Jingle Bells

I think a tab would be in order, considering it is less than a week before Christmas, plus it's good to know short, simple stuff like this.

I found a good tab here.

Rock You Like A Hurricane Solo

I think of the greatest solos I've heard is the bridge solo from Rock You Like A Hurricane by Scorpions. After the second chorus when Klaus sings "ROCK YOU LIKE A HURRICANNEEE!" and the lead solo guitar comes in and it sends chills down your spine. It has been featured. In 1984 it reached #25 on the USA Billboard Hot 100. It was ranked fourth in the greatest guitar riffs of all time by Sync Magazine and was also featured on Guitar Hero 3: Legends Of Rock.

I haven't learned this solo yet but that's pretty much because I'm missing my high e string on my guitar and I'm waiting to get one.
The best tab I found to the second solo is here.

good luck!

7th chords, 9th chords, 11th chords ect.

(I will specify on 7th chords but the chords can be changed into 11th chords and 9th chords and such by changing the interval.

There are 3 different types of 7th chords. There is the 7th chord, major 7th chord and the minor 7th chord.

A 7th chord is made up of a major chord and a minor 7th.
So to make an E major chord into an E7th you have to find the minor 7th of the root note (E) which would be a D. The D note in the E major chord would be on the 3rd fret of the B string, which in an E chord is usually an open string.


A Major 7th chord is made up of a major chord and a major 7th.
To make an E major chord into an EM7, you have you take the major 7th of the root note (E) which is a D# and put that into the E chord. The D# note is on the first fret of the D string.


A Minor 7th chord is made up of a minor chord and a minor 7th.
To make an E minor chord into an Em7, you have to take the minor 7th of the root note (E) which is a D and put that into the Em chord. There is a D note on the 3 fret of the B string, which in an Em chord would be an open string.


Pictures from:
http://www.jguitar.com/

Musical Intervals

Musical intervals are a way of measuring the distance between two notes.

The list of intervals are...

There are other ways to measure the distance of two notes, you can use "whole steps" and
"half-steps". A step means you go up, or down two notes and a half-step means you go up or down one note. So if you went up from a G note to a C (5 notes/perfect 4th) you would be going up 2 whole steps and a half step.

The list of all notes on the musical scale using sharps are A, A#, B, C, C#, D, D#, E, F, F#, G and G#. The list using flats are A, Bb, B, C, Db, D, Eb, E, F, Gb, G and Ab.

Naming Major and Minor Chords

Major and Minor Chords
All major and minor chords have a perfect fifth interval (7 half-steps) from the root note. A perfect fifth can be divided into a minor 3rd (3 half-steps) and a major 3rd (4 half-steps). If the interval between the fifth of the root note is a minor 3rd before a major 3rd, it is a minor chord. If it is a major 3rd before a minor 3rd, it is a major chord.

EXAMPLE:
E Chord


In the E major chord, there is a root note (E) on the D string, the note on the G string is a G# note which is a major 3rd of the root note and the note on the B string is a B note which is a minor 3rd of the G# note. The major 3rd comes before the minor 3rd which makes it a major chord.

Em Chord


In the E minor chord, there is a root note (E) on the D string, the note on the G string is a G note which is a minor 3rd of the root note and the note on the B string is a B note which is a major 3rd of the G note. The minor 3rd comes before the major 3rd which makes it a minor chord.

Graphics From:
http://www.rifftv.com/guitar_chords/graphics/

For more instructions on naming chords:
cnx.org

Eruption-Van Halen

Eruption by Van Halen is an about 2 minute long song that is pretty much just a whole amazing guitar solo. I learned how to play this and played it at a school-wide guitar competition and I won first place so obviously its a very good guitar solo.

the tab for the song is here.

It is probably a song for intermediate to advanced players. It requires using techniques pull-offs, hammer-ons, whamming, tremolo picking, vibrato and tapping.

Joe Satriani vs. Coldplay

Viva La Vida was released on May 7, 2008 by band Coldplay. On December 4, 2008, Famous Guitarist and songwriter, Joe Satriani filed a lawsuit against Coldplay for "Copyright Infringement". Satriani claims the bands song " incorporates substantial original portions" of his song If I Could Fly, released in 2004 on the album "Is There Love In Space". Satriani is suing Coldplay for "any and all profits" for the song which are numerious considering not only individual record sales but times the song was played at concerts and appearances, the fact that it was the second most downloaded song on iTunes for 2008, also, an iPod+iTunes commercial was made by coldplay featuring the newly released song as well as any other proceedings from the song.

Coldplay has denied allegations of Copyright Infringement and has released this statement:
"With the greatest possible respect to Joe Satriani, we have now unfortunately found it necessary to respond publicly to his allegations. If there are any similarities between our two pieces of music, they are entirely coincidental, and just as surprising to us as to him. Joe Satriani is a great musician, but he did not write or have any influence on the song Viva La Vida. We respectfully ask him to accept our assurances of this and wish him well with all future endeavors."

Similarities I have found between the two songs are;

• the lead guitar about 49 seconds into If I Could Fly sounds very similar to the vocals in the verse of Viva La Vida.

• The tone of the songs a very similar due to chords and and rhythm.
  

Resources:
http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news
http://weblogs.sun-sentinel.com/features/arts/music/blog/2008/12/coldplay_v_satriani_similar_fe.html/coldplay_responds_to_plagiarism_accusations.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/dec/10/coldplay-deny-plagiarism-allegations