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Rockschool Grade Pieces ‘Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love’

Van Halen

SONG TITLE: AIN’T TALKIN’ ‘BOUT LOVE : VAN HALEN RELEASED: 1978 LABEL: WARNER BROTHERS GENRE: CLASSIC ROCK

PERSONNEL: (GTR) (VOX) MICHAEL ANTHONY (BASS) (DRUMS)

UK CHART PEAK: N/A US CHART PEAK: N/A

BACKGROUND INFO of the Genesis song, ‘The Return Of The Giant Hogweed’ from the 1971 album Nursey Cryme and The main riff to ‘Aint Talkin’ Bout Love’ is based on Jeff used tapped notes to create a yodelling muted Am, F and G . The is treated sound. Van Halen has stated he got the idea from with a slow flanger effect. This formed part of Eddie watching guitarist play his Van Halen’s so-called ‘Brown Sound’ which helps unaccompanied solo in ‘Heartbreaker’. Page played make the riff even more distinctive. This riff forms a hammer-on and pull-off lick that made use of the backbone for the whole song: all the other sections open strings. Van Halen worked out that he could are essentially variations of this basic idea. transpose the pattern elsewhere on the neck by using his picking hand to help with the stretch.

THE BIGGER PICTURE RECOMMENDED LISTENING It’s impossible to understate the impact had Eddie Van Halen on rock guitar playing. Apart from Jimi Van Halen is full of astonishing guitar playing. Hendrix, no one has influenced more guitarists than ‘’ is explosive from start to finish, including Van Halen. His exciting, flamboyant style, spear- the famous triplet pattern, and is one of the headed by his amazing two-handed tapping technique most famous guitar tracks of all time. ‘I’m The One’ is second to none: Van Halen and Van Halen II are is a high tempo boogie, while the cover of ’ considered essential listening for everyone serious song ‘’ features yet more guitar about the guitar. pyrotechnics. The follow up 1979’s, Van Halen II features the nylon string cadenza ‘Spanish Fly’, which is the acoustic cousin of ‘Eruption’. ‘Outta NOTES Love Again’ features pinched harmonics in the riff and a tasteful solo that’s a perfect example of Van Although he’s credited for popularising the often- Halen’s impeccable phrasing. 1984’s album, 1984, saw emulated tapping technique, Eddie Van Halen the take a more poppy direction, but Eddie’s would be the first to admit he didn’t invent it. Steve outstanding playing can still be heard on the frenetic Hackett can be heard tapping arpeggios at the start ‘’ and the massive hit ‘’. Hot Rock Guitar Grade 3 Grade Rock Guitar Hot 5 6 Hot Rock Guitar Grade 3 Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love [15] [11] A A A A B B B B T & T & [7] T & [3] T & A A PM œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 1 ...... m m A A PM ’ œ 0 m m PM A B œ œ & T 0 0 œ 2 4 4 q œ œ 0 0 = 139 ’ œ 1 . . . . œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 0 2 2 1 0 2 2 1 A PM œ 0 Classic Rock œ 2 m ‰ ‰ ’ F œ 1 PM PM œ œ 0 0 j j œ 2 œ 1 G G œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 G ’ G 5 œ œ 3 3 5 œ 1 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ ’ œ œ œ 2 Warner/Chappell North America Limited Stripe Plane (75%)/Red Music, LLC (25%). PM PM œ œ 0 0 PM œ 3 ’ œ 0 © Copyright 1978Van Halen Music/Diamond Dave Music, USA. œ œ 3 3 œ 3 All Rights Reserved. International RightsAll Reserved. Copyright Secured. œ œ F œ 1 ’ œ Words &Music by Roth, Edward David Lee Van Halen, Van Alex Halen &Michael Anthony œ œ 2 2 œ 1 œ 2 ’ œ œ 3 3 œ 3 œ 2 A A A œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 A m m PM ’ œ 0 m m PM PM œ œ 0 0 œ 2 G œ 3 5 œ œ 0 0 ’ œ 1 œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 2 1 0 2 2 1 0 2 œ 2 œ 3 ’ ‰ ‰ F œ 1 PM PM œ œ 0 0 œ 1 œ 3 j j G ’ G G G œ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 5 œ œ 3 3 5 œ 3 œ œ œ œ ’ œ œ œ œ œ œ œ PM PM œ œ 1 3 œ 0 ’ œ 3 œ 3 œ 3 œ œ ’ 3 2 œ œ Van Halen Van œ 5 œ 2 ’ œ 3 œ 2 œ 5 œ 3 œ 3 œ 8 ...... ‘Paranoid’

Black Sabbath

SONG TITLE: PARANOID ALBUM: PARANOID RELEASED: 1970 LABEL: VERTIGO GENRE: HEAVY METAL

PERSONNEL: (VOX) (GTR) GEEZER BUTLER (BASS) BILL WARD (DRUMS)

UK CHART PEAK: 4 US CHART PEAK: 61

BACKGROUND INFO was supposed to be named after another track on the album: ‘War Pigs’. The title was changed by the record ‘Paranoid’ was the first single from the 1970 company as it was considered inappropriate in light of album of the same name. It starts with a distinctive the ongoing Vietnam war. This is why the figure on guitar riff based on an E5 powerchord and the the front cover of the album is clearly a ‘War Pig’. minor pentatonic scale before moving into chugging One interesting quirk of guitarist Tony Iommi’s eighth-note powerchords for the majority of the style is that he prefers to play powerchords on the song. The interesting guitar tone in the solo is the lowest two strings of the guitar (the fifth and sixth sound of a ring modulator effect. It may be simple, strings) regardless of how high they are. This means but ‘Paranoid’ netted Black Sabbath their highest ever he often plays above the 12th , even when it chart position and initiated their rise to superstardom. might seem more logical to play one string higher. This approach yields a thick, full tone that can’t be duplicated on the thinner strings. THE BIGGER PICTURE

Black Sabbath’s sound evolved from the blues to the RECOMMENDED LISTENING powerful sound that became the blueprint of today’s modern metal. Megadeth and constantly ‘Evil Woman’ from Sabbath’s debut album Black reference Black Sabbath as an influence, while Alice in Sabbath shows off Iommi’s Clapton-influenced lead Chains and Soundgarden clearly owe a debt to them. style. The title track, is perhaps the first recorded Grunge icon, Kurt Cobain name-checked Sabbath example of the heavy metal genre. It makes use of the when describing Nirvana’s sound. dark sounding tritone (b5) interval combined with a heavy, distorted sound, which, while commonplace in metal nowadays, was groundbreaking in the late NOTES 60s. Some of Tony Iommi’s best riffs can be found on 1973’s Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Aside from the ‘Paranoid’ was written as an album filler (its title track, ‘A National Acrobat’ features an excellent relatively simple structure compared to the rest of the harmony riff and ‘Sabbra Cadabra’ harks back to album supports this). In fact, the album Paranoid Sabbath’s bluesy beginnings. Hot Rock Guitar Grade 3 Grade Rock Guitar Hot 21 22 Hot Rock Guitar Grade 3 Paranoid [13] A A A B B B T & [9] T & [5] T & # # # ...... A B & T PM PM E E E 12 14 12 14 12 14 œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ 5 5 5 . . # 12 14 12 14 œ œ œ œ 4 4 q = 12 14 œ œ 12 14 165 > œ œ . . . . 12 14 œ œ 12 œ Metal j E 12 14 œ œ 12 14 12 14 œ œ œ œ 5 . . 12 14 14 12 12 14 œ œ œ œ œ œ 12 œ j 12 14 12 14 œ œ œ œ 12 14 > œ œ j 10 œ œ 8 12 14 œ œ œ œ 12 œ j C 12 14 10 12 14 œ œ ˙ ˙ œ œ 12 14 8 œ œ 5 12 14 12 14 œ œ œ œ 12 14 œ œ 12 14 12 > œ œ œ All Rights Reserved. International RightsAll Reserved. Copyright Secured. 12 14 œ œ 14 œ © Copyright 1970Westminster Music Limited. D 12 14 10 12 12 14 12 œ œ œ œ ˙ ˙ œ 5 14 12 14 œ 12 14 œ œ œ œ 12 œ 12 14 œ œ Words &Music by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Terry ‘Geezer’ Butler Ward &Bill 12 14 > œ œ 14 œ 12 14 œ œ 12 œ 14 œ D D PM E 10 12 12 14 10 12 œ œ œ œ œ œ 5 5 5 . . . . 12 14 10 12 10 12 œ œ œ œ œ œ . . . . 12 14 10 12 12 œ œ œ œ 10 12 œ > œ œ j 12 14 (Band enter) œ œ 12 14 10 12 œ œ œ œ . . 10 12 12 14 10 12 œ œ œ œ œ œ 12 œ j 12 14 œ œ 12 14 10 12 10 12 œ œ œ œ œ œ j 12 14 10 12 œ œ œ œ œ œ 10 12 > œ œ 12 12 14 10 12 œ œ œ œ œ j 12 14 œ œ G G 10 12 12 14 10 12 œ œ J œ œ œ œ J 5 5 12 14 D D œ œ 12 10 12 10 12 œ œ œ œ œ 5 5 . . . . 12 14 14 œ œ œ 12 12 14 œ œ œ Black Sabbath Black E E 12 14 12 14 14 œ œ œ œ œ 12 14 5 5 œ œ 12 œ 12 14 œ œ 14 œ 12 12 12 12 12 12 J J œ œ œ œ œ œ 12 14 œ œ 12 œ ‰ ‰ 12 14 œ œ 14 œ ......