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Ventures: Caravan

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Ventures - Caravan

Caravan by the Ventures written bu Duke Ellington from the album, "Walk Don't Run" transcribed by Kevin Gardner (code@wam.umd.edu) notes on this recording This is a transcription on the version of Caravan found on their first LP, "Walk Don't Run." It varries in many ways from the live in Japan '65 version, namely: #1 It has a tonality of B, the live version has a tonality of E #2 It features slower, less agressive playing tahn Japan '65 #3 It features an intro and a clossing section that is not on Japan '65 #4 It fetures a lower octave melody section The song arangement: the intro guitar lines are double stops using parralell 4ths the main theme is played twice theme #2 is played once then the main theme is repeated with a varriation at the end of each bar after a four note low octave run the main theme is played an octave lower with varriations and finally there is an outro, which is a varraition in the intro tab ledgend \=slide h=hammer on p=pull off b=bend 1/2 step B=bend full step into --12-10-7--|--\7-\7-7-5-3-0--|----------------| --12-10-7--|--\7-\7-7-5-3-0--|--3---3--3---3--| -----------|-----------------|----4------4----| -----------|-----------------|----------------| -----------|-----------------|----------------| -----------|-----------------|----------------| main theme ------------------------------11----------------- --11h12p11-12--13-12----10-12--------10-10--9/10- ---------------------11----------11--11-11-10/11- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- -12-12h13-12-13--12-10----10--10-10--9/10-- -----------------------11-----11-11-10/11-- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- -------------------------- -11b-10-9-8-7-6-5---3---3- ----------------------4--- -------------------------- -------------------------- -------------------------- end of main theme REPEAT MAIN THEME theme #2 ----12----------------|----------7-----------| -------14-12----------|-5-5-7-5----7-5-------| -------------11-11-11-|----------------4-4-4-| -14-------------------|----------------------| ----------------------|----------------------| ----------------------|----------------------| -10--10-------------|--------------------------------------------------- -10-----12-10-------|----------12-13p12--12-13p12--12-12-12--13-12--12/- -11-----------9-9-9-|-7-7-9-7------------------------------------------- -12-----------------|--------------------------------------------------- -12-----------------|--------------------------------------------------- -10-----------------|--------------------------------------------------- end of theme #2 main theme varriation -----------------------11----|-11/14-14/11- --0/12--13-12----10-12-------|--play------- --------------11----------11-|--these------ -----------------------------|--slides----- -----------------------------|--four------- -----------------------------|--times------ ---------------------------|-11/14-14/11-|----------------------|---------- --12--13-12-13-12-10----10-|--play-------|--12-11--10-9-8-7-6-5-|-3-2-3---- ---------------------11----|--these------|----------------------|-------4/- ---------------------------|--slides-----|----------------------|---------- ---------------------------|--four-------|----------------------|---------- ---------------------------|--times------|----------------------|---------- end of main theme varriation main theme ovtave section ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------- ------1-4-------1-4-------1-4-------1-4- -2--2------2--2------2--2------2--2----- ---------------------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ---------------------------- ------------1---1-1-1-1-1-1- -2--3-----2-----2-2-2-2-2-2- ------2-5-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2- -------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------3---3- ----------------------------------------------4--- ---------------1-1-1-1-1-1------------------------ -2-3-2-3-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2--2-1-0----------------- -----------5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------4-3-2-1-0------- outro --12-10-7--|--\7-\7-7-5-3-0--|-------------| --12-10-7--|--\7-\7-7-5-3-0--|--3---3/2----| -----------|-----------------|----4-0------| -----------|-----------------|--repeat-----| -----------|-----------------|--three------| -----------|-----------------|--times------| ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ ------------------ -2-1-0------------ -------4-3-2-1-0--