Belly Dancer Joe Satriani
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Belly Dancer - by Joe Satriani - off Strange Beautiful Music (2002)
Tabbed by Daniel Cederblad 12/8/02
plz send tabs of other songs off this album to: ds_software@hotmail.com
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standard tuning EADGBE
INTRO AND VERSE:
|-----------------------------------------------1-1-----| |-----------------------------------------------1-1-----| |-------2b3b2-0-------------5-5-5-7b8b7-5-------3-3-----| |-------2b3b2-0-------------5-5-5-7b8b7-5-5-5-5-3-3-----| |-5-5-5----------5-3-3-3-3--3-3-3---------3-3-3-1-1-----| |-3-3-3----------3-1-1-1-1------------------------------|
MAIN THEME: (guitar w/wah pedal) (0:15)
|-------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------3-4-3---3-------------------| |----------------2b3b2------------5---5-3-2-------------| |-3-3-5~-3---3-5-------5~-------------------5-3-3-/8-5~-| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------3-4-3---3-------------------| |----------------3-5-5~-----------5---5-3-2-------------| |-3-3-5~-3---3-5----------------------------5-----------| |---------------------------------------------3/5-3~----| |-------------------------------------------------------|
sliding octaves (0:43)
[Eb] [D] [C]
|-6-66666666-6/8-8-8-88888888-8/10-10-10 10-10-|--|-------| |----------------------------------------------|--|-15t16-| |-3-33333333-3/5-5-5-55555555-5/7--7--7--7--7--|X2|-------| |----------------------------------------------|--|-------| |----------------------------------------------|--|-------| |----------------------------------------------|--|-------|
this bit has an kinda arabic feel (0:56)
|----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |-12h13p12p0-10p0h12-8h10p8p0-7p0h8-5h7p5p0-4h5p4p0-1h3p1p0------| X4 |-----------------------------------------------------------3-5--| |----------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------------------------|
this is a tricky ascending run of pull offs and alternate picking (1:10)
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-5p3p0---3p0-|-6p3p0---3p0-|-7p3p0---3p0-|-9p5p0---5p0-|-12p8p0---8p0-|-14p10p0----10p0-|-17p12p0----12p0-|-16p12p0----12p0--| |-------3-----|-------3-----|-------3-----|-------5-----|--------8-----|---------10------|---------12------|---------12-------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
octaves again, can be played as single notes for lead part (listen to cd for variations) (1:37)
|---------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5/7-7-7--5-7-8-7-5-7/5-5-5------------------------------------------| |----------------------------8/10-10-10-8-10-12-10-8-10-8-7-7-5-3-3---| |-3/5-5-5--3-5-6-5-3-5/3-3-3------------------------------------------| |----------------------------6/8--8--8--6-8--10-8--6-8--6-5-5-3-1-1---|
( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/j/joe_satriani/belly_dancer_tab.html )
now comes the tapping bit i had to slow the song down heaps to figure this one out (2:05)
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |-19p15-19p15p12p0-|-17p15-17p15p12p0-|-19p15-19p15p12p0-|-20p15-20p15p12p0-| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |-------x4---------|--------x4--------|--------x4--------|--------x4--------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |-19p15-19p15p12p0-|-17p15-17p15p12p0-|-19p15-19p15p12p0-|-20p15-20p15p12p0-| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |-------x2---------|--------x2--------|--------x2--------|--------x2--------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |-19p15-19p15p12p0-|-17p15-17p15p12p0-|-19p15-19p15p12p0-| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |-------x2---------|--------x2--------|--------x4--------| |------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |-22p21-22p21p19p0-|-20p19-20p19p17p0-|-20p19-20p19p17p0-|-19p17-19p17p15p0-| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |-------x4---------|--------x4--------|--------x4--------|--------x4--------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |-17p15-17p15p14p0-|-15p14-15p14p12p0-|-17p15-17p15p14p0-|-15p14-15p14p12p0-| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| |-------x2---------|--------x2--------|--------x2--------|--------x2--------| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
series of trills before you switch back to main theme (2:28)
|-15t18--------------------------------------------| |-------15t18--------------------------------------| |-------------15t17-------15t17--------------------| |-------------------15t17-------15t17--------------| |-------------------------------------15t17--------| |-------------------------------------------13t15--|
the crazy outro solo has this as backing (3:00)
|------------------------|------------------------------| |------(guitar 1)--------|-------(guitar 2)-------------| |-5-5-4-4-3--------------|--5----6-----7----------------| |-5-5-5-5-5--3-3-4-4-5-5-|---5-5--5-5---5-5-------------| |------------3-3-4-4-5-5-|------------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------------|
sorry the outro solo is hard and i haven't figured it out at all anyway. here's the start of it (3:14)
my guitar is missing the high E so right now it is impossible for me to attempt to tab the rest!
|----------------|--------------------------------------| |----------------|--------------------------------------| |------x4--------|--------------------------------------| |----------------|--------------------------------------| |----------------|--------------------------------------| |-1/3-3-3-3/6/3--|--------------------------------------|
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TAB EXPLANATION
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h = hammer on
p = pull-off
t = trill
~ = vibrato
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