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i revamp this old topic for a quick notation. To my ears in, both the bridge and the D/e/c/d section in the solo, chords change on the 4th beat upbeat ...and that's how we play it with my band

cheers and thanks again to Wes for having tabbed this classic song

Matteo]]> Easy Songs matteo https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/paged/2/#post-334204 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/paged/2/#post-308233 Mon, 08 Sep 2008 12:06:10 +0000
you're, as always, so kind!!!
it's great to receive your confirmation since the ryhthm is exactly like i tought it was! actually i tried and it sounded good to my ears!!!also thanks for the chord progression during the solo

cheers

Matteo]]> Easy Songs matteo https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/paged/2/#post-308233 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/#post-308059 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:13:48 +0000 A C A C A C A e---------------------------------------------------------- b---------------------------------------------------------- g-----------2--2--5-----2--2--5-----2--2--5--2------------- d-----------2--2--5-----2--2--5-----2--2--5--2-----------0- a--------0-----------------------------------------0--3---- e--0--3---------------------------------------------------- & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & m i i i i i i G5 D A C A e------------------------------------------------- b-----------3-----------3------------------------- g--------0-----------2-----2--2--5--2------------- d-----0-----------0--------2--2--5--2------------- a--------------0--------------------------------0- e--3--------------------------------------0--3---- 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & m r i r i i i i i i i i And the chord progression during the solo goes like this:
Progression during solo: A riff (play twice, so 8 measures total) 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & then… D E C D 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & then… Play A riff once (4 measures) Have fun, great song, get some thick distortion with a little delay going. :twisted:]]> Easy Songs Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/#post-308059 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/#post-308053 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:39:34 +0000
Matteo, yes, during the solo there is a change I didn't show, I'll listen to the song and include that section. I will also try to tab out the riff played during the verses, I should have it posted in a few hours.

Thanks again,

Wes]]> Easy Songs Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/#post-308053 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/#post-308004 Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:01:50 +0000
As a twist, I play this with a slide, really sounds good at high volumes. And adds a bit of nastiness too. :twisted: :twisted:]]> Easy Songs racetruck1 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/#post-308004 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/#post-307867 Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:40:00 +0000
also in guitar solo it seems that the rhythm guitar plays the main riff except for a couple of measures?

Thanks a lot in advance


Matteo]]> Easy Songs matteo https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/#post-307867 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/#post-61417 Sat, 29 May 2004 22:28:41 +0000
Snoogans- On just about any recording there are multiple guitars. I have read of a song having 25 or more different tracks. So what do you do? You try to play the basic track that gives you the feel of the song. This is one of the toughest things about being in a cover band. You can never really duplicate what people hear on the recordings.

I am showing this from memory, haven't actually listened to this song in many years, but that is a bend you are talking about. It is a release. What Ted does is bend the string first before plucking it. Then he stikes the string and lets it return to normal pitch. This is very common in lead guitar and should be practiced. I will try to show it in tab.

e-----------------
b-----------------
g----4^r---2-----
d------------------
a------------------
e------------------

That's it. Bend the G string at the 4th fret raising the tone a whole step. THEN pluck the the string and let it return to the normal pitch. If you do this slowly it will sound very much like slide guitar. This is one of Ted Nugent's favorite techniques. But almost everybody does it.

This is from the A Major Pentatonic scale. But later on when Ted plays the solo he plays with the A Minor Pentatonic scale. This is an old Blues players technique. Ted Nugent is a master at going from the Major to Minor Pentatonic. It is more difficult than it seems. It has to sound good.
Ted is one of the very best at this.]]> Easy Songs Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/#post-61417 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/#post-61383 Sat, 29 May 2004 04:02:40 +0000 Easy Songs Snoogans775 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/#post-61383 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/#post-61090 Sat, 22 May 2004 21:48:33 +0000
Another song I like and have only heard a person play it once at GC: Great White Buffalo. It's fast, but it is so recognizeable in the first two seconds.]]> Easy Songs corbind https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/#post-61090 https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/#post-61083 Sat, 22 May 2004 10:47:20 +0000
Motor City Madhouse is awesome! I love the solo that comes in after that long sustained chord..... then you hear the drums and tamborine!


e--5--5-----------------------------
b--5--5-----------------------------
g------------5h 7p 5 --5--5-------- X 3
d--------------------------------7---
a-------------------------------------
e-------------------------------------

e---8-7--5----8-7--5---
b---8-7--5----8-7--5---
g-------------------------
d-------------------------
a-------------------------
e-------------------------


Repeat everything above as written one more time,

Then

e--8^-----r----------------
b-------8^r---5------------
g-------------------7---5---
d---------------------------- X 3
a----------------------------
e----------------------------

e--8-7--5-----8-7--5---
b--8-7--5-----8-7--5---
g-------------------------
d-------------------------
a-------------------------
e-------------------------

This is a lick that if anybody else is doing, they're copying Ted. This is
his lick. You bend the high E string up a whole pitch. While letting that
note ring, you let your ring or pinky finger (whichever you are using
for this bend), to grab the B string and bend it up a half step.
Then you let the "release" or sound of both strings coming down sound
at once. This is Ted's bend. It belongs to him. This lick takes some practice!


Repeat those last two phrases again.


e--------5--------5--------------
b---8^------8^-------8^r--5---
g--------------------------------- X 3
d---------------------------------
a---------------------------------
e---------------------------------


e---8-7--5-----8-7--5--
b---8-7--5-----8-7--5--
g-------------------------
d-------------------------
a-------------------------
e-------------------------

Repeat the 2nd phrase from above.

This is what I was talking about. When you hear a solo, break it down
into small simple phrases. That's how he's doing it. They are easy.

Learn each one and string them together. GREAT SOLO!!

That's how to play lead guitar.

8)


Wes]]> Easy Songs Wes Inman https://guitarnoise.forum/easy-songs/cat-scratch-fever-ted-nugent/#post-61083