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Elephant Talk

King Crimson

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"Elephant Talk" from the King Crimson album "Discipline" Fripp Guitar Part Transcribed by Reginald Hunt This transcription is set in standard tuning. I find it works pretty well. The arpeggios should be played staccato. The "(__)" in the solo is meant to be a tie, indicating in this case that the 2nd note is hammered. After Tony Levin's Stick intro, the Fripp part begins as: (E minor Arpeggio) 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| -4---------------4---------------| repeated 8 times then -------7---5---------7---5-------| ---7-----7---7-----7---7---7---7-| -----7---------7-------------7---| distorted chords during "A" verse vocals: 1 2 3 4 -0---0-----------------------| -7---7-----------------------| -7---5-----------------------| repeated 4 times then -0---0-----------------------| -----------------------------| -----------------------------| (A minor Arpeggio) 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| -5-----4---2-----5---4---2-------| repeated 8 times then ---2-----2---2-----2---2---2---2-| -----3---------3-------------3---| ---------------------------------| same distorted chords during "B" verse vocals: 1 2 3 4 -0---0-----------------------| -7---7-----------------------| -7---5-----------------------| repeated 4 times then -0---0-----------------------| -----------------------------| -----------------------------| (F# minor Arpeggio) 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| -2---------------2---------------| -------4---2---------4---2-------| repeated 8 times then ---4-----4---4-----4---4---4---4-| -----4---------4-------------4---| ---------------------------------| (A minor Arpeggio) 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| -5-----4---2-----5---4---2-------| repeated 8 times then ---2-----2---2-----2---2---2---2-| -----3---------3-------------3---| ---------------------------------| same distorted chords during "C" verse vocals: 1 2 3 4 -0---0-----------------------| -7---7-----------------------| -7---5-----------------------| repeated 4 times then -0---0-----------------------| -----------------------------| -----------------------------| (F# minor Arpeggio) 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| -2---------------2---------------| -------4---2---------4---2-------| repeated 8 times then ---4-----4---4-----4---4---4---4-| -----4---------4-------------4---| ---------------------------------| The Roland Guitar Synth solo: 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ||--11----------9---------|------------9-----|------------------------|-----------------9-| ||--9---------9-----------|----------9-----9-|-12-9------9--12--------|---------------9---| ||*-9-------9-------------|--------9---------|---------9--------------|-------------9-----| ||*-----------------------|------------------|------------------------|-------------------| ||------------------------|------------------|------------------------|-------------------| ||------------------------|------------------|------------------------|-------------------| [1. ] 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|------------|| ------9--12-----------9-|------------4----------------|------------------7-----|-5----------|| ---9---------------8----|---------4-----------------4-|-6--------------4-------|-----------*|| -----------------9------|------6------------------6-(___)------------6---------|-----------*|| ------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|------------|| ------------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------|------------|| [2. ] 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 ---------------------|-----9--------------------|| ---5--7---------9----|---9-------9--------------|| -6-------------------|-9-------9----------------|| (end of solo) then _)-------------------|-------9------------------|| ---------------------|--------------------------|| ---------------------|--------------------------|| (A minor Arpeggio) 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| -5-----4---2-----5---4---2-------| repeated 8 times with the "D" verse then ---2-----2---2-----2---2---2---2-| -----3---------3-------------3---| ---------------------------------| 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| repeated 16 times under Belew's solo -----4-------4-------------------| (Fripp does add slight embellishments) then ---4---4---4---4-----------------| -2-------2-------0---------------| (A minor Arpeggio) 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| ---------------------------------| -5-----4---2-----5---4---2-------| repeated 8 times then ---2-----2---2-----2---2---2---2-| -----3---------3-------------3---| ---------------------------------| same distorted chords during "E" verse vocals: 1 2 3 4 -0---0-----------------------| -7---7-----------------------| -7---5-----------------------| repeated 4 times then -0---0-----------------------| -----------------------------| -----------------------------| (F# minor Arpeggio) 1 2 3 4 ---------------------------------| -2---------------2---------------| -------4---2---------4---2-------| repeated 3 times then ---4-----4---4-----4---4---4---4-| -----4---------4-------------4---| ---------------------------------| (F# minor Arpeggio) 1 2 -----------------|| -2---------------|| -------4---2-----|| ---4-----4---4---|| -----4-----------|| -----------------||
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