Caravan tab by The Ventures

Caravan

by the Ventures
written bu Duke Ellington
from the album, "Walk Don't Run"
transcribed by Kevin Gardner (code@wam.umd.edu)

notes on this recording
This is a transcription on the version of Caravan found on their
first LP, "Walk Don't Run." It varries in many ways from the live in
Japan '65 version, namely:
#1 It has a tonality of B, the live version has a tonality of E
#2 It features slower, less agressive playing tahn Japan '65
#3 It features an intro and a clossing section that is not on Japan '65
#4 It fetures a lower octave melody section

The song arangement:
the intro guitar lines are double stops using parralell 4ths
the main theme is played twice
theme #2 is played once
then the main theme is repeated with a varriation at the end of each bar
after a four note low octave run the main theme is played an octave lower
with varriations
and finally there is an outro, which is a varraition in the intro

tab ledgend
\=slide
h=hammer on
p=pull off
b=bend 1/2 step
B=bend full step

into
--12-10-7--|--\7-\7-7-5-3-0--|----------------|
--12-10-7--|--\7-\7-7-5-3-0--|--3---3--3---3--|
-----------|-----------------|----4------4----|
-----------|-----------------|----------------|
-----------|-----------------|----------------|
-----------|-----------------|----------------|

main theme
------------------------------11-----------------
--11h12p11-12--13-12----10-12--------10-10--9/10-
---------------------11----------11--11-11-10/11-
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------

-------------------------------------------
-12-12h13-12-13--12-10----10--10-10--9/10--
-----------------------11-----11-11-10/11--
-------------------------------------------
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--------------------------
-11b-10-9-8-7-6-5---3---3-
----------------------4---
--------------------------
--------------------------
--------------------------
end of main theme

REPEAT MAIN THEME

theme #2
----12----------------|----------7-----------|
-------14-12----------|-5-5-7-5----7-5-------|
-------------11-11-11-|----------------4-4-4-|
-14-------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|
----------------------|----------------------|

-10--10-------------|---------------------------------------------------
-10-----12-10-------|----------12-13p12--12-13p12--12-12-12--13-12--12/-
-11-----------9-9-9-|-7-7-9-7-------------------------------------------
-12-----------------|---------------------------------------------------
-12-----------------|---------------------------------------------------
-10-----------------|---------------------------------------------------
end of theme #2

main theme varriation
-----------------------11----|-11/14-14/11-
--0/12--13-12----10-12-------|--play-------
--------------11----------11-|--these------
-----------------------------|--slides-----
-----------------------------|--four-------
-----------------------------|--times------


---------------------------|-11/14-14/11-|----------------------|----------
--12--13-12-13-12-10----10-|--play-------|--12-11--10-9-8-7-6-5-|-3-2-3----
---------------------11----|--these------|----------------------|-------4/-
---------------------------|--slides-----|----------------------|----------
---------------------------|--four-------|----------------------|----------
---------------------------|--times------|----------------------|----------
end of main theme varriation

main theme ovtave section
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
----------------------------------------
------1-4-------1-4-------1-4-------1-4-
-2--2------2--2------2--2------2--2-----
----------------------------------------

----------------------------
----------------------------
----------------------------
------------1---1-1-1-1-1-1-
-2--3-----2-----2-2-2-2-2-2-
------2-5-----2-2-2-2-2-2-2-

--------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------3---3-
----------------------------------------------4---
---------------1-1-1-1-1-1------------------------
-2-3-2-3-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2--2-1-0-----------------
-----------5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------4-3-2-1-0-------

outro
--12-10-7--|--\7-\7-7-5-3-0--|-------------|
--12-10-7--|--\7-\7-7-5-3-0--|--3---3/2----|
-----------|-----------------|----4-0------|
-----------|-----------------|--repeat-----|
-----------|-----------------|--three------|
-----------|-----------------|--times------|

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-2-1-0------------
-------4-3-2-1-0--