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IN THE MIDDLE OF A HEARTBEAT (Bassline)
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1994 Album MASTER OF THE RINGS)
Transcribed by Luca Abete
Gtr I (A# D# G# C# F# A#) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=68
4/4
Gtr I
Wx3
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Verse
Q +E. S e E +Q H Q Q H +E e E E
|-------------------|------------|----------------|
|-------------------|------------|----------------|
|-------------------|------------|----------------|
|-------------------|---------3--|----------------|
|-------------------|-3----1-----|----------------|
|-3--(3)-5-6-6-(6)--|------------|-3----(3)-3-3-3-|
Q +E. S e E +E. S H Q Q H +E e E E
|--------------------|------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|---------3--|-----------------|
|--------------------|-3----1-----|-----------------|
|-3--(3)-5-6-6-(6)-6-|------------|-3----(3)-3-3-3--|
Bridge
Q=69
$
E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q S S S S S S S S
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-------3-2-------------|
|-----3--2-----|-0-0-3--2--0--|-----3--2-----|----2------5-3-2-3-2-2-|
|-1-1-------3--|--------------|-1-1-------1--|-0---------------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------------|
Chorus
H E E E E +Q. S S S S E Q Q E S S S S E Q
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-5----0-0-0-1-|-(1)---1-3-5-5-5-5--|-1--1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
S S S S e E. S S S S S S S
|----------10-13-------------------------|
|----10-12--------------------10-9-------|
|-12--------------------10-12------12-10-|
|----------------12--12------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
H E E E E +Q. S S S S E Q
|--------------|--------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|
|-5----0-0-0-1-|-(1)---1-3-5-5-5-5--|
|--------------|--------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|
To Coda
Q E S S S S E Q S S S S e E +H
|-------------------|----------10-13----------|
|-------------------|----10-12----------------|
|-------------------|-12----------------------|
|-1--1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|-------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------5-(5)----|
|-------------------|-------------------------|
Guitar Break
Q=68
Q +E. S e E +Q Q. S S S S S S S S S S Q.. S S S S S E S S
|-------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------5-7-|-------------5---/7-5----|
|-------------------|------7-5-3-------5-7-----|-------5-6-7---7------7--|
|-------------------|------------3-5-3---------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-3------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3--(3)-5-6-6-(6)--|--------------------------|-3-----------------------|
Verse
Q +E. S e E +Q Q. S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------|------2---------------5-7-|
|-------------------|--------5-3-----3-5-7-----|
|-------------------|------------3-5-----------|
|-------------------|-3------------------------|
|-3--(3)-5-6-6-(6)--|--------------------------|
Q E. S S S S S S +S E
|--------------------------------|
|-------7-5-------5b5.5==(5)r----|
|-----------5-6-7-------------3--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-3--3---------------------------|
D.S. al Coda
Q +E. S e E +Q Q. S S S S S S S S S S Q E. S S S S S E S S
|-------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|------2---------------2-5-|-------------5---/7-5----|
|-------------------|--------------3---3-5-----|-------5-6-7---7------7--|
|-------------------|--------3-4-5---5---------|-------------------------|
|-------------------|-3------------------------|-------------------------|
|-3--(3)-5-6-6-(6)--|--------------------------|-3--3--------------------|
Q=66
&
S S S S e E. S S S S S S S S S S S e E +H
|---------------------------------------|----------10-15----------|
|----10-12-13-14-------------10-9-------|----10-12----------------|
|-12-------------------10-12------12-10-|-12----------------------|
|-------------------12------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------5----------------------|----------------5-(5)----|
|---------------------------------------|-------------------------|
Interlude
Q=67
Q +E. S e E +E. S Q +E. S E. T T S S S S
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------7-7-7-5-----|
|-5--(5)---5-5-(5)---|-3--(3)--------------8-7-|
|--------5---------5-|--------3-5--------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------|
Q +E. S e E +E. S Q +E. S H
|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|
|-5--(5)---5-5-(5)---|-3--(3)--------|
|--------5---------5-|--------3-5----|
|--------------------|---------------|
Q=5HQ=60
7/8 3/4
E. S E. S Q +E. S E. S E. S E. E. H.
||----------------------||-----------------|---------|
||o--------------------o||-----------------|---------|
||----------------------||-----------------|---------|
||----------------------||--------------3--|-1-------|
||o-1--1-3--3-5--(5)-1-o||-1--1-3--3-5-----|---------|
||----------------------||-----------------|---------|
Breakdown
Q=68
4/4
Wx2 W +W +W
|------------|----------|------------|------------|
|------------|----------|------------|------------|
|------------|----------|------------|------------|
|------------|----------|------------|------------|
|------------|----------|------------|------------|
|------------|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|
|----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H. S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------7-5------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------7-7-5-3----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5----------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------|
Chorus
H E E E E +Q. S S S S E Q Q E S S S S E Q
||---------------|--------------------|-------------------|
||o--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
||---------------|--------------------|-------------------|
||--5----0-0-0-1-|-(1)---1-3-5-5-5-5--|-1--1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
||o--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
||---------------|--------------------|-------------------|
S S S S e E. S S S S S S S
|----------10-13----------------------------||
|----10-12--------------------10-9---------o||
|-12--------------------10-12------12-10----||
|----------------12--12---------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
H E E E E +Q. S S S S E Q Q E S S S S E Q
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-5----0-0-0-1-|-(1)---1-3-5-5-5-5--|-1--1-1-1-3-3-3-3--|
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|-------------------|
S S S S e E. S S S S S S S
|----------10-13-------------------------|
|----10-12--------------------10-9-------|
|-12--------------------10-12------12-10-|
|----------------12--12------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
Q=60
H E E E E E E H.
|--------------|-----------|
|--------------|-----7-----|
|--------------|---7-------|
|-1----3-3-3-3-|-----------|
|--------------|-----------|
|--------------|-3---------|
Outro
Q=68 H.=H Q=40
2/4
W Q H. H
|----------|------------|------*|
|----------|------------|------*|
|----------|------------|------*|
|----------|------------|------*|
|----------|------------|------*|
|----------|------------|------*|
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: Helloween
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