The first part of the teacher's dialogue is actually fully transcribed in The Audience Is Listening, featuring many odd notations such as 5:4 tuplets and odd time signatures.The transcription was done by Dave Whitehill, from the request of Steve Vai. As a result, the staff and tablature contain many weird images including a fish, and made-up musical notes that wouldn't actually be featured in real music. The song Alien Water Kiss does not feature an actual transcription, as the song is mainly sound effects.Music Typography - Paul Wield, Kirby and Erik Jacobsen, and Charylu Roberts on Alien Water Kiss. I'd especially like to thank Dave Whitehill and Jesse Gress for the great transcribing work. I'd like to thank all of the people at Hal Leonard who worked so hard on putting this project together. Photos by Neil Zlozower, Ross Halfin and Gene Kirkland. However, during the production of the book, Jesse left to play with Todd Rundgren, and Dave Whitehill had to finish his work. Jesse Gress also helped with transcriptions. Dave would then write the transcriptions down on paper, which were then sent to Hal Leonard for engraving. Steve was very specific in the transcriptions. To make the transcriptions, Dave had received videos from Steve Vai on how to play the songs on guitar exactly the way they were recorded. The book also features photos for each individual song, a backstory by Steve Vai on how he made the album, all the equipment he used, and short descriptions for each song on the album.ĭave Whitehill was the lead transcriber.

Furthermore, it's one of the few Hal Leonard books to not feature their name on the cover. Love Secrets also has partial transcriptions of the keyboard and drum parts. It is also one of the few Guitar Recorded Versions books to also feature Transcribed Scores, as the songs Liberty and Answers have transcriptions for each other instrument that plays in the songs. He provided the scores parts for Liberty and Answers. It was also one of the few Hal Leonard books that the original artist worked on, as Steve Vai helped with the transcriptions in this book. It contains full tablature and notation for guitar for each song found on the album. Steve Vai - Passion & Warfare (Guitar Recorded Versions) is a book by Hal Leonard. Guitar Recorded Versions, Transcribed Scores

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