Heavenly Bank Account

bridge fixes anyone who thought they found and easy one. It has a steady pulse throughout (the lower staff) at the same tempo as the rest of the song, but Frank decided to sing everything a bit faster, just for fun I guess ;). I have tried to notate it as clearly as possible but it simply boils down to singing, in the first phrase, 20 eighth notes in the space of 14 at the original tempo. The second has 15 over 10, third has 17 over 14 and the last again has 15 over 10. You MUST listen to the song itself to get the feel of this. My explanation makes it sound harder than it is but I thought I'd give you my interpretation of what he's doing, for anyone else who likes to know this kind of thing..:) *The 7th bar of the VERSE (E) is in 2/4. The D#mi7b5 chord is played as follows: 6 5 4 3 2 1 <-string (1=high/thin) x 6 7 6 7 x <-fret Play this pattern on the 8th fret (x8989x) for the Fmi7b5 in the intro. INTRO |A | |C#mi | |D | |D#mi7b5| | |A | |Fmi7b5 |F#mi |B | |D |E ||... VERSE |A | |C#mi | |D |D#m7b5 |E* |F#mi | |B |E |A |E | || BRIDGE |2 |3 |10 | |4 DDAA |4 DDAAAA| 8 DAAAAGADAG | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |7 |3 | | |4 |4 A D/F# |A | |4 |7 | |4 DDAADDAA |8 DDAADAG | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |5 |3 | | |4 |4 | | |2 |3 |7 | |4 DDAA |4 DDAAAA|8 DDAADAG | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |6 |3 | | |4 |4 | | |4 |7 | |4 DDAADDAA |8 DDAADAG | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |5 |3 | | |4 |4 | | Hope you enjoy this. It is the first of a bunch I have transcribed and will probably post. These include both CRD and TAB formats depending on the song. E-mail me if there is a particular ZAPPA tune you would like to see. Any comment on the transcription/analysis is _encouraged_. Jeff ^^^^ (or is it Boyd) -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Langille |"...if I were standing next to you with a metronome and ! blee@is.dal.ca !a baton (frowning and smoking a lot of cigarettes), I | Halifax, N.S. |would insist that the rhythms be accurate , and that only ! !the pitches which reside outside the basic tonality | ugrita fusft |(the original "wrong notes") could be altered." - FZappa ! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------