Story of Hope

Posted on 07/25/2012 by Veto

[Translation practice. Pardon my mistakes. My comments are in these brackets.]

[Original Post: http://blog.goo.ne.jp/spmn2ek/e/7fe0bcff8413dc5a34fe53fa9b7500bb]

どうも昨日から引き続きまして、ゆよゆっぺです。

Hello, and “continuing forward from yesterday”, I’m yuyoyuppe.

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:( – Bring the Summer

Posted on 07/22/2012 by Veto

:( – Bring the Summer

Hah, when I first listened to Kawaii, I thought the CD had a skip at the transition, haha.

I tweeted at Mart once to ask about the lyrics; he said you could probably find them online… not this song. I transcribed what I could hear:

EDIT: Mart posted the lyrics on the :( page:

our world turns it tilts
and once every year or so we get lit
y’know i see you more every year now baby
so let me hear you say

wooooah
bring the summer
woooah
bring the sunlight
woooah
bring the summer
wooooah
bring the summer burn

the sun is beating down
there’s no way for us to stop this now
start our engines, yeah we’re smoking
y’know it’s looking bright

wooooooah…

i know, i’m looking forward to
sinking and burning
will i miss this when it’s gone?
bring the summer

we’re switching off our lights
as if it’s going to stop this all
you can sit there and you’ll do nothing
and we’ll await the burn

woooooooah….

Download the album for free (or “pay what you want”) here.

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:( – Twin Chevron Action Flash

Posted on 07/18/2012 by Veto

:( – Twin Chevron Action Flash

One of the first tabs I finished? You can tell because the drums are formatted horribly. :( (pronounced “colon open bracket”) is one of my favorite “chiptune” groups. I was listening to Mart before I even knew what “chiptunes” were. This was back in middle school…

Anyway, he doesn’t really consider himself “chiptune” anymore, not sure why. I think there was some drama back then about what is “chiptune,” and because Mart didn’t use “legit” hardware/software to make his music, he caught some flack? Whatever the reason, it doesn’t change the fact that his music is solid.

Download the album for free (or “pay what you want”) here.

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ゆよゆっぺ – Darkness Is Always Next to Me

Posted on 07/15/2012 by Veto

yuyoyuppe – Darkness Is Always Next to Me

Guitar is in Drop C.
Bass is 5-string C-standard.

Another of my favorite yuyoyuppe songs.  And I’m also a big fan of Shuuhei (周平)… this was the first song I had heard him perform on.  Eh… I’ve covered this song at least twice (guitar + vocals) but they’re kind of embarrassing.  I’ll try again soon; this song is mad fun to perform.

EDIT: The lyrics to the break section before the bridge are (according to Shuuhei’s twitter):

Darkness is always next to meのグロウル直前の英語は：
This isn’t the world I want to see
What will you be able to give me?
です

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ゆよゆっぺ – Psychopath

Posted on 07/11/2012 by Veto

yuyoyuppe – Psychopath

Guitar in Drop C.
Bass tabbed as 5-string C standard.

One of my favorite yuyoyuppe songs. One day I’ll get around to editing this into the Black Dog Barks version, which is played pretty differently from the original.

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Why I Tab Songs

Posted on 07/10/2012 by Veto

Look at this.  LISTEN TO THIS.

… alright, finished?  Fun, simple song, right?

Wrong. Intro is in 3/4, switches to 4/4, verse is only 7 measures of 4/4 before it goes to the prechorus (“donna tsurakutemo…”).  There’s probably more changes later.  Jesus christ.

And I never would’ve figured it out if I didn’t start tabbing this.  There is so much to learn, and I know so little about composition. Christ.

EDIT: A little more analysis before I put this unfinished tab I started away: Obviously there are 7 measures of 4/4 because the verses are both in 7/4. It becomes even more obvious when you focus on the drum chart rather than the vocal tab (which is all I had to go with when I originally posted this). Beyond the 3/4 intro and 7/4 verses, this song is in 4/4, about 140 BPM in C Major. The finale chorus is a full step up (there’s obviously a key change there, but I thought it was only a half-step at first), so it’s in D for the end.

… the beats in this song are pretty great.

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ゆよゆっぺ – 悲しいという気持ち (Kanashii to iu Kimochi)

Posted on 07/08/2012 by Veto

yuyoyuppe – Feeling Called Sadness

WOAH DROP B.
That means the bass is tabbed in 5-string B standard… standard 5 string bass tuning.

Dumping my yuyoyuppe tabs. Imagine my surprise when this song was in Drop B.

EDIT: fixed title, I knew it was “Kanashii” but I titled it “Sabishii” anyway.  Added video.  

Did you know?  This is one of yuyoyuppe’s older songs… he originally posted this song on nicovideo back in October of 2008… you can hear that version here (nicovideo) or here (youtube).

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ゆよゆっぺ – Hope

Posted on 06/30/2012 by Veto

yuyoyuppe – Hope

This song is in Drop C tuning.
The bass is tabbed as a 5-string C standard.

Another yuyoyuppe song… it’s like I have a hard-on for the guy or something.

… I probably do.

I’m going to stop posting videos of what the tabs sound like starting now, I think anyone who comes here will get the general idea of what they’re getting.

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ゆよゆっぺ – Red Madness and My Desire

Posted on 06/30/2012 by Veto

yuyoyuppe – Red Madness and My Desire

This song is in Drop C tuning.
I tabbed the bass as a 5-string C standard bass.

And so we have “Funny Party in the Fog,” one of my favorite albums ever. I’d say I’m about halfway through tabbing the whole album. And to celebrate this website’s week of posts, here’s an old video of me playing the song. I always wanted to be 引いてみた人! Yeah! My tone sure does suck in that video, though. It’s kind of embarrassing.

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ゆよゆっぺ – Vanished Truth

Posted on 06/29/2012 by Veto

yuyoyuppe – Vanished Truth

yuyoyuppe’s songs are almost always in Drop C.
For once, it is appropriate that the bass be tabbed on a 5-string C standard bass, haha.

Oh yeah! I’ve had this one done for a long time. It took me a while to figure out how much heavy triplet use there was in this song. I’m just a student, after all. If there are any corrections to be made, please leave a comment.

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