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Intro * *PLEASE
READ THE NOTES BELOW CAREFULLY.. THE POINT OF THIS STUFF IS LESSONS,
AND THERE'S NO LESSON IN JUST LEARNING THE RIFF... THE LESSON IS IN
UNDERSTANDING THE RIFF SO YOU CAN WRITE OF YOUR OWN ANY TIME YOU WANT...
This song is actually an adaptation off the "Munsters" TV show theme...
The reality is the Munsters theme is very happy, yet it uses a flat 5th from
the Locrian mode so it could be evil.. That wasn't what the shows
execs had in mind though.. Surf music was big when the Munsters came on
the air in 1964, and they went more that route.. It was more of a surf
Halloween than anything else..
I took and did with this track a 2.5 step flat standard tuning. B, E,
A, D, F#, B... This gives the song an Evil feel right there...
Then I blended Octave and Chorus to thicken it even more... Then I
changed the scale used in the Munsters song.. The scale in the
Munsters song is basically an E minor scale with a flat and natural 5th..
It's, E, F#, G, A, B, Bb, C, D... Now obviously the Munsters song is
tuned standard, but I would prefer we look at our song here as standard and
not 2.5 steps flat.. It's easier in your head if you forget the tuning
and just look at it as a regular guitar tuning... So despite it
actually pitch wise being in Bm, we'll look at it for lesson purposes as E
minor like the Musters song and our scale here has a couple notes added to
it.. It's basically an E Locrian scale but I utilize in spots the
Harmonic minor. Which means I include the Major 7th in spots...
So I'm blending Locrain (minor scale with a flat 2nd and flat 4th) with
harmonic minor (minor scale with a Major 7th) and we get for our more evil
Munsters scale, E, F, G, A, Bb, C, D#...
Now technically I'm using more notes than that... When blending modes
use them all... We'll talk about this advanced topic on Soloing 101
part Deux whenever I actually finish it and it's released.. But until
then let me say that our actual scale here incorporates, Aeolian, Locrian,
and Harmonic minor into one mega scale.. E, F, F#, G, A, Bb, B, C, D,
D#..
See video for additional lesson of course...
TABs ASSUME YOU ARE TUNED 2.5
STEPS FLAT, B, E, A, D, F#, B...
You can play this with a standard E, A, D, G, B, E
tuning but you won't be able to play along with the MP3 if you do.....
Report TAB typos or misprints
Intro stand alone riff
Bm
B____________________________________________________
F#___________________________________________________
D____________________________________________________
A_____________________8~___7_8__5_7__________________
E_______________6_7~_________________7_8__5_7________
B__0__3__5_6_7________________________________7_8____
Intro Riff - Guitar 1 background in left
speaker - This is an accent but it's important to the build up..
Bm
G
F6
B_____________________________________________________________________________________________
F#____________________________________________________________________________________________
D_______0_0_______________0_0________________0_0_______________0_0_______________0_0__________
A_____5_______5___5_____5_______5__________2_______2___2_____2_______2_________0_______0___0__
E___7_______7___7_____7_______7_____5~___3_______3___3_____3_______3_____2~__1_______1___1____
B______________________________________________________________________________________________
Em7
B_________________________________________________
F#________________________________________________
D_______0_0________________0_0____________________
A_____0________0___0_____2_______2___2____________
E___1________1___1_____0_______0___0_____0*let ring____
B_________________________________________________
Intro Main Theme Riff - Played by
guitar 2 only while above riffing is going on, then by both guitars when drums
kick in.
Bm
G
F6
B_______________________________________________________________________________________________
F#______________________________________________________________________________________________
D_______________________________________________0______3~__2~______________3___5___7_8_10_8~___
A____________________________________________2______1__________________--5_______________________
E__________________5~___7_8__7_5______7___________________________1~____________________________
B____0___3_7~___8________________8~_____8~______________________________________________________
Em7
B___________________________________________
F#__________________________________________
D___________________________________________
A____________7_8~___5__7____________________
E_____4__7________________5__7~_____________
B___5_______________________________________
Verse Riffing
- Both guitars - The chords written above the tabs are implied by the
bass... That means they are what the bass is driving in this case...
Bm
B______________________________________________________
F#_____________________________________________________
D______________________________________________________
A___________________________________1______repeat etc.___
E_________1-0___0____________1-0________________________
B___0_0_3____3____3___0_0_3______3_____1_______________
Em - Open E driven by the
bass to change the mood without changing the guitar riff...
B______________________________________________________
F#_____________________________________________________
D______________________________________________________
A___________________________________1______repeat etc.___
E_________1-0___0____________1-0________________________
B___0_0_3____3____3___0_0_3______3_____1_______________
Bridge Riffing - The bridge riff
changes each of the two times it comes around.
Version 1
B________________________________________________________________________________
F#_______________________________________________________________________________
D________________________________________________________________________________
A________________________________________________________________________________
E__________1______________1______________7_8~__5_7~_____________________________
B___0___3_____1____0___3_____1_____7_8~_____________5_7~___*return to verse
riffing___
Version
2 - Pre solo
B___________________________________________________________________________________
F#__________________________________________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________________________________________
E__________1______________1________7_8~__5_7~____________________
_2_2______________
B___0___3_____1____0___3_____1_________________5--7~__5~__3~__2~__ 0_0___*Into
solo___
Final song ending - The solo is
tabbed below this final rhythm section... I wanted to keep the rhythms all
together.. This is the final ending of the song after the stop out of the
post solo verse riffing....
B_________________________________________________________________________
F#________________________________________________________________________
D_________________________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________________________
E_____________________5_7_8__7_5__ _______1____________1______ 2_2_________
B___0_0__3__7~___8~________________0__3_____1___0__3_____1~__0_0_________
Solo - The solo is over a short
section of bridge riffing, then verse riffing, then basically the ending of the
solo is over the ending of bridge version 2.... Pretty straight forward, I
pretty much used the Munster scale for this, E, F#, G, A, Bb, B, C, D...
Remember not to view the guitar as having a weird tuning.. It's the same
as a standard tuning it's just flatter.. So pretend we're in Em and not
technically Bm as the pitches would indicate and just solo away...
*Solo stand alone opener
B_______________________________________________
F#______________________________________________
D_______________________________________________
A___2-0___0_____________________________________
E_______2___2_0__2a.h~~__2a.h~~_0_2_0_____________
B___________________________________2_0_________
*Drums kick back in here
B__________________________________________________________________________________________
F#_________________________________________________________________________________________
D________________________3^1/2______________3^1/2_____________3^1/2__________________________
A___2a.h~_2a.h~___0_2_0_____________0_2_0_2__________0_2_0_2___________0_2_0__2~_2~__2_0_2___
E_____________________2____________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________________________________________________
B_____________________________________________________________________________________________
F#____________________________________________________________________________________________
D_____________________________________________________________________________________________
A__________________5_____7---8~~__7~___7_5_7_5_7---8__7^1>release_7^^bend
back up^7^1>release_7__7-5___5~~___
E__2a.h~~~_____5--7____7_______________________________________________________________7________
B______________________________________________________________________________________________
B__________________________________________________________________________________
F#_________________________________________________________________________________
D_____________0_2--3~____0________2--3~___0_________________________________________
A__1---2~__0_2_____________2_0_2____________2_0_2_0______2-0__2_2~~____2_0__2_2~~__
E___________________________________________________2-0______________x______________
B___________________________________________________________________________________
B___0___0_______ _0___0________________________________________________________
F#__5___5---6_---__3___3---5_____________________________________________________
D_____________________________________________________________________________
A_____________________________________________________________________________
E_____________________________________________________________________________
B______________________________7a.h~___5a.h~___3a.h~___2a.h~___>return
to verse riff___
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