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Song
"Frame by Frame" from the King Crimson album "Discipline"
Fripp Guitar Part (essentials)
Transcribed by Reginald Hunt
The song begins with Fripp playing a rapid 1/16-note riff repeated many times:
-------------| -------------|
-------------| then after 32 measures of 4/4 he shifts up to
-----4-6-4---| -4-7-------7-| -------------| ---------------| ---------------|
---------------| after 16 measures of 4/4 he shifts up to
------7-9-7----| -7-10-------10-| ---------------| -------------| -------------| -------------| -------------|
-----5-7-5---| for 2 measures of 4/4 then -----6-8-6---| for 2 measures of 4/4.
-5-8-------8-| -6-9-------9-| -------------| -------------| -------------| -------------|
**********************************************************************************************
The next pattern (F# minor) is:
---------------| ---------------|-------------| ---------2-----| ---------2-----|---------2---| -2---4-----4---| for 2 times then -2---4-----4---|-2---4-----4-| for 7 times ---4---4-----4-| (if this is the 3rd ---4---4-----4-|---4---4-----| then
---------------| go round, make it 6 times) ---------------|-------------|
---------------| ---------------|-------------| ---------------| ---------2-----|
-2---4-----4---| again for 5 times then
---4---4-----4-| (if this is the 3rd
---------------| go round, jump to +++Coda+++ after 5 times)
---------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ---------4------|---------4------|---------4------|---------4------| -2---4------4---|-2---4------4---|-1---4------4---|-1---4------4---| ---3---3------3-|---3---3------3-|---3---3------3-|---3---3------3-| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Note that Fripp plays the above 13/8 pattern against Belew's 14/8 pattern giving an "echo"
effect that ceases after the 7 repeats.
**********************************************************************************************
The next pattern (A minor) is:
---------------| ---------5-----| -5---7-----7---| for 8 times then
---7---7-----7-|
---------------| ---------------| ------------8------| ------10-----------| -9-----------------| ---10----10---10---| -----------------0-| -------------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ---------5------|---------7------|---------7------|---------7------| -5---7------7---|-5---7------7---|-4---7------7---|-4---7------7---| ---6---6------6-|---6---6------6-|---6---6------6-|---6---6------6-| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Now return to the beginning and play it all again (but play the first
rapid pattern only 16 times).
**********************************************************************************************
++++++++++
+++Coda+++
++++++++++
---------------| ---------5-----| -5---7-----7---| for 4 times then
---7---7-----7-|
---------------| ---------------| -------------------------------------------------|| -------------------------------------------------|| ---5-7-5---5-7-5---5-7-5---5-7-5---5-7-5---5-7-5-|| for 4 times -7-------7-------7-------7-------7-------7-------|| -------------------------------------------------|| -------------------------------------------------||
Although I've seen Fripp play the last riff this way:
--------------------------------------------------------|| --------------------------------------------------------|| --------------------------------------------------------|| -7-10-12-10-7-10-12-10-7-10-12-10-7-10-12-10-7-10-12-10-|| --------------------------------------------------------|| --------------------------------------------------------||
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