Songname: Blue Island
Author: Donnie Vie, Chip Z'nuff
Publisher: Roving Gypsies
Transcribed by Brent Rhodes


Transcribing this song was a difficult task due to Derek Frigo's signature style of 
guitar playing. It is very hard to convey the nuances of his playing. Therefore, 
I had to utilize some homemade tablature notation which may or may not be familiar to 
other guitarists. 

w=whammy bar    whenever you see the w, it doesn't necessarily mean that the pitch
                is changed. Derek uses the bar to embellish the note by giving it an 
                "rubberband", elastic sound. While most guitarists use the bar conservatively
                to change the pitch e.g. dives, Derek uses it frequently in his attack. 
                If you listen to the solo, hopefully you'll understand what I'm saying. 
                Most of the time, he'll push the bar down, then pick the note and quickly
                release the bar. His strong vibrato also adds to this result. Listening to
                EZN, you'll notice that Derek incorporates several techniques into his style.
a.h.=artificial/pinch harmonic
^=staccato pick
p.m.=palm mute
~=vibrato  
Parenthetical notes symbolize the actual pitch of a bend. 


Guitar Solo
E  /  E  Eb  D      C   /    /     D    /     /   E  /  E     Eb        D           
     hold bend...............rel. 
             ^  ^   ^  ^  ^        w                       w           
------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
-15b(17)~~~~15-15-|15-15-15~~-----15b(17)r15p12h15~~~~-----14b(15)~~~------------|
------------------|----------------------------|-----------14b(16)~~~-12h14p12p11|
------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|
------------------|----------------------------|---------------------------------|


C    /   /   D  /   /      F#m         G#/E          A/E
   w  w  w   w                         a.h.           w    w  p.m....    a.h.         a.h.
--------------------------|-----------|-------------|----------------------------------------------|
--------------------------|-----------|-------------|---------------------------9-10-12b(14)r12-10-|
12-11---------------------|-----------|--9~~~-------|-9--------9----11--11b(13)--------------------|
--------------------------|-----6-7-9-|-------6-7-6-|----9/11----11--------------------------------|
------12-10-9h10p9--------|-9~~~------|-------------|----------------------------------------------|
-------------------10~~~--|-----------|-------------|----------------------------------------------|


F#maj                                   G#/E    back to chorus
          w     |fast run|
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-9h10p9---------------------------------------||
---------11b(13)r11p9-------------------------||
----------------------11p9--------------------||
---------------------------11p9~~~-7~~~-------||
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