I’ve made some changes to the “When It’s Love” solo and I think I’m getting closer now…
Just wanted to give anyone that is interested a heads up…as of this writing, the current February 2021 issue of Guitar World features the transcription of “Eruption” that this thread covers. Thankfully, the transcription editor did indeed credit my friends Bill, Mark and Troy as “Musical Consultants” on the piece at the end of the article that goes with the transcription itself.
It means the world to me to get more correct information out to the largest number of players who really want to learn and I’m so grateful that Troy’s observations, my friend Bill’s observations and my observations are now out in the magazine. The circulation of all magazines isn’t what it once was for sure, but it still makes me happy to get some more information out in it’s digital and physical pages.
I was also able to get some corrections into the “I’m The One” transcription (though I was not credited for these) and chief among those corrections are those that cover the open E string lick that Troy demystified for us here! “Mean Street” also appears in the magazine, but it is simply a reprint of an old and still problematic transcription. I was asked to correct that as well, but I ran out of time before the publishing deadline.
I’m really passionate about getting the right information into transcriptions because I know that I and many others only get confused by the just plain wrong information that often gets presented. It is maddening when you struggle to learn something only to discover that you played something wildly different from what was actually played. I’m not discussing originality and the benefit of learning something incorrectly to come up with something different…that’s another discussion. I’m just talking about well thought out, well researched information…the kind of information that ‘Cracking The Code’ is all about. It’s meaningful to me and I think many appreciate this kind of information.
Thank you again to Troy and everyone here for all their help!
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I recently got in touch with a very smart friend named Ed DeGenaro who is well versed in theory and notation and he painstakingly entered my transcription into Soundslice for me and for anyone who likes this format. He did this free of charge and it was no small task…I hope someone out there might appreciate this and the effort that went into it!
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Maybe this time will be the time I finally learn to play all of this.
(Narrator: It wasn’t)
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It’s an ongoing process like anything else. I’ve been working on it for over 35 years now. And there’s always room for improvement! Getting the help of others is super important as I’ve mentioned…Troy and my other smart friends made my understanding grow by huge leaps and bounds versus what I learned on my own.
I know this is as accurate as has ever been attempted so far, but new knowledge can always come to light. As I mentioned before, I did not transcribe the ending tapping segment accurately at all…I put down what I believe he intended to play and what he usually played when he executed that part live. There were so many “mistakes” and changes of “direction” in this segment, “bumping” into strings etc. that I just couldn’t bring myself to notate all of that. I was so exhausted from trying to nail down everything else as accurately as possible that I just gave up on the tapping segment. Ironically, it’s the least interesting part of the piece for me. This is the part that even a complete newbie can execute easily. It’s difficult, if not impossible to nail all the mistakes note-for-note, but it’s pretty easy to get the essential intended idea out.
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Thank you for this. I know i don’t speak for myself, but i’m grateful for your EVH contributions over the years.
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Thanks! That is very much appreciated! I’m glad to have a small part in helping anyone who is really interested in learning as much as possible about Eddie’s playing. The aforementioned friends and collaborators deserve more credit than I do…they took the blinders off for me and I hope to help do the same for others!
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my pleasure. Troy and Co. created a great community here to learn and grow as guitarists.
i miss Eddie very much. i’m still having a hard time with his passing. His contributions to the world of Hard Rock guitar are immeasurable. not to mention is equally impressive contributions to the modern guitar itself (super strat) and amplification! it’s just mind-blowing. I highly doubt we’ll ever see a guitar visionary of this importance ever again.
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