Africa Toto
Date: Mon, 24 Jul 1995 10:00:37 -0400<br/> Subject: steve_lukather/africa_solo.tab<br/> <br/> Toto's Africa Solo By Steve Lukather<br/> <br/> Tabbed By Rich Kucera<br/> <br/> X~ == very expressive vibrato involving whole step<br/> [b] == indicates the note is pre-bent, probably<br/> from the fret of the previous note. There<br/> are a few articulations done by bending<br/> like a sitar player instead of fretting.<br/> <br/> This is a solo in a G minor blues pentatonic, with<br/> the added 6th replacing the 7th sometimes(the BB King<br/> "sweet" sounding blues scale). Lukather doesn't<br/> seem to mess around with the flatted 5th at all.<br/> He stays "inside" the whole time, apart from splashing<br/> in a descending passing flatted 9th following a <br/> descending passing major third. He plays the centerpiece<br/> lick on the basic minor scale with the flatted third<br/> and flatted seventh, and this corresponds to overlaying<br/> the second major solo pattern in the same place as the<br/> first G-minor pentatonic(this was news to me, I always<br/> thought it was the sixth pattern that overlaid the<br/> first minor pentatonic). If you think in modes, I<br/> guess this is the same as overlaying the G Dorian<br/> scale(also news to me).<br/> <br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -----17b18b17p15----15---------------------------------<br/> ----------------h17----15------------------------------<br/> --------------------------17--------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> <br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> ---------------17-------17-----------------------------<br/> ------19b21-------20b21----20b21b20b22~----------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> <br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> ---22b24--22b24b22p19--22-[b]24--22b24~------22--19----<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> <br/> major third bends...<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> ---23b27b23p20-----------------------------------------<br/> ---------------22p19-22b26b22p19-----------------------<br/> ---------------------------------22p20-----------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> <br/> -----------------------------------------------------17<br/> --------------------------------------------------18---<br/> ---22b24--22b24b22p19--22-[b]24--22b24~------/19------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> <br/> ---20p17-18p17----17--------------------------------------<br/> --------------h20----18p17h20----18p17----18p1715h17p15--<br/> ------------------------------19-------19-----------------<br/> ----------------------------------------------------------<br/> ----------------------------------------------------------<br/> ----------------------------------------------------------<br/> <br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> ------------------------13-----------------------------<br/> --17p14h17p14h16p13-15------14--15p14p12~~12----------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> <br/> ------------------------------------------------------------<br/> ------------------------------1813-13------15--------------<br/> ---------13/14h17-14/15h17/19-----------15------[14b]15b14--<br/> --/15h17----------------------------------------------------<br/> ------------------------------------------------------------<br/> ------------------------------------------------------------<br/> <br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> --12------15--12~----------------15----15----15----15--<br/> ------15------------15------/15----15----15----15-----<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> <br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -----17----15----17b19--15-17b19-15-17-15--------------<br/> --15----15----15---------------------------17~--------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> <br/> ----------10-- repeat this some arbitrary number of times,<br/> ---/13b15----- speeding up as you go, then slide up...<br/> --------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> <br/> ----------12---------12--------------------------------<br/> ---/15b17-----15b17------16b18~------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------<br/> <br/> ---------15-----15h18p15----15--------------15---------------<br/> --18b20------18----------18----18p15------15-----------------<br/> -------------------------------------17b19-----17b19b17p15---<br/> -------------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------------------------------------------------------------<br/> <br/> ---------------------------------------------------------------<br/> ---------------------------------------------------------------<br/> -------15------------------------------------------------------<br/> -17-15----17-14----17----14------------------------------------<br/> ----------------17----17----17--14----14-17-15----14-----------<br/> -----------------------------------17----------18----15--13~---<br/> <br/> :) fade out...<br/> <br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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