BALLERINA 12/24

As recorded by Steve Vai

Transcribed by Doetje2
A Intro
P = 120
Freely

eV V V
8va
V XV gVV
8va
VV VV VV XV 8va
XV
gVV VV VV VV VV VV gV V VV VV
4 l
I4 u
e l l gV V V V l l gV gVV VV VV V V VV l
1
u
Gtr II ff
GK23 GK23 GK26 GK26 let ring GK21
T KK2120 KK2120 KK2423 KK2423 18
19
21
KK1918
A
B
sl.

c
8va 8va 8va

gV VV VV XV VV VV VV XV
VV VV VV VV
I 44 gVV V V VV k V V V VV k V
V V V V V NV
k
u u
GK14ff
Gtr I
GK14 GK17 GK17 let ring GK12
T KK1211 KK1211 KK1514 KK1514 9
10
12
KK109
A
B
sl.

XV
XV VVV VVV VV
8va 8va 8va
VV VV VV VV VV VV VV VV
I 44 k V V V k
u
V
u
k V
V V V V V
u u u
Gtr III
GK19ff GK19 GK22 GK22 GK17
T KK1716 KK1716 KK2019 KK2019 14
15
17
KK1514
A
B

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B .
Lively P = 134
VV VVV VVV WW UU V V V V V V
8va

V W U V V V
4
I l l V V
[[[[[[[[[
24 (24) 12 12
T 22 (22) 10 10 10 10
A 21 21 21 (21)
B 12 12

8va

VV VV WW UUU V V V V V V
I V V W V V
let ring [[[[[[[[[
15 (15) 3 3
T 13 (13) 1 1 1 1
A 12 (12)
B 3 3

VV VV WW UUU
V V W V V V V V
I k k
V V
[[[[[[[[[
20 (20) 8 8
T 18 (18) 6 6 6
A 17 (17)
B 8 8

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V VVV VVV VVV V V VVV VV VVV V V VVV VVV VVV

7
I V V V V V
12 12 12 12 12 12 12 12
T 10 10 10 10 (10) 10 10 10 10 (10) 10 10 10
A
B 12 12 12 12 12

I V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V
V V V V V
let ring
3 3 3 3 3 3 3
T 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
A
B 3 3 3 3 3 3
sl.

V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V V
I V V V V
8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
T 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6
A
B 8 8 8 8

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VVV VV VVV
8va
eV V eV
V V eV VVV VVV gV VgV V V VVV
10
I VV V
e V VgV V V
15 15 18 18 18 21 21
T 13 13 13 16 16 16 19 19 19
A
B (12)15 15 15 (15)18 18 (18)21 21 21
sl. sl. sl.

eV eV V V V gV gV V V V V V V V V V V
I eV V V gV V V V

let ring
6 6 9 9 9 12 12 12
T 4 4 4 7 7 7 10 10 10
A
B 6 6 6 9 9 12 12
sl. sl. sl.
8va

eV V V gV V V V V
I V gV
gV V
V
V
gV V V V V V V
V V V
11 11 14 14 14 17 17
T 9 9 9 12 12 12 15 15 15
A
B 8 11 11 11 14 14 17 17
sl. sl. sl.

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C .
8va 8va 8va 8va 8va

gV gV
VVV VVV VVV V Vk VV V k V V V
13
I gV V lV V V VWgNV V V V VV V V V VWgNV V V
u
[[[ [[[
24 24 24 26 14 19 26 14 19
T 22 22 22 22 (22) 24 12 17 17 (17) 24 12 17
A
B (21)24
24 (24)
sl. sl. sl.

V V V V V V V
8va 8va 8va

k V V V V k V V VV
I V V V
N V V V
N V
U U
let ring [[[ [[[
15 15 15 17 5 10 17 5 10
T 13 13 13 13 15 3 8 8 15 3 8
A 0 0
B 15
sl. sl. sl.
8va 8va 8va 8va 8va

c V c k V V
V V V V V V V k V V V
I V V k V VW NV V V
V V V
W
NV V V
u
[[[ [[[
20 20 20 22 10 15 22 10 15
T 18 18 18 18 20 8 13 13 20 8 13
A
B 17 20
20 (20)
sl. sl. sl.

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8va 8va 8va 8va 8va

k V VgV V k V VgV V V VV VV
k VV
gV V V
V gNV V V V V gNV R gV VV
16
I V V V V WV VV V V V
W P V V V V VW
[[[ [[[ [ FullM
26 14 19 26 14 29 (29) 26 14 19
T 17 24 12 17 17 (17) 24 12 12 29 (29) 24 12 17 15 17
A
B
(24) (24)
sl. sl. sl.
8va 8va 8va 8va

k V V k V V V VV k V V
V V R V V
I V NV V V
V N P V NV V
U U U
[[[ [[[ [ [[[
17 5 10 17 5 22 17 5 10
T 15 3 8 8 15 3 3 20 15 3 8 8
A 0 0 0
B
sl. sl. sl. sl.

c
8va 8va 8va 8va 8va

c V VV VV k V V
VV k V V V V c k V V V
IV V VW N V V VW NV R VW V
N V
V V P V V
u u u
[[[ [[[ [ [[[
22 10 15 22 10 27 (27) 22 10 15
T 20 8 13 13 20 8 5 25 (25) 20 8 13
A
B
(20) (20)
sl. sl. sl. sl.

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D .
8va 8va 8va 8va 8va

gV gV gV V V V VV gV V V V V
V
V k V V V VgNV V V V V k V V V VgNV V V V V V k V V V VgNV PR V VV VV V
19
I VV V W VV V W VV V W VV V W
[[ [[ [[ [ FullM Full M
26 14 19 26 14 19 26 14 29 (29) 26 29
(29) 26
T 24 12 17 17 24 12 17 17 (17) 24 12 1229 (29)
17 24 29 24 24
A
B
24 (24) (24)
sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl.

8va 8va 8va 8va 8va

k V V k V V k V V V VV V V V V
I V V VV V V V V V R V V V V
V N V N V N P
U U U U
[[ [[ [[ [
17 5 10 17 5 10 17 5 22 17 22 17 10
T 15 3 8 15 3 8 8 15 3 3 20 8 15 20 15
A 0 0 0 0
B
sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl.
8va 8va 8va 8va 8va

ck V V c V c V V VV VV V V V V
V VV VV Vk V V V Vk V V V
V
IV V VW N V VW N V VW N R V
V V V V P V V W
u u u u
[[ [[ [[ [
22 10 15 (15) 22 10 15 22 10 27 (27) 22 27 22
T 13 20 8 13 (13) 20 8 13 13 20 8 5 25 (25) 13 20 25 20
A
B
20 (20) (20)
sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl.

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8va 8va

VVV VVV V V VV VV VV VV VV
V V V VgV V V V V V V V VgV V V V V V V V VgV N N N N
23
IU U U
M
Full M
Full M
Full

26 29(29) 26 26 29(29) 26 26 29 29 29 29 29
T 17 24 29 24 24 (24)17 24 29 24 24 (24)17 24 27 27 27 27
A
B
(24) (24)
sl. sl. sl. sl. sl.
8va 8va

V V V V V V V V V V V V VV VV VV VV
V V V V N N N N
I V V V V
U U U
17 22 17 10 17 22 17 10 17 22 22 22 22 22
T 8 15 20 15 8 15 20 15 8 15 20 20 20 20
A (0) (0)
B
sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl.
8va 8va 8va

V V V V V V V V V V V NVV NVV NVV

V V V V V V V V V V
IU U U
15 22 27 22 15 22 27 22 15 22 27 27 27 27
T 13 20 25 20 13 20 25 20 13 20 25 25 25
A
B
(20) (20)
sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl. sl.

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E .

VV XV V XV V
8va

V V V V V V V gX
V V gXV V XV V XV
X X X V
26
I V VVV V
VVV
V
VVV
gV gV V V

FullM
(29) 19 (19)
T 17
A 14 14 (14) 14 16 18 18
12 12 12 14 16 16
B 12 12 12 16 16
10 10 10 14 14

XV XV
V V V
I V
NV V N
V
NV V N VN V NV V NV V N NV V N
V V V V V
10
T 8
A 5 5 5 7 9 9
3 3 3 5 7 7
B 3 3 3 7 7
1 1 1 5 5

VV
8va

XV XV
XV V XV
I eXV V NV NV V NV eNV V V XV
V
XV
V
eV V eV V V

15
T 13
A 10 10 10 12 14
8 8 8 10 12 12
B 8 8 8 12 12
6 6 6 10 10

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eV V eV V
8va

gV XV V eXV V V XV V XV V
29
I V
eV V gV VgV gV V V V V V V gV VgV V V e V
gV V gV

P.M.
1/2 M
23 (23) 29
T 22 28
A 20 20 25 25 (25) 25 27
19 19 23 23 23 25
B 18 23 23 23
17 21 21 21

gXV gV gV V
8va
XV XV XV XV
gV
N V XV XV XV gV
I V NV gV V
V V V V V V

P.M.
14 21
T 13 19
A 11 11 16 16 16 18
10 10 14 14 14 16
B 9 14 14 14
8 12 12 12

X XV 8va

XV XV XV XV
8va

XV XV V V V XV XV XV V V gV
V V V V V V V
I V
P.M.
19
T 18 24
A 14 16 16 21 21 21 23
15 15 19 19 19 21
B 14 19 19 19
13 17 17 17

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V eV V eV V V V V V V V V V V V V V
8va

gV V V V V V gV V V V eV
32
I gV gV VgV V V gV gV

P.M.
1/2 M M
Full FullM FullM FullM
(29) 29 (29)29 29
T 28 29 29 29 29
A 25 25 (25) 25 27 28 28
23 23 23 25
B 23 23 23
21 21 21

gV V V V V V V
8va

V V gV gV V V
I NV V N NV V N VN V NV gV
V V V
P.M.
21 22 22
T 19 20 22 20 22
A 16 16 16 18 19 19
14 14 14 16
B 14 14 14
12 12 12

8va
XV 8va

gXV XV XV XV XV XV X
V V gV gXV V V V V V V
V V V V
I V V V
P.M.
26 26 27 27
T 24 25 27 25 27
A 21 21 21 23 24
19 19 19 21
B 19 19 19
17 17 17

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V VVV V V VV VVV V V V V
8va

V VV VV V VV VVV V V VVV VV VV V
35
I
FullM FullM FullM FullM M
Full FullM FullM FullM M
Full FullM FullM FullM
29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29
T 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29
A 28 28 28 28 28 (28) 28 28 28
B

V V V V V V V V V V V V
8va

V V V V V V V V V V V V
I
22 22 22 22
T 20 22 22 22 20 22 20 22 20 22 22 22
A 19 19 19 19 19 19 19 19
B

V V V gXV V V V V V V V V V V V V
8va

V V V V V V V V
I
27 26 27 27 27 27
T 25 27 27 27 25 27 25 27 25 27 25 27
A 24 24 24 24 24 24
B

V V V V V V
8va

VV VV VVV VV V VV VV VVV VV V VV VV VVV VV V

38
I
1/2 M 1/2 M 1/2 M 1/2 M 1/2 M 1/2 M
29 29 29 29 29 29
T 30 30 30 30 (30) 30 30 30 30 (30) 30 30 30 30
A 29 29 29 29 29 29
B

gV V V V gV V V V V V gV V V V
8va

e V gV V V e V gV e V gV V V
I
21 21 21 21 21 21 21
T 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21
A 20 20 20 20 20
B

gV V V gV gV V gV V V V V gV gV V gV V V V V
8va

V gV gV V V
I
26 26 26 26 26 26
T 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26
A 24 25 25 25 25 25 25
B

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VVV VVV WWW

8va

V V V V V V V V V V V V V
1
I
1/2 M 1/2M GK29 M
1/2
GK(29)M
1/2
GK(29)M
1/2

(30) K30 KK KK
K29
29 29
T 30 30 30 30
A 29 29
B

gV V V gegUUU
8va

eV gV V V V
I
GK21
T
20
21
21
21
21
21
21
21 KK2120
A
B

gV V gVV WWW
8va

gV gV V V V V gV gV
I u
GK26
T 26
25
26
26
26
25
26
26
26 KK2625
A
B

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