STANDARD TUNING: E, A, D, G, B, E. V.H. STOMPIN 8H V.H. ON S.N.L. IN 1987 Intro Key of: E (022100@1)Ok for those of you who don't know what this is. Its an improv jam that V.H. did with the Saturday night Live band back in 87. V.H. is using a Digital delay, reverb, and a Harmonizer in this piece. However, you will not need the harmonizer. If you set up the delay the way I suggest. If you have a harmonizer you can use it. You want a doubling effect. Either way its not a necessity. NOTE ON TUNING: Here is the deal with the tuning on this. For those of you who have the video Ed is tuned to a standard tuning. My transcription for this was done with my guitar tuned flat. In most cases you won't need to transpose any notes because its in the key of E and that's where I transcribed it. The main chord pattern is an E to an A. My suggestion is rather than worry about the tunings and stuff like that, you use this as a lesson on Ed's improv soloing. Take away some of the tricks and riffs and use them in your own playing or to add ideas to your soloing. If you want to play along with the video great. But, most of you out there don't have this video. So, think of this a great big lesson on Eddie V.H.. Delay trick opening: With the volume knob all the way down. Sound the harmonic indicated. Then bring it down with the bar by reaching under your neck and using your left hand to bring the bar down. Then with your right hand slowly turn up the volume knob and bring the bar up at the same time and rate of speed. Slowly. Once the volume knob is up all the way, pull up on the bar a little. Repeat the process for the next measure as well. He does this two times in the opening to this jam. Your delay setting is 2.5 to 3 moderate repeats at 350 to 400 milliseconds. No more, no less. My guitar is tuned flat on the audio lesson, V.H. is standard tuning on SNL. Intro: Your delay setting is 2.5 to 3 moderate repeats at 350 to 400 milliseconds. No more, no less. My guitar is tuned flat on the audio lesson, V.H. is standard tuning on SNL. E_______________________________________________ B_______________________________________________ G_5h D_________________________________________________________ A_________________________________________________________ E__________________________________________________________ E__________________________________________________ B__________________________________________________ G___4^1_h(16)>>>slowly release this bend_______________ D__________________________________________________ A__________________________________________________ E__________________________________________________ Turn off the DELAY at this point. Now we get to some serious jammin'. I'm going to transcribe the leads V.H. is doing. Later there is a part where V.H. is jamming the main rhythm riff with G.E. Smith and the band. I will tab that when we get to it. Its a mean STOMPIN riff. Remember this is flat of Ed if you're in a standard tuning. Most of the notes will match up because I transcribed it in E but some may be a half step off. Delay off and here we go with V.H.'s leads. E____________________________________________________ B__17__20^1/2__17______20^1_20^1.5_20^2>>release bend quickly___ G________________19_________________________________ D___________________________________________________ A___________________________________________________ E___________________________________________________ This is a cool little speed picking section. Its pretty classic V.H.. You need to do this very very fast and its important to get the note on the 15th fret 3rd string in there. This is a scale V.H. loves. But, that note is key.. Otherwise it won't sound like V.H.. Adding in a flat 5 in a scale is something that really creates the V.H. sound on speed picking. In this case the key of E he does a Bb in the scale which is the flat 5. E__12_________________________________________ B______15^1~____12_14_12_15_12_14_12_____12___ G____________________________________15______ D____________________________________________ A____________________________________________ E____________________________________________ E_____________________________________ B__12_14_12_15_12_14_12_____12________ G_______________________15__________ D__________________________________ A___________________________________ E___________________________________ The ending to this speed picking thing, is this little riff. Kind of a broken hammer on feel. If you've never heard this before that's ok. You can use this scale to give you ideas for you own solos in the key of E. E_________________________________________________________ B________________________________________________________ G__11_14-12-11____11-12-11__14_11__12______________________ D_________________________________________7a.h ~_7a.h ~_____ A_______________________________________________________ E_______________________________________________________ Only pick the note in bold. E_______________________________________________________ B__20^1w.b_--17--20w.b_20^1w.b__>bring down slow__17_20__17~_____ G_________________________________________________ D_________________________________________________ A_________________________________________________ E_________________________________________________ No delay on this tap harmonic sequence but, you are alternating with bent notes and released bends to create a back and forth effect we did earlier. See audio lesson for help with all these tricks. E_____________________________________________________________ B_____________________________________________________________ G__7^1_h(10)>>release bend>>>__7_h(14^^)_7^1_h(12)>release bend>>_7_h(14^^)__ D____________________________________________________________ A____________________________________________________________ E____________________________________________________________ E__________________________________________________________ B__________________________________________________________ G__7^1_h(12)>release bend>>_7_h(14^^)_7^1_h(12)>release bend>>_7_h(14^^)__ D__________________________________________________________ A__________________________________________________________ E__________________________________________________________ E_____________________________________ B___________________________________ G__7^1_h(19)>release bend slowly and vibrato_______ D__________________________________ A___________________________________ E___________________________________ Big stretch hammer ons and pull offs here. E__7-10-12____________________________ B___________________________________ G_________________________________ D__________________________________ A___________________________________ E____________________________________ This section is all with the whammy and pull offs. E__12-10-7_>release_20__20^1_20^2~_____ G_________________________________ D__________________________________ A___________________________________ E____________________________________ Similar to the earlier section where we bent the note up and released the bend slowly while picking. E____________________________________________________ B__12^2.5_>>>>slowly pick releasing the bend pick 11 times release bend slowly______ G___________________________________________________ D___________________________________________________ A___________________________________________________ E___________________________________________________ Cool little scale down here. Its hard to hear on the video but this is what I heard and it seemed to work fairly well when I played along. E_____________________________________________________ B__10__12-10_____10____________________________________ G____________13_____13_10__12-10_____10________________ D________________________________12_____12_10__7~_____ A_____________________________________________________ E______________________________________________________ E_______12////_14////_15////_17////_19__22^1_____ B__15^1_________________________________ G_______________________________________ D_______________________________________ A_______________________________________ E_______________________________________ E__22^1_________________________________ B_______17_21_17__19^1>release_19__17^1_____ G_______________________________________ D_______________________________________ A_______________________________________ E_______________________________________ Rhythm section riff #1. V.H. joins in. This rhythm section is transcribed for a flat tuning. If you have a copy of this video and want to match Ed move this down 1/2 step. If you are in a flat tuning leave it where it is. And you'll match him perfectly. E_____________________________________ B__4^1/4______6______4__________________ G__4^1/4______6______4__________________ D________6______6______6_4_6_4_________ A______________________________________ E______________________________________ E___________________________________________ B__4^1/4______6________ 7__7__7_______________ G__4^1/4______6________ 6__6__6_______________ D________6______6_____4__4__4_______________ A_____________________4__4__4_>slowly release bend__20_20^1_~___________ G________________________________________________ D________________________________________________ A________________________________________________ E_________________________________________________ Only pick the notes in bold. The others are sounded by the bend itself. Really whine that last note, bend the hell out of it. E__________________________________ B__22_20__22^1_22_22^1.5_22_22^2_~_>release slightly_________________ G_________________________________ D__________________________________ A__________________________________ E__________________________________ Cool little tap sequence here. Gliss at the end and pull off to that last note. E__(18)-11-14_(16)-11-14_(18)-11-14_(16)-11-14__(18)---gliss----14~____ B___________________________________________________________ G___________________________________________________________ D___________________________________________________________ A___________________________________________________________ E___________________________________________________________ ///// mean to trem or speed pick the notes indicated. E______________10//_12////_14////_16////_17////_19////__20^1__ B__11-14_14^1/4_____________________________________ G_________________________________________________ D_________________________________________________ A_________________________________________________ E_________________________________________________ E__________________________________ B__20_22^1_19_20_20^1__19^1_~______ G_________________________________ D__________________________________ A___________________________________ E____________________________________ Rhythm break #2 Couple of cool V.H. fills here. E_____________________________________ B__4_____6________4__________________ G__4_____6________4__________________ D_____6_____6__4_____6_4_6_4_________ A___________________________________ E____________________________________ E_______________________________________ B__4_____6_____________ ___12h_w.b 2 hits____ G__4_____6____________12h_______________ D_____6_____6____12h____________________ A_______________________________________ E_______________________________________ For this trick. Dive bomb the open 3rd string. Then as you bring the bar back up hover your finger over the fret to sound a harmonic and bring that up with the string. E___________________________________________________________________ B__4_____6________4_________________________________________________ G__4_____6________4_____________0>>>dive_5h w.b_____5^1a.h scream>>whammy it._ D_____6_____6__4_____5----12---9_______________________________________ A___________________________________________________________________ E___________________________________________________________________ I did not tab out this whole 2nd rhythm section just these couple cool parts. From here go back and jam the 1st rhythm section from earlier with the chord hits. V.H. throws in a few screams off the 4th fret 3rd string bent up one step and add in some whammy bar to it. Ending leads. Outro. Band stops, its just Ed. E__________________________________ B__________________________________ G__6^1_(13)-6^1>>>slowly release bend.________ D__________________________________ A___________________________________ E____________________________________ This ending section is tapping from hell. Its great stuff. I will help you with this on the audio lesson. E__(19)-16_(19)-16-14-12__(19)-16_(19)-16-14-12___ B__________________________________________ G__________________________________________ D__________________________________________ A__________________________________________ E__________________________________________ E_____________________________________ B__(19)-16_(19)-16-14-12_________________ G_______________________(19)-13~_______ D_____________________________________ A_____________________________________ E_____________________________________ E____________(21)-16-19____________(21)-16-19____________(21)---gliss_-19__ B__(21)-16-19____________(21)-16-19____________(21)-16-19____________----__ G_________________________________________________________________ D_________________________________________________________________ A_________________________________________________________________ E_________________________________________________________________ E________17////_18////_19////_20////_21//__22^1>>release bend slowly_ B__19^1___________________________________________ G________________________________________________ D________________________________________________ A________________________________________________ E________________________________________________ Nice an easy with these. In a half time feel. E__________________________________________________ B__4____6____9___10___11_____19^1>>release bend quickly_19__ G__6^1__8^1__11^1_12^1_13^1_________________________ D_________________________________________________ A_________________________________________________ E_________________________________________________ Crazy little capo with the right hand trick here. Something Ed took from the Steve Vai school of crazy guitar endings. You're going to make a capo with your right hand by barring it across all the strings on the fret indicated. Then do the pull offs and hammer ons. Your right hand will act like a capo and allow open strings to be where the bar is instead of open. This opens up some weird pull offs and huge scale downs. The right hand capo notes are the notes in parenthesis on the 12th fret. E__(12)____________19-16-12_____________________________________ B__(12)___19-16-12___________19-16-12_19-16-12_19-16-12_19-16-12____ G__(12)________________________________________________________ D__(12)________________________________________________________ A_____________________________________________________________ E_____________________________________________________________ E__(12)_______________________________________________ B__(12)____________________________19-16-12____________ G__(12)___19-16-12_19-16-12_19-16-12__________19-16-12____ D__(12)________________________________________________ A_____________________________________________________ E_____________________________________________________ E___________________________________ B___________________________________ G__19^1__16__19^1___________________ D__________________________________ A___________________________________ E____________________________________ Final ending is just this harmonic whammied and drawn out. Classic V.H. Live ending type thing. E________________________________________________________________ B________________________________________________________________ G__5h __with whammy bring this harmonic down and back up a couple times__ D_________________________________________________________________ A_________________________________________________________________ E_________________________________________________________________