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- Newsgroups: rec.music.phish
- Path: sparky!uunet!microsoft!hexnut!ericbe
- From: ericbe@microsoft.com (Eric Berman)
- Subject: How to play the solo to "Foam"
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.180118.15954@microsoft.com>
- Date: 28 Dec 92 18:01:18 GMT
- Organization: Microsoft Corp.
- Lines: 227
-
- Hi, All.
-
- Thought I'd take this time when the traffic is low to wish you all a happy
- holiday season and to share with my fellow guitar players a bit o' playing
- wisdom I've acquired. If you don't play guitar, skip this message now.
-
- Anyhow, Foam is a fairly straighforward solo to play, but it's a lot of fun
- nevertheless. The chord progression has been posted previously, but the solo
- works very directly from the chords: if you look at the notes of the solo,
- it's really just arpeggiations that outline the chord changes. The beauty
- of the solo (IMHO) is how each chord leads into the next, and how the solo
- anticipates the chord change in such a natural way.
-
- Anyhow, enough of the theoretical BS.
-
- By the way: O' Keeper of the Chord file, please add this to the helping
- phriendly chord book.
-
- (Oh, yeah, while I'm at it: I saw a Man Called Horse the other night. The
- Oh Kee Pah ceremony looks pretty gruesome!)
-
- Here's the solo to Foam by Trey Anastasio and Phish:
- ----------------------------------------------------
- Notation conventions:
- (Note: I've changed my Bend notation)
-
- 1
- / Strike the string and bend it at the same time by the amount shown.
- Bend the string until the note changes by the specified number of steps.
- For example, if you see this over a note on the 3rd fret of the E
- string (a G), this sounds as an A (otherwise played 2 frets higher).
- A bend of 1 is the same as a single fret (half step on the piano)
-
- ---+ A note that is held until the plus sign. Usually for when you bend a
- string and hold it while playing other notes. This is drawn over the
- tab and may be broken across lines.
-
- \--/ Drawn under the tab and possibly broken across lines, this indicates
- a tie. Mostly, this is used when you strike a string and then bend it
- to another note to indicate that you don't pick a second time.
-
- (10) Implied note on the indicated fret (10, in this case). This note is not
- plucked, but usually occurs when you release a bent string but still
- let the note ring.
-
- ~ Tremallo (wiggle finger up and down or back and forth)
-
- /S Slide up to note
-
- \S Slide down to note
-
- H Hammer on: hit the specified fret with a finger, but don't pick.
-
- P Pull off: put your finger on the fret at the specified location before
- pulling off another finger from another fret. Don't pick.
-
- v Down pick
-
- ^ Up pick
-
- x Mute string
-
- o Harmonic
-
- | Downbeat marker. I use this because tab does next to nothing to
- convey timing information. When in doubt, listen to the recording.
-
- 3 Specified note is part of a triplet
-
-
- Solo to "Foam" by Trey Anastasio and Phish
-
- Chrds:C A/C# G/D
- /S /S /S
- E|---|-----8-10-12-----12-10-|-9--------------|-----7---10---7---|
- B|---|---8-------------------|---10-----------|---8---8----8---8-|
- G|-8-|-9---------------------|------9-----9-8-|-7----------------|
- D|---|-----------------------|----------------|------------------|
- A|---|-----------------------|----------------|------------------|
- E|---|-----------------------|----------------|------------------|
-
-
- Eb+ C/E F
-
- E|-11------------|-12----10----------12---|-13----12----10----13----|
- B|----8----10-10-|----10----10-13-10----10|----10----10----10----10-|
- G|---------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
- D|---------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
- A|---------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
- E|---------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
-
- D/F# G
-
- E|-14----12----10----14----|-15----14----12----15----|
- B|----10----10----10----10-|----12----12----12----12-|
- G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
- D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
- A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
- E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-
- E/G# Am BbMaj7
- /S
- E|-16----14----12----16-|-17-17------------|----------------15-16-|
- B|----12----12----12----|---------18-17----|----------15-18-------|
- G|----------------------|------17-------15-|-15-14-15-------------|
- D|----------------------|------------------|----------------------|
- A|----------------------|------------------|----------------------|
- E|----------------------|------------------|----------------------|
-
- Am Ab C/G
-
- E|-17-17-17--------|-16-15-------------------|-------------------------|
- B|----------17-----|-------16----------------|-------------------------|
- G|-------------14--|------------13-12--------|-------------------------|
- D|-----------------|------------------13-----|----14-17-16-15-14-------|
- A|-----------------|----------------------15-|-15----------------15-16-|
- E|-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
- \-----/
- D/F# F
- /S
- E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
- B|-------------15----------|-------------------------|
- G|-------14-16----16-14----|----14-17-16-15-14-------|
- D|----16----------------14-|-15----------------15-16-|
- A|-17----------------------|-------------------------|
- E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-
- G C
-
- E|----------15-------------|-------------------------|
- B|-------15----17-16-15----|----20-19-18-17----------|
- G|----16----------------18-|-17-------------17-16-15-|
- D|-17----------------------|-------------------------|
- A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
- E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
-
- A/C# G Eb+
- /S
- E|-------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
- B|----17-16-15-14----------|----------14-15-|-16------------12----12-|
- G|-14----------------14-15-|-16-16-16-------|----16---11-12----13----|
- D|----------------14-------|----------------|------------------------|
- A|-------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
- E|-------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
- -----------+
-
-
- C/E F D/F#
- /S
- E|--------------|-------------|-------------------------|
- B|-------12-----|----13----13-|----12----12----12----12-|
- G|-14-------14--|-14----14----|-14----13----12----11----|
- D|----14--------|-------------|-------------------------|
- A|--------------|-------------|-------------------------|
- E|--------------|-------------|-------------------------|
- -------+
-
- G E/G# Am BbMaj7
- /S \S
- E|---------------|-----------|-----19-17-17-|-18-------20-17-----|
- B|------15-17-15-|-17-----17-|-17-----------|-------18-----------|
- G|-12---12-14-12-|-13--16----|-14-----------|----19-----------16-|
- D|---------------|-----------|--------------|--------------------|
- A|---------------|-----------|--------------|--------------------|
- --------18-|-17-17----17------|
- A|--------------------|-------------------|------------------|
- E|--------------------|-------------------|------------------|
-
- D/F# F G
-
- E|-------14----14-|-------13----13-|----12----11----12----11-|
- B|----------------|----------------|-------------------------|
- G|----------------|----------------|-------------------------|
- D|-16-16----16----|-15-15----15----|-14----13----12----11----|
- A|----------------|----------------|-------------------------|
- E|----------------|----------------|-------------------------|
-
- (Notice: the rest of the solo is simply octaves on the bass note of
- the chord. Kind of makes it simple. My notes are only approximate;
- the fingerings/frets should be right, but listen to the song to get
- the exact feel)
- C A/C# G Eb+#
-
- E|--------8----8--|-------9-----9--|-------10----10-|------11-----11-|
- B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- D|-10-10----10----|-11-11----11----|-12-12----12----|-13-13----13----|
- A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
-
- C/E F D/F# G
-
- E|-------12----12-|-------13----13-|-------14----14-|------15-----15-|
- B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- D|-14-14----14----|-15-15----15----|-16-16----16----|-17-17----17----|
- A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
-
- E/G# Am BbMaj7 Am
-
- E|-------16----16-|-------17----17-|-------18----18-|------17-----17-|
- B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- D|-18-18----18----|-19-19----19----|-20-20----20----|-19-19----19----|
- A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
-
- Ab C/G D/F# F
-
- E|-------16----16-|-------15----15-|-------14----14-|------13-----13-|
- B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- D|-18-18----18----|-17-17----17----|-16-16----16----|-15-15----15----|
- A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
- E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
-
-
- G
-
- E|-15-|
- B|----|
- G|----|
- D|-17-|
- A|----|
- E|----|
-
-