Marty Friedman's "Thunder March" from "Dragon's Kiss" album (1988) Transcription by Raymundo Galindo Jaramillo raymundo_galindo@hotmail.com vai@poseidon.uam.mx Drum Intro B5 |-------------|------------------------------|---------------------- |-------------|------------------------------|---------------------- |-------------|--------11--9---8h9p8---------|---------8------------ |-------------|-----9-----------------11--9--|--9--11-----9--11~---- |-------------|--9---------------------------|---------------------- |-------------|------------------------------|---------------------- D5 E5 |-----------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------| |--------14--12---11h12p11----------|---------11-----------|--------16--14---13h14p13----------|---------13-----------| |-----12--------------------14--12--|--12--14-----12--14~--|-----14--------------------16--14--|--14--16-----14--16~--| |--12-------------------------------|----------------------|--14-------------------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------| A#5 clean arpeggio (that's a challenge!) |--------------------14--------------15----------|-------------------------------------| |-----------------14--------------15-------------|-------------------------------------| |--------------13--------------14------------15--|-------------------------------------| |-----------13--------------14------------14-----|-------------------------------------| |--------13--------------14----------------------|-------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------| Main Melody C5 G5 A5 D5 A/C# D5 C5 B5 A5 G5 F5 E5 |-------------------------------|------------5--------5----------------------------| |--------5--8------8------------|------5--6-------5--------------------------------| |--5--7---------7------5--------|---7---------------------7~-----------------------| |-------------------------9--7~-|--------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------1 C5 A5 1/2 step w/vibratto F5 F5 E5 D5 C5 G5 |------------------|-----5---7---7b~(8)---------------|----------------------------| |--------5--8-8~---|--5-------------------------------|--6--5h6p5------------------| |--5--7------------|----------------------------------|-------------7---5----------| |------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------5------| |------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------| |------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------| C5 G5 A5 D5 A/C# D5 C5 B5 A5 G5 F5 E5 |-------------------------------|------------5--------5----------------------------| |--------5--8------8------------|------5--6-------5--------------------------------| |--5--7---------7------5--------|---7---------------------7~-----------------------| |-------------------------9--7~-|--------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------| C5 A5 1/2 step w/vibratto F5 G5 A5 |------------------|-----5---7---7b~(8)---------------|----------------------------| |--------5--8-8~---|--5-------------------------------|--10--9h10p9----------------| |--5--7------------|----------------------------------|--------------12--10--10~---| |------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------| |------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------| |------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------| Then there's a little fill arpeggio that sounds to me like this: |--------------12h15p12------------------| |----------13-----------13---------------| |------12-------------------12-----------| |--14---------------------------14-------| |-----------------------------------15~--| |----------------------------------------| And then it comes this march-rhythm. The background guitar seems to be around G major or G5: 1 step w/vib 1/2 step w/vib |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|----------9--9b~--(release)---9-----------------------| |--9-------9--9----------9--10--12--12b~---------|--10--12-------------------------12/10---10h12p10--9~-| |-----10---------10--12--------------------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------| fast fill (aprox. 1 or 1.5 seconds) 1/2 step w/vb |-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------|--7-----7--7---------7--9--|--10--9--10--11b~----------| |-------------------|-----9--------9--10--------|---------------------------| |-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| |-------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| 1/2 step w/vib Artif. Harm. |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----6--8--8b~--(release)--8----6--5---5h6p5----------------------| |--9-------------------------------------------7--6--7~------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| Aprox 1 or 2 seconds later: ** 1 step |-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|------12--13--12------12| |-------------------------|----------12--13~-----------|------12--13br--12~--|--15--------------15----| |--(15)r14----14--13------|--13--14-----------14-------|--14-----------------|------------------------| |---------------------14~-|-----------------------14~--|---------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|----------------------------|---------------------|------------------------| ** Hold the bend without sound. Then hit the string and release the bend. Your finger is always on the 14th fret. Clearly: 1 step 1/2 step |--12--13--12------------12--13----------12------------------|--12--13--/17--15~--15--17--19b-(release)-19~-| |--------------15~---15----------15b---------15--13--12--13--|----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| Back over the main melody |--Tremolo Picking--| |--------------------8--7--5-----5----------------------------------------| |--------5--8-----8-----------9-----5-------------------------------------| |--5--7--------7-----------------------5------7~------6~------5~------4~--| |-----------------------------------------7-------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| 1 step 1 step |---------------------------------|-----5-----7-----8b (release)-8--7--8-| |--------5--8b-(release)-8--5--8--|--5-----5-----5-----------------------| |--5--7---------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|--------------------------------------| 1 step w/vib 1/2 step Solo End |-----------------|----------------------------------------------|-------|-----|| |--6--5-----------|--8b------------8--5--------------------------|-------|-----|| |--------7--5-----|----------------------7br------7--5-----5--4~-|-------|-----|| |--------------5~-|-------------------------------------7--------|-------|-----|| |-----------------|----------------------------------------------|-------|-----|| |-----------------|----------------------------------------------|-------|-----1| Notes: I made this transcription using a normal tuned guitar, but i'm not quite shure if it is the same way on the song. I tried to be as descriptive as i could, because Marty´s sound is really hard to describe in a tab. Try to play along with the song and pay atention to the details on the notes so you can get the most similar sound in your own guitar. It would be great to have a more complete transcription of Thunder March, so the next step is try to tab the background arpeggio in the second time that the main melody is played as well as the solo (the first part is pretty harmonic and i think i can tab it and send an update version later). Anyway, i'd like to hear from you. Any comments, questions, corrections, and mainly updates and other tab versions, please send them to any of the e-mail addresses that appear at the beginnig of the tab. I'm also interested in other Marty Friedman's (forbidden city, anvils) and Jason Becker tabs. Greetings from Mexico. Enjoy!