Sound Chaser - Solo Part.
From the album Relayer.
Excerpt by Steve Howe.

Transcribed by Hemme Luttjeboer, Mike Barker and Colgan Bryan.

From 3:02 to 5:30 time.

Piece for Electric guitar (Fender Telecaster and distortion).

Tempo : Freely but very fast.


p: pull off   \: slide up     ~: vibrato  b: bend (+tone)
h: hammer on  /: slide down   ": tremolo


The time signature is 4/4 at the beginning:

N.C.

-||---|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|-
-||---|----------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|-
-||-0-|-15-14-15-14-15\2-3-2-|-3-2-2p3p2p0---------|-----------------------------|-
-||---|----------------------|-------------2-------|-----------------------------|-
-||---|----------------------|---------------4\3-1-|-3h4p3p1-------1-3-3-4-4-4-4-|-
-||---|----------------------|---------------------|---------3-0-3---------------|-

-|----------------------------|---------------------3/15\-----|----------------------------|-
-|----------------------------|---------------------2/14\-----|----------------------------|-
-|----------------------------|---------------------3/15\-3p0-|-6-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-5p3p0-|-
-|----------------------------|-----------------------""------|----------------------------|-
-|-4p3p1-------3h4p3p1-------1|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4p3p1h1-----------|----------------------------|-
-|-------3-0-3---------3p0h3--|-------------------------------|----------------------------|-

-|-3-18-(18)\--3-|-6-6p3-6p0-6p3-5-3h5p3-2-0-|-3-----------|-------------------------------|-
-|-2-17-(17)\----|---------------------------|-2-----------|-------------------------------|-
-|-3-18-(18)\----|---------------------------|-3-----------|-------------------------------|-
-|---""--""------|---------------------------|-2---2-5-5-5-|-5p4-4-4-4h5-5-4-4-4p2---------|-
-|---------------|---------------------------|-"-----------|-----------------------3-3p1-3-|-
-|---------------|---------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|-

                                   Hold----|
-|-------------------------------|-0-------------------------------------|---2h3h5/6-5-3\2-3-6-7-7|-
-|-------------------------------|-2h4h5p4p2--------------2h3h5p3p2h5p3h2|h5----------------------|-
-|-------------------------------|-----------0h3h5p3p2--5----------------|------------------------|-
-|---------------0-4h5p4p2p0-----|---------------------------------------|------------------------|-
-|-3h4p3p1-------------------3p0-|---------------------------------------|------------------------|-
-|---------3p0h3-----------------|---------------------------------------|------------------------|-

The four next chords are synthetiser arranged for guitar.
(W/ vol. pedal)

    Bm                                    Gmaj7                     F#m   Gmaj7             F#m
-||-7/9-10-10-9-7-|-6-9-6-7h9p7\6-7-7h9-|-9h10p9-7-9----7-----------9-10-|9h10p9-7-9----7------2-3|-
-||---------------|---------------------|------------10---8h10p8-8p7-----|-----------10---8-7\----|-
-||---------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------|-
-||---------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------|-
-||---------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------|-
-||---------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------|-

-||-2h3p2---2-------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|-
-||-------5---2-3p2h3p2---0-----------------|-----------------------------------------------|-
-||---------------------3---0h3p0---0-------|-----------------------------------------------|-
-||-------------------------------4---4p2p0-|---0-------------------------------------------|-
-||-----------------------------------------|-4---4p2p1---1---------------------------------|-
-||-----------------------------------------|-----------3---2h3p2p0h2h3p2p0h3p2h3p2p0h3p2p0h|-

-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----1~~~~-|-
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-
-|2h3p2p0h2h3p2p0h2h3p2p0h2h3p2p02h3p2p0h2h3p2p0h3p2p03p2p0h3p2p0h2h3p2p0h2h3p2p0-|--2--------|-

-|---------------------|------------|-------------------------||-
-|---------------------|------------|-------------------0-1-3-||-
-|-0------------0------|----------1-|-0-----------0p1p3-------||-
-|---3-1-0--1-3----3-1-|-0----------|---3-1p0-1h3-------------||-
-|---------------------|---2--------|-------------------------||-
-|---------------------|-----1------|-------------------------||-

Here, the time signature is in 3/4:

-|-------------------------------------||-
-|-4-3-4/6-6/8-8b(1/2)-8b(1/2)-8b(1/2)-||-
-|-------------------------------------||-
-|-------------------------------------||-
-|-------------------------------------||-
-|-------------------------------------||-

Then it starts again in 4/4:

-|---------------------------|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
-|-8-8b(1/2)-8b(1/2)-8b(1/2)-|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------|-----------------------------0-|-3---0---------------------------|-
-|---------------------------|-----------------0-2---0-2-4---|---4---2-4-0-2---0---------------|-
-|---------------------------|-----1-2---1-2-4-----4---------|---------------4-------1-2---1-2-|-
-|---------------------------|-2-3-----3---------------------|-------------------2-3-----3-----|-

-|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
-|----------------------------------|---------------------------------|-
-|---------------0--3---0-----------|-------------------------------0-|-
-|---0-2---0-2-4------4---2-4-0-2---|-0-----------------0-2---0-2-4---|-
-|-4-----4------------------------4-|-------1-2---1-2-4-----4---------|-
-|----------------------------------|---2-3-----3---------------------|-

-|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------|---------------0-2p0-0-3p0-0-5-5-0-7-7-0-0-|-
-|-3---0-------------------3-------|-----3-----2-4-----------------------------|-
-|---4---2-4-0-2-----2-4-5---4-5-2-|-4-5---4-5---------------------------------|-
-|---------------4-5---------------|-------------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-

                                                   vol. swells ----------------------------------

-|-------------------------------------------------|-15-14h15p14-12-14----12-|------------14-15-|-
-|-8-8-0-0-10-0-0-12-12-0-0-14-0-0-0-15-0-0-17~~~~-|-------------------15----|-14h15p14-12------|-
-|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|-
-|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|-
-|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|-
-|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|------------------|-

-----------|                            pp < mp                                      8va-----
                                        vol. swells------------------------------------------

-|-14h15p14-12-14----12----------|-----||--------------|-----------|--------------|--16--17-|-
-|----------------15----14h15p14-|-12--||------------7-|-5----9-10-|-12b(1)-12-10-|---------|-
-|-------------------------------|-----||--------------|-----------|--------------|---------|-
-|-------------------------------|-----||-----4/6-7----|-----------|--------------|---------|-
-|-------------------------------|-----||---4----------|-----------|--------------|---------|-
-|-------------------------------|-----||-2------------|-----------|--------------|---------|-

-----|
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

-|-21------14----------|-----------------------|----------|--------------|------------------|-
-|------------17-15-14-|-17p15p14--------------|----------|--------------|--------------5-7-|-
-|---------------------|----------14p13--------|----------|-------4-6--4-|--6-----4-6-7-----|-
-|---------------------|----------------14--16-|-------4--|-7--6---------|----6-7-----------|-
-|---------------------|-----------------------|----4-----|--------------|------------------|-
-|---------------------|-----------------------|-2--------|--------------|------------------|-

                                        8va---------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------|

-|----------------|--14-12----14-12----|-21--17-19\14-17-------|---------------------------||-
-|--5---7-5---7\2-|--------15-------14-|-----------------14-17\|12-14\10-12----------------||-
-|----7-----7-----|--------------------|-----------------------|------------9/11-----9-----||-
-|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|------------------------12-||-
-|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------||-
-|----------------|--------------------|-----------------------|---------------------------||-

Back to 3/4 time signature:

                                                     8va-------------------------------------

-|-------------|-15-10-14----15-10-14----14-10-14----|-17-14-15----17-14-15----17-14-15----|-
-|-------------|----------12----------12-------------|----------14----------14-------------|-
-|-11-9----9---|----------------------------------12-|----------------------------------14-|-
-|------12-----|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
-|-------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-
-|-------------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|-

--------------------------------------------------------|vol. swells------------------

-|----------19-15-18\----14-|-21-17-19\-14-21-17-19\-14-|--13----5------|-----------------||-
-|--------------------15----|---------------------------|------6------6-|-----------------||-
-|-16-18-19-----------------|---------------------------|-----------7---|---5-----7-------||-
-|--------------------------|---------------------------|---------------|-8-----5---------||-
-|--------------------------|---------------------------|---------------|-----8-----------||-
-|--------------------------|---------------------------|---------------|---------(6--8)--||-