Steely Dan
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AJA
Album:"Aja"
Written By:W.Becker/D.Fagen
Bass Player:Chuck Rainey
Transcription By:Simon Merrick
This track has quite a differnet structure but I will try and
explain it as best I can. There are some really good drum breaks
in this track, some nice guitar soloing and a great sax solo by
none other then the "Wheather Reports" Wayne Shorter.
The tempo at the start of the track is about 66bpm. When you get
to bar 6 in the verse it goes double time. You will hear what I
mean...listen to the drums. Also where it seems I have tabbed to
many notes listen carefully to the record and you will hear that
he plays some notes really softly. For example at the start of the
verse.
Intro
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|----------------4|-----------------|----------------4|
A:|2----------------|2----------------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|---------------2/|7----------------|
G:|-----------------||
D:|-----------------||
A:|2----------------||
E:|--------------2-2||
Verse
G:|-------------4---|----44-----------|----------4/6\4--|
D:|---444-----4---4-|--4------4---2---|-----------------|
A:|2--------2-------|2-----2----------|-2--------------2|
E:|-------2---------|---------------0-|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|---------7/9\7---|9--9p7--7---7----|
D:|----------5/7\5--|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|3---------------3|5-------------5/6|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-------5-5-------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|0------0-0------2|3-------3-3------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|4----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-------6-6------6|6-------6-6--6---|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|---------------23|4------4-4-------|
G:|-----------------|9--9p7--7---7----|-----------------|
D:|--------6--------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|------6----------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|4--4-------------|-----------------|0------0-0------3|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|3------3-3-------|3-------3-3------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|---------------8\|1------3---------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D:|-----------------|-----------------|--------------(4)||
A:|4-------------3--|-----------------|-----------------||
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
M8
G:|-----------------|-----------------||
D:|-----------------|-----------------||
A:|2----------------|-----------------||
E:|---------------2/|7-------------222||
Repeat the verse with sligh variations. Then from the end of
the verse go into this next section I have called...
Percussion Break
G:|-----------------|-----------------||
D:|-----2-----------|-----------------||
A:|2----------------|-----------------||
E:|-----------------|-----------------||
Section 1
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|---------5-------|---------5-------|---------5-------|
A:|-------7--------7|-------7--------7|-------7--------7|
E:|5----------------|5----------------|5----------------|
G:|----------9/11-14|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|---------5-------|---------5-------|---------5-------|
A:|-------7---------|-------7--------7|-------7--------7|
E:|5----------------|5----------------|5----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------||
D:|---------5-------|---------5-------||
A:|-------7--------7|-------7--------7||
E:|5----------------|5----------------||
Section 2
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|---------5-------|---------5-------|---------5-------|
A:|-------7--------7|-------7--------7|-------7--------7|
E:|5----------------|5----------------|5----------------|
G:|-----------|
D:|---2-beats-|
A:|-----------|
E:|5----------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|---------3-------|---------3-------|-----------------|
A:|-------5--------5|-------5--------5|-----------------|
E:|3----------------|3----------------|2-------2--------|
G:|-----------------||
D:|-----------------|| section 2 x2
A:|-----------------||
E:|2-------2--------||
Guitar Solo Pt 1
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|3-------3---3----|
E:|3----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|3----------------|3-------3---3----|-----------------|
E:|----------------3|-----------------|0----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-------------4---|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|0----------------|2-------3--------|5-------3--------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
D:|-----------------|3----------------|3-------5--------||
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Guitar Solo pt 2
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|---------5-------|---------5-------|---------5-------|
A:|-------7--------7|-------7--------7|-------7--------7|
E:|5----------------|5----------------|5----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|---------5-------|---------5-------|---------5-------|
A:|-------7--------7|-------7--------7|-------7--------7|
E:|5----------------|5----------------|5----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------|
D:|---------5-------|-----------| 2 beat bar
A:|-------7--------7|-----------|
E:|5----------------|5----------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|---------3-------|---------3-------|-----------------|
A:|-------5--------5|-------5--------5|-----------------|
E:|3----------------|3----------------|2-------2--------|
G:|-----------------||
D:|-----------------||
A:|-----------------||
E:|2-------2--------||
Section 3
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|---------5-------|---------5-------|---------5-------|
A:|-------7--------7|-------7--------7|-------7--------7|
E:|5----------------|5----------------|5----------------|
G:|-----------|
D:|-----------| 2 beat bar
A:|-----------|
E:|5----------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|---------3-------|---------3-------|-----------------|
A:|-------5--------5|-------5--------5|-----------------|
E:|3----------------|3----------------|2-------2--------|
G:|-----------------||
D:|-----------------||
A:|-----------------||
E:|2-------2--------||
Guitar Solo Pt 3
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|3-------3---3----|
E:|3----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|3----------------|3-------3---3----|-----------------|
E:|----------------3|-----------------|0----------------|
G:|-----------------||
D:|-----------------||
A:|-----------------||
E:|0----------------||
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-------------4---|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|2-------3--------|5-------3--------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|1----------------|1----------------|1----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------||
D:|-----------------|-----------------||
A:|-----------------|3----------------||
E:|3-------1--------|-----------------||
Drum Break & Sax Solo (unison with piano chords)
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|(3)-----2--------|--2--2--2--------|-----------2--2--|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------||
D:|-----------------|| x2
A:|-----------2--2--||
E:|-----------------||
Section 4
G:|-----------------|4----------------|3-------2--------|
D:|3-------4--------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|1-------0--------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|4----------------|-----------------|
A:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E:|-----------------|------2----------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------|-----------------||
D:|-----------------|-----------------||
A:|-----------------|3----------------||
E:|3-------1--------|-----------------||
Drum Break & Sax Solo (unison with piano chords)
G:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:|(3)-----2--------|--2--2--2--------|-----------2--2--|
E:|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G:|-----------------||
D:|-----------------|| x2
A:|-----------2--2--||
E:|-----------------||
To section 4 then to intro, verse, then to drum break.
That is one long but great song. The drumming is incredible.
Let me know if this is hard to follow because I will change it
if it is...good luck.
If you have any comments or corrections just e-mail me at:
mrzender69@hotmail.com
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