Caravan Tab by Ventures


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From: Kevin Gardner 
To: OLGA submision 
Subject: TAB: "Caravan" by "The Ventures"

Caravan

by the Ventures
written bu Duke Ellington
from the album, "Walk Don't Run"
transcribed by Kevin Gardner (code@wam.umd.edu)

notes on this recording
This is a transcription on the version of Caravan found on their
first LP, "Walk Don't Run." It varries in many ways from the live in
Japan '65 version, namely:
#1 It has a tonality of B, the live version has a tonality of E
#2 It features slower, less agressive playing tahn Japan '65
#3 It features an intro and a clossing section that is not on Japan '65
#4 It fetures a lower octave melody section

The song arangement:
the intro guitar lines are double stops using parralell 4ths
the main theme is played twice
theme #2 is played once
then the main theme is repeated with a varriation at the end of each bar
after a four note low octave run the main theme is played an octave lower
with varriations
and finally there is an outro, which is a varraition in the intro

tab ledgend
\=slide
h=hammer on
p=pull off
b=bend 1/2 step
B=bend full step

into
--12-10-7--|--\7-\7-7-5-3-0--|----------------|
--12-10-7--|--\7-\7-7-5-3-0--|--3---3--3---3--|
-----------|-----------------|----4------4----|
-----------|-----------------|----------------|
-----------|-----------------|----------------|
-----------|-----------------|----------------|

main theme
------------------------------11-----------------|
--11h12p11-12--13-12----10-12--------10-10--9/10-|
---------------------11----------11--11-11-10/11-|
-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------------|

-------------------------------------------|
-12-12h13-12-13--12-10----10--10-10--9/10--|
-----------------------11-----11-11-10/11--|
-------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|
-------------------------------------------|

--------------------------|
-11b-10-9-8-7-6-5---3---3-|
----------------------4---|
--------------------------|
--------------------------|
--------------------------|
end of main theme

REPEAT MAIN THEME

theme #2
----12----------------|----------7-----------|
-------14-12----------|-5-5-7-5----7-5-------|
-------------11-11-11-|----------------4-4-4-|
-14-------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|

-10--10-------------|---------------------------------------------------|
-10-----12-10-------|----------12-13p12--12-13p12--12-12-12--13-12--12/-|
-11-----------9-9-9-|-7-7-9-7-------------------------------------------|
-12-----------------|---------------------------------------------------|
-12-----------------|---------------------------------------------------|
-10-----------------|---------------------------------------------------|
end of theme #2

main theme varriation
-----------------------11----|-11/14-14/11-|
--0/12--13-12----10-12-------|--play-------|
--------------11----------11-|--these------|
-----------------------------|--slides-----|
-----------------------------|--four-------|
-----------------------------|--times------|


---------------------------|-11/14-14/11-|----------------------|----------|
--12--13-12-13-12-10----10-|--play-------|--12-11--10-9-8-7-6-5-|-3-2-3----|
---------------------11----|--these------|----------------------|-------4/-|
---------------------------|--slides-----|----------------------|----------|
---------------------------|--four-------|----------------------|----------|
---------------------------|--times------|----------------------|----------|
end of main theme varriation

main theme ovtave section
----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|
------1-4-------1-4-------1-4-------1-4-|
-2--2------2--2------2--2------2--2-----|
----------------------------------------|

----------------------------|
----------------------------|
----------------------------|
------------1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|
-2--3-----2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-|
------2-5-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|

--------------------------------------------------|
--------------------------------------------3---3-|
----------------------------------------------4---|
---------------1-1-1-1-1-1------------------------|
-2-3-2-3-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2--2-1-0-----------------|
-----------5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------4-3-2-1-0-------|

outro
--12-10-7--|--\7-\7-7-5-3-0--|-------------|
--12-10-7--|--\7-\7-7-5-3-0--|--3---3/2----|
-----------|-----------------|----4-0------|
-----------|-----------------|--repeat-----|
-----------|-----------------|--three------|
-----------|-----------------|--times------|

------------------|
------------------|
------------------|
------------------|
-2-1-0------------|
-------4-3-2-1-0--|