From: whc2993@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Subject: Star Spangled Banner
Reply-To: whc2993@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 19:18:17 GMT

About a year (or two?) ago GFTPM magazine had a note for note transcription of 
Hendrix's Star Spangled Banner version from Woodstock.  It was interesting
to listen and follow along in the tab but even Hendrix couldn't repeat it the 
same way, so I went through the song and picked out the melody notes (and some
of the things Hendrix does )so I could add my own feedback!  Here they are if
 you wanna play Hendrix or impress everyone next July 4th.
The recording is tuned down 1/2 step.
/ and \ mean slide up or down
^ means  hammer on or pull off to the next note.


			Star Spangled Banner
		           performed by
			   Jimi Hendrix


|-----------0---2/4--2--0------------------------------------------------      
|-0-------0------------------------------------7/9--9\7--5^7^5-4--4\2--4-
|---1---1-------------------1-/-3-/-4---4--4-----------------------------
|-----2------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------------------------------


--0--0--------------------------0---2/4--4\2--0--------------------------
--------0--------0-----------0-------------------------------------7/9---
-----------1--------1-----1-----------------------1-/-3-/-4--4--4--------
--------------2--------2-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                          
---------------------------0--0---------2/4--4--4--5--7--7----4/5--4--2--
-----9\7--5^7^5-4--4\2--4-------0----------------------------------------
----------------------------------1--------------------------------------
------------------------------------2------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------


-4--5--5----4/5--4--2^4^2^0-----------------------------0--0--0----------
----------------------------4----2--4--5--------------0----------4--2--2-
-------------------------------------------1-/-3-/-4---------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------


-----0-2-4-5---4-2^4^2-0--------------------0--2--2/4--5--7----0--2-/-4--
-2-4----------------------5--4--------0--0-------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------


-5--4--2----0------------
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-------------------------
-------------------------
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The short melody from Taps the Hendrix plays is like this:
------------12------12---16--------12---16   etc.
---12---12-------12-------------12--------
------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------
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I recorded a massive reverb drenched version of this song onto a 4 track and
added several tracks of audience applause from those sound effects cd's and 
now it sounds like I PLAYED WOODSTOCK!











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