Pagannini's 5th
I have seen a video of Jason Becker playing Pagannini's Caprice Nr. 5. Can anyone here play this thing? Does anybody know where to get the tab? I have transcribed some parts, but sometimes it is not clear what he's playing.
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It's not so hard , even Jason Becker don't play it as fast as the original violin tempo ... If you tried it at the original tempo , it will be hard !
You can find it at http://www.olga.net or http://www.mysongbook.com ... It's transposed to the E scale instead of A , Vai's short version in crossroad's movie is in A scale like the original version ... Search for Vai crossroad's guitar duel too.
You can find it at http://www.olga.net or http://www.mysongbook.com ... It's transposed to the E scale instead of A , Vai's short version in crossroad's movie is in A scale like the original version ... Search for Vai crossroad's guitar duel too.
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Thank you man. I can currentely play parts that I have trensposed + some improvised at about 110bpm. I think Jason plays around 130-140bpm. Am I right?
# 3
It takes some practice, but it is able to be done on the guitar, one of the few Caprices that actually works quite nicely. In fact I think the original key of A minor works quite well.
I spent a year on it, had the whole thing memorized and up to tempo. The B section is the hard part (what comes after the repeat) a lot of people can get through the A section ( I have a handfull of 15 & 16 yr old students who can play the A section quite well), it's not that the B section is that much more difficult, it's just not as memorable sounding. I think most people after putting the time and effort to get the A section down are just to burned out on the peice to continue, musically it's just not as interesting as its counterpart. It does take a sort of tenacious quality to learn the whole peice (it's a lot of notes!).
I spent a year on it, had the whole thing memorized and up to tempo. The B section is the hard part (what comes after the repeat) a lot of people can get through the A section ( I have a handfull of 15 & 16 yr old students who can play the A section quite well), it's not that the B section is that much more difficult, it's just not as memorable sounding. I think most people after putting the time and effort to get the A section down are just to burned out on the peice to continue, musically it's just not as interesting as its counterpart. It does take a sort of tenacious quality to learn the whole peice (it's a lot of notes!).
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The problem with the A scale is that you'll need a 29 frets guitar for some parts in the intro , but with the E scale you only need 24 frets which is quite popular.
If it's transposed for guitar in A scale , you'll have to cut some pieces of the intro's run which narrows it's sound.
In Becker's vid , it's around 150-160 I think , and if I remember right it was in the A scale like Vai's... He didn't play the intro , and there was some improvised stuff.
If it's transposed for guitar in A scale , you'll have to cut some pieces of the intro's run which narrows it's sound.
In Becker's vid , it's around 150-160 I think , and if I remember right it was in the A scale like Vai's... He didn't play the intro , and there was some improvised stuff.
# 5
well... sounds like a task for my future-guitar MUAHAHAHAHAAA.
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Hi,
I have never heard anyone play Caprice No5 to a decent standard. Ole Yogie J. Marmalade had a crack at it. He also did a track called 'trilogy suite' on one of his early albums 'Trilogy' which has an openning very similar to the openning of this caprice.
Elliot Fisk did it on classical, guitar which was quite something, but sounds sloppy when compared to the violin version.
I attempted this peice myself many years ago, but gave up as there were more important things in life. Not to mention more interesting things to play. Yes there are a lot of notes played pretty quickly, but musically it is not that interesting. Check out Mozart's Divertimento in D major (K136). There are several parts to choose from in this peice, and they are all wonderful to play (and sound great on electric guitar).
If you go to my website and hit the downloads link you will find a fair chunk of this peice (Cap No.5) transcribed for guitar.
http://www.iankirwan.net
Cheers
Ian
I have never heard anyone play Caprice No5 to a decent standard. Ole Yogie J. Marmalade had a crack at it. He also did a track called 'trilogy suite' on one of his early albums 'Trilogy' which has an openning very similar to the openning of this caprice.
Elliot Fisk did it on classical, guitar which was quite something, but sounds sloppy when compared to the violin version.
I attempted this peice myself many years ago, but gave up as there were more important things in life. Not to mention more interesting things to play. Yes there are a lot of notes played pretty quickly, but musically it is not that interesting. Check out Mozart's Divertimento in D major (K136). There are several parts to choose from in this peice, and they are all wonderful to play (and sound great on electric guitar).
If you go to my website and hit the downloads link you will find a fair chunk of this peice (Cap No.5) transcribed for guitar.
http://www.iankirwan.net
Cheers
Ian
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