Rush: Tom Sawyer
From the album Moving Pictures (Mercury Records)
Copyright 1981 Core Music Publishing
Music by Lee and Lifeson
Lyrics by Dubois and Peart

Comments/corrections to C. D. Bruce <cbruce@peco-energy.com>

From: TwoZbar <TwoZbar@AOL.COM>

Great job, Chuck!

May I suggest a correction or two, though?

1.)  This section:

   4/4                               3/4
   e   e   e   e   e   q        q        e   e   e   e   e
e|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
D|-7---4---6-------4------------7--|-----4---6---------------|
A|-------------7-------5-----------|-------------7---5-------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------7---|

   4/4                               7/8
   e   e   e   e   e   q       q         q       q       q
e|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-7---4---6-------4---------------|-----------------------------|
A|-------------7-------5-----------|-------------5-------7-------|
E|-----------------------------5---|-----7-----------------------|

is actually played like this (the hand position slides down the neck):

  7/8
   e   e   e   e   e   q          q    e   e    e    e   e
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-7-------6-------4-----------|--7--------6-----------------|
A|-----9-------7-------5-------|-------9--------7----5-------|
E|-----------------------------|-------------------------7---|

                                  4/4
   e   e   e   e   e   e   e        q    q     q     q
e|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D|-7-------6-------4-----------|-----------------------------|
A|-----9-------7-------5---5---|---------7-----5-----7-------|
E|-----------------------------|----5------------------------|


2.)  Notate this part:

   Repeat 3 times
   Q       Q   h       h+e w         Q       Q   h       h+e w
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------0-----------0-----------|---------0-----------0-----------|
G|o------------------------4-------|-------------------------4-------|
D|o--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-------------0-------------------|
E|-0-----------2-------------------|-3-------------------------------|

   Q       Q   h       h+e w         Q       Q   h       h+e w
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------0-----------0-----------|---------0-----------------------|
G|-------------------------4-------|--------------------------------o|
D|-2-------------------------------|--------------------------------o|
A|-------------3-------------------|-2-----------0-------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------3-------|

like this:

 4/4 (let notes ring)
   q       e   q       e   q         q       e   q       e   q
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------0---------------0-------|---------0---------------0-------|
G|o--------------------4-----------|---------------------4-----------|
D|o--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|-------------0-------------------|
E|-0-----------2-------------------|-3-------------------------------|

   q       e   q       e   q         q       e   Q           q
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B|---------0---------------0-------|---------0-----------------------|
G|---------------------4-----------|--------------------------------o|
D|-2-------------------------------|--------------------------------o|
A|-------------3-------------------|-2-----------0-------------------|
E|---------------------------------|-------------------------3-------|

It's a lot easier to understand the rythym this way.  Also notice that the
open B string and fretted B note are reversed.  The fretted note should lead
into the open B, not the other way around.

A note about the "Taurus Pedal 'Sweep' sound" - this is actually an analog
synth (probably an Oberheim) playing octaves.  The resonance of the synth is
set high and filter is set to sweep from top to bottom.  Play the lowest E on
the synth plus an octave above simultaneously and you'll get this sound.
Live, Alex triggers this sound with his pedals.  While it's probably just a
sampled sound now, in the good old days before MIDI, Alex had Moog Taurus
pedals interfaced with an Oberheim synth off-stage.  The Taurus pedals didn't
actually make this sound but rather doubled it with a thick bass pedal tone
(or else the Taurus pedal settings would have had to be changed throughout the
set and I don't believe that the pedals were programmable).

I'll post some feedback about the guitar solo, as soon as I get a chance.