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CONCERNING HOBBITS
As recorded by Howard Shore
(From the 2002 Album THE LORD OF THE RINGS (OST) - THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING)
Transcribed by TimBob
Music by Howard Shore
Arranged by TimBob
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Flute'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Strings'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Fiddle'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Strings 2'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Pizzicato Strings'
Intro
Q=100
D D D
4/4
Gtr I
W W S S Q Q Q T T S H +E E Q
|----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------||----------|----------|------7--10--7--5h7p5-|------------7-10---||----------|----------|--7-9-----------------|--7-----(7)--------||----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------||----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------||----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------|
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| Gtr IV| >| W W W +W|----------|----------|-^2-------------------|-(2)---------------||----------|----------|-^3-------------------|-(3)---------------||----------|----------|-^2-------------------|-(2)---------------||----------|----------|-^0-------------------|-(0)---------------||----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------||----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------|
G D A ~~ Q. E E +E Q Q. S S Q. S S|--7----10-9-(9)-----|---------------------||----------------10--|--7----8p7--5------5-||--------------------|-----------------7---||--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------|
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| Gtr IV| W H H|-^3-----------------|-^2--------^0--------||-^3-----------------|-^3--------^2--------||-^0-----------------|-^2--------^2--------||-^0-----------------|-^0------------------||--------------------|---------------------||--------------------|---------------------|
D D Q Q a S Q +S S. T H +E E Q|-----5------------------|-------------------||--7-----5h7p5--(5)----5-|------------7-10---||-------------------7----|--7-----(7)--------||------------------------|-------------------||------------------------|-------------------||------------------------|-------------------|
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| >| W +W|-^2---------------------|-(2)---------------||-^3---------------------|-(3)---------------||-^2---------------------|-(2)---------------||-^0---------------------|-(0)---------------||------------------------|-------------------||------------------------|-------------------|
G Bm A D D > Q. Q. Q H Q. +S S W +W|--7----5-------|----------------------|----------|--------|||------------7--|--7-----5----(5)-3tr5-|-3--------|-(3)----|||---------------|----------------------|----------|--------|||---------------|----------------------|----------|--------|||---------------|----------------------|----------|--------|||---------------|----------------------|----------|--------||
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| Gtr IV| >| W H H W +W|-^3------------|-^2----^0-------------|-2--------|-(2)----|||-^3------------|-^3----^2-------------|-3--------|-(3)----|||-^0------------|-^4----^2-------------|-2--------|-(2)----|||-^0------------|----------------------|-0--------|-(0)----|||---------------|----------------------|----------|--------|||---------------|----------------------|----------|--------||
Fiddle Section D A Gtr III S S E Q E S E S S S T T S E E Q Q E|-------14------14-----14---|-17h19p17----------------||-15-17---------------------|----------17-15-17-------||---------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------|-------------------------|
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| Gtr II| W W|-^2------------------------|-^0----------------------||-^3------------------------|-^2----------------------||-^2------------------------|-^2----------------------||-^0------------------------|-^2----------------------||---------------------------|-------------------------||---------------------------|-------------------------|
Bm G A A 2/4 S S E E Q S E. S S E Q S S E Q. Q E E|--5-7-9---9--10----7---|-------5-----------|--------9-||-----------------------|--7---------5------|-----10---||-----------------------|-------------------|----------||-----------------------|-------------------|----------||-----------------------|-------------------|----------||-----------------------|-------------------|----------|
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| <| W H H E E E E|-^2--------------------|-^3--------^0------|-0-0--0-0-||-^3--------------------|-^3--------^2------|-2-2--2-2-||-^4--------------------|-^0--------^2------|-2-2--2-2-||-^4--------------------|-^0--------^2------|-2-2--2-2-||-----------------------|-------------------|----------||-----------------------|-------------------|----------|
D G A
4/4
|--3--|
S S E E E Q. S S a S S E E E E E E S S S|-------14---14------17---|-14-15-14--------------------------|||-15-17-------------------|----------17---15-17-14---14-15-14-|||-------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
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| Gtr IV| W H H|-^2----------------------|----^3------------^0---------------|||-^3----------------------|----^3------------^2---------------|||-^2----------------------|----^0------------^2---------------|||-^0----------------------|----^0------------^2---------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
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| Gtr II| W W|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Strings Section 1 Bm G > H. Q W|------------------------|------------------||-12---------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------|
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| W W|-^2---------------------|-^3---------------||-^3---------------------|-^3---------------||-^4---------------------|-^0---------------||-^4---------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------|
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| H. +S S S S Q. H E|-19-------(19)----19-21-|-22----21---------||---------------19-------|-------------22---||------------------------|-19----18---------||------------------------|-------------19---||------------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------|
D A Bm G A Gtr II Q. S S Q. S S H. +E S S H H|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------|||-19----20-19-17----15-17-|-19-------(19)-19-20-|-22----17----|||-------------------------|---------------------|-------------|||-16----17-16-14----12-14-|-16-------(16)-16-17-|-19----14----|||-------------------------|---------------------|-------------|||-------------------------|---------------------|-------------||
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| H H W H H|-^2----------^0----------|-^2------------------|-^3----^0----|||-^3----------^2----------|-^3------------------|-^3----^2----|||-^2----------^2----------|-^4------------------|-^0----^2----|||-^0----------^2----------|-^4------------------|-^0----^2----|||-------------------------|---------------------|-------------|||-------------------------|---------------------|-------------||
Breakdown D Em F#m Gtr III S S Q Q Q E S S Q q q E S S Q. E Q S S H H|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|||------7-----7--7-|--5h7h9--9--9--9-|--7-9-11----11-11--11-11-|--11----------|||--7-9------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
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| >| W W W +W|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|||-15--------------|-17--------------|-19----------------------|-(19)---------|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|||-12--------------|-14--------------|-16----------------------|-(16)---------|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
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| Gtr II| >| W W W +W|-^2--------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|||-^3--------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|||-^2--------------|--9--------------|-11----------------------|-(11)---------|||-^0--------------|--9--------------|-11----------------------|-(11)---------|||-----------------|--7--------------|--9----------------------|--(9)---------|||-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
Strings Section 2 Bm/F# D Gtr II < > < W +H +H W|-10--------|-(10)----(10)----|-5--------||-12--------|-(12)----(12)----|-7--------||-11--------|-(11)----(11)----|-7--------||-----------|-----------------|----------||-----------|-----------------|----------||-----------|-----------------|----------|
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| W W W|-----------|-----------------|----------||-----------|-----------------|----------||-----------|-----------------|----------||-----------|-----------------|----------||-----------|-----------------|----------||-----------|-----------------|----------|
G5 > < > +H +H W W|-(5)----(5)----|----------------------|--------|||-(7)----(7)----|----------------------|--------|||-(7)----(7)----|--12------------------|--------|||---------------|--12------------------|-12-----|||---------------|--10------------------|-12-----|||---------------|----------------------|--------||
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| >| W Q Q E. Q +S +W|---------------|----------------------|--------|||---------------|----------------------|--------|||---------------|-(12)--12--11--9--(9)-|-(9)----|||---------------|----------------------|--------|||---------------|----------------------|--------|||---------------|----------------------|--------||
Section 2 Q=105 D A Bm G A Gtr V Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||-----7---7-----|---------------|---------------|---------------||-----7---7-----|-----7---7-----|-----9---9-----|----5---7------||---------------|-----7---7-----|-----9---9-----|----5---7------||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
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| Gtr IV| Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q|----10--10-----|---------------|---------------|---------------||----10--10-----|----10--10-----|----12--12-----|----8--10------||---------------|-----9---9-----|----11--11-----|----7---9------||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D A Bm G A Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q Q q|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|||-----7---7-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|||-----7---7-----|-----7---7-----|-----9---9-----|----5------7---|||---------------|-----7---7-----|-----9---9-----|----5------7---|||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
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| Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q Q q|----10--10-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|||----10--10-----|----10--10-----|----12--12-----|----8-----10---|||---------------|-----9---9-----|----11--11-----|----7------9---|||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|||---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
Bm Gtr I S E. S E. e S Q S e H e e e|------------------------|-7----------------||-------7------7---------|------------7--10-||-7----------7-----------|---------7--------||------------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------|
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| Gtr IV| < > < >| TP TP TP TP| H. +Q H. +Q|-2----------------(2)---|-2---------(2)----||-3----------------(3)---|-3---------(3)----||-4----------------(4)---|-4---------(4)----||------------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------|
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| Gtr II| W W|------------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------||------------------------|------------------|
D E5 e E e E e E e E e H..|-10---------10----------|-12-------------------------|||-------10---------10----|----------------------------|||------------------------|----------------------------|||------------------------|----------------------------|||------------------------|----------------------------|||------------------------|----------------------------||
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| < > < >| TP TP TP TP| H. +Q H. +Q|-10--------------(10)---|-12------------------(12)---|||--8---------------(8)---|-10------------------(10)---|||--7---------------(7)---|--9-------------------(9)---|||------------------------|----------------------------|||------------------------|----------------------------|||------------------------|----------------------------||
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| W H S S Q.|------------------------|----------------------------|||------------------------|-----------17-19-20---------|||------------------------|----------------------------|||------------------------|-----------14-16-19---------|||------------------------|----------------------------|||------------------------|----------------------------||
Bm Gtr II S S Q. Q. S S H. E S S|-------------------14-17-|-19---------19-21-||-15-17-19----22----------|------------------||-------------------11-14-|-16---------16-18-||-12-14-16----19----------|------------------||-------------------------|------------------||-------------------------|------------------|
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| W W|-^2----------------------|-^2---------------||-^3----------------------|-^3---------------||-^4----------------------|-^4---------------||-^4----------------------|-^4---------------||-------------------------|------------------||-------------------------|------------------|
G Bm A D Q. Q. Q Q. S S Q. S S q q H|-22----21----17--|-14----15-14-12----14-12-|-10--10-------|||-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|||-19----18----14--|-11----12-11--9----11--9-|--7---7-------|||-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|||-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|||-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
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| W H H q q H|-^3--------------|-^2----------^0----------|--------------|||-^3--------------|-^3----------^2----------|--3---3-------|||-^0--------------|-^4----------^2----------|--2---2-------|||-^0--------------|-^4----------^2----------|--0---0-------|||-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|||-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
Fiddle Repeat D A Gtr III S S E Q E S E S S S T T S E E Q Q E|-------14--------14-------14---|-17h19p17-------------------||-15-17-------------------------|----------17-15-17----------||-------------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------|
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| Gtr II| W W|-^2----------------------------|-^0-------------------------||-^3----------------------------|-^2-------------------------||-^2----------------------------|-^2-------------------------||-^0----------------------------|-^2-------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------|
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| Gtr IV| Q q q Q Q q q Q|----------10--10---------------|----------------------------||----------10--10---------------|-------------10----10-------||-------------------------------|--------------9-----9-------||-------------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------||-------------------------------|----------------------------|
Bm G A S S E E Q S E. S S E Q S S E Q S S|--5-7-9----9----10------7---|--------5-----------2---||----------------------------|--7----------5----------||----------------------------|------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------|
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| W H H|-^2-------------------------|-^3---------^0----------||-^3-------------------------|-^3---------^2----------||-^4-------------------------|-^0---------^2----------||-^4-------------------------|-^0---------^2----------||----------------------------|------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------|
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| Q q q Q Q q Q q|----------------------------|------------------------||--------12---12-------------|------8----------10-----||--------11---11-------------|------7-----------9-----||----------------------------|------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------||----------------------------|------------------------|
D A Bm G A e E E Q. E E E H.. W W|--------------------|-9----------------|---------------|---------------|||--3----3-------7-10-|------------------|---------------|---------------|||--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|||--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|||--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|||--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
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| e E E E H W W W|--2----2------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|||--3----3------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|||--2----2------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|||--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|||--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|||--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
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| e E e E H Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q Q q|-10---10------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|||-10---10------------|-------10--10-----|----12--12-----|----8-----10---|||--------------------|--------9---9-----|----11--11-----|----7------9---|||--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|||--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|||--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
Outro Q=80 D Gtr I S S Q Q Q T T S H Q Q|-------------------------|----------------||----5-7--10-----7--5h7p5-|--------7---10--||--7----------------------|--7-------------||-------------------------|----------------||-------------------------|----------------||-------------------------|----------------|
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| < > < >| H +H H +H|-^2---------(2)----------|-^2----(2)------||-^3---------(3)----------|-^3----(3)------||-^2---------(2)----------|-^2----(2)------||-^0---------(0)----------|-^0----(0)------||-------------------------|----------------||-------------------------|----------------|
G ~~ H E. E +S E Q. S S H|--7----10--9-(9)----|-----------------||-----------------10-|--7----8p7--5----||--------------------|-----------------||--------------------|-----------------||--------------------|-----------------||--------------------|-----------------|
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| < > < <| H +H H H|-^3----(3)----------|-^2--------^0----||-^3----(3)----------|-^3--------^2----||-^0----(0)----------|-^2--------^2----||--------------------|-^0--------^2----||--------------------|-----------^0----||--------------------|-----------------|
D S S Q Q Q T T S H Q Q|-------------------------|----------------||----5-7--10-----7--5h7p5-|--------7---10--||--7----------------------|--7-------------||-------------------------|----------------||-------------------------|----------------||-------------------------|----------------|
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| < > < >| H +H H +H|-^2---------(2)----------|-^2----(2)------||-^3---------(3)----------|-^3----(3)------||-^2---------(2)----------|-^2----(2)------||-^0---------(0)----------|-^0----(0)------||-------------------------|----------------||-------------------------|----------------|
H.=H G Bm A Q. Q. Q H Q. +S +T T a|--7----5----------|-------------------------||---------------7--|--7-----5----(5)-(5)-3-5-||------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------|
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| < > < <| H +H H H|-^3-------(3)-----|-^2----^0----------------||-^3-------(3)-----|-^3----^2----------------||-^0-------(0)-----|-^4----^2----------------||-^0-------(0)-----|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------|
D W +W +W|-----------|------------|--------*||--3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*||-----------|------------|--------*||-----------|------------|--------*||-----------|------------|--------*||-----------|------------|--------*|
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| W +W +W|-^2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*||-^3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*||-^2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*||-^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
