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SLEEPING SUN (Bassline)
As recorded by Nightwish
(From the 1999 Album OCEANBORN)
Transcribed by Gitarrenmann
Words by Tarja Turunen Music by Nightwish
Arranged by Nightwish
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Tuomas '
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Tuomas ||'
Gtr III (D A D G) - 'Marco'
Intro
Slow Rock Q=110
Dm Bb A
4/4
Gtr I
Q +E E +Q Q Q +E E +Q Q Q +E E +Q Q H +H
|------------------|-------------------|-10--(10)-10-(10)--8--|-------------|
|-3--(3)-5-(5)--6--|-6--(6)-8-(8)--10--|----------------------|-8----(8)----|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------------|-------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------------|-------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------------|-------------|
|------------------|-------------------|----------------------|-------------|
F C
Q. Q +Q. Q. Q +Q.
|------------------|---------------|
|-10---------------|-8-------------|
|-------10--(10)---|------9--(9)---|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
|------------------|---------------|
Dm
Q +E E +Q Q H +H
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-10--(10)-9-(9)------|---------------------------|
|-----------------10--|-12----------(12)----------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|
| W E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-10----10-----12-----13----|
|---------------------|----10----10------10----10-|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10----10----12---8-12-|-10----10----12----13----|-10----10----12---8-12-||
|----10----10----8------|----10----10----10----10-|----10----10----8------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| W W W
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
Verse
Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10----10----12----13----|-10-----10----12---8-12-|
|----10----10----10----10-|-----10----10----8------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|
| W +H H
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------3--------|
|--0----------------------|-(0)--------------------|
F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10----10----12----13----|-10-----10----12---8-12-|-13----13----15----17----|
|----10----10----10----10-|-----10----10----8------|----13----13----13----13-|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| W +H H W
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------3--------|-------------------------|
|--0----------------------|-(0)--------------------|--3----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-13-----13----15----12-15-|-13----13----15----17----|
|-----13----13----13-------|----13----13----13----13-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| +H H W
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------3----------|-------------------------|
|-(3)----------------------|--3----------------------|
Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-13-----13----15----15----|-10----10----12----13----|
|-----13----13----13----17-|----10----10----10-------|
|--------------------------|----------------------14-|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| +H H W
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(3)-----------5----------|--0----------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10-----10----12---8-12-|-10----10----12----13----|
|-----10----10----8------|----10----10----10----10-|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| +H H W
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------3--------|-------------------------|
|-(0)--------------------|--0----------------------|
Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10-----10----15---8-12-|-10----10----12----13----|
|-----10----10----8------|----11----11----11----11-|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| +H H W
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------3--------|--1----------------------|
|-(0)--------------------|-------------------------|
Gm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10-----10----13-----13-12-|-10----10----12----13----|
|-----11----11-----11-------|----11----11----11----11-|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| W W
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| +H +H W
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|-(1)----------(1)----------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|--5----------------------|
Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10-----10----13-----13-12-|-10----10----12----13----|-10----10----13-----13-12-||
|-----11----11-----11-------|----10----10----10----10-|----10----10-----10-------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| Gtr I
| W W H Q Q
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------------10------8----||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|
| +H +H W H +H
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-(5)----------(5)----------|--0----------------------|--0----------(0)----------||
Chorus
Bb
Gtr I
W +H +H H +H
|-------------|-------------------|-6----(6)----|
|-6-----------|-(6)--------(6)----|-6----(6)----|
|-7-----------|-(7)--------(7)----|-------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W W
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|
| Gtr III
| H +H E E +Q +H H +H
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-0----(0)----|--0--0-(0)--(0)----|-8----(8)----|
F
H +H H +H H +H H +H
|-5--------(5)----|-6----(6)----|-------------------|-6----(6)----|
|-6--------(6)----|-8----(8)----|-10--------(10)----|-6----(6)----|
|-----------------|-------------|--7---------(7)----|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E +Q +H H +H E E +Q +H H +H
|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------|
|-3-3-(3)--(3)----|-5----(5)----|--0-0-(0)---(0)----|-8----(8)----|
F D Bb
H +H H +H H H H +H
|-8--------(8)----|-10----(10)----|-12--------13-----|-13----(13)----|
|-6--------(6)----|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|-----------------|--7-----(7)----|--7---------------|-10----(10)----|
|-----------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|
| E E +Q H H +H E E +Q +H H +H
|-----------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|------------------|---------------|
|-----------------|---------------|------------------|--1-----(1)----|
|-3-3-(3)---2-----|--0-----(0)----|--0-0-(0)--(0)----|---------------|
C F C Dm
H +H H +H H +H H +H
|-15--------(15)----|-17----(17)----|-15----(15)----|---------------||
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|--9---------(9)----|---------------|---------------|-19----(19)----||
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-------------------|--8-----(8)----|-15----(15)----|---------------||
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|-22----(22)----||
| H +H H +H H +H H +H
|
| E E +Q +H H +H H +H H +H
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|--3-3-(3)---(3)----|---------------|--3-----(3)----|---------------||
|-------------------|--3-----(3)----|---------------|--0-----(0)----||
Verse 2
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10----10----12----13-------|-10----10----12----8--12-|
|----10----10----10-------10-|----10----10----8--------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| H Q +S S E Q E E E E +Q
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------3-3-(3)----|
|--0-----------0----(0)----0-|--------0--0-------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10----10----12----13-------|-10----10----12----8--12---|
|----10----10----10-------10-|----10----10----8----------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| H Q +S S E Q E E E E +Q
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------3-3-(3)------|
|--0-----------0----(0)----0-|--------0--0---------------|
F
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-13----13----15----17-------|-------------15----12--15-|
|----13----13----13----------|-18----18-------13--------|
|-------------------------17-|----17----17--------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| H Q +S S E Q E E E E +Q
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------3--3-(3)----|
|--3-----------3----(3)----3-|--------3--3--------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-13----13----15----17-------|-------------15----15-------|
|----13----13----13----------|-18----18-------13-----17---|
|-------------------------17-|----17----17----------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| H Q +S S E Q E E E E +Q
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------3--3-(3)------|
|--3-----------3----(3)----3-|--------3--3----------------|
Dm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10----10----12----13----|-10-----10----12---8-12-|
|----10----10----10----10-|-----10----10----8------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|
| W +H H
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------3--------|
|--0----------------------|-(0)--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10----10----12----13-------|-10----10----15--------12-|
|----10----10----10-------10-|----10----10-------13-----|
|----------------------------|----------------12--------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| H Q +S S E Q E E E E +Q
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------3--3-(3)----|
|--0-----------0----(0)----0-|--------0--0--------------|
Bb
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10----10----12----13-------|-10----10----13----13--12-|
|----11----11----11-------11-|----11----11----11--------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| H Q +S S E Q E E E E +Q
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|--1-----------1----(1)----1-|--------1--1--1--1-(1)----|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
Gm
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10----10----12----13-------|-10----10----13----13--12---|
|----11----11----11-------11-|----11----11----11----------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| H Q +S S E Q E E E E +Q
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|----------------------------|
|--5-----------5----(5)----5-|--------5--5--5--5-(5)------|
Dm
Gtr I
W H Q Q
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------19-----17----|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-10----10----12----13----|-10-----10----13-----13-12-|
|----10----10----10----10-|-----10----10-----10-------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W +H +H
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|--0----------------------|-(0)----------(0)----------|
Chorus
Bb
W +H +H H +H
|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------|-----------------|-15----(15)----|
|-15---------|-(15)----(15)----|-15----(15)----|
|-17---------|-(17)----(17)----|---------------|
|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr III
| H H H H H H
|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------|-----------------|---------------|
|------------|-----------5-----|---------------|
|--0----0----|---0-------------|--8------8-----|
F Gm Dm
H +H H +H H +H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-14----(14)----|-15----(15)----|---------------|
|-15----(15)----|-17----(17)----|-19----(19)----|
|---------------|---------------|-17----(17)----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|
| H H H H H H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--3------3-----|--5------5-----|--0------0-----|
Bb Dm
H +H H +H H +H H H
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
|-15----(15)----|-17------(17)----|-19----(19)----|-21----22----|
|-15----(15)----|-15------(15)----|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|-17----(17)----|-17----------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
|
| H H Q E E H H H H H
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|--------0----|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------|-------------|
|--8------8-----|--3--3-3---2-----|--0------0-----|--0----------|
Bb C F
H +H H +H H +H
|---------------|---------------|-17----(17)----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-22----(22)----|-24----(24)----|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-20----(20)----|-19----(19)----|--8-----(8)----|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|
| H +H H H H H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|--1-----(1)----|--3------3-----|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|--3------3-----|
C Dm
H +H H +H
|---------------|---------------||
|-20----(20)----|---------------||
|---------------|-19----(19)----||
|---------------|---------------||
|-15----(15)----|-17----(17)----||
|---------------|---------------||
|
| H H H +H
|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------||
|--3------3-----|---------------||
|---------------|--0-----(0)----||
Bridge
C
W +Q +S S E +Q Q Q +E Q Q.
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|-17---------|-(17)--(17)---19-(19)---20--|-19--(19)-17---15----|
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|
| H H Q E E E E Q H H
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------|
|------------|-------------------5--5-----|--3----------3-------|
|--0----0----|---------0-----0------------|---------------------|
Bb Dm
H H H +H H H
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-15----(15)----|-17------18------|
|---------17------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-17--------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|
| Q E E E E Q H H Q E E E E Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|----------0-0----|
|-----1-1--1-1----|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|--0------0-----|-----0-0---------|
F
Q. Q +Q. Q. Q +Q.
|-17----------------|---------------------||
|-------18---(18)---|-17------------------||
|-------------------|--------17---(17)----||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|
| H H Q E E E E Q
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|---------------------||
|-------------------|-----------3---3-----||
|--3-------3--------|------3--3-----------||
Guitar Solo
N.C.(C) Dm
Gtr II
W W +W
|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|-10-----------|-(10)-----------|
|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|
| E E Q H H +H Q E E H
|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|-------------|--------------|----------------|
|-3-----------|--------------|-----------5----|
|-------------|--0----(0)----|---0---0-0------|
Bb F G
+W +H +H H +H W
|----------------|-----------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|-8----(8)----|-6---------------|
|-(10)-----------|-(10)------(10)--------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|
| H +H Q E E E E +Q H +H Q E E E E +Q
|----------------|-----------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|-------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|-------------|--------5-5-(5)--|
|---8-----(8)----|---3---3-3---3--3-(3)--|-5----(5)----|-0--0-0----------|
Out-Chorus
Bb F C#
Gtr I
W W +H +H H +H
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|-16-----(16)----|
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|-14-----(14)----|
|---------------||-17----------|-(17)----(17)----|----------------|
|---------------||-15----------|-(15)----(15)----|----------------|
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| +W +W +W +H +H
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-(6)-----------||-(6)---------|--(6)------------|-(6)-----(6)----|
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| H +H H H H H H H
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------||-------------|-----------------|--4-------4-----|
|--8-----(8)----||--3-----3----|---3-------3-----|----------------|
G# Bb F C#
H +H H +H H +H H +H
|---------------|-13----(13)----|----------------|-16-----(16)----|
|-16----(16)----|-11----(11)----|-13-----(13)----|-14-----(14)----|
|-13----(13)----|---------------|-10-----(10)----|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|
| H +H W +W +W
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|--4-----(4)----|--6------------|-(6)------------|-(6)------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|
| H H H H H H H H
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------------|--4-------4-----|
|--6------6-----|--8------8-----|--3-------3-----|----------------|
F C#
W +W +H +H H +H
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-16-----(16)----|
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|-14-----(14)----|
|-17------------|-(17)---------|-(17)----(17)----|----------------|
|-15------------|-(15)---------|-(15)----(15)----|----------------|
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| +H +H W +W +H +H
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-(6)----(6)----|---6----------|--(6)------------|-(6)-----(6)----|
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| H H H H H H H H
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|----------------|
|---------------|--------------|-----------------|--4-------4-----|
|--3------3-----|---3-----3----|---3-------3-----|----------------|
Eb G# Eb F
H +H H +H H +H W
|-18----(18)----|---------------|-18----(18)----|--------------|
|-16----(16)----|---------------|-16----(16)----|--------------|
|---------------|-20----(20)----|---------------|-17-----------|
|---------------|-18----(18)----|---------------|-15-----------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|
| H +H H +H H +H H +H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|--8-----(8)----|---------------|---------------|--6----(6)----|
|---------------|--8-----(8)----|--8-----(8)----|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|
| H H H H H H H +H
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------|
|--6------6-----|---------------|--6------6-----|--------------|
|---------------|--6------6-----|---------------|--3----(3)----|
+H +Q.. S W W W
|-------------------|----------|----------|------*|
|-------------------|----------|----------|------*|
|-(17)----(17)------|----------|----------|------*|
|-(15)----(15)------|----------|----------|------*|
|-------------------|----------|----------|------*|
|-------------------|----------|----------|------*|
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