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From: winston campbell
Subject: BEHIND MY CAMEL by The Police
Behind My Camel
(music by Andy Summers)
This instrumental is off of the Police album -Zenyatta Mondatta-. I think
this song won a grammy award for an instrumental category but I am not too
sure. I do not know what guitar modes or pedals Summers used to get that
eerie guitar sound but it sure sounds cool. Anyway, the major riffs (the
only riffs) are:
(oh yeah, you have to drop the lower E string to D, hence drop D-tuning)
E —————|—————|-10—————-|—————|
B —–7h8——-|—–7h8——-|—–12————|—–7h8——-|
G -5-8———–|-5-8———–|——————-|-5-8———–|
D —————|—————|——————-|—————|
A —————|—————|——————-|—————|
D —————|—————|———12–0—–|—————|
E —————|-10—————-|—————|—————|
B —–7h8——-|—–12————|—————|—–7h8——-|
G -5-8———–|——————-|—————|-5-8———–|
D —————|——————-|—————|—————|
A —————|——————-|—————|—————|
D —————|———12–0—–|-5————-|—————|
E —————|-10—————-|—————|—————|
B —–7h8——-|—–12————|—————|—————|
G -5-8———–|——————-|—————|—————|
D —————|——————-|—————|—————|
A —————|——————-|—————|-3————-|
D —————|———12–0—–|-5————-|—————|
and so on…
You should make sure that each note is lengthened (I think that is called
tremolo)
The bass notes are just C to D, then G. I am guessing that the chords (if
there is a keyboard playing throughout the song, and I am pretty
sure there is) are Cm to Dm to Gm. And that is it.
