Intro
This lesson is obviously loosely based on the "Satch" classic "Surfing
with the alien"... Not only is that one of my favorite tunes, it's
easy to format into a lesson... What I've done with
the song track is include several generic "Satch" techniques...
Including but not limited too modal use, scale patterning, screams, and tap
techniques..
We'll cover techniques and guts of this lesson on the video segment of
course but for starters here let me give you a few "theory" pointers...
First off as with any song this could be looked at several different ways,
and the way I'm structuring this lesson may not be how Joe himself would
view it from the theory perspective, or even how many others might.. I
always try to give things to you in a way that "I think" will make the
theory easy for any of you to use the real world in real life jam
situations, rather than spout off a bunch of big words to stroke my own
ego.. LOL.. The fact is Joe Satriani's writing process may be totally
off from this lesson. But for lesson purposes my explanation of what
"I" did with "our" embellishment is a good way for a lot of you to see how
and why this song and songs like it sound the way they do to the listener as
far as the mood they convey...
For our song "Surfing with aliens" we're in the key of "G
minor", with the primary scale being the "G" Aeolian (minor) scale,
which is: G, A, Bb,
C, D, Eb, F. However in many places
and at the Bridge we
move to the "G Dorian mode" by using the "Em"
chord as our root for the bridge for example. Dorian is the G minor scale but the 6th note in the
scale is from the G Major, meaning the "Eb"
from the G minor scale becomes an "E" making the scale..
G, A, Bb,
C, D, E, F... So anywhere in the main theme that you see an
"E" instead of an E flat you know that "Dorian" is being utilized,
be it in the rhythm or in the lead.
This change in mode is precisely how Joe and guitarists like him create
"moods" with their music. And it's the same type of things we talk
about on dozens of JFRocks lessons all over the website and its products..
Not to mention mastery of these basic modes is the whole premise of the "Soloing
101 part Deux" "Mastering the Fretboard" product which will be
released in late January or early February of 2010... It's really
important to understand how and why to use modes if you want to move away
from being stuck in the "Blues Box".
For players like Joe, these modal changes are very intentional.. They're not
taking shots in the dark, they know what they're playing, in many cases
while they're playing it, unlike many other songwriters
who simply play what sounds good and hope they get lucky with the chord
change.. Both methods are good, and both methods work and are taught
here on my website, but this is not a what sounds good is good lesson by any
means, it's a bit more advanced than that..
We'll deal with the solo on the video lesson as that does a more drastic
jump in mode moving to the sharp 4th of our root key and then to the minor
6th of our root key.. This big change for the solo is done to create a vibe or mood,
but also to take the lead in a whole new direction.. And from a
songwriting perspective to have the solo stand out in a song that really is
just one big solo...
Besides modes, we'll also cover "melody" on the video segment...
This type of guitar playing is all about understanding melody, which is a
topic I cover quite a bit on the JFRocks website and even on many of its products.. If
you were an astute follower of this website you would know that you can turn
any lesson track on this website into a Satriani style piece by simply
putting a melody on guitar to its basic rhythms.. In fact that's
something I usually encourage everyone to do...
Enjoy the song, and please be sure to load the video lesson so you have a
full understanding of what's going on with this track example so that you
can create music like it yourself.....
The Tabs are divided into two sections...
"The basic rhythms"
"The lead guitar parts"
Both are important... Leads are only a good lesson if you know
what you're soloing over... So don't skip the rhythms in favor of the
leads.. That would not only be a huge mistake, it doesn't make much
sense either since leads and rhythms are tied together...
Basic Rhythms TAB section
Main Theme riffing
Basic rhythm riff for the main song..
Please note that I'll cover the weird
sounding intro on the video lesson.. Below I've laid out two ways this
rhythm part can be played.. The 3rd fret to the 8th fret is the way it
was played by me and this is similar to how Satriani plays his riff as far
as I know, but that stretch can be a bit much for some, so I've also tabbed
an easier way to play it and have it sound exactly the same.. I'll
demonstrate both ways on the video lesson, but to be honest I prefer the
easier way myself...
  
Easier way...
G5
C5
C C sus4 C7 C6
A/E
G5
E___________________________________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________5___6____________________________________________________
G__________________________5__5_5__5___5___3___2____2^1/2>release_2_____________________________
D__5_5_____________________5__5_5__5___5____________2^1/2>release_2_____________________________
A__5_5__5_5_5_5_5_5______3_3__3_3__3_3_3_3_3_3_3_3________________5_________________________
E__3_3__3_3_3_3_3_3__3_6________________________________________0_3___x_x___>repeat
riff etc. etc...__
Harder and more accurate way...
E___________________________________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________5___6____________________________________________________
G__________________________5__5_5__5___5____________2^1/2>release_2_____________________________
D__5_5_____________________5__5_5__5___5___8___7____2^1/2>release_2_____________________________
A__5_5__5_5_5_5_5_5______3_3__3_3__3_3_3_3_3_3_3_3________________5_________________________
E__3_3__3_3_3_3_3_3__3_6________________________________________0_3___x_x___>repeat
riff etc. etc...__
Bridge
Rhythms
Modal change to "G Dorian"...
E5
D5
C5
E__________________________________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________7______________________________7______5______
D___2_________________________________________7___7_7__7_7_7_7__7_7_7_7______7______5______
A___2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2___x_x__5___5_5__5_5_5_5__5_5_5_5__x_x_5__x_x_3_x_x__
E___0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0___x_x_______________________________________________
E5
C5
B5
Bb5
E_________________________________________________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________________________________________________
G_________________________________________________________________________________________
D__2________________________________________5_5_5_5__5_5_5_5__4_4_4_4__4_4_4_4__x_x_3_3___
A__2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2_______3_3_3_3__3_3_3_3__2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2__x_x_1_1___
E__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0___x_x_______________________________________________
Solo
Rhythms
Drastic sounding modal or key changes happen here with this solo in an
effort to separate it from the rest of the leads.. It's also mixed
differently to aid with that as well....
Soloing is over "C# Phrygian", and "Eb
Phrygian", then over the
Bridge of the main song which brings us back to "G Dorian"...
However the leads themselves do not always conform to these modes, and in some
cases the leads are utilizing the "Aeolian" and "Locrian" modes of both
the C# and the Eb sections... This effect can add tension to an already
tense modal change..
Keep in mind as well that many would simply view this section as a key change,
but exploring what modes are being used within the key change is a better
lesson.. It's always best to keep asking questions and dig as deeper than
just the superficial... That concept is never more important than when dealing
with a player like Satriani or Vai... Especially if you want to write
songs along the same vein as they do...
C#5
B5 C#5 D5 C#5
E_____________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________________________
D__6_6__6_6__6_6_6_6__6_6_6_6__6_6_6_6__6_6_6_6__6_6_6_6__4_6_7_6_____
A__4_4__4_4__4_4_4_4__4_4_4_4__4_4_4_4__4_4_4_4__4_4_4_4__2_4_5_4_____
E_____________________________________________________________________
C#5
B5 C#5 D5 C#5
E_____________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________________________________
D__6_6__6_6__6_6_6_6__6_6_6_6__6_6_6_6__6_6_6_6__6_6_6_6__4_6_7_6_____
A__4_4__4_4__4_4_4_4__4_4_4_4__4_4_4_4__4_4_4_4__4_4_4_4__2_4_5_4_____
E_____________________________________________________________________
Eb5
C#5 Eb5
E5 Eb5
E_______________________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________________________________
G_______________________________________________________________________
D__8__8_8__8_8_8_8__8_8_8_8__6_8___8__8_8__8_8_8_8__8_8_8_8______9_8____
A__6__6_6__6_6_6_6__6_6_6_6__4_6___6__6_6__6_6_6_6__6_6_6_6__x_x_7_6____
E_______________________________________________________________________
Eb5
C#5 Eb5
D5 C#5
C
E_______________________________________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________________________________5__
G________________________________________8_8__8_8_8_8______8_____7_____6_____5__
D__8__8_8__8_8_8_8__8_8_8_8__6_8______8__8_8__8_8_8_8______8_____7_____6_____5__
A__6__6_6__6_6_6_6__6_6_6_6__4_6__x_x_6__6_6__6_6_6_6__x_x_6_x_x_5_x_x_4_x_x_3__
E_______________________________________________________________________________
E5
D5
C5
E__________________________________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________________________________________________
G_____________________________________________7______________________________7______5______
D___2_________________________________________7___7_7__7_7_7_7__7_7_7_7______7______5______
A___2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2___x_x__5___5_5__5_5_5_5__5_5_5_5__x_x_5__x_x_3_x_x__
E___0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0___x_x_______________________________________________
E5
C5
B5
Bb5
E_________________________________________________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________________________________________________
G_________________________________________________________________________________________
D__2________________________________________5_5_5_5__5_5_5_5__4_4_4_4__4_4_4_4__x_x_3_3___
A__2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2_______3_3_3_3__3_3_3_3__2_2_2_2__2_2_2_2__x_x_1_1___
E__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0__0_0_0_0___x_x_______________________________________________
Rhythm
Guitar Final Ending Outro
The outro does the main theme riff, however it ends with a couple diminished
double stop hits... Technically this ending is done utilizing the "G
Dorian" mode due to the 2 pitches of the final double stop being "E",
and "Bb" the E being the pitch making the G minor
"Dorian".. Really though it just sounded cool.. There wasn't that
much thought put into it, and there are probably 20 different ways it could be
viewed anyway...
Example:
Eo = E
diminished
G5
C5
C C sus4 C7 C6
A/E
G5
Eo Fo Eo
E__________________________________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________5___6___________________________________________________
G__________________________5__5_5__5___5___3___2____2^1/2>release_2__________3--4---3~___________
D__5_5_____________________5__5_5__5___5____________2^1/2>release_2________x_2--3---2~___________
A__5_5__5_5_5_5_5_5______3_3__3_3__3_3_3_3_3_3_3_3________________5________________________
E__3_3__3_3_3_3_3_3__3_6________________________________________0_3________________________
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Lead
Guitar TABs
 
Taken from the song kick in
post weird noise intro.
Main Theme
Gm - Main theme riff
E__________________________________________
B__________________________________________
G__12~__10____15^1__10____12^1__9~~_______
D__________12__________12__________________
A__________________________________________
E__________________________________________
E____________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________
G_______________________9-8__________________________
D_________8_____10-8________10__10-8____8a.h___________
A___8---10___10______10______________10_____10~______
E____________________________________________________
E__________________________________________
B__________________________________________
G__12~__10____15^1__10____12^1__9~~_______
D__________12__________12__________________
A__________________________________________
E__________________________________________
E____________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________
G_______________________9-8__________________________
D_________8_____10-8________10__10-8____8a.h___________
A___8---10___10______10______________10_____10~______
E____________________________________________________
E________________________________________________
B______________11~_11~__________________________
G__12~__10______________12_10__12~_12~__12~____
D__________12____________________________________
A________________________________________________
E________________________________________________
E___________________________________________
B___________________________________________
G___________________________________________
D_____10_8____8_8~_______10_8_______________
A__10______10_________10______10_10~________
E____________________________________________
E__________________________________________
B__________________________________________
G__12~__10_____15^1___10____10~_10~_______
D__________12____________12________________
A__________________________________________
E___________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________
B_____15____15_15~_______17^1/2__________________________
G_____15____15_15~_______17^1/2__________________________
D__17____17__________17_________17~~___>into
bridge part______
A________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________
Bridge
Rooted of an E minor this bridge gives a Dorian feel to the rhythms as well
as the leads..
*Wah off
Em
- Bridge Riff
E__________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________________________
G___9a.h_________________________________7a.h>>w.b
dive>>____5a.h>>w.b dive>>___
D________5a.h_______9a.h______5~a.h____________________________________
A____________7a.h_______7a.h_________7_5______________________________
E__________________________________________________________________
*Wah
ON
***Taps are done with the side of
your pick...
E________________________________________________________________________________
B__17a.h__________________________________________________________________________
G_______12______16____12~__________(17)-12---16-(17)(17)(17)__(17)-12---16-(17)(17)(17)__
D__________14______14______14_12_________________________________________________
A________________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________________________________
B___________________________________________________________________________________________
G__(17)-12---16-(17)(17)(17)___(17)-12---15-(17)(17)(17)__(16)-12---15-(16)(16)(16)-15~~~_______________
D______________________________________________________________________________>into
solo part___
A___________________________________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________________________________
SOLO
See video for help and also please read the notes above the Rhythm tabs for
this part for more info about what's happening here...
***Opens with more pick
tapping.... Note also that the primary scale used is the C# Locrian
mode... C#, D, E, F#, G, A, B.
To save tab space and for ease of reading... All of the taps are
done on the 22nd fret anyway, so we only tabbed that tap once (22) ... All that's tabbed below are the scale notes
you do with your fretting hand as you tap the 22nd fret with the side of
your pick... Just keep the pick tapping on the 22nd fret quickly to
temp... See video for added help...
C#m - See C#5
riff from the rhythm tabs..
E__(22)*throughout_21__19_21__17_19__15_17__14_15__12_14__10_12_10_9----slide
downward & away--__
B___________________________________________________________________________
G___________________________________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________________
E_____9^1a.h>with slight release_-7-10-7-9-10-9-7___9____________________________________________________
B___x_____________________________10___10_9-10-9-7____9-10-9-7_____9-10-9-7___9________________
G_x_Rake_________________________________________11_________11_________11___11__9-11-9-7____
D_____________________________________________________________________________________11__
A_________________________________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________
G__9-11-9-7____9____________________________________
D_________11___11__9-11-9-7____7____________________
A__________________________11___11_9~~>w.b down>>_____
E__________________________________________________
Ebm
- See Eb5 riff from the
rhythm tabs..
E______________________________________________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________________________________________
G_________________________________________________________________________2a.h>>w.b
dive>>>__
D______________________________4a.h________4~a.h_____________4a.h_____4a.h___________________
A__6^1/2 a.h__6a.h_4__6a.h_6~a.h___4x_____6x_6x_________0x_6x_6x_____6a.h_____6a.h_______________
E______________________________________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________________________
G_________________________________________2a.h^2^1>2_2^1>2~~>w.b
downward>___
D______________________________________________________________________
A__6-7-6-4__6-7-6-4__6-7-6-4__6-7-6-4__6-7-6_4________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________________
E__14-16-14-11________________________________________________
B____________14-16-14-11______________________________________
G______________________12-13-12-11_____11_______11a.h~~~~~____
D_________________________________11____13_13_______________
A___________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________
Em - See Bridge Riff from
the rhythm tabs..
E_________________________________________________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________________________________________________
G____________________________________2a.h>>w.b
dive>>_____________10-12-14*hold_14-12-10*hold__________
D________5a.h_______9a.h_____5~a.h______________________10-12-14______________________14-12_____
A____7a.h_____7a.h_______7a.h_______7_5_______________________________________________________
E__0______________________________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________________________________
B_________________________________________________________________________________________
G____________________________________11a.h>>w.b
dive>>_____7a.h>>w.b
dive>>__5a.h>>w.b
dive>>___2a.h>>w.b
dive>>__
D________5a.h_______9a.h_____5~a.h____________________________________________________________
A____7a.h_____7a.h_______7a.h_______7_5_______________________________________________________
E__0______________________________________________________________________________________
Main
Theme outro riffing
The song comes back around with the main theme again here post solo...
But ends with other "Satch" style riffs and tricks... Be sure your Wah is
back on for this part...
Gm - Main theme riff
E__________________________________________
B__________________________________________
G__12~__10____15^1__10____12^1__9~~_______
D__________12__________12__________________
A__________________________________________
E__________________________________________
E____________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________
G_______________________9-8__________________________
D_________8_____10-8________10__10-8____8a.h___________
A___8---10___10______10______________10_____10~______
E____________________________________________________
E__________________________________________
B__________________________________________
G__12~__10____15^1__10____12^1__9~~_______
D__________12__________12__________________
A__________________________________________
E__________________________________________
E____________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________
G_______________________9-8__________________________
D_________8_____10-8________10__10-8____8a.h___________
A___8---10___10______10______________10_____10~______
E____________________________________________________
E________________________________________
B______________11~_______________________
G__12~__10__________10____10~_10~_______
D__________12__________12________________
A________________________________________
E________________________________________
E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_______________9-8______________________________
D_________8________10__10-8______8^1/2~__________
A___8---10___10______________10_________10~______
E_______________________________________________
**w.b before the note means
to use sharp quick depressing of the whammy bar to sound the notes..
Also at the same time apply a quick depress of the wah pedal for added
expression... See video for additional help and tips...
E___________________________________________________________
B_w.b18_w.b18__w.b17_w.b17__w.b15_w.b15_w.b17-15__w.b18_w.b17__w.b15>>w.b>>__
G___________________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________________________
B__w.b18_w.b18__w.b17_w.b17__w.b15_w.b15_w.b17-15__w.b17_w.b17__w.b18>>w.b>>_______
G__________________________________________________________________
D__________________________________________________________________
A__________________________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________
B__w.b18_w.b18__w.b17_w.b17__w.b15_w.b15_w.b17-15__w.b18_w.b17__w.b15>>w.b>>_____
G_______________________________________________________________
D_______________________________________________________________
A_______________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________
B__w.b18_w.b18__w.b17_w.b17__w.b15_w.b15_w.b17-15_w.b17-15_w.b18_w.b15>>w.b>>___
G______________________________________________________________
D______________________________________________________________
A______________________________________________________________
E______________________________________________________________
E__7-3___7-3_____7-3_____7-3_____6-3__6-3___6-3__6-3______8-3____8-3____8-3____8-3_______
B_____6_____6-3_____6-3_____6______6____6____6____6-3______6-3____6-3____6-3____6-3____
G___________________________________________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________________________
E__7-3____7-3_____7-3____7-3__________________
B_____6-3____6-3_____6-3____6-3_______________
G___________________________________________
D___________________________________________
A___________________________________________
E___________________________________________
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