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Here is most of Jeff Beck`s live version of the Beatles` a day in the life.
My guitar was tuned to open G (DGDGBD) the first time I listened to the song
and I found that it worked well enough. More than that, this tuning allows
you to at least approach the wide-spectrum, thick, distorted harmonics that
Beck uses to mimic the orchestral qualities of the original song. If you
can boost the lows and highs, without adding much distortion as a result,
do it. Use a moderate amount of reverb, plenty of sustain, some distortion,
delay, and the DigiTech Whammy is a must for the orchestral transition
parts--I`ve been using either the 3rd Up/4th Up or 4th Up/5th Up Harmony
settings, but I`m new to this Whammy stuff. I would find it hard to
believe that Jeff uses a Floyd-Rose on this particular song. If you have
a DigiTech Whammy, check it out and let me know what you think--any advice
at all would be much appreciated. I use a BigMuffPI for distortion, which
also provides just enough sustain to work. toyL569@cs.com enjoy.
One last thing, and I gotta say this out of respect for Beck--for anyone
who is unfamiliar with Jeff Beck`s music, and especially his performances,
now is probably the best time to hear his stuff...his shows are among the
best and his studio stuff gets better and better.
I show only some of the bends, hammerons, slides etc because they`re so
numerous and are evident enough from knowing how to play to begin with...
d-------------------------------------------------------------
B----2---4---2-4----------------------------------------------
G--3---3---3-----3--------------------------------------------
D--------------------------4-8-9-8-6-4-6-1-8-8----------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
d-------------------------------------------------------------
B----2---4---2-4----------------------------------------------
G--3---3---3-----3--------------------------------------------
D-------------------------4-8-9-8-6-4--------4-8-9-8-6-464----
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
d--19slide----------------------------------------------------
B--19-down-----2---4---2-4------------------------------------
G--19--------3---3---3-----3--------4-8-9-8-6-4-6-1-88--------
D--19---------------------------------------------------------
G--19---------------------------------------------------------
D--X----------------------------------------------------------
d-------------------------------------------------------------
B----2---4---2-4------4-2-------------------------------------
G--3---3---3-----3--------3-----------------------------------
D---------------------------4-------4-8-9-8-6-4-6-8787878-----
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-(1:01)------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------11----13----11-13---------------------------
B--------------11----11----11-------11------------------------
G------11-----------------------------------------------------
D--13---------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
d-------9------------11-------------11-13----11-13-----11-----
B----11---11-9-7-9------11-------11-------11-------11---11-9--
G-11---------------8----------11----------------------------11
D-------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-(1:26)------------------------------------------------------
d---------9---------------------------------------------------
B------11----11---9------9--11-10-11-10-11-10-11-10-11-10-11--
G---11---------------11---------------------------------------
D-theyhadtocountthemall---------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-(1:40)------------------------------------------------------
d-------------------------------------------------------------
B--10-11--16---19--------19-----------------------------------
G-the-AL-BERT-HALL----19----19--1516151615161516151615161516--
D-------------------------------------------------------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-------------------------------------------------------------
d------------------then-distort-------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----
B-------------------dive-echoe--------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----
G-----------------& harmonic bends----8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----
D--8989898989--------whammy?----------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----
G-------------------------------------8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-----
D-(1:59)-----------------------------(2:24 2d guitar comes in-
not shown)
d-11-11-11-11-11----------------------------------------------
B-11-11-11-11-11--14-13-11--------------------------------13--
G-11-11-11-11-11--14-13-11--13-15-13---13-1515-1313-1515--13--
D-11-11-11-11-11--14-13-11-----------13-------------1515--13--
G-11-11-11-11-11-(pull-off----------------------------15--13--
D-(2:31)-----------2:35)----(^begin-whammy)---------------slide
2:38 down
d---------------------------------------------------15--------
B---131515131513--13--------131515131513--1315------15--------
G-13131515131513151315----1513151513151315131515----15--------
D-13------------15--15----15------------15----15--------------
G-------------------------------------------------------------
D-(2:47)------------------------------------------------------
d-------------------------------------------------------------
B-1315-13151315-13151313B----------------131515151513--13
G-1315-13151315-13151313B-1515-1313------131515151513--13-----
D---------------13--------1515-1313------13151515151315131515-
G-------------------------1515-1313------slup--------15--1515-
D-(2:57)---------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------
B-131515-13-1513----13------16ring-16-1413----13141618ring--
G-131515-13-1513----13----------------sldn15----------------
D-131515-13-1513-15-13--------------------------------------
G-ham------------15-slide-----------------------------------
D-(3:09)-------------down-----------------------------------
d------------------------8----12----------------------------
B-18-20-18-16-20B18-16---8----12----------------------------
G------------------------8----12----------------------------
D------------------------8----12----------79-13-11-97-97----
G------------------------8----12------9-11-----------9--11--
D-----------------------3:27-sldn-------?????fast????????---
d-----------------------------------------------------------
B-8--6-4--6-1---2---4---2-4---------------------------------
G-8--6-4--6-1-3---3---3-----3-------------------------------
D-8--6-4--6-1----------------------4-8-9-8-6-4-6-1-88ring---
G-8--6-4--6-1-----------------------------------------------
D-(3:44)----------------------------------------------------
d---11--13--11-13-------11----------------9-----------------
B-11--11--11-----11-------11-9----------11-11-9--9-11101110-
G-----------------------------11------11-------11-----------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D-(4:03)----------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------------------------
B-111011101110111011-15-19B-------19B----101110111011-------
G------------------------------19B---19B--------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
G-----------------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------------
d-----------------------------------------8------------
B-111211121112----then whammy, distort,---8------------
G------------------harmonic bends,--------8------------
D-----------------pure attitude-----------8------------
G-----------------------------------------8------------
D----------------------------------------(4:56)--------
