Lesson - Tabs

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Tabs & Lesson

Intro

Be loose with this intro and the entire track for that matter. It has a swing feel and it should move right along.. See video for help with the details as well as a hell of a lesson (in my opinion) on the subtle dynamic between the two guitar parts on this track...

** This is the setup that I used for the whole track. That being said, this is the only time these setup used photos will appear in these tabs..

C

E________8________8__________8____________
B______8________8________8________________
G__8-9_______8-9______8-9__________________
D_______________________________10_10_____
A_________________________________________
E_________________________________________

G7+9

E___________8_______10_8______8___________________________________
B______8_10___11_10______10_8________ 11^1/2_______________________
G__8-9________________________________10^1/2_--slide chord downward and away--___
D________________________________10___9^1/4________________________
A_________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________

E__11^1/4__11___10_8_________________
B__11^1/2__11___10_8_ 11~~___________
G___________________ 10~~___________
D____________________9~~___________
A___________________________________
E___________________________________

Kick in and Main Riffing

This is real classic 50's style stuff. I kept it pretty Stray Cats as far as how I recorded it.. Guitar 1 plays the low riffing and guitar 2 does either 1 octave above the riff, or a power chord follow along rhythm.. Guitar 1 is in your left speaker, and guitar 2 is mostly in the right speaker.. Just for reference for you...

**The slide in below in our lead in riff is done by sliding into the 1st fret from above the Nut. So you start with an open 6th string, then side your index finger over the nut onto the 1st fret to create a slide in effect from nowhere...

F Maj7

E_______________________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________________________________
G_______________________________________________________________________
D_______________________________________________________________________
A_______________________________________________________________________
E__0---1__1~_1~___1~_1~_1~_____0---1__1~_1~___1~_1~___>>into main theme riff___

Main Theme riff

One of the things made famous in the 50's by Bassist "Marshall Lytle" was the slap effect. This can be heard on "Rock around the clock" quite easily.. It's almost what gives the song it's sound..

Riffs like the one below need to be played with a similar effect for them to sound right. Brian Setzer did it best in "Rock this town".. It's not quite a double picking of the notes, but the riff has the effect of it skipping along.

This is done by applying a muted double picking to each note in the riff.. To do this simply pick one note as normal and the other as an after-thought mute with swing feel.

See the video lesson for help with this, and more lesson...

Guitar 1 = Black tab
Guitar 2 = Blue Tab

Guitar 1: Main Guitar part...

E

E___________________________________________________
B___________________________________________________
G___________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________
E___0_0x__4_4x__5_5x__6_6x__7_7x__6_6x__5_5x__4_4x______

E___________________________________________________
B___________________________________________________
G___________________________________________________
D___________________________________________________
A___________________________________________________
E___0_0x__4_4x__5_5x__6_6x__7_7x__6_6x__5_5x__4_4x______

Guitar 2: Secondary guitar, played at the same time as guitar 1's riff above.... This guitar is used to create an effect.. It's playing the same riff but 1 octave higher than guitar 1..

E_______________________________________________
B_______________________________________________
G_______________________________________________
D________6_6x__7_7x__8_8x__9_9x__8_8x__7_7x__6_6x__
A___7_7x________________________________________
E_______________________________________________

Main song riffing..

I've tabbed this all out as 1 song section. It's here to give you something to JAm to.. And also some practice playing in this style. Or at least playing correctly in this style. Please see the video lesson for some great tips and the white meat of the lesson...

Guitar 1 = Black tab
Guitar 2 = Blue Tab

Guitar 1: Main Guitar part...

E A E A E

E_______________________________________________________________________________________________
B_______________________________________________________________________________________________
G_______________________________________________________________________________________________
D_______________________2_4________________________________2_4_________2_4______________________
A__________2_4___0_2---4______________2_4_5_4_2_4____0_2---4_______0_2---4______________2_4_5_4_2_4_
E___0_2---4____________________0_2---4__________________________________________0_2---4_____________

* Riffing below is picked straight up.. no muted double picked notes..

B5 A5 B7

E____________________________________________7_______
B____________________________________________7_______
G____________________________________________8_______
D______9__9_9--_____7__7_7--__________________7_______
A___9__9__9_9--__7__7__7_7--__________________9_______
E___7__7__7_7--__5__5__5_5--____0_4_5_6_7__x__7_______

E A E A E

E____________________________________________________7--_________
B____________________________________________________7--_________
G____________________________________________________8--_________
D____________________________________________________7--_________
A____________________________________________________9--_________
E___0_4_5_6_7_6_5_4___0_0x__4_4x__5_5x__6_6x__7_7x__0x__7--_________

E A E A E

B7 A

E___________________________________________________________________
B___________________________________________ 7_7__7__5______________
G___________________________________________ 8_8__8__6______________
D___________________________________________ 7_7__7__7______________
A___________________________________________ 9_9__9__7___>>into solo___
E___0_4_5_6_7_6_5_4___0_0x__4_4x__5_5x__6_0x__7_7__7__5______________

Guitar 2 chords shapes over the guitar 1 part above is below..

Guitar 2 does the riffing 1 octave higher than guitar 1 for the low E string chromatic riff, and for the rest of the guitar 1 part, guitar 2 follows along with chord hits.. The chord shapes for guitar 2 are below... See video for added lesson and help..

E5 A B

E___________________________________________
B___________________________________________
G__9_____6______8___________________________
D__9_____7______9___________________________
A__7_____0__________________________________
E____________________________________________

Solo

This solo is a mixture of Brian Setzer style stuff with slight embellishment, as well as some embellished excerpts from the "Rock around the Clock" classic guitar solo.. It's all great rockabilly practice. If you pair it with our part 1 Chuck Berry lesson, you'll have some great double stops and riffing to use at your next jam or recording session...

Take note of the chords above the solo. The solo goes to "A". The chords over the solo are a simple "A", "D", "E" chord pattern with accent hits. I didn't tab out the rhythm because you can hear what's going on when you listen to the Jam Track. The chord shapes I used under the solo are your basic power chord shapes for these chords...

**Note that this Setzer style opening pulls off to the 5th fret. For a more Brian Setzer'y approach just hammer back onto the 8th fret. So in other words do 8-7-8 instead of 8-7-5. For our track I did it as it's laid out below...

A

E___8-7-5________8-7-5_________8-7-5________8-7-5________
B___8-7-5_8-7-5___8-7-5_8-7-5____8-7-5_8-7-5___8-7-5_8-7-5___
G________8-7-5________8-7-5_________8-7-5________8-7-5___
D____________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________

E___8-7-5________8-7-5_________8-7-5_______5_5_____
B___8-7-5_8-7-5___8-7-5_8-7-5____8-7-5_7-5___ 5_5_____
G________8-7-5________8-7-5_________7-5___ 5_5_____
D_______________________________________5_5_____
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________

E___8-7-5________8-7-5_________8-7-5_______5_5_____
B___8-7-5_8-7-5___8-7-5_8-7-5____8-7-5_8-7-5__5_5_____
G________8-7-5________8-7-5_________8-7-5_ 5_5_____
D_______________________________________5_5_____
A_______________________________________________
E_______________________________________________

E__8-7-5____________8-7-5_________5__________
B_______8-7-5____________8-7-5__5_5_5________
G____________8-7-5_____________5_5_5________
D_____________________________5_5_5________
A__________________________________________
E__________________________________________

E__12^1/4_12^1/4____12^1/4_____12^1/4~~--slide downward and away--________
B__11^1/2_11^1/2____11^1/2_____11^1/2~~--slide downward and away--________
G____________________________________________________________
D____________________________________________________________
A____________________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________________

E_____________________________________________________________________
B__19x________________________________________________________________
G__19x_****////----mute the notes on these 3 strings and trem pick as you slide down. see video__
D__19x________________________________________________________________
A_____________________________________________________________________
E_____________________________________________________________________

A E

E___8-7-5________8-7-5_________8___ 10___11^1/2~--slide downward and away--____
B___8-7-5_8-7-5___8-7-5_8-7-5____8___10___11^1/2~--slide downward and away--____
G________8-7-5________8-7-5_______________________________________
D_______________________________________________________________
A_______________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________

*Rock around the clock "style" section.. Again this is an embellishment, but the techniques used are sound and true to both the solo itself and the style...

***Only notes in BOLD are picked. Notes not in bold are pulled off to..

E_______________________________________________________________________________________________
B__0x_5_5_7-5_5_8-5_5_7-5_5___8-5_5_7-5_5___8-5_5_7-5_5___8-5_5_7-5_5__8-5_5_7-5_5___8-5_5_7-5_5______
G_______________________________________________________________________________________________
D_______________________________________________________________________________________________
A_______________________________________________________________________________________________
E_______________________________________________________________________________________________

E_________ 5___7^1/4_7^1/2>release_7-5___7^1/4_7^1/2>release_7-5_____7^1/4_7^1/2>release_7-5___7^1/4_7^1/2>release_7-5___
B__8-5_5_7-5_____________________7____________________7_____________________7____________________7_
G_________________________________________________________________________________________________
D_________________________________________________________________________________________________
A_________________________________________________________________________________________________
E_________________________________________________________________________________________________

E___5________________________________________
B____________________5_______________________
G______6_6__0-4-5-6___________________________
D____________________________________________
A________________________7_7_________________
E____________________________________________

E D

E____________________________________________________________________________________________
B____________________________________________________________________________________________
G____________________________________________________________________________________________
D__17-15_14_16_14_13_15_13_12_14_12_11_12_11_----etc. on down.. it's a chromatic picked and muted repeating pattern... see video for help__
A____________________________________________________________________________________________
E____________________________________________________________________________________________

*Un-muted picked "semi-chromatic" scale down...

A D D# E

E__7_6_5_4___________________________________________
B__________7_6_5_4___________________________________
G__________________7_6_5_4___________________________
D__________________________7_6_5_4___________________
A__________________________________7_6_5_4___________
E__________________________________________7_6_5_4___

Post solo Riffing

The post solo riffing is just our kick in riff beefed up on the drum end a bit... The drums are doing Jazzy timing for this, so if you're unfamiliar with this sort of thing you might want to play along with the regular mp3 song track for this lesson, BEFORE you attempt the jam track. This will get you geared up for the jam track and prevent you from coming in too late..

Guitar 2: Secondary guitar, played at the same time as guitar 1's riff above.... This guitar is used to create an effect.. It's playing the same riff but 1 octave higher than guitar 1..

Outro

This is a combo some "Cat on a hot tin roof" style stuff like our intro, and a little take off on the "Rock around the clock" classic 50's ending... Guitar 2 is used only as an effect accent. Guitar 1 is important to the piece...

Guitar 1

E___________12___________12___________12___________
B________12___________12___________12______________
G__12-13_________12-13________12-13__________________
D_________________________________________14_14____
A__________________________________________________
E__________________________________________________

Guitar 2: Same riff as guitar 1, but one octave lower...

E________0________0________0______________
B______0________0________0________________
G__0-1_______0-1______0-1__________________
D______________________________2__2_______
A_________________________________________
E_________________________________________

Final ending

Guitar 1

A G F# F D# E F F# E F# G# A A A

E__0_5_5_5_0__3_3_3_0__2_2_2_0__1_1_1_0_____0_1_2___0_2_4_5_____5_____________5___
B_________________________________________4_____________________5_____________5___
G_______________________________________________________________6_____________6___
D_______________________________________________________________7_*let chord ring out___7___
A_______________________________________________________________7_____________7___
E_______________________________________________________________5_____________5___

Guitar 2: Notice guitar 2 is doing less, and it ends on a different chord.. It's the blending of these two ending chords that gives the final chord hits their sound.. If you were 1 guitar in a live setting and didn't have a second guitar, you could end on an A7. However if you have two guitars in a group, the A Major and A7 sus2 +11 ending laid out here will serve you well, and will be more dramatic in a live setting. i.e. freak out your audience more...

On the video lesson I refer to this ending chord as an "A9". I apologize for the error. Go by the tabs below for the correct chord name.. But in the end if I were you I would be less concerned with the name of the chord, and more concerned with the concept that I describe on the video for this ending...

Thanks, and sorry again for the minor error... they happen from time to time, we do a lot of video and tabs around here....

A7 sus2 +11 (also can be called A9 b5 no 3rd)

E______________________________________________0______________ 0_____
B______________________________________________0______________ 0_____
G______________________________________________0______________ 0_____
D___7~__5~__4~__3~____1__2_3_4____2_4_6_7____ 1_*let chord ring out__ 1_____
A______________________________________________0______________0_____
E___________________________________________________________________

End

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"Hot Tin Cat"
Written by:	Jeff Fiorentino
Performed by:	Jeff Fiorentino
Transcribed by:	Christopher M. Mas
Engineered by:	Mick the mixer


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