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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.=HD.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
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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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