Lesson
Notes by Jeff Fiorentino
This is our JFRocks take on the classic sung
at every New Years eve party.. Not much to say except stay in the key
of "E", and take note of both guitar parts. They're both a great
lesson. I've jazzed the root chord pattern up, even when done under
the lead melody parts.. The tabs should be color coded, however the
majority of the transcription below is laid out as 1 guitar in a live
setting, which should give you all you need to know in order to play along
with the MP3, which can be accessed from the top of this
page, the main holiday
JFRocks page, or even the
Jeff Fiorentino
Music Downloads page.
Enjoy the song...
Remember to listen the song mp3 example a few times
before diving into the
TABs. The tabs
themselves should be very easy to follow, in fact as always I suggest
playing the mp3 in the background and scroll through the tabs to get
familiar with them and their layout. Enjoy the lesson, and happy
New Year...
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Auld Lang Syne
TAB Transcription by Erica Reese
Song Intro
 
Tabs
are color coded:
Guitar 1 is Black TAB and is the Rhythm guitar
& SOLO
parts
Guitar 2 is in Blue TAB and is the main melody lead guitar.
*In
some cases there is a guitar 3 however it is not tabbed out. Notes are
given to indicate whether guitar 2 plays 1 octave above or in the same
octave as guitar 2.
__________________________________________
Guitar 1: Opening Rhythm, (a slight variation on the main rhythm of the
song. The chords are the same though, so remember these shapes.)
B7
E
F#m
B9
C#m
E7/B
A
E_____________________________________________________________________________________________
B______________9____10---12--10--_________2_________2_________5__________3______2-3-2____________
G__2--->_______9_____9--- 10-- 9--_________
2_______2_2_2_______6__________1____________2_________
D__1--->_____9____9__________________4____4_____1_________6___6_____0_______2_________________
A__2--->______________________________________2_________4_________2_______0___________________
E_________0____________________0x_2_____________________________________________________4_2___
E
F#m
G#7
C#m
F#m7 B7 E
E__________________________________ 4_____________________________________
B________________2________4________ 5______2______________________________
G______1-0_______ 2________5________6______2____2___9_____________________
D______2_________4________4______6________2____1___9_____________________
A____2_________4________6______4__________4____2___7___>into
main song kick in___
E__0_________2________4________________0x_2________0_____________________
Main Song Kick in - (Chorus Part)
Rhythm chord names are written above the tabs. Only the main lead part
is tabbed out to allow for a 1 guitar in a live setting situation, and to make
it easy for you to play along with the MP3....
Over drive
cranked...
E___________________________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________12~_14~~____
G______9~__8_9~_13~__11~__9_11~___11--13--11_9~__9_13~______________
D__9~_______________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________
E__19^1_19~~________________________________________________________
B_______________9_9~________________________________________________
G____________________9__11~__9_11__11^1>release_11_9~_____________9~~__
D____________________________________________________11_11~__9______
A___________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________
Verse Part
This part is similar to the chorus and is the lesser known part of this song.
It's basically the same chord pattern, but with a slight variation in melody
and feel..
Over drive
cranked...
E____________________________________________________________________
B__14~_12~__9_9___________________14~_12~__9~_9~__12~__12^1~~~____
G________________9~__11~__9_11~_____________________________________
D____________________________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________
B__12^1_12~~__9_9~_________________________________________________
G___________________9__11~__9_11__11^1>release_11_9~_____________9~~__
D___________________________________________________11_11~__9______
A___________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________
SOLO
The solo is over the entire Chorus and Verse chord patterns. Its 24
bars (measures) long. I improvised these leads but as it turns out they're
a great lesson on using the "Ionian" mode of "E" (the E Major scale) in place of
some sort of shortened Pentatonic scale. Make note of the positioning used
and try to create your own patterns out of it..
The solo is laid out in its individual phrasing sections for ease of reading...
Over drive
cranked...
E
F#m
B9
E________________________________________________________
B___________________________________________12~_14~~____
G__11---13---11~__9~~___________9-11-13_9-11-13______________
D_______________________9-11-13___________________________
A________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________
C#m
E7
A
E______14^1~>slow steady release>>_14__12-14-12___12___12___12__________________________
B____x_____________________________________________________12-14_14----5~~____
G__x rake____________________________14___14___13____13--14___________________
D____________________________________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________________________________
E
E__17-14____14_____________________
B_______17____17__17---12~~________
G_________________________________
D_________________________________
A_________________________________
E_________________________________
F#m
G#7
C#m
F#m7 B7
E
E__14-12___12_________________________________________________________________________________
B_______14___14_12-14-12___12____12____12____12_______________10^1~~__9____9__
9__9_9--10^1~~__
G______________________14____14____13____14____14~_13~----_______________11__9__8_____________
D____________________________________________________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________________________________________________
Solo second half
E
E__________________________________________
B__________________________________________
G__11^1a.h>release_11<bend 11^1~_9~~______________
D__________________________________________
A__________________________________________
E__________________________________________
F#m
B9
E__________________________________________
B__________________________________________
G________________9_11_11^1>release_11-9___9~~__
D__2----9_9-11-9-11___________________
11______
A__________________________________________
E__________________________________________
*Notes in parenthesis are
tapped..
E
E7
A
E________________________________________________________________
B________9__(12)-9~-12-(14)_^^bend tap^(14)^1>release_(14)-12~~~-(17)~~______
G__6---11_________________________________________________________
D________________________________________________________________
A________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________
*Solo Chorus Melody ending..
B7 E
F#m
B9
C#m E7
A
E_______________________________________________________________16__19__19^1~~___
B________17~__16_17~__21~___19~__17_19~__19^1>release_19_17~~__17__________________
G__16____________________________________________________________________________
D________________________________________________________________________________
A________________________________________________________________________________
E________________________________________________________________________________
E
F#m
G#7
C#m
F#m7 B7 E
E__19^1_19~__16_16________________________________________________________
B__________________17~__19~__17_19__19^1>release_19_17~______________17~~~__
G______________________________________________________18_18__16__________
D_________________________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________________
Post Solo Outro riffing
This is an in scale and chromatic power chord, almost Vh style ending for this..
It's basically built around the Mixolydian mode of our key and an ending
chromatic walk up and is actually just a rocked out version of the chords that
make up this song in many ways, although not as cut and dry as just power
chording them out..
Over drive
cranked...
E___________________________________________
B_______________________9-10-9_______________
G_____________________9_______9_____________
D___________________9___________9___________
A__2_2~__0-2-0_2----9_________________________
E____________________________________________
E5
F#5
G#5
A5
B5
C#5
D5
E________________________________________________________________________________________
B______________________________________________________________________________9-10-9_____
G____________________________________________________________________________9_______9___
D__9________ 11__________13__________14__________4_______6________7_______7--9__________9__
A__7____x_x__9_____x_x__ 11_____x_x__12______x_x_2___x_x_4____x_x_5___x_x_________________
E__0______________________________________________________________________________________
*With syncopated hits on the open E string..
Tabs below are a simulation based on 1 guitar in a live setting. This was
recorded with 2 separate guitar parts for effect..
E5
F#5
G#5
A5
E________________________________________________________________
B________________________________________________________________
G__9_____________________________________________________________
D__9__________________11__11_____ 13__________________14__14______
A__7_________________ _9___9______11__________________12__12______
E_____0_0_0__0__0_0__0___0___0_0_____0_0_0__0_0__0__0___0____0_0__
B5 C5 C#5 D5
E
E__________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________
G__________________________________________________
D__4__5__6__7______________________________________
A__2__3__4__5______7_______________________________
E______________x_x_0_*dead stop_____>into
mellow final ending____
Final Ending
This is a laid back version of the song's chorus, with a warm semi-clean
Jazz guitar tone...
Guitar 1 Rhythm: Semi-clean.
B7 E
F#m
B9
C#m
E7/B E7/D A
E____________________________________________________________________________________
B___________9____10-- 12--10~___________________2_________5__________________2-3-2______
G__2______9___9__ 9---11---9~__________2__________________ 6_________1--4___________2____
D__1______________________________4___4____1__________6_________0________2________2__
A__2_____________________________________2_______0x_4______0x_2___2--5__0______________
E______0________________________2_____________________________________________________
E5
F#5
G#7
C#m
F#m7 B7 E5
E____________________________________________________________7___________
B________________________________________________5_______2___7___________
G______9___9_______________11__________5_________6_______2___8___9_______
D____9___9___9____9_____11____11_____4___4_____6_________2___7___9_______
A__7____________7_____9______________________4___________4___9___7_______
E__________________________________4_________________0x__2___7___0_______
*Lead Accompaniment: Light sound, Stratocaster used..
E___________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________12~_14~~_____
G______9~__8_9~_13~__11~__9_11~___11--13--11_9~_9_13~_______________
D___________________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________________
E___________________________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________________________
B___14~__12~____9_9~______________________________________________
G____________________9__11~__9_11__11^1>release_11_9~___________9~~__
D__________________________________________________11_11~__9______
A__________________________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________________________
End
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"Auld Lang Syne" -
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