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OVERTURE
As recorded by Savatage
(From the 1995 Album DEAD WINTER DEAD)
Transcribed by Johannes Margraf
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Distorted Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Orchestration (Keyboards)'
Intro
Q=110
D5
4/4
Gtr I
PM
H.. E W +H.. E
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| Gtr II| H.. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E|--------------|-------------------------|----------------------------||--------------|-------------------------|----------------------------||--------------|-15----14----12----14----|-10------12----9-10-10-9----||-----------12-|----12----12----12----12-|------12----12-----------12-||--------------|-------------------------|----------------------------||--------------|-------------------------|----------------------------|
D5 PM W +H.. E|-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------||--7----------------------|-(7)---------------------------||--7----------------------|-(7)---------------------------||--5----------------------|-(5)----------------------5----||-------------------------|-------------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E|-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------||-15----14----12----14----|-10------12----9-10-10-9-------||----12----12----12----12-|------12----12-----------12----||-------------------------|-------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------------|
D5 PM W +H.. E|-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------||--7----------------------|-(7)------------------------||--7----------------------|-(7)------------------------||--5----------------------|-(5)----------------------5-||-------------------------|----------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E|-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------||-15----14----12----14----|-10------12----9-10-10-9----||----12----12----12----12-|------12----12-----------12-||-------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------------|
D5 W +W|-------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------------||--7----------------------|-(7)-------------------------||--7----------------------|-(7)-------------------------||--5----------------------|-(5)-------------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E|-------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------------||-15----14----12----14----|-10-----12----9-10-10-9------||----12----12----12----12-|-----12----12-----------12---||-------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------|-----------------------------|
riff 1 Eb5 D5 C5 D5 Eb5 D5 C5 D5 q Q. S S q q Q. S S q|---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||--8---8-----7--5--7--|--8---8-----7--5--7--||--6---6-----5--3--5--|--6---6-----5--3--5--||---------------------|---------------------|
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| q Q. S S q q Q. S S q|---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||-15--15----14-12-14--|-15--15----14-12-14--||-13--13----12-10-12--|-13--13----12-10-12--||---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------|
Eb5 D5 C5 D5 Eb5 D5 C5 D5 q Q. S S q q Q. S S q|---------------------|-----------------------||---------------------|-----------------------||---------------------|-----------------------||--8---8-----7--5--7--|--8---8-----7--5--7----||--6---6-----5--3--5--|--6---6-----5--3--5----||---------------------|-----------------------|
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| q Q. S S q q Q. S S q|---------------------|-----------------------||---------------------|-----------------------||-15--15----14-12-14--|-15--15----14-12-14----||-13--13----12-10-12--|-13--13----12-10-12----||---------------------|-----------------------||---------------------|-----------------------|
riff 2 riff 3 Eb5 D5 C5 G5 Eb5 D5 C5 A5 H H +H E E q H H +H E E Q||--------------|--------------------||-------------|-------------------|||o-------------|-------------------o||-------------|-------------------|||---8-----7----|--(7)-----7--5------||--8-----7----|--(7)-----7--5-----|||---8-----7----|--(7)-----7--5--5---||--8-----7----|--(7)-----7--5--7--|||o--6-----5----|--(5)-----5--3--5--o||--6-----5----|--(5)-----5--3--7--|||--------------|----------------3---||-------------|----------------5--|
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| H H +H E E q H H +H E E Q||--------------|--------------------||-------------|-------------------|||o-16----15----|-(15)----15-13-----o||-16----15----|-(15)----15-13-----|||--15----14----|-(14)----14-12-12---||-15----14----|-(14)----14-12-14--|||--13----12----|-(12)----12-10-12---||-13----12----|-(12)----12-10-14--|||o-------------|---------------10--o||-------------|---------------12--|||--------------|--------------------||-------------|-------------------|
riff 4 Eb5 D5 Bb5A5G5E5 G5 A5 E5 5/4 4/4 H H. Q E E Q Q +E Q. H +W +H H|----------------|--------------|---------------|------------|-------------||----------------|--------------|---------------|------------|-------------||--8-----7-------|--------------|---------------|------------|-------------||--8-----7-------|-8--7-5-2--5--|-(5)-7----2----|-(2)--------|-(2)---------||--6-----5-------|-8--7-5-2--5--|-(5)-7----2----|-(2)--------|-(2)---------||----------------|-6--5-3-0--3--|-(3)-5----0----|-(0)--------|-(0)---------|
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| H H. Q E E Q Q +E Q. H +W +W|----------------|--------------|---------------|------------|-------------||-16----15-------|--------------|---------------|------------|-------------||-15----14-------|--------------|---------------|------------|-------------||-13----12-------|-8--7-5-2--5--|-(5)-7----2----|-(2)--------|-(2)---------||----------------|-8--7-5-2--5--|-(5)-7----2----|-(2)--------|-(2)---------||----------------|-6--5-3-0--3--|-(3)-5----0----|-(0)--------|-(0)---------|
Bb5A5G5E5 G5 A5 E5 Q E E Q Q +E Q. E Q. +W +W|--------------|-----------------|------------|--------||--------------|-----------------|------------|--------||--------------|-----------------|------------|--------||-8--7-5-2--5--|-(5)-7----2-2----|-(2)--------|-(2)----||-8--7-5-2--5--|-(5)-7----2-2----|-(2)--------|-(2)----||-6--5-3-0--3--|-(3)-5----0-0----|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
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| Q E E Q Q +E Q. E Q. +W +W|--------------|-----------------|------------|--------||--------------|-----------------|------------|--------||--------------|-----------------|------------|--------||-8--7-5-2--5--|-(5)-7----2-2----|-(2)--------|-(2)----||-8--7-5-2--5--|-(5)-7----2-2----|-(2)--------|-(2)----||-6--5-3-0--3--|-(3)-5----0-0----|-(0)--------|-(0)----|
Bb5A5G5E5 G5 A5 E5 Q E E Q Q +E Q. H +W +H H|--------------|---------------|------------|-------------||--------------|---------------|------------|-------------||--------------|---------------|------------|-------------||-8--7-5-2--5--|-(5)-7----2----|-(2)--------|-(2)---------||-8--7-5-2--5--|-(5)-7----2----|-(2)--------|-(2)---------||-6--5-3-0--3--|-(3)-5----0----|-(0)--------|-(0)---------|
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| Q E E Q Q +E Q. H +W +H H|--------------|---------------|------------|-------------||--------------|---------------|------------|-------------||--------------|---------------|------------|-------------||-8--7-5-2--5--|-(5)-7----2----|-(2)--------|-(2)---------||-8--7-5-2--5--|-(5)-7----2----|-(2)--------|-(2)---------||-6--5-3-0--3--|-(3)-5----0----|-(0)--------|-(0)---------|
riff 5a Q=135 Bb5A5G5E5 G5 A5 Q E E Q Q +E H.. +W E E E E E E S S S S 4x|--------------|---------------|------------||------------------------|||--------------|---------------|------------||o----------------------o|||--------------|---------------|------------||------------------------|||-8--7-5-2--5--|-(5)-7---------|-(7)--------||------------------------|||-8--7-5-2--5--|-(5)-7---------|-(7)--------||o---2-0----------------o|||-6--5-3-0--3--|-(3)-5---------|-(5)--------||--0-----0-3-0-2-3-2-3---||
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| Q E E Q Q +E H.. +W W 4x|--------------|---------------|------------||------------------------|||--------------|---------------|------------||o----------------------o|||--------------|---------------|------------||------------------------|||-8--7-5-2--5--|-(5)-7---------|-(7)--------||------------------------|||-8--7-5-2--5--|-(5)-7---------|-(7)--------||o----------------------o|||-6--5-3-0--3--|-(3)-5---------|-(5)--------||------------------------||
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S|---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||---2-0---------------|---2-0---------------||-0-----0-3-0-2-3-2-3-|-0-----0-3-0-2-3-2-3-|
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| E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S|---7-5---------------|---7-5---------------||-5-----5-8-5-7-8-7-8-|-5-----5-8-5-7-8-7-8-||---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------||---------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S|---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---2-0---------------|---2-0----------------||-0-----0-3-0-2-3-2-3-|-0-----0-3-0-2-3-2-3--|
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| E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S|---7-5---------------|---7-5----------------||-5-----5-8-5-7-8-7-8-|-5-----5-8-5-7-8-7-8--||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------||---------------------|----------------------|
riff 5b (harmonies) E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||---2-0------------------|---2-0------------------||-0-----0--3-0-2--3-2--3-|-0-----0--3-0-2--3-2--3-|
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| E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S|---7-5------------------|---7-5------------------||-5-----5--8-5-7--8-7--8-|-5-----5--8-5-7--8-7--8-||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------|
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| Gtr I| E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S|------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||------------------------|------------------------||---9-7------------------|---9-7------------------||-7-----7-10-7-9-10-9-10-|-7-----7-10-7-9-10-9-10-||------------------------|------------------------|
E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S|------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||---2-0------------------|---2-0-------------------||-0-----0--3-0-2--3-2--3-|-0-----0--3-0-2--3-2--3--|
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| E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S|---7-5------------------|---7-5-------------------||-5-----5--8-5-7--8-7--8-|-5-----5--8-5-7--8-7--8--||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
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| E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E S S S S|------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||---9-7------------------|---9-7-------------------||-7-----7-10-7-9-10-9-10-|-7-----7-10-7-9-10-9-10--||------------------------|-------------------------|
outro E5 E5 E5 E5 E5E5E5 E5 9/8 7/8 4/4 q. q. q. q. E E Q W|----------------|-------------|------*||----------------|-------------|------*||-9----9----9----|-9----9-9-9--|------*||-9----9----9----|-9----9-9-9--|-2----*||-7----7----7----|-7----7-7-7--|-2----*||----------------|-------------|-0----*|
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
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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
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| - 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
