Biography:
Frank Vincent Zappa (born December 21, 1940 in Baltimore, Maryland, United States – December 4, 1993 in Los Angeles, California, United States) was an American composer, guitarist, singer, bandleader and producer. He was one of the most prolific musicians of his time, releasing over fifty albums of original material spanning over a thirty-five year career.
Zappa's earliest influences were 1950s pop and rock (such as doo-wop and rhythm and blues), and 20th-century classical composers including Igor Stravinsky and Edgard Varèse.
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- Bobby Brown Goes Down
- Camarillo Brillo
- Dancin' Fool
- Joes Garage
- Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
- Watermelon In Easter Hay
- What's The Ugliest Part Of Your Body?
- A Token Of My Extreme
- Absolutely Free
- Billy The Mountain
- Bobby Brown
- Broken Hearts
- Broken Hearts Are For Assholes
- Brown Shoes Dont Make It
- Bwana Dik
- Catholic Girls
- Concentration Moon
- Dancing Fool
- Dirty Love
- Elvis Has Just Left The Building
- Flakes
- For The Young Sophisticate
- Fountain Of Love
- Go Cry On Somebody
- Go Cry On Somebody Elses Shoulder
- Harder Than Your Husband
- Heavenly Bank Account
- How Could I Be Such A Fool
- I Have Been In You
- Jewish Princess
- Lemme Take You To The Beach
- Lets Make The Water Turn Black
- Lonely Little Girl
- Lonesome Cowboy Burt
- Love Of My Life
- Lucille Has Messed My Mind Up
- Man From Utopia Meets Mary Lou
- Meek Shall Inherit Nothing
- More Trouble Every Day
- Motherly Love
- Muffin Man
- My Guitar Wants To Kill Your Mama
- Oh No
- Packard Goose
- Po Jama People
- Road Ladies
- Sharleena
- Sofa No 2
- Son Of Orange County
- Son Of Suzy Creamcheese
- Stick Together
- Stinkfoot
- Strictly Genteel The Finale
- Suicide Chump
- Tears Began To Fall
- The Closer You Are
- Titties And Beer
- Uncle Bernies Farm
- Uncle Remus
- Valarie
- What Kind Of Girl Do You Think We Are
- Whats The Ugliest Part Of Your Body
- Wowie Zowie
- Yo Cats
- Youre Probably Wondering Why Im Here
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Music by Frank Vincent Zappa (1941-1993)
Transcribed by Jeff Langille
- ([email protected])
These are the chord progressions to a bunch of FZ songs that I learned so
I could practice singing them. Get the album and LISTEN for the tempo,
feel, words/melody, etc. All the tunes in this series are _cool_ (I
wouldn't bother doing this if they weren't) so go find'em and play'em!
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Song : Heavenly Bank Account
Album: You Are What You Is (#34, 9/81)
3/4, Key of A
An excellent commentary on religion and politics (this album has some of
the best ever on this subject, IMHO). Its fun to sing too.
The song is fairly straight-forward with only one main progression. But the
bridge fixes anyone who thought they found and easy one. It has a steady
pulse throughout (the lower staff) at the same tempo as the rest of the
song, but Frank decided to sing everything a bit faster, just for fun I
guess ;). I have tried to notate it as clearly as possible but it simply
boils down to singing, in the first phrase, 20 eighth notes in the space
of 14 at the original tempo. The second has 15 over 10, third has 17 over
14 and the last again has 15 over 10. You MUST listen to the song itself
to get the feel of this. My explanation makes it sound harder than it is
but I thought I'd give you my interpretation of what he's doing, for
anyone else who likes to know this kind of thing..:)
*The 7th bar of the VERSE (E) is in 2/4.
The D#mi7b5 chord is played as follows:
6 5 4 3 2 1 <-string (1=high/thin)
x 6 7 6 7 x <-fret
Play this pattern on the 8th fret (x8989x) for the Fmi7b5 in the intro.
INTRO
|A | |C#mi | |D | |D#mi7b5| |
|A | |Fmi7b5 |F#mi |B | |D |E ||...
VERSE
|A | |C#mi | |D |D#m7b5 |E* |F#mi |
|B |E |A |E | ||
BRIDGE
|2 |3 |10 |
|4 DDAA |4 DDAAAA| 8 DAAAAGADAG |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|7 |3 | |
|4 |4 A D/F# |A |
|4 |7 |
|4 DDAADDAA |8 DDAADAG |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|5 |3 | |
|4 |4 | |
|2 |3 |7 |
|4 DDAA |4 DDAAAA|8 DDAADAG |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|6 |3 | |
|4 |4 | |
|4 |7 |
|4 DDAADDAA |8 DDAADAG |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|5 |3 | |
|4 |4 | |
Hope you enjoy this. It is the first of a bunch I have transcribed and
will probably post. These include both CRD and TAB formats depending on
the song. E-mail me if there is a particular ZAPPA tune you would like
to see. Any comment on the transcription/analysis is _encouraged_.
Jeff
^^^^ (or is it Boyd)
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Jeff Langille |"...if I were standing next to you with a metronome and !
[email protected] !a baton (frowning and smoking a lot of cigarettes), I |
Halifax, N.S. |would insist that the rhythms be accurate , and that only !
!the pitches which reside outside the basic tonality |
ugrita fusft |(the original "wrong notes") could be altered." - FZappa !
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#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
Music by Frank Vincent Zappa (1941-1993)
Transcribed by Jeff Langille
- ([email protected])
These are the chord progressions to a bunch of FZ songs that I learned so
I could practice singing them. Get the album and LISTEN for the tempo,
feel, words/melody, etc. All the tunes in this series are _cool_ (I
wouldn't bother doing this if they weren't) so go find'em and play'em!
==============================================================================
Song : Heavenly Bank Account
Album: You Are What You Is (#34, 9/81)
3/4, Key of A
An excellent commentary on religion and politics (this album has some of
the best ever on this subject, IMHO). Its fun to sing too.
The song is fairly straight-forward with only one main progression. But the
bridge fixes anyone who thought they found and easy one. It has a steady
pulse throughout (the lower staff) at the same tempo as the rest of the
song, but Frank decided to sing everything a bit faster, just for fun I
guess ;). I have tried to notate it as clearly as possible but it simply
boils down to singing, in the first phrase, 20 eighth notes in the space
of 14 at the original tempo. The second has 15 over 10, third has 17 over
14 and the last again has 15 over 10. You MUST listen to the song itself
to get the feel of this. My explanation makes it sound harder than it is
but I thought I'd give you my interpretation of what he's doing, for
anyone else who likes to know this kind of thing..:)
*The 7th bar of the VERSE (E) is in 2/4.
The D#mi7b5 chord is played as follows:
6 5 4 3 2 1 <-string (1=high/thin)
x 6 7 6 7 x <-fret
Play this pattern on the 8th fret (x8989x) for the Fmi7b5 in the intro.
INTRO
|A | |C#mi | |D | |D#mi7b5| |
|A | |Fmi7b5 |F#mi |B | |D |E ||...
VERSE
|A | |C#mi | |D |D#m7b5 |E* |F#mi |
|B |E |A |E | ||
BRIDGE
|2 |3 |10 |
|4 DDAA |4 DDAAAA| 8 DAAAAGADAG |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|7 |3 | |
|4 |4 A D/F# |A |
|4 |7 |
|4 DDAADDAA |8 DDAADAG |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|5 |3 | |
|4 |4 | |
|2 |3 |7 |
|4 DDAA |4 DDAAAA|8 DDAADAG |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|6 |3 | |
|4 |4 | |
|4 |7 |
|4 DDAADDAA |8 DDAADAG |
-----------------------------------------------------------------
|5 |3 | |
|4 |4 | |
Hope you enjoy this. It is the first of a bunch I have transcribed and
will probably post. These include both CRD and TAB formats depending on
the song. E-mail me if there is a particular ZAPPA tune you would like
to see. Any comment on the transcription/analysis is _encouraged_.
Jeff
^^^^ (or is it Boyd)
--
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jeff Langille |"...if I were standing next to you with a metronome and !
[email protected] !a baton (frowning and smoking a lot of cigarettes), I |
Halifax, N.S. |would insist that the rhythms be accurate , and that only !
!the pitches which reside outside the basic tonality |
ugrita fusft |(the original "wrong notes") could be altered." - FZappa !
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