'White Summer' by Led Zeppelin - Guitar Tutorial

            

From: [email protected] (Martin Gregory)
 Subject: Re: REQ: White Summer - Jimmy Page
 
 
    [email protected] (Mike Broadhurst) wrote:
 >Does anyone have tab for Page`s White Summer? I think it`s something he 
 >originally wrote back in his Yardbird days. I`ve heard the tune on some 
 >Zep bootlegs (Knebworth, I think) and it`s pretty cool. If memory serves, 
 >Page seques from this open-tuned piece straight into Kashmir. Does this 
 >mean Kashmir is also played in an open tuning, or is it another medley of 
 >tunes Page plays on his double neck?
 
 White Summer leads into Black Mountainside. (On the Remasters, at least).
 
 I posted this about a month ago. 
 
 Enjoy...  Improve!....
 
 Martin
 
 [email protected]
 
                           White Summer
                            Jimmy Page
 
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 Notation:
 
 Above the staff:     *    - harmonic
                          - arpegiate chord downwards (high string to low)
                      /    - arpegiate chord upwards (low string to high)
                     0:12  - the time appearing on my CD player at this point
 
 On the staff:       h     - hammer next note on
                     p     - pull next note off
                     b     - bend up to next note
                     r     - release bend down to next note
                     /     - slide up to next note
                          - slide down to next note
                     ~     - bend note up and back
 
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 Tuning:
 
 Tune both E strings down one tone to D
 Tune the B string down one tone to A
 
 
 The introduction....
 
 
   0:00
         *     *     *                 *
 d-|----12-----7-----5--------------------------------0-----------0------------
 a-|----12-----7-----5-----------------------------------------------------3---
 G-|----12-----7-----5--------------0-12--------------0-h2-p0-----0-h2-h4------
 D~|----12-----7-----5-----0-h2-h4-----------------------------4---------------
 A-|----12-----7-----5---------------------------------------------------------
 D-|----12-----7-----5--------------------3-b5-~5------------------------------
 
 
                                                                   0:16
 d-|--0------------------------------------------------------------------------
 a-------0-----------------------------3--------------0------------
 G-|--4-p2-p0--2-----2--------0-h2-p0-----0-h2-h4-----4-p2--0--2--2--2-p0------
 D~------0-----------------4--------------------------0--------2-p0
 A-------0--------------------------------------------0------------
 D-------0--------------------------------------------0------------
 
 
 
 d----------------------------------------------4-/5-4-/8-7/1210
 a-------------2---------------------------------------------------
 G-----------------------------------------------------------------
 D~---4--------------------2--2-h4-p2-h4-p2-----4-/5-4-/8-7/1210
 A-|--3-----3-/5-----5--3--2--------0------------------------------------------
 D-------------------0---------------------------------------------
 
 0:23
      /
 d-|-----0--0--0---------------------------------------------------------------
 a-|--0--0--------------5-p3-b5-~5-----3-b5-r3-b5-----5-r3---------------------
 G-|--2-----4--5--5--------------------------------------------2--4-b5-r4-b5---
 D~|--0--------------0---------------------------------------------------------
 A-----------------------------------------------------------------
 D-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
                                       
 d-----------------------------------------------------------------
 a----------3--------------0--------------------------3------------
 G-|--2-p0-----0-h2-h3-----3-p2-p0-h2--2--------------0--0-h2-h4-----3-p2-p0--2
 D~|--------4--------------------------0-----0-h2-h4---------------------------
 A-------------------------0---------------------------------------
 D-------------------------0---------------------------------------
 
 
 0:39
                            
 d-|--4-p0-h4-----4-p0-h4-----4-p0-h4--------0--0--0---------------------------
 a-|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0--0--------------5-r3-b5-----3-b5-~5
 G-|--2-----------2-----------2-----------2-----4--5--5------------------------
 D~|--0-----------0-----------0-----------0--------------0---------------------
 A-|--0-----------0-----------0------------------------------------------------
 D-|--0-----------0-----------0------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
 d-----------------------------------------------------------------
 a-|--5-p3-p2-h3-----5-p3-p2-h3-----5-p3-p2-p3-h5-/7-5-----5-p3-p2--3-p2-p0---
 G-----------------------------------------------------------------
 D~----------------------------------------------------------------
 A-----------------------------------------------------------------
 D-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
                  0:50                                             
 d-------------0-----------0-----------0---------------------------
 a----------------------------------3-----------------0------------
 G-|--4-p2-p0--4-----------0-h2-p0-----0-h2-h4-----4-p2-p0--2-----2------------
 D~---------------------4-----------------------------0------------
 A----------------------------------------------------0------------
 D----3-b5-~~-----------------------------------------0------------
 
 
                                                                 *
 d-----------------------------------------------------------------
 a-------------------3--------------0-----------------5------------
 G-0-h2-p0--0-h2-h4-----4-p2-p0-h2--2--------------0--5------------
 D~|--0-h2-h4-----------------------------------0-----0-h2-h4-----5------------
 A----------------------------------0------------------------------
 D----------------------------------0--------------------3-h5-~~---
 
 
   1:00                                      
 d-|--0-----------0-----------0------------------------------------------------
 a-------------3-----------------0---------------------------------
 G-|--0-h2-p0-----0-h2-h4-----4-p2-p0--2-----2---------------------------------
 D~4-----------------------------0---------------------------------
 A-------------------------------0---------------------------------
 D-------------------------------0---------------------------------
 
 
                                                                    1:12
 d-------------------------------------------------------0---------
 a-------------------------------------------------------0---------
 G-|--2-p0--------------------------------0--------------------------2---------
 D~|--------2-p0-----2--------4-----5-----9h10-p9--7-h9-p7--5-h7-p5--0---------
 A----3-----3-/5-----5--5----10--------9--------7--------0---------
 D-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 The guts...
 
  (It gets really fast here....
 
 d-0-----------0-----------0---------------------------------------
 a-----------------------------------------------------------------
 G-0-h2--------0-h2--------0--2--------2--0------------------------
 D~|--0-h2-h4--------4-----------4-----------0--0--------2--0-----2-----------4
 A-------------------------------------------------3-----3--3-/5---
 D-----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
 
 d-------------
 a-------------   ...  in fact, so fast that I can`t make
 G-------------        the rest of it out.  :-(  )
 D~---3-/4-----
 A-|--5--3-p2--0-----------
 D----------0--   
 
 
 
 SO ... if you have a good ear, or some means of slowing this down, I`d
 be extremely grateful for a clue as to how to get started on this next bit!!!
 
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 Transcribed by Martin Gregory ([email protected]), 21 Mar 1995,
 using tablature-mode.el by Mark R. Rubin.
 
 If you enjoyed this transcription, or have some comments or corrections to it,
 please do let me know!