How to play Eruption (Opening)

Van Halen

This tab has 33 notes, across the Ab, Db, Gb and Bb strings, open strings up to fret 9, at 132 BPM. The record is in Eb standard, so tune every string down a half step to play along. Read it below, then play it with Lark and every note gets scored.

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132BPM at full speed
33notes
0 to 9fret range
Advancedlevel

The tab

Eb standard

Each line is a string: high eb on top, low Eb at the bottom. The number is the fret to press, and 0 means play the string open. Read left to right, one note at a time. The small numbers count the notes. Tune every string down a half step first, so the frets sound like the record.

Eruption (Opening) tab, 33 notes, eb standard. The same tab is written out note by note in the list after it.
Read it note by note
  1. Ab2 open Ab string
  2. Eb3 Ab string, fret 7
  3. Gb3 Db string, fret 5
  4. Ab3 Db string, fret 7
  5. B3 Gb string, fret 5
  6. Eb4 Gb string, fret 9
  7. B3 Gb string, fret 5
  8. Eb4 Gb string, fret 9
  9. Eb4 Bb string, fret 5
  10. Gb4 Bb string, fret 8
  11. Eb4 Bb string, fret 5
  12. Bb3 open Bb string
  13. D4 Gb string, fret 8
  14. Eb4 Bb string, fret 5
  15. Gb4 Bb string, fret 8
  16. Eb4 Bb string, fret 5
  17. Bb3 open Bb string
  18. D4 Gb string, fret 8
  19. Eb4 Bb string, fret 5
  20. Gb4 Bb string, fret 8
  21. Eb4 Bb string, fret 5
  22. Bb3 open Bb string
  23. D4 Gb string, fret 8
  24. Eb4 Bb string, fret 5
  25. Gb4 Bb string, fret 8
  26. Eb4 Bb string, fret 5
  27. Bb3 open Bb string
  28. D4 Gb string, fret 8
  29. Eb4 Bb string, fret 5
  30. Gb4 Bb string, fret 8
  31. Eb4 Bb string, fret 5
  32. Bb3 open Bb string
  33. D4 Gb string, fret 8
Plain text tab
Eb standard

eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------5--8--5--0--|
Gb|-------------5--9--5--9--------------|
Db|-------5--7--------------------------|
Ab|-0--7--------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|

eb|-------------------------------------|
Bb|----5--8--5--0-----5--8--5--0-----5--|
Gb|-8--------------8--------------8-----|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|

eb|----------------------------|
Bb|-8--5--0-----5--8--5--0-----|
Gb|----------8--------------8--|
Db|----------------------------|
Ab|----------------------------|
Eb|----------------------------|

Where it sits on the neck

Green rings are every place this tab uses. The solid one is played most: Eb4, Bb string, fret 5, 10 times.

Tuning
Eb standardTune every string down a half step: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb eb
Strings
Ab, Db, Gb and Bbfour strings
Frets
0 to 90 is an open string
Lowest note
Ab2open Ab string
Highest note
Gb4Bb string, fret 8
Open strings
6of 33 notes
Tempo
132 BPM66 BPM at half speed

How to practice it

Practice mode in Lark slows the song down and loops the part you keep missing, while it listens to every note.

  1. Start slow

    Practice mode plays the click at 0.5x (66 BPM), 0.75x (99 BPM) or 1x (132 BPM). Stay at half speed until you stop missing, then step up.

  2. Loop the hard part

    Set a loop around any stretch of notes and it repeats until you have it. A good first loop: notes 11 to 14, the busiest stretch in this tab (frets 5, 0, 8, 5 across the Gb and Bb strings).

  3. Play it and watch the score

    Lark listens through your mic. Every note turns green when you hit it and red when you miss, your accuracy updates as you go, and you see if you came in on the beat, late or slow.

  4. Read the coach's note

    When the song ends, the AI coach reads your run and gives you one specific thing to fix before the next one.

Play it with LarkTune down to Eb standard

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