Chords for Steve Vai - "Jibboom Lesson" - Steve Vai Guitar Techniques Berklee Music Online Course
Tempo:
105.85 bpm
Chords used:
E
G
D
A
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D]
[G] [F]
[Ab] [D]
Hey folks, [N] I'm going to discuss in this lesson some of the techniques I used in the song called Jaboom.
It's kind of an up-tempo, sort of a rock blues progression, which is very unlike me.
But I do play blues occasionally in the privacy of my own home when nobody's listening.
But what it is, is this concept of pulling off these notes.
[E]
And whenever I'm working on something, as I mentioned before, I break it down into small
pieces and I make exercises out of every little piece.
And if you listen to that track, it's got a head that goes
[G]
[E]
[A] And [E] what that is, is that [B] [A]
[E] when I first started doing that, it didn't naturally come that easily.
[Ab] So what I would do is just sit there, and this is so important, [N] is the way that you practice.
I see people, I see kids practicing, and really the way that they practice sometimes isn't
going to give them the best results.
Because if you practice bad habits, you're going to sound like you have bad habits.
And so what I recommend you doing is that musical meditation is really focusing on something
until it sounds great to you.
Until it sounds exactly what you're hoping for.
And the way that you get it to sound that way is you imagine it sounding that way.
Because you can't work towards something that you don't know what the end result is.
What you're looking for is every note has to have its own zip code.
It has to have its own life.
It has to be its own personality.
[E] [D] [B] [E]
And if you just sit and make that an [D] exercise, and do that until it sounds great, and if
your fingers don't fall off, because it gets to be difficult, every time you do it, it'll become easier.
That's one of the greatest gifts about [Abm] playing the guitar, is whenever you work on something,
it gets easier when you go to do it next time.
With this particular exercise, you'll get real good at it fast.
And what I would recommend is not necessarily just learning how to play Jiboom the way I
play it, but taking that concept and making your own piece.
So if you have that naked track of Jiboom, create your own melody around that track,
maybe using some kind of pull-offs.
[E] But if I was going to sit, and I do, and work on something like that, I would expand upon it.
With this pull-off technique, there's a little bit of math behind it in that it's, [D]
you have
to pull off the note, [G] and then pull off the next note.
[E]
And you have to hammer the next note so that all the levels are good.
And
[G] [B] [Em]
[E] you do it on every string, because it's difficult on the different strings.
[Dbm]
[G] You want this rolling action.
[C]
[G]
Naturally, you may not be doing it that fast and clean in the beginning, but that's what
you're [B] looking for.
And the way you do it is, just put a [Abm] clock on, and go for like 30 minutes just doing
one string, and try different things.
See, if you meditate on it, and you force [N] yourself to stick to one idea, you're going
to find yourself going in directions that you've never gone.
And that's how you develop your own unique style.
[E] [D] [E]
[A]
[G] [A] [G]
[E]
[G] [B] [A] [Em]
[G] [F]
[Ab] [D]
Hey folks, [N] I'm going to discuss in this lesson some of the techniques I used in the song called Jaboom.
It's kind of an up-tempo, sort of a rock blues progression, which is very unlike me.
But I do play blues occasionally in the privacy of my own home when nobody's listening.
But what it is, is this concept of pulling off these notes.
[E]
And whenever I'm working on something, as I mentioned before, I break it down into small
pieces and I make exercises out of every little piece.
And if you listen to that track, it's got a head that goes
[G]
[E]
[A] And [E] what that is, is that [B] [A]
[E] when I first started doing that, it didn't naturally come that easily.
[Ab] So what I would do is just sit there, and this is so important, [N] is the way that you practice.
I see people, I see kids practicing, and really the way that they practice sometimes isn't
going to give them the best results.
Because if you practice bad habits, you're going to sound like you have bad habits.
And so what I recommend you doing is that musical meditation is really focusing on something
until it sounds great to you.
Until it sounds exactly what you're hoping for.
And the way that you get it to sound that way is you imagine it sounding that way.
Because you can't work towards something that you don't know what the end result is.
What you're looking for is every note has to have its own zip code.
It has to have its own life.
It has to be its own personality.
[E] [D] [B] [E]
And if you just sit and make that an [D] exercise, and do that until it sounds great, and if
your fingers don't fall off, because it gets to be difficult, every time you do it, it'll become easier.
That's one of the greatest gifts about [Abm] playing the guitar, is whenever you work on something,
it gets easier when you go to do it next time.
With this particular exercise, you'll get real good at it fast.
And what I would recommend is not necessarily just learning how to play Jiboom the way I
play it, but taking that concept and making your own piece.
So if you have that naked track of Jiboom, create your own melody around that track,
maybe using some kind of pull-offs.
[E] But if I was going to sit, and I do, and work on something like that, I would expand upon it.
With this pull-off technique, there's a little bit of math behind it in that it's, [D]
you have
to pull off the note, [G] and then pull off the next note.
[E]
And you have to hammer the next note so that all the levels are good.
And
[G] [B] [Em]
[E] you do it on every string, because it's difficult on the different strings.
[Dbm]
[G] You want this rolling action.
[C]
[G]
Naturally, you may not be doing it that fast and clean in the beginning, but that's what
you're [B] looking for.
And the way you do it is, just put a [Abm] clock on, and go for like 30 minutes just doing
one string, and try different things.
See, if you meditate on it, and you force [N] yourself to stick to one idea, you're going
to find yourself going in directions that you've never gone.
And that's how you develop your own unique style.
[E] [D] [E]
[A]
[G] [A] [G]
[E]
[G] [B] [A] [Em]
Key:
E
G
D
A
B
E
G
D
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [D] _
Hey folks, [N] _ I'm going to discuss in this lesson some of the techniques I used in the song called Jaboom.
_ It's kind of an up-tempo, sort of a rock _ blues progression, which is very unlike me.
But I do play blues occasionally in the privacy of my own home when nobody's listening.
But what it is, is this concept of pulling off these notes.
[E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And whenever I'm working on something, as I mentioned before, I break it down into small
pieces and I make exercises out of every little piece.
And if you listen to that track, it's got a head that _ goes_ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ And [E] what that is, is that [B] _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ when I first started doing that, it didn't naturally come that easily.
[Ab] So what I would do is just sit there, and this is so important, [N] is the way that you practice.
I see people, I see kids practicing, and really the way that they practice sometimes isn't
going to give them the best results.
Because if you practice bad habits, you're going to sound like you have bad habits.
And so what I recommend you doing is that musical meditation is really focusing on something
until it sounds _ great to you.
Until it sounds exactly what you're hoping for.
And the way that you get it to sound that way is you imagine it sounding that way.
Because you can't work towards something that you don't know what the end result is.
What you're looking for is every note has to have its own zip code.
It has to have its own life.
It has to be its own personality.
[E] _ _ [D] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And if you just sit and make that an [D] exercise, and do that until it sounds great, and if
your fingers don't fall off, because it gets to be difficult, _ _ every time you do it, it'll become easier.
That's one of the greatest gifts about [Abm] playing the guitar, is whenever you work on something,
it gets easier when you go to do it next time.
With this particular exercise, you'll get real good at it fast.
And what I would recommend is not necessarily just learning how to play Jiboom the way I
play it, but taking that concept and making your own piece.
So if you have that naked track of Jiboom, create your own melody around that track,
maybe using some kind of pull-offs.
[E] But if I was going to sit, and I do, and work on something like that, I would expand upon it.
With this pull-off technique, _ _ _ there's a little bit of math behind it in that it's, [D] _
you have
to pull off the note, [G] and then pull off the next note.
[E] _
And you have to hammer the next note so that all the levels are good.
And _ _
_ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] you do it on every string, because it's difficult on the different strings.
_ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ You want this rolling action.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ Naturally, you may not be doing it that fast and clean in the beginning, but that's what
you're [B] looking for.
And the way you do it is, just put a [Abm] clock on, and go for like 30 minutes just doing
one string, and try different things.
See, if you meditate on it, and you force [N] yourself to stick to one idea, you're going
to find yourself going in directions that you've never gone.
And that's how you develop your own unique style.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [D] _
Hey folks, [N] _ I'm going to discuss in this lesson some of the techniques I used in the song called Jaboom.
_ It's kind of an up-tempo, sort of a rock _ blues progression, which is very unlike me.
But I do play blues occasionally in the privacy of my own home when nobody's listening.
But what it is, is this concept of pulling off these notes.
[E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ And whenever I'm working on something, as I mentioned before, I break it down into small
pieces and I make exercises out of every little piece.
And if you listen to that track, it's got a head that _ goes_ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ And [E] what that is, is that [B] _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ when I first started doing that, it didn't naturally come that easily.
[Ab] So what I would do is just sit there, and this is so important, [N] is the way that you practice.
I see people, I see kids practicing, and really the way that they practice sometimes isn't
going to give them the best results.
Because if you practice bad habits, you're going to sound like you have bad habits.
And so what I recommend you doing is that musical meditation is really focusing on something
until it sounds _ great to you.
Until it sounds exactly what you're hoping for.
And the way that you get it to sound that way is you imagine it sounding that way.
Because you can't work towards something that you don't know what the end result is.
What you're looking for is every note has to have its own zip code.
It has to have its own life.
It has to be its own personality.
[E] _ _ [D] _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And if you just sit and make that an [D] exercise, and do that until it sounds great, and if
your fingers don't fall off, because it gets to be difficult, _ _ every time you do it, it'll become easier.
That's one of the greatest gifts about [Abm] playing the guitar, is whenever you work on something,
it gets easier when you go to do it next time.
With this particular exercise, you'll get real good at it fast.
And what I would recommend is not necessarily just learning how to play Jiboom the way I
play it, but taking that concept and making your own piece.
So if you have that naked track of Jiboom, create your own melody around that track,
maybe using some kind of pull-offs.
[E] But if I was going to sit, and I do, and work on something like that, I would expand upon it.
With this pull-off technique, _ _ _ there's a little bit of math behind it in that it's, [D] _
you have
to pull off the note, [G] and then pull off the next note.
[E] _
And you have to hammer the next note so that all the levels are good.
And _ _
_ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [E] you do it on every string, because it's difficult on the different strings.
_ _ _ [Dbm] _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ You want this rolling action.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ _ _ Naturally, you may not be doing it that fast and clean in the beginning, but that's what
you're [B] looking for.
And the way you do it is, just put a [Abm] clock on, and go for like 30 minutes just doing
one string, and try different things.
See, if you meditate on it, and you force [N] yourself to stick to one idea, you're going
to find yourself going in directions that you've never gone.
And that's how you develop your own unique style.
_ _ _ _ [E] _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ [Em] _