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Subject: TAB: Viv Woman/Steve Vai
After the overwhelming response (uhmmm, just 4 but that’s enough!), here is
what I figured out of Viv Woman, out of the Steve Vai Flex-able. I tried what I
could, but not having a W/B I’m afraid I could not get it all correctly
(especially the solo). Any feedback (suggestions, errors, appreciation, flames)
is highly welcome!
C. Tirabassi
email: [email protected]
or [email protected]
Some notes for the technically oriented:
On the intro I think Steve plays bended F# and not G# as I show.
I also suspect he is bending (ouch) the G# to the B at the intro end, instead
of my suggested A# to B bend. They both sound good, so pick your choice.
On the solo I show with the * notes which are repeatedly bended and
pinched. I’m afraid a correct transcription is impossible here, so just listen
to the CD.
I did not figure out the trumpets parts, but they should be easy enough.
I’m planning soon to put together a drum/bass/trumpets base
on my sequencer, so I will have to work them out as well. Drop me a note
in a couple of weeks to check if I were not lazy enough to don’t it..
I play the guitar thru my Boss SE-70, pre-eq to cut a bit bass and middle and
boost high, overdrive with low gain, eq. to boost even more the distorted high,
stack simulator, room reverb with a bit of delay L/R to give some spaciousness.
If you have a Boss SE-70 start with the presetted 70′ Rock patch and trim it
to your taste.
Have Fun!
This TAB transcription was created using TAB MASTER version 1.0
by Ofir Zwebner.
Viv Woman
———
By Steve Vai
Intro
Guitar 1 w. bridge pick-up
e:———————————————–&
B:———————————————–&
G:———————————————–&
D:———————————————–&
A:———————————————–&
E:-0–2–0–4–4–4–0–2–0–4b(5)–b(5)–b(5)~-&
e:———————————————-&
B:———————————————-&
G:———————————————-&
D:———————————————-&
A:———————————————-&
E:-0–2–0–4–4–4–0–2–0-6b(7)–b(7)–b(7)~-& Repeat 3 times
Main Riff
Guitar 1&2
e:————————————————&
B:———————1012-12/10-10-7–7–7–9–&
G:——-9—–9–9–9–911-11/9–9–9–9–9–9–&
D:——-9–9–9–9–9—————————-&
A:——-7–7————————————-&
E:-l(0)——————————————-&
e:———————————————-&
B:———————-9–9–7–9–7–5–5–5/-&
G:——-9—–9–9—–9–9–7–9–7–5–7–7/-&
D:——-9–9–9–9–9————————–&
A:——-7–7——–7————————–&
E:-l(0)—————————————–&
e:———————————————&
B:———————1012-12/10-7–7–7–9–&
G:——-9—–9–9–9–911-11/9–9–9–9–9–&
D:——-9–9–9–9–9————————-&
A:——-7–7———————————-&
E:-l(0)—————————————-&
e:——————————————————————&
B:———————-79–9–7–9–9/7–5–5–9/7–5–5–9/7–5–&
G:——-9—–9–9—–79–9–7–9–9/7–7–7–9/7–7–7–9/7–7–&
D:——-9–9–9–9–9———————————————-&
A:——-7–7——–7———————————————-&
E:-l(0)————————————————————-&
e:–0———————————————-&
B:–5———————————————-&
G:–7———————————————-&
D:————————————————-&
A:—–*——————————————-&
E:—–*——————————————-&
Rub the pick’s edge against the low strings
Repeat Main Riff up two frets (i.e. 1 tone down)
Solo (uhmmm, approximately..)
>
e:————-19w(14)-w(19)–16w(14)-w(16)-14-12————————14–&
B:————-17w(12)-w(17)———————-14-14b(15)-b(14)-12——–&
G:——————————————————————–14—–&
D:—————————————————————————&
A:—————————————————————————&
E:—————————————————————————&
Just go for it!
e:————————————————————–&
B:————————————————————–&
G:14/13-13b(14)-b(13)-b(14)-b(13)/9—————————–&
D:———————————–11/9———————–&
A:—————————————–1214w(12)-w(14)-12/-&
E:———————————————————-12/-&
e:——————————————–&—————————–&
B:——————————————–&—————————–&
G:-2*—————————————–&—————————–&
D:——————————————–&—————————–&
A:——————————————–&—————9–w(7)5~—-&
E:——————————————–&–0w(-7)-w(0)————–0-&
* bend it and pinch harmonics several times
e:——–0–0–0–0—–&————–15-19-15—-14—-&
B:——–0–0–0–0—–&—————————–15-&
G:-24–24–4–4–4–9*-&-9w(2)–w(9)———–14——-&
D:———————–&——————————–&
A:———————–&——————————–&
E:———————–&——————————–&
e:————————————————&
B:————————————————&
G:————————————————&
D:—————–11/9–7–9–7/6—————-&
A:—-9w(7)–w(9)——————-7———–7-&
E:-7———————————–7–9–10—&
e:——————–9–12————————————————-&
B:—————–10——-12—————————-17-21-19-17——-&
G:———7–9/11————-11-11-13-14-18-21-18-16-18————-18-21-&
D:-6–7/9——————————————————————-&
A:————————————————————————–&
E:————————————————————————–&
e:———————————&—-&
B:———————————&—-&
G:18-16-13-16-13-11-16-11-16-11-16-&-11/&
D:———————————&—-&
A:———————————&—-&
E:———————————&—-&
