'Zoot Allures' by Zappa Frank - Guitar Tutorial

               ZOOT ALLURES    -   Frank Zappa
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   tabbed by Howard Wright
   [email protected]

I think there's already a version of this at Nevada. My tab is quite
similar in terms of the notes used, but the strings and fret numbers 
I use are quite different. I think this way it's a lot easier to play
it so you can leave the notes to sustain a little.

This is based more on the live versions of the track than the studio
version.

There's one bit which is quite hard to pull off using just one guitar
- if you have a bass and a guitar you can split the part up to make it
work, but if you're just playing on your own it's a bit tricky so
I've tabbed an alternative part for these shapes - It just uses an
alternative shape for the same chord - it isn't exactly what's on the
record, but it works well and is nice and easy to play.
For this bit I've used curly brackets { to indicate the alternative 
lines of TAB - the top line is the 'true' line, the bottom line is
the easier one.



/  -  slide up
  -  slide down
h  -  hammer on
p  -  pull off


  let notes sustain ........

E---------------------6--6-------------------------/7--5--------
B----------4h5-4------7--7--------------4h5-4------/8--6--------
G--------6-------6----6--6------------6-------6----/7--5--------
D------6--------------6--6----------6--------------/7--5--------
A---0-----------------------------0----------------/7--5--------
E---------------------------------------------------------------



E-------------------6--6---------------------------------------
B---------4h5-4-----7--7------------------7-6-9-7-6------------
G-------6-------6---6--6--------------6-8-----------8-6--------
D-----6-------------6--6--------6-8-9--------------------------
A---0-------------------------6--------------------------------
E-------------------0--0---------------------------------------

                   ^^^^^^
             play this using the first finger
            to bar across the 6th fret, then you
            can use the tip of the first finger
            to dampen the A string



E------4---4---4------------2---2---2----------------------
B------6---6---6------------4---4---4----------------------
G------6---6---6------------4---4---4----------------------
D--0---0---0---0------------2---2---2----------------------
A---------------------------2---2---2----------------------
E-------------------------0---0---0----------------------


E---4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
B---5----9-----12----9------6------------------------------
G---4----9-----11----9------6------------------------------
D---4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
A---4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
E--------------0-------------------------------------------


E---4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
B---5----9-----12----9------6------------------------------
G---4----9-----11----9------6------------------------------
D---4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
A---4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
E--------------0-------------------------------------------


{
{E-----------------------------------------------------------
{B-----4---4--4------------6-----------------7---------------
{G-----4---4--4------------6-----------------7---------------
{D-----4---4--4--------6---6-------------7---7---------------
{A-----2---2--2------4-----4-----------5-----5---------------
{E-------0--0----2-------2---------3-------3---------------
{
{                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  
{                these are a bit of a stretch, so you could try
{               the other voicing of the same chord I've tabbed below.
{               You can't get the same three notes leading up to the
{               chords, but it's easier to get the chord shape.
{
{E--------------------------6------------------7---------------
{B-----4--4--4--------------6------------------7---------------
{G-----4--4--4---------6----6-------------7----7---------------
{D-----4--4--4-------6------6-----------7------7---------------
{A-----2--2--2-----9--------9--------10--------10--------------
{E------0--0-------------------------------------------------
{



E---------------------------------------------------------
B---/12--12--12--12--5--5--7--7--7h8p7--------------------
G---/12--12--12--12--5--5--7--7--7------------------------
D---/12--12--12--12--5--5--7--7--7h9p7--------------------
A---------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------


{
{E------------------4----7-----11----7------4-----------
{B----------9-------5----9-----12----9------6------------
{G----------9-------4----9-----11----9------6------------
{D-------9--9-------4----7-----11----7------4------------
{A-----7----7-------4----7-----11----7------4------------
{E---5------5------------------0-------------------------
{
{
{E-----------9-----4----7-----11----7------4-----------
{B-----------9-----5----9-----12----9------6------------
{G-------9---9-----4----9-----11----9------6------------
{D-----9-----9-----4----7-----11----7------4------------
{A--12-------12----4----7-----11----7------4------------
{E----------------------------0-------------------------
{



E-----4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
B-----5----9-----12----9------6------------------------------
G-----4----9-----11----9------6------------------------------
D-----4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
A-----4----7-----11----7------4------------------------------
E----------------0-------------------------------------------


{
{E-------------------------------------------------------------
{B-----4---4--4------------6-----------------7-----------------
{G-----4---4--4------------6-----------------7-----------------
{D-----4---4--4--------6---6-------------7---7-----------------
{A-----2---2--2------4-----4-----------5-----5-----------------
{E-------0--0----2-------2---------3-------3-----------------
{
{               
{
{E--------------------------6------------------7---------------
{B-----4--4--4--------------6------------------7---------------
{G-----4--4--4---------6----6-------------7----7---------------
{D-----4--4--4-------6------6-----------7------7---------------
{A-----2--2--2-----9--------9--------10--------10--------------
{E------0--0-------------------------------------------------



E------------------------------------------------------------
B---/12--12--12--12--5--5--7--7--7h8p7-----------------------
G---/12--12--12--12--5--5--7--7--7---------------------------
D---/12--12--12--12--5--5--7--7--7h9p7-----------------------
A------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------


{
{E------------------------------------6--6-------------7--7------
{B----------9---------------4h5-4-----7--7-------------8--8------
{G----------9-------------6-------6---6--6-------------7--7------
{D-------9--9-----------6-------------6--6-------------7--7------
{A-----7----7---------0---------------6--6-------------7--7------
{E---5------5----------------------------------------------------
{
{
{E-----------9-----------------------6--6-------------7--7------
{B-----------9-------------4h5-4-----7--7-------------8--8------
{G-------9---9-----------6-------6---6--6-------------7--7------
{D-----9-----9---------6-------------6--6-------------7--7------
{A--12-------12------0---------------6--6-------------7--7------
{E--------------------------------------------------------------

 Then he launches off on one of his little solos.........

Just groove on G/A for 15 or twenty minutes .......

From: [email protected] (Mark Andrew Hawling)