Chords for Polyphia Lesson! (Tim's Transcend intro)
Tempo:
146.75 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
B
A#
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Hey guys, so this is a quick lesson on the
Intro solo to transcend by Polyphia, so this is Tim solo
first the minor minor arpeggio starting from the 9th fret of the fifth [F#] string
[B] 12 16
ready to go [A] 9 12 [A#] 9 11 16 on the [E] third string
We're gonna go back down
[F#]
we're gonna go back up [D#] all the way
Intro solo to transcend by Polyphia, so this is Tim solo
first the minor minor arpeggio starting from the 9th fret of the fifth [F#] string
[B] 12 16
ready to go [A] 9 12 [A#] 9 11 16 on the [E] third string
We're gonna go back down
[F#]
we're gonna go back up [D#] all the way
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A
E
B
A#
F#m
A
E
B
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hey guys, so this is a quick lesson on the
_ Intro solo to transcend by Polyphia, so this is Tim solo
So we're gonna start off with first the minor minor arpeggio starting from the 9th fret of the fifth [F#] string
_ 9 _ _ _
[B] _ 12 16
[F#m] _ _ I'm ready to go [A] 9 12 [A#] 9 11 16 on the [E] third string _
_ We're gonna go back down
[A] _ And _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
we're gonna go back up [D#] all the way
_ So we're gonna go 9 12 [F#m] 16
[A#] Then we're gonna go 9 [E] 11 16
_ [F#] And we're gonna go [B] 9 12 [C#m] 16 _ and _ [C#] _ we're gonna [N] go back up to the third string.
We're gonna hit 16 [E] 11 9
_ _ _ Then we're gonna after we hit [F] all that [F#] entire sequence.
It sounds like this
[F#m] _
We're _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ gonna go up to the 13th fret of the third string and we're gonna [B] do this
tapping string skipping _ _ _
_ Major 7 arpeggio what major 9 _
_ _ So we're gonna go 13 14 and 18 [G#m] on the third string
_ [F#m] _ _ Then we're gonna go [A#m] 12 16 [E] 19
_ So we're gonna
_ And _ _ we're gonna descend in [N] this sweep arpeggio starting from the 12th fret on the E string.
We're just gonna go 12
14 on the second [B] string 13 on the third string
_ 14 on the fourth string 16 [D#] on the fifth string 12 on the fifth [A#] string _ _ [B] then _
See [A] so we're gonna _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ We're gonna go back up _ _
And _ we're [N] gonna tap after we go back up all the way we're gonna tap to 17th fret
[C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ So we're gonna go back up again after we [B] go do that sequence.
So [C#m] for example _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ And then after [C#] the 19th 16th [B] fret of the fifth string, sorry, [A#] we're gonna go to the _ 14th fret [B] of the fifth string
I'm gonna start this little
This build-up sequence, which is which sounds like this _
[A] _ _ _ So [F] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ that's pretty easy that's 14
[B] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _
16 on the fifth string then 14 [G#m] _
13
_ [F#m] [E] 16 14 on the second the fourth [N] string then we're gonna do an octave jump to 9
17 here on the second string then we're gonna go [A#] to 90 sites an idea
_ _ [G#] _ _
[B] And 16 on the third [Dm] string
_ _ [G#m] _
_ Then _ we're gonna [A] do this which is
_ _ Just [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] 13 [Am] _ 14 on the third string
[F#] _ _ 16 [G#m]
13
_ [E] _ 14 on the fourth [F#] string 16 _ [D] 12
_ [E] _
14 _ [C#] 16 on the fifth string _
[D] _ So _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
_ _ after that we got this build-up [G] which is basically an alternate picked at least I think he picks everything
So [F#m] he's gonna go _
_ [A] _ _ It's _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _
pretty pretty simple as well
[G] _ _ It's it's basically we're gonna be starting our pinkies gonna be starting each each sequence so it's it's unlike
[A] _
_ Going up like a major scale.
It's [A#m] we're gonna be actually starting from the third
_ [C#] _ [D] _ _ _
Which [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] is 16 on [C#] the fifth string we're gonna go 16 14 12
_ [A] _ _ Then we're gonna 16 14 12 again on the fourth string
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] And then [E] we're gonna go 18 _
_ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ [G#m] 18 on the fourth string again, we're gonna go same sequence.
It's [D] gonna be
[E] _ _
_ So 18 16 [N] 14 and then 18 16 14 on third string again
[A#] So _
[C#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ that shape actually stays the same so [D] it's gonna be the same the same shape
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [A#] _ Then _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ again same shape except we're [F#] starting on 19th fret so a knife
[A#] _ [Bm] the second string
[A#] _ [C] And _ it slide [A#] it up again to the 21st fret
_ Or a [E] 21st fret on the high E string
[A#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ 24th fret _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#m] 422 and 21 is our last [A#] note right [F#m] so we're gonna have
_ [E] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _
Let's start this tapping arpeggio, [F#m] but for that we're gonna have _ _
Which [N] _ _ is just 17 19 21 19 17 19 _
So it's gonna be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ quite simple.
It's the same exact pattern that we had before when we started this huge lick
_ _ _ Except all we're gonna be [Dm] doing is we're gonna be sticking to both [A#] the first and second string and we're gonna go
Starting with our first finger _ 17 19 21
_ We're gonna go back forth like that then we're gonna go 21 on the high or the the B string
_ [F#m] _ _ So _ _ _ [G#] and _ _ then we're gonna [F#] go back to the high E string we're gonna go _ and _ _ then we're stuck [N] so our next
Part of it is gonna be the tapping arpeggio
It's gonna start on the 24th fret of the high E string and the pattern is gonna also go to the [Dm] second string _ so _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ 24 21 [B] 19 17
_ [E] _ _
_ then we're gonna slide over to the
[F] 19th fret with our middle finger sorry 21st fret and we're gonna do
_ 21 [C#m] 17 14 _
Then we're gonna go 21 on the third [A] string
21 _ [B] 18 16 14 and we're gonna go [A] forward again, so we're gonna go
_ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ Just [A] just [Dm] 14 16 18 [A] 21 _ _
Pull off [Dm] that and then [E] 21 on the fourth string _ 18
_ _ _ [B] Sorry 21 18 19.
Sorry [E] 16 14
_ _ _ Then we're gonna go _ [N] to
_ _ The 11th fret of the fourth [C#] string we're gonna go 14.
I'm sorry [E] 11 14 16 [A] _ 19
_ _ Pull that off then we're gonna go to the fifth [Em] string we're gonna do 19 _
[C#m] 16 14 19 16 [E] [B] 14 11 _ and
9 [D#m] _
[Bm] all _ _ _ _ [A] together
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Hey guys, so this is a quick lesson on the
_ Intro solo to transcend by Polyphia, so this is Tim solo
So we're gonna start off with first the minor minor arpeggio starting from the 9th fret of the fifth [F#] string
_ 9 _ _ _
[B] _ 12 16
[F#m] _ _ I'm ready to go [A] 9 12 [A#] 9 11 16 on the [E] third string _
_ We're gonna go back down
[A] _ And _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
we're gonna go back up [D#] all the way
_ So we're gonna go 9 12 [F#m] 16
[A#] Then we're gonna go 9 [E] 11 16
_ [F#] And we're gonna go [B] 9 12 [C#m] 16 _ and _ [C#] _ we're gonna [N] go back up to the third string.
We're gonna hit 16 [E] 11 9
_ _ _ Then we're gonna after we hit [F] all that [F#] entire sequence.
It sounds like this
[F#m] _
We're _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ gonna go up to the 13th fret of the third string and we're gonna [B] do this
tapping string skipping _ _ _
_ Major 7 arpeggio what major 9 _
_ _ So we're gonna go 13 14 and 18 [G#m] on the third string
_ [F#m] _ _ Then we're gonna go [A#m] 12 16 [E] 19
_ So we're gonna
_ And _ _ we're gonna descend in [N] this sweep arpeggio starting from the 12th fret on the E string.
We're just gonna go 12
14 on the second [B] string 13 on the third string
_ 14 on the fourth string 16 [D#] on the fifth string 12 on the fifth [A#] string _ _ [B] then _
See [A] so we're gonna _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ We're gonna go back up _ _
And _ we're [N] gonna tap after we go back up all the way we're gonna tap to 17th fret
[C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ So we're gonna go back up again after we [B] go do that sequence.
So [C#m] for example _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ And then after [C#] the 19th 16th [B] fret of the fifth string, sorry, [A#] we're gonna go to the _ 14th fret [B] of the fifth string
I'm gonna start this little
This build-up sequence, which is which sounds like this _
[A] _ _ _ So [F] _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ _ _ _ that's pretty easy that's 14
[B] _ _ [Am] _ _ [F] _
16 on the fifth string then 14 [G#m] _
13
_ [F#m] [E] 16 14 on the second the fourth [N] string then we're gonna do an octave jump to 9
17 here on the second string then we're gonna go [A#] to 90 sites an idea
_ _ [G#] _ _
[B] And 16 on the third [Dm] string
_ _ [G#m] _
_ Then _ we're gonna [A] do this which is
_ _ Just [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [G#m] 13 [Am] _ 14 on the third string
[F#] _ _ 16 [G#m]
13
_ [E] _ 14 on the fourth [F#] string 16 _ [D] 12
_ [E] _
14 _ [C#] 16 on the fifth string _
[D] _ So _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ _ [A#] _ _
_ _ after that we got this build-up [G] which is basically an alternate picked at least I think he picks everything
So [F#m] he's gonna go _
_ [A] _ _ It's _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A#m] _
pretty pretty simple as well
[G] _ _ It's it's basically we're gonna be starting our pinkies gonna be starting each each sequence so it's it's unlike
[A] _
_ Going up like a major scale.
It's [A#m] we're gonna be actually starting from the third
_ [C#] _ [D] _ _ _
Which [A] _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] is 16 on [C#] the fifth string we're gonna go 16 14 12
_ [A] _ _ Then we're gonna 16 14 12 again on the fourth string
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [B] And then [E] we're gonna go 18 _
_ [F#m] _ [E] _ _ [G#m] 18 on the fourth string again, we're gonna go same sequence.
It's [D] gonna be
[E] _ _
_ So 18 16 [N] 14 and then 18 16 14 on third string again
[A#] So _
[C#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ that shape actually stays the same so [D] it's gonna be the same the same shape
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [A#] _ Then _ [A] _
_ _ [D] _ again same shape except we're [F#] starting on 19th fret so a knife
[A#] _ [Bm] the second string
[A#] _ [C] And _ it slide [A#] it up again to the 21st fret
_ Or a [E] 21st fret on the high E string
[A#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ 24th fret _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#m] 422 and 21 is our last [A#] note right [F#m] so we're gonna have
_ [E] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ _ _ _
Let's start this tapping arpeggio, [F#m] but for that we're gonna have _ _
Which [N] _ _ is just 17 19 21 19 17 19 _
So it's gonna be _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ quite simple.
It's the same exact pattern that we had before when we started this huge lick
_ _ _ Except all we're gonna be [Dm] doing is we're gonna be sticking to both [A#] the first and second string and we're gonna go
Starting with our first finger _ 17 19 21
_ We're gonna go back forth like that then we're gonna go 21 on the high or the the B string
_ [F#m] _ _ So _ _ _ [G#] and _ _ then we're gonna [F#] go back to the high E string we're gonna go _ and _ _ then we're stuck [N] so our next
Part of it is gonna be the tapping arpeggio
It's gonna start on the 24th fret of the high E string and the pattern is gonna also go to the [Dm] second string _ so _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ 24 21 [B] 19 17
_ [E] _ _
_ then we're gonna slide over to the
[F] 19th fret with our middle finger sorry 21st fret and we're gonna do
_ 21 [C#m] 17 14 _
Then we're gonna go 21 on the third [A] string
21 _ [B] 18 16 14 and we're gonna go [A] forward again, so we're gonna go
_ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ Just [A] just [Dm] 14 16 18 [A] 21 _ _
Pull off [Dm] that and then [E] 21 on the fourth string _ 18
_ _ _ [B] Sorry 21 18 19.
Sorry [E] 16 14
_ _ _ Then we're gonna go _ [N] to
_ _ The 11th fret of the fourth [C#] string we're gonna go 14.
I'm sorry [E] 11 14 16 [A] _ 19
_ _ Pull that off then we're gonna go to the fifth [Em] string we're gonna do 19 _
[C#m] 16 14 19 16 [E] [B] 14 11 _ and
9 [D#m] _
[Bm] all _ _ _ _ [A] together
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _