The Duel Tab

---------------------- The Duel - Steve Vai
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-------------------- Transcribed by Jeff Young
------------[Laboriously typed up by Mardi Gras(TNT)]
 
 
----Notes:--Okay, this is not my work, but I heard someone wanted it and I had it lying around the house
I thought I'd do someone a favour.--I've taken this from the June '95 edition of "Guitar" magazine.--This
the riff that Vai plays when he has a guitar duel with actor Ralph Macchio
(The Karate Kid) in the film, "Crossroads".
----Vai performs a series of arpeggios in a reprise of an etude by William Kanengiser (who apparently
all the classical parts in the movie).--
This study in arpeggios is comprised almost entirely of notes from the
harmonic minor scale (A B C D E F G#).
 The only nondiatonic series of notes would be found in measure 3, an arpeggio,
which in this case functions as a secondary dominant to the Dm in measure 4.
 
 
E|------------------------8--12^8-------------------- |
B|--------------------10---------- 10---------------- |
G|--------------5--9------------------ 9--5---------- |
D|---------- 7------------------------------ 7--------|
A|--------7------------------------------------ 5---- |
E|--5--6------------------------------------------ 8--|
 
E|--------------------------7---------------------- |
B|---------------------- 9---- 9--------------------|
G|---------------- 7--9---------- 9--7--------------|
D|---------- 6--9---------------------- 9--6--------|
A|---- 5--7---------------------------------- 7--5--|
E|--7---------------------------------------------- |
 
E|------------------------------------5------------------------------|
B|----------------------------5-- 8------ 8-- 5----------------------|
G|---------------------- 6------------------------6------------------|
D|-------------- 5 ^ 7--------------------------------7-- 5----------|
A|----------7------------------------------------------------ 7------|
E|--5 ^ 9-------------------------------------------------------- 9--|
 
E|------------------------ 10--13^10----------------------|
B|-------------------- 10------------ 10------------------|
G|--------------7--10-------------------- 10--7---------- |
D|---------- 7---------------------------------- 7--------|
A|---- 5--6---------------------------------------------- |
E|--5---------------------------------------------- 10^8--|
 
E|------------------------------------------------------ |
B|--------------------------9--12--9-------------------- |
G|----------------------10------------10--7--------------|
D|-------------- 9--12---------------------- 9--6--------|
A|-------- 8^11------------------------------------8---- |
E|--7--10-------------------------------------------- 7--|
 
E|--------------------------------------5------ 8--------12-- 8 / | / 16
B|------------------------------5---------- 5------ 10------------|
G|----------------------5---------- 5---------------------------- |
D|--------------7---------- 7------------------------------------ |
A|------7---------- 7-------------------------------------------- |
E|--5------ 8---------------------------------------------------- |----O
 
----What more can I say?--This is just a truly cool riff.--It might be a little tough to start on if you
a beginner, but never-the-less, would be a nice riff to learn and use as a warming up exercise.
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