
A-----------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------
Perhaps more from this album and their others later!
Later much!
Brandon
EASTER (solo) by Marillion (an interpretation)
Here's the way I play it on my six-string, standard tuning, no capo.
Lots of bends, vibrato, and harmonics - fierce emotion. Arguably
Steve's most powerful solo (it's my favorite anyway).
~ - vibrato (finger or whammy -whatever fits)
p - pull off
h - hammer on
r - release bend
s - slide /s - slide from infinity
b(n) - bend to pitch of fret (n)
Guitar Solo - beginning at about 2:29
|--------------------------------------------------------------14-15~-
|-12~-10~-10s12------------------------------------------17~-17-------
|--------------11~-11s12-11-----7s9~-11p9--12p9--/s16~p14-------------
|--------------------------12~-9--------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
---14-15-15b(17)~--14-15-17b(19)~-------------14h15p14h15p14--------
-17-------------------------------15~--15s17~----------------15-----
-------------------------------------16-----------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------15-15b(17)~-15b(17)~
-14s12s11-12~-11--------(11)s12~-11~-------16-14--------------------
----------------12-9-12-------------12~--14-------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-19b(20)-19~-------------19b(20)-19~--------------------20----------
-------------19-16h19p16------------19-16-19b(20)~--19~----19b(20)~-
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-14h15p14---------14h15p14h15p14------17b(19)~--17b(19)~--17~-------
---------15---------------------15----------------------------------
-----------14s16~-----------------14--------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
-14h15p14h15p14--------------14h15p14h15p14----17b(19)~-17b(19)~-17~
---------------15--------------------------15-----------------------
-----------------14s16h19p16~----------------14---------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------------
3:41
----------------------------------------------------------?---------
---------------------------------------------------------?-?--------
-(11)s12~-11--12--9--7--7~--5--4--4h5p4h5p4--2--4~------?---?-------
-------------------------------------------------------?-----?------
------------------------------------------------------?-------?-----
-----------------------------------------------------?---------?----
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------17~--15-----15--------17--15--------------------------------|
-12~s16---------14~---16~--16--------14~--12~-----------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Could somebody PLEASE decode the 'mystery' lick at 3:41? It sounds
like sweep picking. I've tried listening at half speed, but I just
can't figure it out. This has eluded me for years...
Nebraska?
P.S. Please permit me to include the following response that I received
after I first
posted this tab...
Message-ID:
This is what I play (well, try to play, and fail!). It's not quite
right but it's a start... Maybe someone else can improve on it...
-----------------12h14h15p14p12----------------------------------
---------12h13h15--------------15p13p12--------------------------
----12---------------------------------12------------------------
------------------------------------------14---------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------
(You can see it on the Easter video, on the 6 of 1... compilation.)
By the way, I think Steve starts the solo on the 7th fret of the top E
string and works up from there. I'm sure you've got the notes right,
but it might make a difference to the tone. Also, at the end, it
sounds to me like he somehow takes that final note up an octave as it
fades. I can only guess he uses a harmonic...
(I play:)
(touch for harmonic)
(top E) --12---10---5------3-------(15)---
... but then again it sounds like it happens too gradually to be a
harmonic like that. Any ideas?
Dan
--
Thanks Dan!
Nebraska?