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The Disco Biscuits - Spacebirdmatingcall (live)
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Tuning: E Standard
This song is in A Mixolydian. Barber usually starts off jamming around an A octave
with some other notes in the scale. At Camp Bisco VII 7-18-08 it goes something like
this...
e|--------------------------------------|
B|------10---8-10-----------10---8-10---|
G|----------------9-------------------9-|
D|-7--7--------------7-777--------------|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
Make sure to palm mute the low A note and give a light palm mute on all the
higher notes. After a short intro jam around those notes there will be a
transition into the verse that alternates Amaj and Gmaj
A G A G A
e|-5---3---5---3---5--|
B|-5---3---5---3---5--|
G|-6---4---6---4---6--|
D|-7---5---7---5---7--|
A|-7---5---7---5---7--|
E|--------------------|
Here are the arpeggios for the verse; feel free to play with the voicings of
the chords but the ones I give are the closest I could get to what Barber plays.
Make sure to slightly rake the notes on the first downstrum of each chord.
A D
e|--5------5------5------5----|--5------5------5------5----|
B|5--5---5--5---5--5---5--5---|7--7---7--7---7--7---7--7---|
G|6---6--6---6--6---6--6---6--|7---7--7---7--7---7--7---7--|
D|7------7------7------7------|7------7------7------7------|
A|7------7------7------7------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
C D
e|--8------8------8------8----|--5------5------5------5----|
B|8--8---8--8---8--8---8--8---|7--7---7--7---7--7---7--7---|
G|9---9--9---8--9---9--9---9--|7---7--7---7--7---7--7---7--|
D|10-----10-----10-----10-----|7------7------7------7------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
At the end of the chord progression do the Amaj Gmaj riff again and go back
to the verse
A G A G A
e|-5---3---5---3---5--|
B|-5---3---5---3---5--|
G|-6---4---6---4---6--|
D|-7---5---7---5---7--|
A|-7---5---7---5---7--|
E|--------------------|
After a verse or two will be Magner's little keyboard lead. Keep the same
chord progression as the verse, but do more strumming than arpeggios. After
that Magner usually has a little breakdown and Barber takes a backseat until
the verse arpeggios come back in again.
After this verse Barber has his epic face melting Spacebirdmatingcall lead riff
Quick slide Stacatto
to 12 these notes
e|-----9h10-|10/12~--10-12-10-12-9~---------9h10-|10/12~--10-12----10-----------10-12-|
B|8h10------|--------------------------8h10------|--------------10----12~----12-------|
G|----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
A|----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|----------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e|14~--12--14~--12-14----14---|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-------15-----------15------|17~---15h17p15-17~----------17p15--15--17~-----|
G|-------------------------14-|----------------------14h16------16------------|
D|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
Barber usually plays that twice before they start kicking out a jam in the same key. It usually
starts off around the first riff I listed and goes from there. Happy jamming hope you have fun
playing the song!