In this lesson, you will earn to play the Ozzy classic, "Suicide
Solution". It is suprisingly easy to play. To kind of
emulate the Randy Rhoads sound in this song, turn up all of the
High and Low EQ's, and put in some decent Mid's somewhere
in there, like say around 4 or 5. Put in just a little bit
of reverb after that, and you've got a pretty good emulation
of the sound. It helps a lot if you are using Seymour Duncan
TB-4 pickups at the bridge posisition (the exact same pickup
found on the RR-1 model by Jackson).
This first example is the intro. Just hammer on to the 17th
fret and slowly slide your way down the fretboard, then
go on with it.
Ex.1 Click here to listen.
1/2
1/2
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----------2--5\--0-2---5\--0-2-------2---5\--0-2--5\--0-2--5brbr--------------------------------
----------2--5\--0-2---5\--0-2-------2---5\--0-2--5\--0-2---------------------------------------
----------0--------------------------0----------------------------------------------------------
--17\\--------------------------3b--------------------------------------------------------------
You can either use your pinky finger to bend the last note up and
release it, or use the whammy bar. Same difference.
Nothing much in this example, just follow along with the recording. The sound bit is examples 2 and 3 put together.
Ex.2 Click here to listen to Examples 2 and 3.
1st--------------+2nd------------+3rd----+4th---------------
*
1/2
-------------------------I-------------I---------------I-------I------------------
-------------------------I-------------I---------------I-------I------------------
--2--5\--0-2---5\--0-2--oI------------oI--0-----------oI------oI--/9-7-5----------
--2--5\--0-2---5\--0-2--oI-----2^0----oI-----2^1^0----oI------oI--/9-7-5-5--------
--0----------------------I--0------3---I-0---------3---I-------I--/7-5-3-5--------
-------------------------I-------------I---------------I--3b---I---------3---17\--
* Don't play last part after 3rd ending.
Ex.3
pm . .
N.H. pm . .
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------5---5-7~~----------2---<3b>--------5---5-7~~---0-----2--------
------5---5-7~~---0------2---------------5---5-7~~---0-----2--------
--0-0---0---------0------0-----------0-0---0---------------0--------
----------------------3b--------------------------------3b-----17\--
In this next example, you will be shifting posisitions quite frequently.
Just remember to palm mute when necessary and keep
good rythm. After repeating this bit, go back to Example
3, then back to the verse riff (Ex.2).
Ex.4 Click here to listen.
pm . . . . .
. . . . . .
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-------------------------------------------------------------I
-------4-----6-----4/7---6--4------4-----6-----4/7--6--4-2--oI
-------4-----6-----4/7---6--4------4-----6-----4/7--6--4-2--oI
--0-2----0-2---0-2-------------0-2---0-2---0-2---------------I
-------------------------------------------------------------I
This next part is kind of long. Randy uses the whammy bar in this one to make the sound kind of "echo". What I have tabbed here is the way I like to play it, which sounds a lot like the original, with a few things added in. Just take out the add-ins and you've got the original song. Just keep the first note sustained for about 2 measures, then pick slide and hit the second note. That easy. All of the vibrato marks stand for pressing down on the whammy bar really quick and bringing it back up, and for each mark, you press down on the bar that number of times. If you don't understand this just by reading, listen to the clip and you'll understand. After playing this whole thing, go back to the intro.
Ex. 5 Click here to listen.
pks
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--2----------------5~~~~-----4~~~~-----0-------2~~~--2-4--4/5~~~--5/7~~--0~~--2~~~~~~~----------
--2----------------5~~~~-----4~~~~-----0-------2~~~--2-4--4/5~~~--5/7~~--0~~--2~~~~~~~----------
--0-----\\\\\\\\--------------------------------------------------------------0-----------------
--------\\\\\\\\---------------------------3b---------------------------------------------------
pks pks
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--2-4--4/5~~-----4~~-----0~~------2~~~--2-4--4/5~~~--5/7~~--0---2--
--2-4--4/5~~\\\\-4~~\\\\-0~~------2~~~--2-4--4/5~~~--5/7~~--0---2--
------------\\\\----\\\\----------0~~~--------------------------0--
------------------------------3b-----------------------------------
I do not have the last part tabbed out, I'm sorry. All he
does is some weird stuff on his guitar with his whammy bar.
It's so short that you could just improv the whole thing and no
one would really notice. I am also thinking about tabbing
out his guitar solo from the Randy Rhoads Tribute CD and putting
it in this lesson. Email me and tell me whether I should
or not, because I will only if you want me to.
Dustin Mitchell [email protected]