Ceremony TAB and MP3's

Hi all, I thought I would do a little bit more to add to my page and to help anyone that is looking for some more help when playing Satriani music. I noticed that some of the TAB's on my page are great help up to a point but when learning certain songs I found that even when I knew the solo note for note it wasn't easy to play it because Joe was playing it so fast!

Now slowing the songs/solos down is a great idea but of course when you slow the solo's down you can no longer play along with them because as the speed lowers, so does the pitch of the music. There are a few good programs out now that let you play the songs slower but at the same pitch! So you can literally play the song so that it sounds like Joe was playing it note for note for you :)

So without further ado, here's the TAB for the solo:


           P   P                     P   P                     P   P
E|--16--17--16--12------12----16--17--16--12------12----16--17--16--12--|
B|------------------17------------------------17------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

                   P                       H   P   P       P       P
E|------12----16--17--16--12------12----16--17--16--12---17--12--16--12--|
B|--17------------------------17-----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

       P       P       P         H   P   P       P         H   P   P
E|--17--12--16--12--17--12----16--17--16--12---16--12----14--16--14--12--|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

       H         H   P   P   H   P   H   P   H   P   H   P   H   P
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--14--17----14--16--14--12--16--12--14--12--16--12--14--12--14--12--|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

       H   P   P        P            P   P        P            P   P
E|--16--17--16--12---17--12---16--17--16--12---17--12---16--17--16--12--|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

               H   P   P                     P   P                 P
E|------12--16--17--16--12--------12--16--17--16--12------12----19--12--|
B|--17------------------------17----------------------16----------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

       P       P        P       P             P   P        P        H
E|--19--12--19--12---17--12--17--12---16---17--16--12---16--12---14--16--|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

   P          H                 P
E|--14--12/11--14-------------------------|
B|-----------------14>(16)>(14)--12---14--|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|

Ceremony Solo - Crystal Planet
	Normal Play Speed (MP3 Format) - 167k
	75% (MP3 Format) - 223k
	65% (MP3 Format) - 257k

I find that the stretch from 12th fret to 16th and 17th is quite difficult to do and the picking pattern where you have to play the 12th fret E and the 17th fret B string is kinda un-natural to me to play so I needed to practice a lot - just sit and play it over and over again until you can do it in your sleep :)

Be very aware that you can injure yourself doing this amount of stretching if your not used to it or you haven't warmed up, so do some stretching exercises! I'll put some exercises up here that I use that help me.

Anyways I hope this has been vaguely useful, if it is please mail me at mork@sonic.net and let me know - your comments make it worth while :) I hope to do some more solo's and pieces slowed down, if you have any comments or want to write some advice about some of Joe's stuff, please do!

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