It's been a long time since I've been formally involved in music - what's that part of a piece called where the rest of the symphony stops, and a soloist just plays away at their own interpretation of the piece? Not a concerto... Dang it's been twenty years since I've seen this term. Anyways, I think "Eruption" would qualify, it could be any notes, eights, sixteenths, (personally I think anyone who writes a bunch of 32nd are just showing off and they are incredibly difficult on the performer to decipher) but he picks the tempo. As a side, I've actually seen him perform this in person (again, over twenty years ago but quite memorable along w/ David Lee Roth's buttless pants!), and he's not actually plucking all those notes. He just kind of touches the guitar all over and I guess because It's Electric there is a lot more freedom with the production of notes. I wonder if he's sober these days. ;) -----Original Message----- From: yello-bounces+tourguide=austexecotours.com@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:yello-bounces+tourguide=austexecotours.com@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Brian Willoughby Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 2:45 AM To: The moon: beautiful. The sun: even more beautiful. Subject: Re: [Yello] Yello Tabulature for guitar [ Wonder what Eddie Van Halen's Eruption would look like? [ Probably a big mess! In standard music notation, Eruption would look a lot like a classical piece full of arpeggios. Quite atypical for guitar, at least not at that speed. I wonder what the tempo would be, or what the note values are (quarter, eighth, sixteenth, thirtysecond, ...)? Brian _______________________________________________ Yello mailing list Yello@mailman.xmission.com http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/yello