Audition tune - War Pigs - any help?

[jazz5757]

Okay, I'm 51 and haven't played any Sabbath since I was a teenager. One of the audition tunes I have to learn is War Pigs and I've quickly realized that any kind of note-for-note rendition is going to be a ton of work. Bearing in mind that ther are no shortcuts, can you guys give me any advice on how to approach the song (other than playing it over and over 100 times...which I'm doing anyway... ) I'm making progress but the solo passages are just killin' me...thanks!

[Taxt]

Break it down part by part and when you have 2 consecutive parts down run through them a couple times. Listen to the song when you can even try and tab it out of you can. One thing i do when Im learning a song is learn the guitar part and see how both the guitar and bass work together on the song.

And unless the band said they want the song note for note, add your own flavor

[jazz5757]

Thanks Taxt. Breaking the song down by different parts/passages is definitely helping but eminently tedious...no one said it would be easy! And yes, the band did not indicate that they were expecting a note-for-note, in fact I was told that the song was chosen to test the drummer. Not sure that I totally buy that but I'm just tryin' to put my best foot forward and naturally impress them...at some point though you just have to give em' what you got and let the dust settle from there...

[73jbass]

Just wing it during the guitar solos,but make sure you emphasize pentatonic scales.Of all the times I've seen videos of them live,Geezer has never played it the same everytime.

[Taxt]

if you gonna give it to em dont step on anyones toes. keep the fills to a minimum.Even though most of that song is made up of fills.

[Tumeni Notes]

If you are going to be practicing a lot of songs and want to get a great headstart in learning them quickly, I recommend getting Guitar Pro 5.

There are many transcriptions you can download. You can loop the passages, slow them down, cut out the bass and play over it, etc.

Good luck.

[Taxt]

Originally Posted by Tumeni Notes

If you are going to be practicing a lot of songs and want to get a great headstart in learning them quickly, I recommend getting Guitar Pro 5.

There are many transcriptions you can download. You can loop the passages, slow them down, cut out the bass and play over it, etc.

Good luck.

+10 that will help a lot

[jazz5757]

Originally Posted by Taxt

if you gonna give it to em dont step on anyones toes. keep the fills to a minimum.Even though most of that song is made up of fills.

Good advice for sure. There's actually a Youtube video of a guy playing along with the song...it's certainly not note-for-note but I think he does a good just of doing what you suggest...staying relatively true to the song without overplaying and consequently stepping on someone else's toes...thanks!

[jazz5757]

Originally Posted by Tumeni Notes

If you are going to be practicing a lot of songs and want to get a great headstart in learning them quickly, I recommend getting Guitar Pro 5.

There are many transcriptions you can download. You can loop the passages, slow them down, cut out the bass and play over it, etc.

Good luck.

Ahhhh, the marvels of todays technology and information...I will definitely look into that sir! thanks!

[MakiSupaStar]

Learn it like it is from the album, and then during the audition, listen to the guitar player and improvise accordingly. It might be totally different from the album. Just use the original track as a basis.

[jazz5757]

Originally Posted by MakiSupaStar

Learn it like it is from the album, and then during the audition, listen to the guitar player and improvise accordingly. It might be totally different from the album. Just use the original track as a basis.

More words of wisdom - thank you sir!