{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":616,"song":"The Duel","artist":"Steve Vai","content_type":"tab","tab_type":"Tabs","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11000120-the-duel-tab-by-steve-vai/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/616?type=tab","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"                       The Duel - Steve Vai\r\n           -------------------------------------------\r\n\r\n\r\n    Notes:  Okay, this is not my work, but I heard someone wanted it and I had it lying around the house so I thought I'd do someone a favour.  I've taken this from the June '95 edition of \"Guitar\" magazine.  This is the riff that Vai plays when he has a guitar duel with actor Ralph Macchio (The Karate Kid) in the film, \"Crossroads\". \r\n    Vai performs a series of arpeggios in a reprise of an etude by William Kanengiser (who apparently played all the classical parts in the movie).  This study in arpeggios is comprised almost entirely of notes from the A harmonic minor scale (A B C D E F G#).  The only nondiatonic series of notes would be found in measure 3, an arpeggio, which in this case functions as a secondary dominant to the Dm in measure 4.\r\n\r\n\r\nE|                        8  12^8                     |\r\nB|                    10           10                 |\r\nG|              5  9                   9  5           |\r\nD|           7                               7        |\r\nA|        7                                     5     |\r\nE|  5  6                                           8  |  \r\n\r\n\r\nE|                          7                       |\r\nB|                       9     9                    | \r\nG|                 7  9           9  7              |\r\nD|           6  9                       9  6        |\r\nA|     5  7                                   7  5  |\r\nE|  7                                               |\r\n\r\n\r\nE|                                    5                              |\r\nB|                            5   8       8   5                      |\r\nG|                       6                        6                  |\r\nD|               5 ^ 7                                7   5          |\r\nA|          7                                                 7      |\r\nE|  5 ^ 9                                                         9  |\r\n\r\n\r\nE|                         10  13^10                      |\r\nB|                     10             10                  |\r\nG|              7  10                     10  7           |\r\nD|           7                                   7        |\r\nA|     5  6                                               |\r\nE|  5                                               10^8  |\r\n\r\n\r\nE|                                                       |\r\nB|                          9  12  9                     |\r\nG|                      10            10  7              |\r\nD|               9  12                       9  6        |\r\nA|         8^11                                    8     |\r\nE|  7  10                                             7  |\r\n\r\n\r\nE|                                      5       8        12   8 / | / 16\r\nB|                              5           5       10            |\r\nG|                      5           5                             |\r\nD|              7           7                                     |\r\nA|      7           7                                             |\r\nE|  5       8                                                     |    O\r\n\r\n\r\n    What more can I say?  This is just a truly cool riff.  It might be a little tough to start on if you are a beginner, but never-the-less, would be a nice riff to learn and use as a warming up exercise.","plain_text":"The Duel - Steve Vai\n           -------------------------------------------\n\n\n    Notes:  Okay, this is not my work, but I heard someone wanted it and I had it lying around the house so I thought I'd do someone a favour.  I've taken this from the June '95 edition of \"Guitar\" magazine.  This is the riff that Vai plays when he has a guitar duel with actor Ralph Macchio (The Karate Kid) in the film, \"Crossroads\". \n    Vai performs a series of arpeggios in a reprise of an etude by William Kanengiser (who apparently played all the classical parts in the movie).  This study in arpeggios is comprised almost entirely of notes from the A harmonic minor scale (A B C D E F G#).  The only nondiatonic series of notes would be found in measure 3, an arpeggio, which in this case functions as a secondary dominant to the Dm in measure 4.\n\n\nE|                        8  12^8                     |\nB|                    10           10                 |\nG|              5  9                   9  5           |\nD|           7                               7        |\nA|        7                                     5     |\nE|  5  6                                           8  |  \n\n\nE|                          7                       |\nB|                       9     9                    | \nG|                 7  9           9  7              |\nD|           6  9                       9  6        |\nA|     5  7                                   7  5  |\nE|  7                                               |\n\n\nE|                                    5                              |\nB|                            5   8       8   5                      |\nG|                       6                        6                  |\nD|               5 ^ 7                                7   5          |\nA|          7                                                 7      |\nE|  5 ^ 9                                                         9  |\n\n\nE|                         10  13^10                      |\nB|                     10             10                  |\nG|              7  10                     10  7           |\nD|           7                                   7        |\nA|     5  6                                               |\nE|  5                                               10^8  |\n\n\nE|                                                       |\nB|                          9  12  9                     |\nG|                      10            10  7              |\nD|               9  12                       9  6        |\nA|         8^11                                    8     |\nE|  7  10                                             7  |\n\n\nE|                                      5       8        12   8 / | / 16\nB|                              5           5       10            |\nG|                      5           5                             |\nD|              7           7                                     |\nA|      7           7                                             |\nE|  5       8                                                     |    O\n\n\n    What more can I say?  This is just a truly cool riff.  It might be a little tough to start on if you are a beginner, but never-the-less, would be a nice riff to learn and use as a warming up exercise.","chords":["A","B","C","D","E","F","G","Dm"]}