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Demonstration
Music by Steve Vai
Transcribed by Glen Morgan

*The following tab and notation relates to the example that Steve presents in this video lesson. Full song
transcriptions are available in the Steve Vai Passion & Warfare Songbook published by Hal Leonard.

= 86

4:53
A6/9

1 2
3 4

5 5 5 5 5 X 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 X X 5
5 5 5 5 5 X 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 X X 5
4 4 4 4 4 X 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 X X 4
4 4 4 4 4 X 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 X X 4

5 5 5 5 5 X X 5 5 5 5 5 5 X X 5 5 5 5 5 5 X X X 5
5 5 5 5 5 X X 5 5 5 5 5 5 X X 5 5 5 5 5 5 X X X 5
4 4 4 4 4 X X 4 4 4 4 4 4 X X 4 4 4 4 4 4 X X X 4
4 4 4 4 4 X X 4 4 4 4 4 4 X X 4 4 4 4 4 4 X X X 4

5:02

4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2
2 2 4 2 5 2 4 2 2 2 4 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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 = 140
5:53
A B/A E/A
4 1
1 2 3 2
3
1 2 3

2 2 4 4 4 5
2 2 4 4 4 4
2 2 4 4 4 6
0 0 0 0 0 0

A B/A E/A
4 1
1 2 3 2
3
1 2 3

2 2 4 4 4 5
2 2 4 4 4 4
2 2 4 4 4 6
0 0 0 0 0 0

= 180
6:26
A B/A E/A
4 1
1 2 3 2
3
1 2 3

2 2 X X 4 4 4 5
2 2 X X 4 4 4 4
2 2 X X 4 4 4 6
0 0 X X 0 0 0 0

2/6
 A B/A E/A
4 1
1 2 3 2
3
1 2 3

2 2 X X 4 4 4 5
2 2 X X 4 4 4 4
2 2 X X 4 4 4 6
0 0 X X 0 0 0 0

7:33
Aadd9
51
2
3 4

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 X 6 X X 6 X 6 X X
7 X 7 X X 7 X 7 X X
7 X 7 X X 7 X 7 X X
5 X 5 X X 5 X 5 X X

0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 X 6 X 6 X X
7 X 7 X 7 X X
7 X 7 X 7 X X
5 X 5 X 5 X X

3/6
 = 90
9:34
A B/A E/A Amaj7 B/A Bsus4/A
4 1
4 1 2
1 2 3 2 1 2 3 3
3
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4

4 7 7 7
2 2 4 X X 4 5 (5) 2 X 2 4 4 X 5 5 5 5
2 X X 2 4 X X 4 4 (4) 2 X 2 4 4 X 4 4 4 4
2 X X 2 4 X X 4 6 (6) 2 X 2 4 4 X 4 4 4 4
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

E/A A B/A Bsus4/A B11/A Aadd9 Amaj7 B/F#

4 1
4 1 2
9 1 2
9 1 2 3
14 1 2 3
16 1 2 3
2 1 2 3 3 3 4
3 4 4
1 2 3 4 4

7 11 11 9 9 9 9 16 16 19
5 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 10 10 10 10 10 10 14 14 14 16
4 2 2 X 2 4 4 4 4 9 9 9 9 9 9 14 14 14 16
6 2 2 X 2 4 4 4 4 9 9 9 9 9 9 14 14 14 16
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Amaj7 Bsus2/C# Asus2/BC sus4/G#Bsus4/F#

14 1 2 3
11 1 2
9 1 2
6 1 2
4 1 2
3 3 3 3
4
4 4 4 4

19 16 16 14 14 12 12 9 9 7 7 5 4 2
16 14 14 12 10 10 7 7 5 5 3 2 2 2
16 14 14 11 9 9 6 6 4 4 2 2 2 4 6 4 2 4 2
16 14 14 11 6 4 2 4 6 4 2 4 2 2 2
0 2 4 0 0

4/6
10:18
A6/9 B6/9 C sus2/A# B6/9
6 1 2
8 1 2
6 1 2
3 4 3 4 3 4

1 2
3 4

5 X X 5 5 X X 5 X 7 X 9 7 X 7
5 X X 5 5 X X 5 X 7 X 9 7 X 7
4 X X 4 4 X X 4 X 6 X 8 6 X 6
4 X X 4 4 X X 4 X 6 X 8 6 X 6
0

A6/9 B6/9 C sus2/A# B6/9

6 1 2
8 1 2
6 1 2
3 4 3 4 3 4

1 2
3 4

5 X 5 X 7 X 9 7 X X X 7 X 7 X
5 X 5 X 7 X 9 7 X X X 7 X 7 X
4 X 4 X 6 X 8 6 X X X 6 X 6 X
4 X 4 X 6 X 8 6 X X X 6 X 6 X
0

11:01

3 5 X 3 5 7 5 3 X 3 3 3 X X 7 5 5 5 3 5
3 5 X 3 5 7 5 3 X 3 3 3 X X 7 5 5 5 3 5
1 3 X 1 3 5 3 1 X 0 1 1 1 X X 5 3 3 3 1 3

5/6
 = 160
11:20
Distortion

9 9 (9) (9) 7
9 7 9 (9)

3 3
3

10 12 12 14 14 14 12 14 12
(9) 9 9

3 3

full full

16 11 9 11 (11) 9 11 9 11 (11)

= 80
13:38

full full full

9 5 5 5 9 5 5 5 9 5 5 5
9 7 5 9 7 5 5 9 7 5 5 7 7
7 7

6/6