Perpetual Burn by Jason Becker

Entry 7:

Hello readers! Tonight I bring you a tasty and fresh little section of the song that has just about worn me out! Though, after hard work and dedication I've actually come to understand how to play this little monster of a section of Jason Becker's "Perpetual Burn".

The section we'll be seeing today is the one that starts at just about two minutes into the song. It's at a minute and 58 seconds to be exact..... So, listen to it. Fast huh? Not only that, but the fingering is a challenge at first. Sure, the shapes don't feel that unfamiliar and demanding, but try playing it in time and clean.

So without further ado, let's see what we got here.

You don't know this but after writing that last sentence I've gotten up from my chair and picked up my guitar to decipher the theory and technique behind this bit.

Anyway.

So we start with a seven-beta repetition of the same note, G#. Then we do a fast ascending lick with three descending notes at the very end of it and then we have another lick after that one in a type of question/answer format. The licks are written below:

E¡---------------------9-12-11-9--------------------------------¡
B¡-----------9-11-12--------------------------------------------¡
G¡-8-9-10-----------------------------------8-11-9-8------------¡
D¡--------------------------------9-8-9-11-------------11-9-8---¡
A¡--------------------------------------------------------------¡
E¡--------------------------------------------------------------¡

The first half is a D# Phrygian run. The second half is an A# Locrian run.

After this we have a similar lick, also after a seven-beat repetition of G#;

E¡--------------------7-11-9-7--------------------------------¡
B¡-------------9-11-------------------------------------------¡
G¡-9-8-9-10--------------------------------8-9-8-6-8----------¡
D¡------------------------------9-8-9-11---------------9-8-6--¡
A¡------------------------------------------------------------¡
E¡------------------------------------------------------------¡

Here, the first half is also a D# Phrygian run. The second half is a G# Aeolian run starting on the third.


Following this we have seven-beat repetition of G instead of G#, and the same two licks from above are played, except the second one is played first and the first one is played second.

On the video I fudged up the second half of the first lick by playing an extra note on the G string, thinking that's how it was. Now that I look at it again I see that I fudged up. But that's O.K., it only means I have to worry less about it next time I play it.

So,that's it for today! Enjoy!

Perpetual Burn GP5 tabs can be found here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3J1I8EP6

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Articulo 7:

Hola lectores! Esta noche les traigo una apetitosa y fresca seccion de la cancion que casi me ha desgastado. Aunque despues de harto trabajo y dedicacion he llegado a comprender como tocar este pequeño monstruo dentro de la cancion Perpetual Burn de Jason Becker.

Esta seccion que veremos hoy es la que empieza casi a los dos minutos en la cancion. Es en el minuto uno con 58 segundos, para ser exacto. Asique, escuchenlo. Rapido, no?? No solo eso, pero el dedaje es un desafio al principio. Seguro piensan que las figuras no se ven tan distantes y demandantes, pero traten de tocarlo a tiempo, y limpio!

Sin mas atraso, veamos lo que tenemos.

Ustedes no sabian esto pero despues de escribir la previa frase, me levante y fui a buscar mi guitarra para apropiadamente disectar la teoria y tecnica detras de esta seccion.

En todo caso.

Empezamos con una repeticion de siete ritmos en la misma nota, G#. Despues hacemos un 'lick' ascendente con tres notas en descenso en su final y despues tenemos otro lick en un formate pregunta/respuesta. Los licks estan escritos abajo:

E¡---------------------9-12-11-9--------------------------------¡
B¡-----------9-11-12--------------------------------------------¡
G¡-8-9-10-----------------------------------8-11-9-8------------¡
D¡--------------------------------9-8-9-11-------------11-9-8---¡
A¡--------------------------------------------------------------¡
E¡--------------------------------------------------------------¡

La primera mitad es un 'lick' en D# Frigio. La segunda mitad es en A# Locrio.

Despues de estos 'licks' tenemos otros similar, tambien despues de una repeticion de siete ritmos de G#;

E¡--------------------7-11-9-7--------------------------------¡
B¡-------------9-11-------------------------------------------¡
G¡-9-8-9-10--------------------------------8-9-8-6-8----------¡
D¡------------------------------9-8-9-11---------------9-8-6--¡
A¡------------------------------------------------------------¡
E¡------------------------------------------------------------¡

Aca la primera mitad es en D# Frigio tambien. La segunda mitad es en G# Eolico empezando en la tercera.

Siguiendo esto tenemos una repeticion de siete ritmos de la nota G en vez de G#, y los mismos licks anteriores son tocados, excepto que esta vez el segundo se toca primero y el primero va segundo.

En el video me equivoque al tocar la segunda mitad del primer 'lick' al tocar una nota extra en la cuerda G, pensando que asi se hace. Ahora que lo revise me doy cuenta que en efecto toque una nota de mas, pero eso esta bien solo significa que me podre preocupar menos la proxima vez que lo toque.

Eso es todo por hoy. Disfruten!

Perpetual Burn GP5 tabs can be found here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3J1I8EP6