Steve Vai

Steve Vai - Hand On Heart guitar tab

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From jcreule@centroin.com.br Sun May 4 09:46:03 1997

Date: Sat, 15 Mar 1997 23:48:11 -0300

From: Reule

To: guitar@olga.net

Subject: Steve Vai - Hand on Heart

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Hand on Heart

Steve Vai

Transcribed by: Fernando Reule jcreule@centroin.com.br

Well, I'm not as good as Steve, neither have his feeling, but as I

didn't find this song at OLGA's page, I decided to put it on my way,

wright or wrong... :-) Please, when you find something wrong, notify

me!

(1)

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|-----14---14-14-12-11-11>12|---12---12-12-11-9-9>11----|----------9-1

1--------------|

|---------------------------|---------------------------|-11-11-11----

--9-8>9>8------|

|--11-----------------------|-11------------------------|-------------

-----------11--|

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

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

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

|----------11>9-------------|

|----11>13------11>8>11-----| REPEAT (1)

|-9-------------------------|

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

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

(2)

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

|-17-16-14-14>16-12-12>14---|

|---------------------------| 2 X

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

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

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

(3)

|--------------6-6----|-----------7>6-----|-------------6-6---8>9--9>1

1--11>12--|

|------7-7-9-9--------|-----7-7-9-----7---|-----7-7-9-9-----7---------

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|--6-6----------------|-6-6---------------|-6-6-----------------------

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

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AND...Sorry! That's All folks! At least untill someone completes it

or I do it by myself!

From jcreule@centroin.com.br Sun May 4 09:46:52 1997

Date: Mon, 21 Apr 1997 23:21:37 -0300

From: Reule

To: guitar@olga.net

Subject: Hand on Heart - Steve Vai

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Hand on Heart

by Steve Vai

from the album FIRE GARDEN

Transcribed by: Fernando Reule jcreule@centroin.com.br

Well, I'm not as good as Steve, neither have his feeling, but as I

didn't find this song at OLGA's page, I decided to put it on my way,

wright or wrong... :-) Please, when you find something wrong, notify

me!

(1)

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

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

|---13b(14)---14-12-11-11>12|---12---12-12-11-9-9>11----|----------9-1

1--------------|

|---------------------------|---------------------------|-11-11-11----

--9-8>9>8------|

|-11------------------------|-11------------------------|-------------

-----------11--|

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

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

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

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

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

|----------11>9-------------|

|----11>13------11>8>11-----| REPEAT (1)

|-9-------------------------|

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

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

(2)

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

|-17-16-14-14>16-12-12>14---|

|---------------------------| 2 X

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

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

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

(3)

|--------------6-6----|-----------7>6-----|-------------6-6---8>9--9>1

1--11>12--|

|------7-7-9-9--------|-----7-7-9-----7---|-----7-7-9-9-----7---------

----------|

|--6-6----------------|-6-6---------------|-6-6-----------------------

----------|

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

----------|

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

----------|

AND...Sorry! That's All folks! At least untill someone completes it

or I do it by myself!

Hand On Heart (Fire Garden album)

Music by Steve Vai

Transcribed by Jason Richards(16 yrs of age), Reading, England, April '97

(HFPhoenix@aol.com)

This is the main theme of Hand On Heart which Steve variates several times in the piece. I worked it out along the B string but feel free to use the notes on other strings to be more comfortable. He worked hard on the tone of the guitar rather than on speed and dexterity. To try to recreate his tone try some soft distortion with delay and reverb.

The bends steve does are to accurate notes. So, to practise getting to the right pitch each time it is best to slide the notes to start with, rather that bend them. I've included as much detail as possible to make it more accurate.

Notation:

=bend down

~=vibrato

h=hammer-on

p=pull off

/=slide up

*=pinched harmonic

B Hold Note A E Hold note F#m

e|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|

b|----1212--11--11h12~~~~|----11

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