Robot Boy Synth

Anyone know where I can find the notes to Mike's synth solo in Robot Boy? I can't hear it well enough in the song to figure it out, and lots of sheet music/piano tutorials are just for the vocal melodies of the song.

 

I know how to play it on guitar...would a guitar tab suffice? If not, I can transcribe the notes too.

 

With some ingenuity and self-motivation, all you need is a hand and a keyboard

 

Astat YESS, I wanted to play it on guitar anyways.

 

Let's see if this formatting works on here...

*Edit* Yep, here you go:

Code:

Drop D tuning, anything in parentheses indicates a note that's played by "bouncing" off the pitch wheel (usually a quick downward bend 
that bounces back up into the original note - I don't think Mike pitches any notes up on this one). Easy to replicate if you have a 
whammy bar.

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------9--10---(10-10-10)---------9-----------------------------------------------|
|-/12---------------------------------------10----------------------12-10-9-----------------9-----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-------10-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10-|
|-------------------------------------------------9--------9--10-------10-12----10---9h10p9-------|
|----------9--10----9--10----------------9--10-12-------12----------------------------------12----|
|-12-10-12----------------12---12--10-12----------------------------12----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12----------10----------9-----12----------10----14----------------------------------------10----|
|-------------------------------------12----------------12----12/15-12/15-12----10----------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10----------|

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------9-----------------------9--------------------9--------9--10----10-12-|
|----------------------9--10----9--10----------9--10----12-10-12-9--10-12----10-12-------12-------|
|-12----12----12----12----------------12----12----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

(This is where the lyrics come back in)
|----------------------------------------------------10-------------------------------------------|
|-10----------------------10----------------12----13----13-12-10----------10----------10----------|
|-------12-10-------------------12-10-------------------------------12----------12-12----12----12-|
|-------------10----12-10----10-------10-------12----------------------12-------------------12----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------15-|
|-10----------------------------------------------10----------10-------13-------------13-15-------|
|----------------9--------------------------------------12-------------------12-14----------------|
|-------12-12-10----12-10-------------------12----------------------------12-------15-------15----|
|-------------------------12----10-9--10-9--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------12-------------------------------------------------|

|-------17-15-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------18-------------15-------------18----17----------18----17-15----------------15-------|
|-------------------14----17----17----14----------------------------------17-14-17----17-------16-|
|-15-------------------------------17----------------------------------------------15-------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------17----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----------------------------14-------14----------
|----15-------------15-------------18-------15----
|----------17-16-14----14----------------------17-
|-------------------------------------------------
|-17----17----------------17----17-------17-------
|------------------------------------------------- ...etc.

This takes you up to about 4 seconds before the drums cut out. The very end of the song gets very crazy and improvisational, with a lot 
of huge jumps that probably aren't feasible on a guitar. Plus the synth lead gets really spread out in the stereo spectrum with a lot of 
reverb as it fades out during the outro, so it's really hard to hear. Save for the last few seconds that I won't even attempt to figure 
out, this should be pretty much correct.

 

Awesome man. This solo is really hard for me to get down for some reason.