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IF I COULD FLY
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 2000 Album THE DARK RIDE)
Transcribed by /\X/\M
Words and Music by Andi Deris
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Piano Intro Heavy Rock Q=80 2/4 Gtr I S S Q S S Q E E E +S S Q +H S S Q S S|-----------------|-----------|----------------|---------|-----------------||-----------------|-----------|----------------|---------|-----------------||-17-16-----17-16-|-----------|------------16--|-(16)----|-17-16-----17-16-||-----------------|--------17-|---------17-----|---------|-----------------||-------19--------|-19--17----|-19-(19)--------|---------|-------19--------||-----------------|-----------|----------------|---------|-----------------|
Q E E E +S S E S S +S S S +S +Q|-----------|---------------------|------15-19-(19)-(19)-----|||-----------|---------------15-17-|-(17)---------------------|||-----------|------------16-------|--------------------------|||--------17-|---------17----------|--------------------------|||-19--17----|-19-(19)-------------|---------14-------15--17--|||-----------|---------------------|--------------------------|| E E E E
Pre-Verse Gtr I S S Q S S Q E E||-------------------------|----------------------|||o------------------------|----------------------|||--17-16------------17-16-|----------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------17---|||o-------19---------------|-19-------17----------|||-------------------------|----------------------|
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| Gtrs II, III| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S||-------------------------|----------------------|||o------------------------|----------------------|||-------------------------|----------------------|||---7---------7-(7)-------|--5--------5-(5)------|||o--7--7--7-7-7-(7)--7--7-|--5-5-5-5--5-(5)--5-5-|||---5--5--5-5-5-(5)--5--5-|--3-3-3-3--3-(3)--3-3-|
E +S S Q +H|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||--------------16---------|-(16)--------------------||-----------17------------|-------------------------||-19---(19)---------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| PM-| PM|| S S S S S +S S S S S S +S S S S +S|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||--2------------2-(2)-----|--------7-(7)-----7-(7)--||--2-2---2---2--2-(2)-2-2-|--------5-(5)-----5-(5)--||--0-0---0---0--0-(0)-0-0-|---0--0-------0-0--------|
S S Q S S Q E E E +S S E S S|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|----------------------|---------------------15-17-||-17-16------------17-16-|----------------------|--------------16-----------||------------------------|-----------------17---|-----------17--------------||-------19---------------|-19-------17----------|-19---(19)-----------------||------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------|
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| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S|------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|----------------------|---------------------------||--7---------7-(7)-------|--5--------5-(5)------|--2------------2-(2)-------||--7--7--7-7-7-(7)--7--7-|--5-5-5-5--5-(5)--5-5-|--2-2---2---2--2-(2)--2--2-||--5--5--5-5-5-(5)--5--5-|--3-3-3-3--3-(3)--3-3-|--0-0---0---0--0-(0)--0--0-|
+S S S +S +Q S S Q S S Q E E|------15-19-(19)-(19)-----------||-----------------|-----------|||-(17)--------------------------o||-----------------|-----------|||--------------------------------||-17-16-----17-16-|-----------|||--------------------------------||-----------------|--------17-|||------------------15----17-----o||-------19--------|-19--17----|||--------------------------------||-----------------|-----------||| Q E E
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| PM-| PM-|| S S S +S S S S +S H H|--------------------------------||-----------------|-----------|||-------------------------------o||-----------------|-----------|||--------------------------------||-----------------|-----------|||----------9--(9)---------9-(9)--||-----------------|-----------|||----------7--(7)---------7-(7)-o||-----------------|-----------|||---0---0-----------0--0---------||-----------------|-----------||
Verse $ Gtrs II, III S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S||--------------------|-------------------|||o-------------------|-------------------|||--------------------|-------------------|||--7-------7-(7)-----|-5-------5-(5)-----|||o-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|||--5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-|
PM| PM| S S S S S +S S S S S S +S S S S +S|-------------------|----------------------||-------------------|----------------------||-------------------|----------------------||-2-------2-(2)-----|-----7-(7)-----7-(7)--||-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-|-----5-(5)-----5-(5)--||-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|-0-0-------0-0--------|
S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S|-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-------------------|-------------------||-7-------7-(7)-----|-5-------5-(5)-----||-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-||-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-|
1. PM| PM| S S S S S +S S S S S S +S S S S +S|-------------------|----------------------|||-------------------|---------------------o|||-------------------|----------------------|||-2-------2-(2)-----|-----9-(9)-----9-(9)--|||-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-|-----7-(7)-----7-(7)-o|||-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|-0-0-------0-0--------||
2.
1/4
PM--------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q +Q|-----------------|------------|------|||-----------------|------------|------|||-----------------|------------|------|||-2---------------|---------7--|-(7)--|||-2-2-2-2---------|---------5--|-(5)--|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0----|------||
Chorus 2/4 Gtr I S S Q S S Q E E E +S S Q||-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|||o------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|||--17-16------------17-16-|----------------------|--------------16---------|||-------------------------|-----------------17---|-----------17------------|||o-------19---------------|-19-------17----------|-19---(19)---------------|||-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|
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| Gtrs II, III| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S||-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|||o------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|||-------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|||---7---------7-(7)-------|--5--------5-(5)------|--2------------2-(2)-----|||o--7--7--7-7-7-(7)--7--7-|--5-5-5-5--5-(5)--5-5-|--2-2---2---2--2-(2)-2-2-|||---5--5--5-5-5-(5)--5--5-|--3-3-3-3--3-(3)--3-3-|--0-0---0---0--0-(0)-0-0-|
+H S S Q S S|------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||-(16)-------------------|-17-16------------17-16--||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------19----------------||------------------------|-------------------------|
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| PM-| PM|| S S S +S S S S +S S S S S S +S S S|------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------||--------7-(7)-----7-(7)-|--7---------7-(7)--------||--------5-(5)-----5-(5)-|--7--7--7-7-7-(7)--7--7--||---0--0-------0-0-------|--5--5--5-5-5-(5)--5--5--|
1. Q E E E +S S E S S +S S S +S +Q|----------------------|---------------------------|------15-19-(19)-(19)-----------|||----------------------|---------------------15-17-|-(17)--------------------------o|||----------------------|--------------16-----------|--------------------------------|||-----------------17---|-----------17--------------|--------------------------------|||-19-------17----------|-19---(19)-----------------|------------------15----17-----o|||----------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------||| Q E E
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| PM-| PM-|| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S +S S S S +S|----------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|||----------------------|---------------------------|-------------------------------o|||----------------------|---------------------------|--------------------------------|||--5--------5-(5)------|--2------------2-(2)-------|----------9--(9)---------9-(9)--|||--5-5-5-5--5-(5)--5-5-|--2-2---2---2--2-(2)--2--2-|----------7--(7)---------7-(7)-o|||--3-3-3-3--3-(3)--3-3-|--0-0---0---0--0-(0)--0--0-|---0---0-----------0--0---------||
2. To Coda D.S. al Coda S S S +S +Q S S Q S S Q E E|------15-19-(19)-(19)----------|-----------------|-----------|||-(17)--------------------------|-----------------|-----------|||-------------------------------|-17-16-----17-16-|-----------|||-------------------------------|-----------------|--------17-|||------------------15----17-----|-------19--------|-19--17----|||-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------||| Q E E
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| PM-| PM-|| S S S +S S S S +S W W|-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|||-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|||-------------------------------|-----------------|-----------|||----------9--(9)---------9-(9)-|-----------------|-----------|||----------7--(7)---------7-(7)-|-----------------|-----------|||---0---0-----------0--0--------|-----------------|-----------||
Guitar Solo & Gtr II ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H +Q Q Q Q|------|-----------||----------------------------||------|-----------||--8-----------8-------------||------|-----------||-10b12-------10b12==========||-7----|-(7)--12\--||----------------------------||-5----|-(5)--10\--||----------------------------||------|-----------||----------------------------|
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| Gtr III| H +Q Q S S S S S +S S S|------|-----------||----------------------------||------|-----------||----------------------------||------|-----------||----------------------------||-7----|-(7)--12\--||--7-----------7-----(7)-----||-5----|-(5)--10\--||--7----7-7-7--7-----(7)-7-7-||------|-----------||--5----5-5-5--5-----(5)-5-5-|
~~~~~~~ ~~ +Q S +S T T T T E +S S Q|-------------------------------------|--------------------------||--(8)--------------------------------|--------------------------||-(10)r-------------------------------|--------------------------||-------------12b14==(12)rp10h12p10s9-|-10---(10)-12-------------||-------------------------------------|--------------12----------||-------------------------------------|--------------------------|
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| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S|-------------------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------------------|--------------------------||---7----------7------(7)-------------|--3------------3-(3)------||---7---7-7-7--7------(7)---7-----7---|--3-3---3---3--3-(3)-3-3--||---5---5-5-5--5------(5)---5-----5---|--1-1---1---1--1-(1)-1-1--|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ +Q +E S S S S S S S S S S S E +Q T T|----------------------|---------------------|------------------------||----------------------|---------------------|-------------------10---||----------------------|-4b5-----------------|----------------------9-||------------------5-7-|-----7-5-------------|------------------------||-(12)-------(12)------|---------7-6--5------|------------------------||----------------------|-----------------8-5-|-3s5---(5)--------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S|----------------------|---------------------|------------------------||----------------------|---------------------|------------------------||----------------------|---------------------|------------------------||---3------------------|-7---------7-(7)-----|-7---------7-(7)--------||---3--3-3-3---3s5-5-5-|-7---7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|-7-7-7--7--7-(7)-7--7---||---1--1-1-1---1s3-3-3-|-5---5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|-5-5-5--5--5-(5)-5--5---|
E +S T T E +S T T E +S T T E +S T T|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||-12---(12)-10-9-10-----(10)-9----|-9---(9)------------------------||------------------------------12-|---------12-10-12---(12)-12s17--||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|--------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||---------------------------------|--------------------------------||--3--------------3-(3)-----------|-3------------------------------||--3-3---3---3----3-(3)---3--3----|-3-3--3---3-----3s5---5---5-----||--1-1---1---1----1-(1)---1--1----|-1-1--1---1-----1s3---3---3-----|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H +Q. T T T T|-15-----------------|-(15)-------------15---17----||--------------------|--------------------------17p||--------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------|-----------------------------|
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| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S|--------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------|-----------------------------||--------------------|-----------------------------||--7-------7-(7)-----|---7--------7-(7)------------||--7-7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-|---7--7-7-7-7-(7)--7----7----||--5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-|---5--5-5-5-5-(5)--5----5----|
Q S S E +Q +E S S|----------------------|--------------------------||-15-------15-17-------|--------------------/8-10-||-----------------14---|-(14)-------(14)\---------||----------------------|--------------------------||----------------------|--------------------------||----------------------|--------------------------|
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| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------|--------------------------||----------------------|--------------------------||----------------------|--------------------------||--3--------3-(3)------|---3----------------------||--3-3-3-3--3-(3)--3-3-|---3--3-3-3---3s==5--5--5-||--1-1-1-1--1-(1)--1-1-|---1--1-1-1---1s==3--3--3-|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ S S S S S S S S +Q +E +S S|-8------8--------8----|---------------------------(5)S||---10-----10-------10-|-(10)-------(10)-----(10)\-----||------9-------9-------|-------------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------------|
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| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S|----------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------------||----------------------|-------------------------------||-7---------7-(7)------|---7----------7--(7)-----------||-7--7-7-7--7-(7)-7--7-|---7--7-7-7---7--(7)---7----7--||-5--5-5-5--5-(5)-5--5-|---5--5-5-5---5--(5)---5----5--|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
s s s S +Q S S S S S S S S S S S S|-12-13-15-15b17==(15)r========|=15-12-------------------------------|||------------------------------|-------15-13-12-15-13-12----13-12----|||------------------------------|-------------------------14-------12-|||------------------------------|-------------------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
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| S S S S S +S S S Q Q|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|||------------------------------|-------------------------------------|||------------------------------|--5-----------------7----------------|||--3----------------3--(3)-----|--5-----------------7----------------|||--3--3--3--3-------3--(3)-3-3-|--3-----------------5----------------|||--1--1--1--1-------1--(1)-1-1-|-------------------------------------||
Bridge
Gtrs II, III
~~ PM------|
Q +S S E +Q +S S E +H S S S S S S +E|-------------|--------------|--------|-----------------||-------------|--------------|--------|-----------------||-14----------|--------------|--------|-----------------||--7--(7)---5-|-(5)--(5)---3-|-(3)----|-----------5-(5)-||--7--(7)---5-|-(5)--(5)---3-|-(3)----|-3-3-3-3-3-5-(5)-||--5--(5)---3-|-(3)--(3)---1-|-(1)----|-1-1-1-1-1-3-(3)-|
Gtr II Q +S S E +Q +S S E +H|------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------||------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------||------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------||-7--(7)---5-|-(5)--(5)---3-|-(3)-------------------------------------||-7--(7)---5-|-(5)--(5)---3-|-(3)-------------------------------------||-5--(5)---3-|-(3)--(3)---1-|-(1)-------------------------------------|
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| Gtr III| Q +S S E +Q +S S E S S S S a S S a S S a|------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------||------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------||------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------||-7--(7)---5-|-(5)--(5)---3-|--9---9--9--9--(9)s10-10-(10)s14-14-(14)s||-7--(7)---5-|-(5)--(5)---3-|-10--10-10-10-(10)s12-12-(12)s15-15-(15)s||-5--(5)---3-|-(3)--(3)---1-|-----------------------------------------|
+H Q +S S E +Q +S E.|-------------------------|---------------|-----------------|||-------------------------|---------------|-----------------|||-------------------------|---------------|-----------------|||-(3)---------------------|--7---(7)----5-|--(5)---(5)------|||-(3)---------------------|--7---(7)----5-|--(5)---(5)------|||-(1)---------------------|--5---(5)----3-|--(3)---(3)------||
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| S S a S S +Q Q +S S E +Q +S E.|-------------------------|---------------|-----------------|||-------------------------|---------------|-----------------|||-------------------------|---------------|-----------------|||-12--12-(12)s=9--9--(9)--|-10--(10)----9-|--(9)---(9)------|||-14--14-(14)s10-10-(10)--|-12--(12)---10-|-(10)--(10)------|||-------------------------|---------------|-----------------||
Out-Chorus Gtr I S S Q S S Q E E||-------------------------|----------------------|||o------------------------|----------------------|||--17-16------------17-16-|----------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------17---|||o-------19---------------|-19-------17----------|||-------------------------|----------------------|
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| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S||-------------------------|----------------------|||o------------------------|----------------------|||-------------------------|----------------------|||---7---------7-(7)-------|--5--------5-(5)------|||o--7--7--7-7-7-(7)--7--7-|--5-5-5-5--5-(5)--5-5-|||---5--5--5-5-5-(5)--5--5-|--3-3-3-3--3-(3)--3-3-|
E +S S Q +H|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||--------------16---------|-(16)--------------------||-----------17------------|-------------------------||-19---(19)---------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
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| PM-| PM|| S S S S S +S S S S S S +S S S S +S|-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------|-------------------------||--2------------2-(2)-----|--------7-(7)-----7-(7)--||--2-2---2---2--2-(2)-2-2-|--------5-(5)-----5-(5)--||--0-0---0---0--0-(0)-0-0-|---0--0-------0-0--------|
S S Q S S Q E E|------------------------|----------------------||------------------------|----------------------||-17-16------------17-16-|----------------------||------------------------|-----------------17---||-------19---------------|-19-------17----------||------------------------|----------------------|
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| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S|------------------------|----------------------||------------------------|----------------------||------------------------|----------------------||--7---------7-(7)-------|--5--------5-(5)------||--7--7--7-7-7-(7)--7--7-|--5-5-5-5--5-(5)--5-5-||--5--5--5-5-5-(5)--5--5-|--3-3-3-3--3-(3)--3-3-|
E +S S E S S +S S S +S +Q 4x|---------------------------|------15-19-(19)-(19)-----------|||---------------------15-17-|-(17)--------------------------o|||--------------16-----------|--------------------------------|||-----------17--------------|--------------------------------|||-19---(19)-----------------|------------------15----17-----o|||---------------------------|--------------------------------||| Q E E
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| PM-| PM-|| S S S S S +S S S S S S +S S S S +S 4x|---------------------------|--------------------------------|||---------------------------|-------------------------------o|||---------------------------|--------------------------------|||--2------------2-(2)-------|----------9--(9)---------9-(9)--|||--2-2---2---2--2-(2)--2--2-|----------7--(7)---------7-(7)-o|||--0-0---0---0--0-(0)--0--0-|---0---0-----------0--0---------||
S S Q S S Q E E|------------------------|----------------------||------------------------|----------------------||-17-16------------17-16-|----------------------||------------------------|-----------------17---||-------19---------------|-19-------17----------||------------------------|----------------------|
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| S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S S S|------------------------|----------------------||------------------------|----------------------||------------------------|----------------------||--7---------7-(7)-------|--5--------5-(5)------||--7--7--7-7-7-(7)--7--7-|--5-5-5-5--5-(5)--5-5-||--5--5--5-5-5-(5)--5--5-|--3-3-3-3--3-(3)--3-3-|
E +S S Q +H|-------------------------|------------------------*||-------------------------|------------------------*||--------------16---------|-(16)-------------------*||-----------17------------|------------------------*||-19---(19)---------------|------------------------*||-------------------------|------------------------*|
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| PM-| PM|| S S S S S +S S S S S S +S S S S +S|-------------------------|------------------------*||-------------------------|------------------------*||-------------------------|------------------------*||--2------------2-(2)-----|--------7-(7)-----7-(7)-*||--2-2---2---2--2-(2)-2-2-|--------5-(5)-----5-(5)-*||--0-0---0---0--0-(0)-0-0-|---0--0-------0-0-------*|
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
