Dancing Days Led Zeppelin
Dancin Days
I know the reviewers don't like this stuff but this is a far easier way to
play this part of the song. you can post it or not
tune your guitar to open E, it is :
E (high)
[B]
[G#]
[E]
[B]
[E]
slap a capo on the third fret (all postitions are relative to the capo)
d u d u d u repeat 8X
E ----0-0-0--0----0--0--------------- B ----0-0-0--0----0--0--------------- G# ----2-3-2--3h2--0--2----------------- E ----0-0-0--0----0----------------- B ----0-0-0--0----0----------------- E ----0-0-0--0----0-----------------
It just sounds a little more full this way,more notes being hit i guess.
maybe you can incorporate this piece in with what this dude worked so hard to do.
(two versions)
Explanation: Dancing Days
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/ x Slide up to x
\ x Slide down to x
(x ^ y) Bend up, from x to y if notes are in parenthesises
(x v y) Bend down, from x to y they are hit once.
((x) ^ y) Play y bent, (don't play x)
(x - y) Pull off from y to x
(x h y) Hammer-on from x to y
~~x,y Trill x and y
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You need to remember that Jimmy Page has this "terrible" habit of
recording a lot of guitar parts all together. I find this a real challenge
to play one part that covers everything. Sometimes they are just differant
sounds but the same part, or, differant parts combined to make a complex
score. I think it is possible that all of this (EVERYTHING!) is slide,
though I play it just picking. I have simply placed parts and labled them
so you can put them where they need to be.
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------Dancing Days------
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* Basically sliding off the string to open position.
:Intro | * | --- Repeat two times--- ---------------|--------|-------------------------------------------------- -------(2 /3) 2 (/3\2 - 0)--------------(2 /3) 2 (/3\2 - 0)---------------- ---------------|--------|-------------------------------------------------- ---------------|--------|-------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------(2 /3) (2/3\2 -0)--(/7 \5)-----------(2 /3) 2 (/3\2 - 0)---------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------(/7 \5)---------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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I found there many veriations on the hammers and pulls.
:Verse
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------0 3 5----- (5 h6) (6 -5)-------(/9 -7)--9 (9 -7)------------------ -------0 3 5----- 5------5------------/6------6 6---------------------- -------0 3 5----- 5------5------------/6------6 6---------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----(/6 -5 h6)--(6 h8)---(5 h6) 5---------------------------------------- ------/5----------5--------5------5---------------------------------------- ------/5----------5--------5------5------5-7-5-7-5------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------6 (5 h6) (6 -5)-------(/9 -7)--9 (9 -7)------------------ ---------------5 5 5------------/6------6 6---------------------- ---------------5 5 5------------/6------6 6---------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- -----(/6 -5 h6)--(6 h8)---(5 h6) 5---------------------------------------- ------/5----------5--------5------5---------------------------------------- ------/5----------5--------5------5------5-7-5-7-5------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------(6 -5) 6 (6 -5)-------(/5 -3)--6--3---5--3-------------- ---------------5 5 5------------/3------3--3---3--3-------------- ---------------5 5 5------------/3------3--3---3--3-------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------(3 -2) -3--2-(3 h5)--(2 h3) -2--------------------------------------- -------2------2--2--2-------2------2--------------------------------------- -------2------2--2--2-------2------2-----2-3-2-3--------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------(6 -5) 6 (6 -5)-------(/5 -3)--6--3---5--3-------------- ---------------5 5 5------------/3------3--3---3--3-------------- ---------------5 5 5------------/3------3--3---3--3-------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------(3 -2) -3--2-(3 h5)--(2 h3) -2--------------------------------------- -------2------2--2--2-------2------2--------------------------------------- -------2------2--2--2-------2------2-----2-3-2-3-(or 2-3-2-2-3-2)--------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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:Solo line over Verse
------------------------8------8---/9--(9/11)--\8-------------------------- ------------------5--8--8------8---/9--(9/11)--\8-------------------------- ---------------5----------------------------------------------------------- ------------5-------------------------------------------------------------- ------3-/7----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------8-------------------------------------------------- ------------------5--8--8-------------------------------------------------- ---------------5------------------(17\15)------(15/17)--14----------------- ------------5---------------------(17\15)------(15/17)--14----------------- ------3-/7----------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------8-------------------------------------------------- ------------------5--8--8-------------------------------------------------- ---------------5------------------(17\15)------(15/17)--14----------------- ------------5---------------------(17\15)------(15/17)--14----------------- ------3-/7----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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:Solo
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------0--3--/5------3--0--3--/5--6-----------6-8-(8 ^ 10)--8-8------------- ------0--3--/5------3--0--3--/5--6----------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------(8 ^ 10)--(8 ^ 10)--8-8-------(8 ^ 10)--(8 ^ 10)-8-8-6-6-8-6-5------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---or--- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------0--3--/5------3--0--3--/5--6-------(6/8) /10--/10--8-8--------------- ------0--3--/5------3--0--3--/5--6-------(6/8) /10--/10--8-8--------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------8---------- ---------------------------------------------------------5---5-8----------- -----/10--/10--8-8---------/10--/10--8-8-6-(6/8\6)-5----5------------------ -----/10--/10--8-8---------/10--/10--8-8-6-(6/8\6)-5---5------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------(9/10)--9--(9/10\7) ( over and over)------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
From: ceh1@acpub.duke.edu (Charles Eric Horowitz)
Dancing Days by Led Zeppelin
This song has at least three guitars, tuned with their high E's to D:
[EADGBD]
The opening rhythm is played almost exactly the same by two guitars:
With this rhythm figure: And the slide on the third measure:
d-0----------0--------------------------------------------------------- b-2-3-2--3p2-0---------------------------5/7\5------------------------- g-0-0-0--0---0--------------------------------------------------------- d-0-0-0--0---0---------------------------5/7\5------------------------- a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e----------------------------------------------------------------------
During the vocals, one guitar does this Chuck Berry like thing:
d---------------------------------------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------------------------------------- g--5--5--7-7--5---6-6-8-8-6--5-5-7-7-5-5------------------------------- d--3--3--3-3--3---4-4-4-4-4--3-3-3-3-3-3------------------------------- a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e----------------------------------------------------------------------
And during the "You know its alright" stuff:
d---------------------------------------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------------------------------------- g-5-5-7-7-5---3-3--5-5--3--2-2-3-3-2--2-------------------------------- d-3-3-3-3-3---1-1--1-1--1--0-0-0-0-0--0-------------------------------- a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e----------------------------------------------------------------------
The other guitar plays this:
d--7--5--7-7--5---8--6--8-8--6---7--5--7--7--5------------------------- b--6--5--6-6--5---8--6--8-8--6---6--5--6--6--5------------------------- g--5--5--5-5--5---6--6--6-6--6---5--5--5--5--5------------------------- d---------------------------------------------------------------------- a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e----------------------------------------------------------------------
And during the "You know its allright" part:
d---7-5--7-7--5---5--3--5--5--3--3-2--3-3---5p3p2---------------------- b---6-5--6-6--5---5--3--5--5--3--3-2--3-3---2-------------------------- g---5-5--5-5--5---3--3--3--3--3--2-2--2-2---2-------------------------- d---------------------------------------------------------------------- a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e----------------------------------------------------------------------
The ascending riff during the vocals is:
d--------------8-----8-8/10---10/11\8---------------------------------- b----------5-8------------------------------17\15----17\14------------- g--------5----------------------------------17\15----17\14------------- d------5------------------------------------17\15----17\14------------- a--5/7----------------------------------------------------------------- e----------------------------------------------------------------------
The solo goes something like this:
d---------------------------------------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------------------------------------- g---3-0-0-3-0-5-0-6----8/10--8/10--8--8/10--8/10-8--8/10-8/10-8-6-8-8/10 d---------------------------------------------------------------------- a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e---------------------------------------------------------------------- d---------------------------------------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------------------------------------- g-2/5------------------------------------------------------------------ d---------------------------------------------------------------------- a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e----------------------------------------------------------------------
Then just play the rythym riff up here:
d---11--12--11-12p11p9------------------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------------------------------------- g---------------------------------------------------------------------- d---------------------------------------------------------------------- a---------------------------------------------------------------------- e----------------------------------------------------------------------
That should be enough to get you going.
Enjoy,
CHUCK
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