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CANDLELIGHT FANTASIA (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 1997 Album THE DIVINE WINGS OF TRAGEDY)
Transcribed by Luca Abete
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=135
3/4
Gtr I
Wx15
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
H. +H. H. +H.
|---------|----------|---------|----------|
|---------|----------|---------|----------|
|---------|----------|---------|----------|
|-0-------|-(0)------|-2-------|-(2)------|
H. +H. H. +H.
|---------|----------|---------|--------|
|---------|----------|---------|--------|
|---------|----------|---------|--------|
|-3-------|-(3)------|-2-------|-(2)----|
H. H. H. H. +H. +H. +H.
|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|----------|--------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|----------|--------|
|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|----------|--------|
|-3-------|-5-------|-6-------|-7-------|-(7)------|-(7)------|-(7)----|
Verse 1 0:40
4/4
H +E E E E H.. E W W
||-----------------|-------------|----------|-------||
||o----------------|-------------|----------|------o||
||o-3----(3)---1---|-----------1-|-2--------|-3----o||
||-----------------|-4-----------|----------|-------||
W W W Q. E H
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|-3--------|----------|--------5----|
|-3--------|----------|-1--------|-6----x------|
|----------|----------|----------|-------------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-6--------|-7--------|-5--------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|-3----|
Wx4 W +W W +W
|------------|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|------------|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|------------|-3--------|-(3)--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|------------|----------|------------|----------|--------|
Guitar Solo 1 1:22
S S E +Q.. S S S E +W 3x
||-----------------------|-------------||
||o----------------------|------------o||
||o-3---3-(3)------3---3-|-(3)--------o||
||-----------------------|-------------||
S S E +Q.. S S S E +Q. S S E E Q
|----------------------|--------------------|
|----------------------|-----------5---4----|
|-3---3-(3)------3---3-|-(3)---3-3---3------|
|----------------------|--------------------|
S S E +Q.. S S S E +W 3x S S E +Q.. S S S E +W
||-----------------------|-------------||----------------------|--------|
||o----------------------|------------o||----------------------|--------|
||o-3---3-(3)------3---3-|-(3)--------o||-3---3-(3)------3---5-|-(5)----|
||-----------------------|-------------||----------------------|--------|
Verse 2 1:50
Wx2 H H W W W H. Q W
|------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|------------|------|
|------------|------7----|-8--------|-3--------|----------|-3-------6--|-5----|
|------------|-----------|----------|----------|-3--------|------------|------|
|------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|------------|------|
H Q. E +H. E E H H H H
|-------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------|--------------|-----------|-----------|
|-5----3----1-|-(1)------1-3-|-5----7----|-8----9----|
Guitar Solo 2 2:11
H +E E E E H Q. E H.. E H Q. E
|----------------|-5-----------|-------------|-2-----------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5----(5)-5-5-5-|------3----x-|-1---------1-|-------------|
|----------------|-------------|-------------|------5----x-|
H Q. E H Q. E H H E E H.
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|------5----x-|-3-----------|------2----|-7---------|
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|
|-3-----------|------1----x-|-0---------|---5-5-----|
Verse 3 2:25
$
S E S E E S S S S +S S S S S E S E E +S S E S S S S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-2---2---2---2-2-2-(2)---2-2-|-2---2---2-(2)---2-2---2-2-|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
S E S E E +S S E +S S S S S E S E E +S S E +S S S S
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-2---2---2-(2)---2-(2)---2-2-|-2---2---2-(2)---2-(2)---2-2-o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
S E S E E +S S E +S S S S S E S E E +S S E +S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0---0---0-(0)---0-(0)---0-0-|-1---1---1-(1)---1-(1)---1-1-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
S E S E E +S S E +S S S S S E S E E +S S E +S S S S 3x
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-2---2---2-(2)---2-(2)---2-2-|-2---2---2-(2)---2-(2)---2-2-o||
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
S E S E E +S S E +S S S S S E S E E +S S E +S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-0---0---0-(0)---0-(0)---0-0-|-1---1---1-(1)---1-(1)---1-1-|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Chorus 2:53
H H H H H H H H
||-------9----|-7---------|------------|-----------|
||o-----------|-----------|------10----|-9---------|
||o-7---------|------5----|------------|-----------|
||------------|-----------|-8----------|------7----|
1. 2.
To Coda
W H H H Q Q H H H H
|----------|-----------|------------|------------||-----------|
|----------|------5----|-4----------|-----------o||-----------|
|----------|-----------|------------|-2----2----o||-2----2----|
|-5--------|-3---------|------2--4--|------------||-----------|
Breakdown 3:21
~
Q. E E E Q E E E E S S S S S S S S
||----------------|-------------------------|
||o-5-------------|-------------------------|
||o------5-6-4-5--|---3---3-----------3-5-6-|
||----------------|---------6-5-3-5-6-------|
1.
~
Q. E E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------|-8-7-5-7-5---5----------------------||
|-5-------------|-----------8---8-7-8-7-5-7-5-4-7---o||
|------5-6-4-5--|-----------------------------------o||
|---------------|------------------------------------||
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S E. S S S S
|-8-7-5---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------8-7-5-7-5-4---------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------6-5-3---------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------6-5-3-2-|-3-3-3-----3-3-3----3-3-3---|
Bridge 3:37
S S S S E S S S E. S S S S
||-----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||--3-2-3-----3-2-3----3-2-3---|
E S S E E S S S S S S S S E S S S E. S S S S E S S
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---3-2-3-5-6-5-6---8-6-8---|---6-5-6----6-5-6-----8-6-|
1.
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q. S S E E +E E
|---------------------------------|------8-7-8-5-(5)---|
|---------------------------------|------------------5-|
|---------------------------------|--------------------|
|-8---9-8-9---11-9-11---12-11-12--|-8------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
+E S S Q E E E E E E H.. E Q Q H
|------------8-7-5-------|-------------|-------------||
|-(5)--------------8-7-5-|-------------|------------o||
|-----6-5----------------|-6---------5-|-4-----5----o||
|---------8--------------|-------------|----5--------||
2.
H S S S S S S S S
|------15-13-12-------------12-|
|---------------15-13-12-------|
|------------------------15----|
|-8----------------------------|
2/4
|-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S E E E E E E H.. E Q Q
|-12-10-8---------------------------|-------------|--------|
|---------12-10-8-------------------|-------------|--------|
|-----------------11-10-6-5-3-------|-6---------5-|-4------|
|-----------------------------6-5-3-|-------------|----5---|
Keyboard Solo 4:04
4/4
S S S S E S S S E. S S S S
||-----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||o-5-4-5-----5-4-5----5-4-5---|
||-----------------------------|
E S S E E S S S S S S S S E S S S E. S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|---5-4-5-7-8-7-8---10-8-10---|---8-7-8----8-7-8-----10-8--|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
1.
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q. S S S S E E E
|--------------------------------------|--------------------7---|
|--------------------------------------|------------------8---8-|
|-10---11-10-11---13-11-13---14-13-14--|-10----10-9-10-10-------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
+E E +E E E E E E E E H.. E Q Q H
|--------------------------|-------------|-------------||
|-(8)-7-(7)----8-7-5-------|-8---------7-|-6-----7----o||
|-----------10-------8-7-5-|-------------|----7-------o||
|--------------------------|-------------|-------------||
2.
|-3-| |-3-|
H E Q. +H E E E E E E H.. E Q Q H
|--------------|--------------------|-------------|------------|
|-------5------|--------8-7-5-------|-8---------7-|-6-----7----|
|-10-----------|--------------8-7-5-|-------------|----7-------|
|---------3----|-(3)----------------|-------------|------------|
Guitar Solo 3 4:32
S E S E E +H S E S E E +H S E S E E +H S E S E E +H
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
||--0---0---0-(0)----|-0---0---0-(0)----|-0---0---0-(0)----|-0---0---0-(0)----|
1.
S E S E E +H S E S E E +H S E S E E +H S E S E E +H
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------o||
|-6---6---6-(6)----|-6---6---6-(6)----|-6---6---6-(6)----|-6---6---6-(6)----o||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
2.
D.S. al Coda
S E S E E +Q E E +W +W
|--------------------||------------|---------|
|--------------------||------------|---------|
|-6---6---6-(6)--6---||------------|---------|
|------------------1-||-(1)--------|-(1)-----|
Chorus (Outro) 5:58
&
H Q. E H H H H H H
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-6---------|
|------4----x-|-2---------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|-5----5----|------4----|
|-2-----------|------0----|-----------|-----------|
E E Q H H Q. E H Q Q H H
|--------4----|-2-----------|------------|-----------|
|-------------|-------------|------------|-----------|
|-2-2-2-------|------0----x-|------------|-4----4----|
|-------------|-------------|-4----4--6--|-----------|
|-3-|
H Q. E H H H H H Q Q Q
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-6----------|
|------4----x-|-2---------|-----------|------------|
|-------------|-----------|-5----5----|------4-4-4-|
|-2-----------|------0----|-----------|------------|
H H H Q. E H Q Q H H
|------4----|-2-----------|------------|-----------|
|-----------|-------------|------------|-----------|
|-2---------|------0----x-|------------|-4----4----|
|-----------|-------------|-4----4--6--|-----------|
H Q. E H H H H H H
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-6---------|
|------4----x-|-2---------|-----------|-----------|
|-------------|-----------|-5----5----|------4----|
|-2-----------|------0----|-----------|-----------|
H H H Q. E H Q Q H H
|------4----|-2-----------|------------|-----------*|
|-----------|-------------|------------|-----------*|
|-2---------|------0----x-|------------|-4----4----*|
|-----------|-------------|-4----4--6--|-----------*|
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
Artist: Symphony X
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