Description
Notes From John
BPM starts at 85, in 4/4. The four-page lead chart opens with rests before clean, reverberant guitar figures marked with delay. Slides, hammer-ons and vibrato lead into fuller chord passages. Later sections add distortion and palm muting; the Solo and Outro contain bends, pull-offs, whammy-bar instructions and dense tuplet runs. Printed tempo changes take the part through 91, 92, 97, 103, 100 and 105 BPM.
For the player
Warren Fitzgerald is credited with the electric guitar solo on “Tribute”; the album credits also distinguish Kyle Gass’s lead acoustic guitar. This chart has more than one kind of lead work: leave the opening space intact, let the clean effects passages speak, and change the articulation when the distorted material arrives. Work the bend targets and tuplet groups separately before linking the Outro into a full run. Follow the printed tempo changes rather than treating the opening BPM = 85 as a fixed speed throughout.
Accurate transcription
A lead guitar chart for Tenacious D’s “Tribute”, preserving the notation, rests, articulations and section cues in the supplied PDF.
Core Elements
- Four pages of rhythmic TAB, chord symbols and section cues.
- Clean/reverb/delay instructions contrasted with distortion and palm muting.
- Slides, legato, bends, whammy-bar directions and tuplet lead passages.
How this chart differs
The lead chart contains the effects-led fills and electric solo material. The rhythm chart supplies picked and strummed accompaniment underneath; the strum arrangement instead gives a chord-and-stroke route through the form.
Skills
- Landing bends at the written targets.
- Grouping tuplets without losing the underlying beat.
- Switching from sustained clean textures to articulated lead runs.
For players learning the lead guitar role in Tenacious D’s “Tribute”. Practise the written changes with the recording, rather than assuming a single tempo throughout. Membership gets the chart.
