Tonysounds Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Hey folks. I joined a Dead band recently, and I'm racking my brain over Slipknot. Has anyone ever played this, or seen a transcript of it? I'm burning out trying to transcribe it. Quote Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delaware Dave Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 I have, although its been a long time ago and I've forgotten it. I remember it being a difficult song to learn correctly. I took it in chunks. I've never seen a transcript; just many hours of listening to it in small chunks and learning it that way. Quote 57 Hammond B3; 69 Hammond L100P; 68 Leslie 122; Kurzweil Forte7 & PC3; M-Audio Code 61; Voce V5+; Neo Vent; EV ELX112P; GSI Gemini & Burn Delaware Dave Exit93band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 I had this task to learn slipknot on keys several years ago. I'm not affiliated with this guy but I'll recommend him as a the best source of assistance I found. You can subscribe to his e-mail list to get the full transcription (as a PDF?). IIRC, the transcription is essentially what scrolls along the bottom of the associated youtube video, copied below. I realize these resources are targeted to guitar players but this guy wrote out the chords and the melody traditional music notation (not tablature) -- that is about as good as it is going to get. Not much market for materials like this for the keys player in Dead bands. https://weepingwillowguitar.com/play-slipknot-grateful-dead-video-lesson/ [video:youtube] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cphollis Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Best Dead tabs are on jdarks.com, including that one if I remember. I had to learn that sequence several years ago, it takes a bit of prep. Also useful: slow down feature on Youtube. Playing something at 50 or 75% speed makes it a heckuva lot easier to pick up by ear. EDIT: found it! Quote Want to make your band better? Check out "A Guide To Starting (Or Improving!) Your Own Local Band" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delaware Dave Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 cphollis just jarred my memory. try rukind.com for tabs. Quote 57 Hammond B3; 69 Hammond L100P; 68 Leslie 122; Kurzweil Forte7 & PC3; M-Audio Code 61; Voce V5+; Neo Vent; EV ELX112P; GSI Gemini & Burn Delaware Dave Exit93band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morrissey Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Agreed -- rukind and J Darks are generally best resources for Dead songs. Slipknot is a special case, however. The tabs/chords on both sites weren't ideal for a keyboard player to learn the tune. The Weeping Willow resources I posted above were a better starting point for me. I think the J Darks pdf was a useful supplement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tusker Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Glad you found the resources you need. I had to learn slipknot quickly once and also found it deceptively complex. Since there are so many different versions though, the band was pretty lax with me, I doubled some of the guitar parts in thirds, which seemed to hit the guitar player's happy place. Good times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cphollis Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 I found that on Slipknot, tabs (or any notation) wasn't much help directly. I found a live version, put that segment on a loop, and slowed it down 50%. That, and glancing at the jdarks tab got me through after 10-20 minutes of focus. All you will likely find is guitar notation. Quote Want to make your band better? Check out "A Guide To Starting (Or Improving!) Your Own Local Band" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cphollis Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 I also will offer that rarely -- if ever -- do I find decent keys-friendly notation for complex GD tunes. I don't think there's much call for it. You mentioned you had just joined this GD band, I just got done leaving mine. I would offer that -- outside playing signature parts -- play anything you damn want to as long as it sounds good. The purists will ask for more of a PigPen sound, or a Keith sound, or a Brent sound, etc. I put up with that for a while, and then decided it was me playing the music, and here's how I wanted it to sound. Besides, there appears to be an infinite number of songs with an infinite number of versions, so who cares? Much more fun that way. Seriously, I used to troll the purists with "oh, you never heard that version? I think it was Philly 89" or some such nonsense. Quote Want to make your band better? Check out "A Guide To Starting (Or Improving!) Your Own Local Band" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonysounds Posted October 14, 2021 Author Share Posted October 14, 2021 I"ve been playing with the "Jerry" since I moved to NM in a JGB band, and I have complete freedom. And when we folded the JGB and I joined this, same deal. It's about the jams anyway, although some of this songwriting is really outstanding on many fronts. But for this song, you need to do a little commiserating to do it right. (No SlipnFallKnot thank you.) Once I saw this guy's video (above) and his tab, and reconciled what I was reading and hearing, it made a lot more sense. I had been struggling with Youtubes at 75 and 50% speed, but I would just get distracted by the crazy bass stuff going on that I just ......my ADHD really was struggling. In terms of gear, cuz we all like that stuff, for now, and likely a while, the rig is simple: SK1-88 into Booker Labs interface into 122 and midied to Roland Integra7 into a 40yr old ROland M120 mixer and DXr10. Covers it all, aside from a couple later songs requiring splits, I limit myself to 10 "favorites" for instant access, 2 of which are organ, one clav (through leslie, it's the shit), and the rest cycling through presets on a Studio Set. KILLER. Less time choosing more time playing. Less IS more. Quote Hitting "Play" does NOT constitute live performance. -Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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