Smoke on the Water

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 3:29 am

Is anyone aware of a tuba quartet arrangement of Smoke on the Water?

Dylan King · Post by **Dylan King** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 5:27 am

I'd love to see that arrangement shot straight out of a flare gun. Burn the place to the ground.

Chuck Jackson · Post by **Chuck Jackson** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:27 am

But Only if you perform it in Montreaux

ufoneum · Post by **ufoneum** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:34 am

You might try asking Tim Olt from Bowling Green State University. His tuba quartet, All The King's Tubas, performed at theme parks for a long time. He might have an arrangment of this that he can send you. He posts here on TubeNet.

- Pat Stuckemeyer

iiipopes · Post by **iiipopes** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 6:25 pm

Before you get all excited about the riff, know one thing: the riff is not on bass, it's not on power chords, and it's not on a single string. The riff is played on the D and G strings of a Strat together as follows (open is open strings, numbers are which fret):

open, 3 , 5 ,, open, 3 , 65, open, 3 , 5 , , 3 , open...

When played on a Strat with an overwound pickup in the bridge through a Marshall Plexi cranked, there is enough distortion and sustain to produce the difference tone and make it sound like it's 1 or 2 octaves lower.

Please leave this one in the domain of the guitar.

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:20 pm

iiipopes wrote:Please leave this one in the domain of the guitar.

Sorry, but a gillion marching bands have already done it and Blechschaden has done it also (http://www.blechschaden.de).

Kevin Hendrick · Post by **Kevin Hendrick** » Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:36 pm

iiipopes wrote:Before you get all excited about the riff, know one thing: the riff is not on bass, it's not on power chords, and it's not on a single string. The riff is played on the D and G strings of a Strat together as follows (open is open strings, numbers are which fret):

open, 3 , 5 ,, open, 3 , 65, open, 3 , 5 , , 3 , open...

When played on a Strat with an overwound pickup in the bridge through a Marshall Plexi cranked, there is enough distortion and sustain to produce the difference tone and make it sound like it's 1 or 2 octaves lower.

Parallel fourths, eh? The difference tone would be two octaves below the upper played note. So put two tubas on it! (the original question did refer to a quartet) That ought to rattle a few things ...