Pizza Day tab - unfinished?
Alden Chew did a really decent job of making a tab for Pizza Day, and I'm sort of wondering if it's really finished, or I'm missing something?
It just seems that once you get to the pre-chorus part - "doesn't matter who you are / how your week has been so far / 'cause you know when lunchtime comes / that everything will be all right" - none of the tab seems to fit.
Does anyone know the missing part, or am I overlooking something... ? Thanks in advance.
It just seems that once you get to the pre-chorus part - "doesn't matter who you are / how your week has been so far / 'cause you know when lunchtime comes / that everything will be all right" - none of the tab seems to fit.
Does anyone know the missing part, or am I overlooking something... ? Thanks in advance.
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from what I remember it's pretty accurate.
The only thing I can recall about it is that the timing of the chord changes on the tab weren't properly shown.
It was a bit of trial and error, but if you listen to the song enough for the changes you'll see that the tab is
pretty accurate, just misleading. :P
Hope any of that rambling helps.
I guess I'll just have to fiddle around with the tab that there is and see what fits where :P
Maybe once I figure it out, I'll update the wiki with a clarification or something. IF I figure it out, that is
Thanks for the help! ^_^
There's already a topic to put this in.
Last night, I found the same thing that Skyen did -- that the tabs provided only go up through the verse, but do not include the prechorus/chorus. But I think I've figured them out.
Prechorus: E||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| B||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----| G||--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--| D||-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------| A||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| E||--3-----------3-----------|--3-----------3-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------| E||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------| B||--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|--2---------| G||-----1-----1-----1-----1--|-----1-----1-----1-----1--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|------------| D||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|------------| A||--------------------------|--------------------------|--0-----------0-----------|------------| E||--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|--------------------------|------------| Chorus: E||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| B||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------3-----------------|--------3-----------3-----| G||--------0-----------0-----|--------2-----------2-----|-----2-----2--------2-----|-----2-----2-----2-----2--| D||-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|--0--------------0--------|--0-----------0-----------| A||--------------------------|--0-----------0-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------| E||--3-----------3-----------|--------------------------|--------------3-----------|--------------------------| E||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------| B||--------------------------|--------------------------|--------3-----------------|--------3-----------------| G||--------0-----------0-----|--------2-----------2-----|-----2-----2--------2-----|-----2-----2--------2-----| D||-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|--0--------------0--------|--0--------------0--------| A||--------------------------|--0-----------0-----------|--------------------------|--------------------------| E||--3-----------3-----------|--------------------------|--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------| E||--------------------------|--------------------------| B||--------3-----------------|--------3-----------------| G||-----2-----2--------2-----|-----2-----2--------2-----| D||--0--------------0--------|--0--------------0--------| A||--------------------------|--------------------------| E||--------------3-----------|--------------3-----------|
Song structure is:
Intro
Verse, Fill 1, Verse, Fill2, Prechorus, Chorus
Verse, Fill 1, Verse, Fill2, Prechorus, Chorus
Note that the Intro is Fill 1 played twice, and also note that the "la la la" section at the end of the chorus is also Fill 1 played twice. That riff gets played a lot. The tabs I added here are basically recombinations of the existing tabs, with the addition of the E7 (0xx13x) and A7sus4 (x0x03x) at the end of the prechorus. The E7 could alternatively be played as (xx213x), but I think the first way is more correct. This is my first time tabbing something out, so please let me know if it sounds right.
Can someone with wiki-powers wikify this?
Unfortunately, my D string just gained the distinction of being my first guitar string to snap, so it looks like I'll be picking up a new set at the music store tomorrow, and either learning how to restring a guitar or waiting for them to do it for me. Either way, I won't be playing it tonight.
And as far as I know, anyone can edit the Wiki.
You just have to copy and paste in your edit. :P
edit: I just did it for you, let me know if that looks how you want it.
Also: what kind of guitar is it? There are several guides to restringing guitars out there on the web - it's not as difficult as it seems when you first try it.
http://guitar.songstuff.com/article/how_to_restring_a_guitar/
http://www.gieson.com/Library/projects/video/restring/
http://www.ehow.com/how_116140_restring-guitar.html
I remember feeling intimidated like this when I restrung my ukulele too, and that was pretty easy. Come to mention it, I think my other ukulele is starting to fray a bit too, so I should go ahead and replace it's strings while I'm at it.
(ETA: Pizza Day isn't exactly a song that should be played with glee... ;-)
I keep thinking that they're going to snap again and slash my cheeks open or something.
I'm crazy, I know.
Same reason I hate playing songs that require me to tune any of the strings up.
Caleb >>> In my experience, nylon is even easier to string than steel - the strings are so soft.
Of course, you'll also be tuning and re-tuning a longer, 'cause nylon is stretchy stuff compared to metal.
Also, you're right, Pizza Day isn't exactly what you'd call a party-piece. Poor choice of words I had there :P
Allegedly. I'm not going to check.
That said, this is kind of rare. Strings usually break at the bridge or the nut or right at the tuning machine. If this happens more than once in a blue moon, it probably means you need to see a luthier: you've got a rough edge in the nut or on the bridge that shouldn't be there.
The best way to avoid surprise string breakage is to replace them once in a while. Also, wipe them down after every set. Skin oil will eat the strings and they'll break prematurely.
Even if you never play, strings that have been on there for a year will be oxidized and dull-sounding. If I'm playing regularly, I put new strings on about monthly. If I were touring or recording and playing for hours every day, I'd probably change strings weekly. (But not right before a show -- the strings do some initial stretching and will tend to go flat until you've got them slightly broken in).
Also, it's bad news to set up an alternate tuning that requires you to take strings past their usual pitch. It would be better to use a capo or partial capo. It's hard on your guitar as well. And don't change them all at once; replace them one at a time to avoid dramatic changes in tension on the neck and bridge.
If the strings won't stay in tune, it could be because the way you're winding them on the tuning post is not secure, and they are slipping. A lot of people put _way_ too many winds on. Ideally you want a sharp kink, and then an over-under "lock," and no more than two or three turns around the post, so there is nothing to slip.
The first of those demos that I looked at shows the guy removing all the strings from his acoustic at once -- that's NOT a good idea. Also, he's using too many windings, and not doing the over/under "lock."
Lawl.
Favourite band-fight!
I don't think either of the provided tabs quite match what's being played.
The first set of tabs show the finger picking, but they break the main descending scale motif in the bass (D-G-F#-E-D) across 2 octaves. The next set of tabs only shows chords, in A, with a capo on the fifth fret (which transposes it up to D). I've played around a bit with this, and I think the capo actually goes on the 7th fret, with the song being played as if in G.
Also, for any given chord, there are four strings being picked, not just three. There's also a really interesting 2-against-3 rhythm going on.
Here's what I've worked out so far:
Capo: 7th fret, Time: 12/8 |-------------------------------|------------------------------| |-----3------3------3-----------|-----0------0------0----------| |--0------0------0------0-------|--0------0------0------0------| |----0-0----0-0----0-0----------|----0-0----0------0-0---------| |---------3------2--------0-2---|---------4---4--2--------0-2--| |--3--------------------3-------|--0--------------------3------| |-------------------------------|------------------------------| |-----1------1------1------1----|-----3------3------3------3---| |--2------2------2------2-------|--0------0------0------0------| |----2-2----2-2----0-0----0-0---|----0-0----0-0----0-0----0-0--| |--0------0------0------0-------|---------3------2------0------| |-------------------------------|--3---------------------------|
The rhythm is something like this:
& & & & 1 2 3 4 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 --------- 2 --------- 3 --------- 4 ----------
I just got back from a week at a medieval war, can you tell? *grin*
First the cavalry charges, then arrows from the longbows cut down a hundred men, and as they lie dying in the mud the men behind them charge over their bleeding bodies and... !
... Wait. Wait, you were talking about, like, reenactments, I guess? Not... war war? Yeah. Uh. Yeah.
Reenactments. Good fun! Great costumes. And the music! That's good. Gooooood music. Yup.
Being briefly serious, I do take my guitar out every so often - we've got a forest nearby and I like to let the neighbors have a rest from all my noise occasionally.
I love learning new things.
Seriously, though, sounds fun! Is this SCA stuff?
Ah, pigment and paper. I've tried several techniques: watercolor, gouache, tempera, glair, all homemade. I was big into C&I, once upon a time. I remember once going into the art supply section of the local university bookstore and seeing one of the clerks on the phone. She saw me approaching and handed me the phone. "It's for you." A customer had a question they weren't able to answer, and they deferred to me.
Period filk sounds intriguing, do they sing about popular plays in which bizarre futuristic worlds are depicted with such innovations as smokeless candles and sliced bread?
In theory, I don't have a problem with the concept of copyrights in general, but the current system is so archaic, insane, and broken in general, that it needs a major overhaul to have any kind of sanity. Much broader allowances for non-commercial fair use. Shorter, hard-and-fast expiration limits. Et cetera. There's a paper floating around on the interwebs about "Everyday Copyright Violations" that shows how virtually everybody is a criminal in some way. (ETA: specifically, a copyright violator). Unfortunately, I don't see that happening any time soon.
It really proves how different JoCo is.
ETA: @JoAnn - Ouch! So there really are cases where it is prosecuted. I hadn't heard of any specific cases.