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BRIGHT SIZE LIFE
As recorded by Pat Metheny
(From the 1975 Album BRIGHT SIZE LIFE)
Music by Pat Metheny
Transcribed by Jordan
This was taken from Guitar World Magazine.
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Head
Moderate Jazz-Rock Q=166
Gmaj7
4/4
Gtr I
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E a Q E E +Q E a E +Q E E E E E E E E E
|-----------7-5---||---------------------5s7-|-(7)----5-3-2h3h5-2h3h5--|
|-------7-5-------||o------------------------|-------------------------|
|---6-4---------7-||--(7)s9s=7-9-(9)\--------|-------------------------|
|-4-------------7-||--(7)s9s=7-9-(9)\--------|-------------------------|
|-----------------||o------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
Bbmaj7 D D/C
|-3-|
W +Q. a E +Q E E E E E E E +E E E E +Q E E +Q Q
|-0--------|-(0)---1s3-(3)----2-0-|-0h2---------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------------------|-----3-3-(3)---3---|--------3-(3)------|
|----------|----------------------|-------------2---2-|-(2)--2------------|
|----------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
1. 2.
Bbmaj7 G/A G/B D
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S W
|------------------|-----------7-5----||-7-5\---3---5-2s1s2-|------|
|-3-5---6\---5-3\--|-------7-5-------o||--------------------|------|
|------------------|---6-4---------7--||--------------------|------|
|------------------|-4-------------7--||--------------------|------|
|------------------|-----------------o||--------------------|------|
|------------------|------------------||--------------------|------|
G/A
PM
Q E E E E E a E +E E E E Q E E
|------9-------10s12-|-(12)s10-9s8------9-|
|----------7---------|--------------------|
|--------7---0-------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
F/G
|--3---|
a E E +E E E Q E S S E E Q H
|-10s12s10-(10)-10--------10------|--------------|
|------------------13-12-----10s9s|=10-----------|
|---------------------------------|--------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------|
G/A D G/A
PM
Q E E E E E E a Q E E E Q E E E E a E E Q. E E E E E E E E
|------8-8-------|-7s9s=7-5--------|---------10h12---10----|-----------7-5----||
|------------7---|------------8----|----10-----------------|-------7-5--------||
|----------6-----|---------------8-|-11--------------------|---6-4---------7--||
|--------------5-|-----------------|-----------------------|-4-------------7--||
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|------------------||
|----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|------------------||
Gmaj7
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
a Q E E +Q E a E +Q E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------5s7-|-(7)----5-3-2h3h5-2h3h5-|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|-7s9s=7-9-(9)--------|------------------------|
|-7s9s=7-9-(9)--------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------|
Bbmaj7
|-3-|
Q. E +E Q. +Q. a E Q E E E
|-0----------0----|-(0)---1s3-3----2-0--|
|------3-(3)------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------|
To Coda
D D/C A7 Dmaj7
E E E E +E E E E W a Q. E Q. E E E Q +E S S E E
|-0-2-------------2-|----------|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----3-------3-3-3-|----------|-5---------------|-----3--(3)-0h2-3-0--||
|-------------2-2-2-|----------|-4h6----4--------|-----6--(6)----------||
|-------0-(0)-0-0-0-|----------|----------7----5-|-4-------------------||
|-------------------|-3--------|-----------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|----------|-----------------|---------------------||
Guitar Solo
Gmaj7 Bbmaj7
a Q E E a Q E E a Q E E a E E a E E E E E E E E Q
|------3--------5---|------7--------3-------10-|------------------------|
|-3s5----5-5s7----7-|-7s8----8-8s10---10s11----|-13s15-15-13\---11-10\--|
|-------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
D D/C
PM
|--3--|
E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------14-15p14-12-|-10-----10---12-13-10-|
|-13s12-11s10s11----11--|-10----10-------------|-----10---------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
Bbmaj7 G/A Gmaj7
|--3--| |-3--| |-3-|
Q Q Q H E E Q E E E E E E a Q E E E a E E E
|---12-10-10----|---12p9--10p7-10-7-----||-7h9p=7---------------|
|---------------|-------------------8---||--------10---5h7---3--|
|---------------|-----------------------||-----------------4----|
|---------------|-----------------------||----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------||----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------------||----------------------|
Bbmaj7
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
a E E E E E E E E S S S S Q H E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------|------------------------|
|-5s7---5-5-3---3-5s|=6s5p3h5p3\-------|---------------3-5-7-8--|
|-----7-------4-----|------------------|-----------3-5----------|
|-------------------|------------------|-------3-5--------------|
|-------------------|------------------|---3-5------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|------------------------|
D D/C
Q Q E E a Q Q E E a E E E E
|-5\--5--5-5-5h7--|---------10s12s10-------|
|-----------------|------------------12-10-|
|-----------------|------11----------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------|
G/B D
Q E a E E E Q Q a E E a E E a E E
|------------------|-----------------------|
|-8--10-5s7---5----|----------------5s7-10-|
|---------------7--|-7--------2s4-7--------|
|------------------|----2s4-7--------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
|------------------|-----------------------|
G/A F/G
PM
a E E Q E E a E E Q a E E a E E Q a E E Q a E E a E E
|-4s7-10-9----5-5s7-10-|-9--5s7-10-5s7-10-9--|-3s5-8-7--3s5-8-3s5-8-|
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
G/A
|-3--| |-3-|
Q Q S S S S S S S S S Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E
|-7----------------------7s|=9-------------|-------------------|
|---------------6-7s8h10---|---------------|-------------------|
|-----------7-8------------|------9s8s9----|--------------4-6--|
|-------8-9----------------|---------------|--------4-6s7------|
|--------------------------|---------------|------7------------|
|--------------------------|---------------|-------------------|
D G/A Gmaj7
E E E E a E E E E E E E E a E E E E a Q E E E E a Q
|-----------------5-|-------5-----------||--------------------|
|-------5-5s7s5-7---|-8s7-8---5s7-5---5-||-5s7\----3-3---3s5--|
|-7s6-7-------------|---------------7---||-------4-----4------|
|-------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
Bbmaj7
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
+E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|----------------|-----------------------3-|
|-(5)\---3---5p3-5-5-|-3--------------|-----------------3-5h6---|
|------4---4---------|---3s2----------|-----2-----2-3h5---------|
|--------------------|------------0-2h|=3h5---3h5---------------|
|--------------------|----------4-----|-------------------------|
|--------------------|----------------|-------------------------|
D D/C A7
~~~~~~~
a Q E E Q a E E E E a E E +Q. E E Q E E E E S S
|-3s5--5p3-5--5s7-5-|-5---10s12-10-(10)---10-|-9-7--5s3-3s2-2s1s=|
|-------------------|---7--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
Dmaj7 Gmaj7
|-3-| |-3-| |-3--|
Q Q E E E E Q a E E +E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E
|-2-----7p5-7-7-||-5--------------5--|-------------------8-10p=|
|---------------||----5s7---------5--|--------------8-10-------|
|---------------||--------------7----|----------7-9------------|
|---------------||--------9-(9)------|------7-9----------------|
|---------------||-------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------||-------------------|-------------------------|
Bbmaj7
|-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-8-10p8------8----8------------|
|--------10-8---11---11-8----11-|
|-------------------------10----|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
D
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E S S S S S Q E E a E E a E E
|----------------------------------|--------------------|
|-8-11p8---------------------------|--------------------|
|--------10-7----------------------|--------------------|
|-------------10-8-----------------|------------------5-|
|------------------10-8------------|------------5-5s7---|
|-----------------------10s8-6-5-3-|-2--2-2-5s7---------|
D/C Bbmaj7
a E E a E a E E E a E E Q E S S Q Q
|---------------------------10-|---------------------|
|------------------10-10s12----|-11--10-11s10s11-----|
|-----------7s9-11-------------|---------------------|
|-----7-7s9--------------------|---------------------|
|-7s9--------------------------|---------------------|
|------------------------------|---------------------|
G/A
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------9h12-9-------10-7------9--|
|----10h12--------10h12------8h10----|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
Gmaj7 Bbmaj7
S S S S S S E Q E S S E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-5-----7-------5--------|--------------6-8-|-10--10-8---8-6s5-|
|---7-8---8---7----------|-------7-8-10-----|------------------|
|-----------4------7-9s8s|=9-7-9--------7-9-|-10--10-9---9-7s6-|
|------------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|------------------|
D D/C
|-3-|
H E E E a E +Q E E E a Q E E E E E E E E E E
|--------6-6-5---|------------5----5-5-|---5s4-5s4-5------|
|------------5h7-|-(7)--7-5---5h7--5-8-|---7s6-5s4--------|
|--------7-7-----|----------7----------|-----------7s6----|
|----------------|---------------------|------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|------------------|
G/B D G/A
Q E E E E E E Q a E E E E E E Q E E +E E E E
|----------------|------------------||-------------------|
|-5--5-------3s2-|------------------||-------------------|
|-6--4-----------|------------7-7---||-6--6-6-(6)S4---6s=|
|------7s6-5-4---|--------7-9-----8-||-7--7-7-(7)S5---7s=|
|----------------|----7s9-----------||-------------------|
|----------------|------------------||-------------------|
F/G
E E Q E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|------5-5-5-7-5\-|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-4-4-4--6s4-4-4-|----4-2-2-------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5--7s5-5-5-|-/5-5-3-3-1-----|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
G/A D
E E E E Q E E +E E E E +E E a E E +E E E E +Q E E
|-------------9----|----------------0-10h12-10-|-(10)----------------12-14-|
|---5-5-5-5/----10-|-(10)----------------------|------10-10-10-(10)--------|
|------------------|------9-9-9-(9)------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
G/A Gmaj7
Q E E Q E E Q E E +H E E E E E E E E
|-15--14-12--------12-||-10----------------|------------------------|
|-----------15--14----||-----12-12-(12)----|------------------12-15-|
|---------------------||-------------------|------------12-14-------|
|---------------------||-------------------|---12-11-12-------------|
|---------------------||-------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------||-------------------|------------------------|
Bbmaj7
|--3--|
Q. E E E E E E +E E E E Q E E
|-12-------13p12----12----|------------------------|
|-------15-------15----15-|-(15)-------------------|
|-------------------------|------14s13s14----12-14-|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
D
a Q E E Q a E E
|--------12-12-10------------|
|------------------10h12-12--|
|-10s11----------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
Bass Solo
D/C A7 Dmaj7
|-3-|
Q a E E Q Q a Q. E E E E +E E E E H. Wx62
|-------------------|----------------------|-------------||---------|
|-------------------|-5--------------------|-------------||---------|
|----9s11-11-9--7\--|-4h6----4-------------|-----3-------||---------|
|-------------------|----------7s6s7-(7)-5-|-4s3---------||---------|
|-------------------|----------------------|-------------||---------|
|-------------------|----------------------|-------------||---------|
H.=H
D.C. al Cod&
D/C A7 Dmaj7
W Q E E +E Q E a Q. E Q. E E E Q +Q E E +W
|----------|------------2----|-----------------|-------------0---|--------*|
|----------|------3-(3)----3-|-5---------------|-----3--(3)----3-|-(3)----*|
|----------|----2------------|-4h6-------------|-----6--(6)------|--------*|
|----------|-----------------|--------4--------|-----------------|--------*|
|----------|-3---------------|----------7----5-|-4---------------|--------*|
|----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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Artist: Pat Metheny
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