• Song:

    Mtv - Original Theme Song

  • Artist:

    Misc Television

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                             MTV - Original Theme Song
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This is the original MTV theme song!  It's pretty short since it was used between
videos as the Station ID - you may remember this classic MTV Moon clip...

YouTube link titled: "MTV Moon Landing": 
 
       https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=182oUgBfoLE

Tabbed by: Travis_Morgan                      Please RATE this TAB !  Thanks !
E-mail: Guitarguru@rockandrollmusicschool.com

Tuning: Standard

Performance Notes:  This is an Instrumental Theme Song for MTV (no lyrics).
There are 2 guitars, bass guitar, and drums on this track.  The primary guitar part is
tabbed as Guitar 1 (Tone: Distorted with some light Reverb), and occasionally a second guitar 
(Tone: a little Cleaner sounding) supplements the riff with a couple of "walking" lines.
The bass you can barely hear but is essentially just playing the root notes of what 
Guitar 1 is playing.   Enjoy !


Guitar 1   
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------x--||
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------x--||
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------x--||
D|---5---x-----------x-----------x----------x---5---x----------x---------------x--||
A|---3---x---5---5---x----8--8---x---8--8---x---3---x---5--5---x---8--8--7--8--x--||
E|-------x---3---3---x----6--6---x---6--6---x-------x---3--3---x---6--6--5--6--x--||


Guitar 1    (Modulate Riff - up a Whole Step)
e|----------------------------------x------------------||  "Modulate" = move musical section
B|-----------------slide------------x------------------||               higher or lower.
G|------------------down------------x------------------||   
D|--7---x----------x-\--------------x---------------x--||
A|--5---x---7--7---x-\-10-10-9-10---x---10-10-9-10--x--||
E|------x---5--5---x-\---8--8-7-8---x---8--8--7-8---x--||


Guitar 1   (Modulate back to original position)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|------------x-----------x----------x----------------5---x-----------x----------------x-||
A|----5---5---x----8--8---x---8--8---x----------------3---x---5---5---x--8--8--7--8----x-||
E|----3---3---x----6--6---x---6--6---x--------------------x---3---3---x--6--6--5--6----x-||
                                                                                         ||
Guitar 2                                                                                 ||
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
A|----------------------------------------------2----------------------------------------||
E|----------------------------------------3--5---------------------------------5--6--8---||
 

Guitar 1   (Modulate back up a Whole Step for the finale)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|------------------slide----------------------------------------------------||
G|------------------down-----------------------------------------------------||
D|---7---x----------x-\---------------x--------------------------------------||
A|---5---x---7--7---x-\-10-10--9-10---x--10-10--9-10-------------------------||
E|-------x---5--5---x-\--8--8--7--8---x---8--8--7--8-------------------------||




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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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