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This is the 7/8 guitar part that Belew plays during the singing:
e|----------------|----------------|-- ----------------|---------------| B|----------2-----|----------2-----|-- ----------2-----|---------2-----| G|--2---4-----4---|--2---4-----4---|- etc...--2---4-----4---|--2---4----4---| D|----4---4-----4-|----4---4-----4-|-- ----3---3-----3-|----3---3----3-| A|----------------|----------------|---- ----------------|---------------| E|----------------|----------------|- ----------------|---------------| e|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----------2-----|----------2-----|----------5-----| G|--2---4-----4---|--2---4-----4---|--5---7-----7---| repeat the same pattern D|----2---2-----2-|----2---2-----2-|----7---7-----7-| at the 5th fret. A|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
The fripp line on top of the belew 7/8 is basically the same riff in
alternating bars of 6 and 7, but KEEPING THE SAME 8th note value.
This produces the funky intervals you hear... and you thought it
was a delay! (I know *I* did first time I heard it... 8-)).
e|------------------|---------------| B|------------2-----|----------2----| G|--2---4-------4---|--2---4--------| D|----2---2-------2-|----2---2---2--| A|------------------|---------------| etc. over the 7/8 above... E|------------------|---------------|
The chording during fripps' wacked out picking in the intro and
between verses seems to be a barred 9th chord, dropping the
unison on the G string to the major 7th, ie
e|--2-----2--2----| B|--2-----2--2----| G|--4-----3--4----| D|--4-----4--4----| A|--2-----2--2----| E|--2-----2--2----|
with appropriate whammy bar antics for the first chord, then up to a
Dsus2 (5th & 7th fretts) then again another 3rd.
Oh yeah, when the 13/8 and 7/8 fall back together, they play for
about 3 bars both in 7 *then* drop the bass note as noted above.
Some one is yet to figure out the "wacked out fripp part".
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 1996 11:39:02 -0500
From: Taylor Sherman
Subject: TAB: Frame_by_frame by King Crimson
This was originally posted by Sven .
Excellent work on the 13/8 part, but I found a small error in the
second change of the 7/8 part: Instead of the second note in each
measure moving down another half step, the first note moves down a
half step. I've also made some headway into the "Wacked out Fripp part."
-Taylor Sherman
King Crimson -- Frame by Frame
This is the 7/8 guitar part that Belew plays during the singing:
e|----------------|----------------|-- ----------------|---------------| B|----------2-----|----------2-----|-- ----------2-----|---------2-----| G|--2---4-----4---|--2---4-----4---|- etc...--2---4-----4---|--2---4----4---| D|----4---4-----4-|----4---4-----4-|-- ----3---3-----3-|----3---3----3-| A|----------------|----------------|---- ----------------|---------------| E|----------------|----------------|- ----------------|---------------| e|----------------|----------------|----------------| B|----------2-----|----------2-----|----------5-----| G|--1---4-----4---|--1---4-----4---|--5---7-----7---| repeat the same pattern D|----3---3-----3-|----3---3-----3-|----7---7-----7-| at the 5th fret. A|----------------|----------------|----------------| E|----------------|----------------|----------------|
The fripp line on top of the belew 7/8 is basically the same riff in
alternating bars of 6 and 7, but KEEPING THE SAME 8th note value.
This produces the funky intervals you hear... and you thought it
was a delay! (I know *I* did first time I heard it... 8-)).
e|------------------|---------------| B|------------2-----|----------2----| G|--2---4-------4---|--2---4--------| D|----2---2-------2-|----2---2---2--| A|------------------|---------------| etc. over the 7/8 above... E|------------------|---------------|
The chording during fripps' wacked out picking in the intro and
between verses seems to be a barred 9th chord, dropping the
unison on the G string to the major 7th, ie
e|--2-----2--2----| B|--2-----2--2----| G|--4-----3--4----| D|--4-----4--4----| A|--2-----2--2----| E|--2-----2--2----|
with appropriate whammy bar antics for the first chord, then up to a
Dsus2 (5th & 7th frets) then again another 3rd.
Oh yeah, when the 13/8 and 7/8 fall back together, they play for
about 3 bars both in 7 *then* drop the bass note as noted above.
Some one is yet to figure out the "wacked out fripp part".
However, it's based on the following:
e|------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------| D|-----5-7-5-------5-7-5-------5-7-5--------------| A|-5-8-------8-5-8-------8-5-8-------8------------| etc E|------------------------------------------------|
Which modulates up to the 7th fret, then 10th, then 11th. The rhythm
is strange, I can't pin down if it's sextuplets, 6 against 4, or what.
It seems like he adds some notes sometimes to make things fit in.
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