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Can you play Eruption?

Piece o cake!
0 (0%)
I can fake my way through it...
8 (23.5%)
Pfft! As if!
13 (38.2%)
I've never tried. Not my cup of tea tbh
13 (38.2%)

Total Members Voted: 28

Voting closed: February 16, 2007, 08:36:22 PM

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TwilightOdyssey

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« Reply #15 on: February 17, 2007, 04:11:37 PM »
Interesting Eruption trivia:

The original transcprition for Eruption that appeared in Guitar Player magazine was transcribed by ... Steve Vai!
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« Reply #16 on: February 17, 2007, 05:03:13 PM »
Quote from: TwilightOdyssey
Interesting Eruption trivia:

The original transcprition for Eruption that appeared in Guitar Player magazine was transcribed by ... Steve Vai!


As well as Spanish Fly. I've still got them around here somewhere.
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« Reply #17 on: February 17, 2007, 05:12:59 PM »
http://guitar.about.com/cs/guitartab/qt/solo_eruption.htm

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Apparently, the recording of "Eruption" happened spontaneously... it wasn't even supposed to be a track on the album. Eddie Valen Halen was warming up at the recording studio early one day, when producer Ted Templeman overheard the guitarist. Templeman loved what he heard, and demanded that they record the solo. Eddie quickly recorded one take of "Eruption", and they ended up putting it on the album. Says Eddie: "I didn't even play it right. There's a mistake at the top end of it. To this day, whenever I hear it I always think, "Man, I could've played it better."

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Apparently even Eddie cant play it right  :lol:
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matteo

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« Reply #18 on: February 17, 2007, 06:37:52 PM »
does anyone have accurate tab source for it?
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« Reply #19 on: February 17, 2007, 07:11:39 PM »
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does anyone have accurate tab source for it?


http://www.fretplay.com/tabs/v/van_halen/eruption-tab.shtml

I can't play it so dunno if its right, but it claims to be transcribed from Guitar Player magazine so should be sound :)
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« Reply #20 on: February 18, 2007, 09:16:49 AM »
I don't really dig EVH's technique, and personally, I think that there's too much show and not enough substance in a lot of his solos. (Please don't hate me!)

(Although I am currently working on Yngwie's Black Star, so who am I to talk  :D )

Having said that, he has the greatest tone anyone has ever gotten from a guitar, and he is/was a true pioneer in guitar technique.
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« Reply #21 on: February 18, 2007, 01:02:48 PM »
thanx dude
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