From: ericbe@microsoft.com (Eric Berman)
Subject: How to play the solo to "Foam"
Date: 28 Dec 92 18:01:18 GMT
Organization: Microsoft Corp.

Hi, All.

Thought I'd take this time when the traffic is low to wish you all a happy
holiday season and to share with my fellow guitar players a bit o' playing
wisdom I've acquired.  If you don't play guitar, skip this message now.

Anyhow, Foam is a fairly straighforward solo to play, but it's a lot of fun
nevertheless.  The chord progression has been posted previously, but the solo
works very directly from the chords: if you look at the notes of the solo,
it's really just arpeggiations that outline the chord changes.  The beauty
of the solo (IMHO) is how each chord leads into the next, and how the solo
anticipates the chord change in such a natural way.

Anyhow, enough of the theoretical BS.

By the way: O' Keeper of the Chord file, please add this to the helping 
phriendly chord book.

(Oh, yeah, while I'm at it: I saw a Man Called Horse the other night.  The
Oh Kee Pah ceremony looks pretty gruesome!)

Here's the solo to Foam by Trey Anastasio and Phish:
----------------------------------------------------
Notation conventions:
(Note: I've changed my Bend notation)

 1
/    Strike the string and bend it at the same time by the amount shown.
     Bend the string until the note changes by the specified number of steps.
     For example, if you see this over a note on the 3rd fret of the E 
     string (a G), this sounds as an A (otherwise played 2 frets higher). 
     A bend of 1 is the same as a single fret (half step on the piano)

---+ A note that is held until the plus sign.  Usually for when you bend a
     string and hold it while playing other notes.  This is drawn over the
     tab and may be broken across lines.

\--/ Drawn under the tab and possibly broken across lines, this indicates
     a tie.  Mostly, this is used when you strike a string and then bend it
     to another note to indicate that you don't pick a second time.

(10) Implied note on the indicated fret (10, in this case).  This note is not
     plucked, but usually occurs when you release a bent string but still 
     let the note ring.

~    Tremallo (wiggle finger up and down or back and forth)

/S   Slide up to note

\S   Slide down to note

H    Hammer on: hit the specified fret with a finger, but don't pick.

P    Pull off: put your finger on the fret at the specified location before
     pulling off another finger from another fret.  Don't pick.

v    Down pick

^    Up pick

x    Mute string

o    Harmonic

|    Downbeat marker.  I use this because tab does next to nothing to
     convey timing information.  When in doubt, listen to the recording.

3    Specified note is part of a triplet


Solo to "Foam" by Trey Anastasio and Phish

Chrds:C                        A/C#            G/D                
      /S               /S                /S                       
E|---|-----8-10-12-----12-10-|-9--------------|-----7---10---7---|
B|---|---8-------------------|---10-----------|---8---8----8---8-|
G|-8-|-9---------------------|------9-----9-8-|-7----------------|
D|---|-----------------------|----------------|------------------|
A|---|-----------------------|----------------|------------------|
E|---|-----------------------|----------------|------------------|


  Eb+              C/E                      F                      
                                                                   
E|-11------------|-12----10----------12---|-13----12----10----13----|
B|----8----10-10-|----10----10-13-10----10|----10----10----10----10-|
G|---------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
D|---------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
A|---------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
E|---------------|------------------------|-------------------------|

  D/F#                       G                          
                                                      
E|-14----12----10----14----|-15----14----12----15----|
B|----10----10----10----10-|----12----12----12----12-|
G|-------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-------------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  E/G#                   Am                  BbMaj7                       
                                        /S                        
E|-16----14----12----16-|-17-17------------|----------------15-16-|
B|----12----12----12----|---------18-17----|----------15-18-------|
G|----------------------|------17-------15-|-15-14-15-------------|
D|----------------------|------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------|------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|------------------|----------------------|

  Am                Ab                        C/G                      
                                                                       
E|-17-17-17--------|-16-15-------------------|-------------------------|
B|----------17-----|-------16----------------|-------------------------|
G|-------------14--|------------13-12--------|-------------------------|
D|-----------------|------------------13-----|----14-17-16-15-14-------|
A|-----------------|----------------------15-|-15----------------15-16-|
E|-----------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
                                          \-----/
  D/F#                       F                            
                             /S                       
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|
B|-------------15----------|-------------------------|
G|-------14-16----16-14----|----14-17-16-15-14-------|
D|----16----------------14-|-15----------------15-16-|
A|-17----------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  G                          C                        
                                                      
E|----------15-------------|-------------------------|
B|-------15----17-16-15----|----20-19-18-17----------|
G|----16----------------18-|-17-------------17-16-15-|
D|-17----------------------|-------------------------|
A|-------------------------|-------------------------|
E|-------------------------|-------------------------|

  A/C#                       G               Eb+
                                                         /S
E|-------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
B|----17-16-15-14----------|----------14-15-|-16------------12----12-|
G|-14----------------14-15-|-16-16-16-------|----16---11-12----13----|
D|----------------14-------|----------------|------------------------|
A|-------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
E|-------------------------|----------------|------------------------|
                                    -----------+


  C/E            F             D/F#                      
                               /S                        
E|--------------|-------------|-------------------------|
B|-------12-----|----13----13-|----12----12----12----12-|
G|-14-------14--|-14----14----|-14----13----12----11----|
D|----14--------|-------------|-------------------------|
A|--------------|-------------|-------------------------|
E|--------------|-------------|-------------------------|
    -------+

  G                E/G#        Am             BbMaj7     	    
          /S \S                                                   
E|---------------|-----------|-----19-17-17-|-18-------20-17-----|
B|------15-17-15-|-17-----17-|-17-----------|-------18-----------|
G|-12---12-14-12-|-13--16----|-14-----------|----19-----------16-|
D|---------------|-----------|--------------|--------------------|
A|---------------|-----------|--------------|--------------------|
--------18-|-17-17----17------|
A|--------------------|-------------------|------------------|
E|--------------------|-------------------|------------------|

   D/F#             F                G

E|-------14----14-|-------13----13-|----12----11----12----11-|
B|----------------|----------------|-------------------------|
G|----------------|----------------|-------------------------|
D|-16-16----16----|-15-15----15----|-14----13----12----11----|
A|----------------|----------------|-------------------------|
E|----------------|----------------|-------------------------|

(Notice: the rest of the solo is simply octaves on the bass note of
the chord.  Kind of makes it simple.  My notes are only approximate;
the fingerings/frets should be right, but listen to the song to get
the exact feel)
   C                A/C#             G                Eb+#           

E|--------8----8--|-------9-----9--|-------10----10-|------11-----11-|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-10-10----10----|-11-11----11----|-12-12----12----|-13-13----13----|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

   C/E              F                D/F#             G              

E|-------12----12-|-------13----13-|-------14----14-|------15-----15-|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-14-14----14----|-15-15----15----|-16-16----16----|-17-17----17----|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

   E/G#             Am               BbMaj7           Am             

E|-------16----16-|-------17----17-|-------18----18-|------17-----17-|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-18-18----18----|-19-19----19----|-20-20----20----|-19-19----19----|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

   Ab               C/G              D/F#             F              

E|-------16----16-|-------15----15-|-------14----14-|------13-----13-|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|-18-18----18----|-17-17----17----|-16-16----16----|-15-15----15----|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


   G

E|-15-|
B|----|
G|----|
D|-17-|
A|----|
E|----|

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