Iced Earth: Overture
transcribed by: Russ Elton (webmaster@abysslord.com)
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Date last modified: 08/22/07
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Tuning: Eb
Guitars 1 & 2 are violins arranged for guitar
Guitar 3 is an electric clean guitar
Riff 1Guitar 1eb|---------------------------|Bb|---------------------------|Gb|------------------10~--9~--|Db|-7~--9~--10~--7~-----------|Ab|---------------------------|Eb|---------------------------|
eb|-----------------|Bb|-----------------|Gb|-9~----7~----7~--|Db|-----------------|Ab|-----------------|Eb|-----------------|
eb|---------------------------|Bb|---------------------------|Gb|------------------10~--9~--|Db|-7~--9~--10~--7~-----------|Ab|---------------------------|Eb|---------------------------|
Riff 2Guitar 1eb|---------------------------|Bb|---------------------------|Gb|------------------10~--9~--|Db|-7~--9~--10~--7~-----------|Ab|---------------------------|Eb|---------------------------|
eb|------------------|Bb|------------------|Gb|-9~----10~----7~--|Db|------------------|Ab|------------------|Eb|------------------|
eb|----------------------|Bb|----------------------|Gb|-9~--------10~----9~--|Db|----------------------|Ab|----------------------|Eb|----------------------|
eb|------------------|Bb|------------------|Gb|-9~----10~----7~--|Db|------------------|Ab|------------------|Eb|------------------|
Guitar 2eb|-----------------------------|Bb|-----------------------------|Gb|--[silent for two measures]--|Db|-----------------------------|Ab|-----------------------------|Eb|-----------------------------|
eb|----------------------|Bb|----------------------|Gb|--------------7~------|Db|-7~--9~--10~------8~--|Ab|----------------------|Eb|----------------------|
eb|-----------------------------------|Bb|-----------------------------------|Gb|---------------------------7~------|Db|-7~--9~--10~--7~--8~--10~------8~--|Ab|-----------------------------------|Eb|-----------------------------------|
eb|----------------------|Bb|----------------------|Gb|--------------7~------|Db|-7~--9~--10~------8~--|Ab|----------------------|Eb|----------------------|
Guitar 3 x4eb|-------------------------------|Bb|-------------------------------|Gb|-------------------------------|Db|-------------------------------|Ab|---5---8--7----------5---7--8--|Eb|-5---5-------------6---6-------|
Riff 3Guitar 1 x2eb|---------------------------|Bb|---------------------------|Gb|---------------15~----14~--|Db|-12~----15~----------------|Ab|---------------------------|Eb|---------------------------|
Guitar 2 x2eb|-----------------------------------------|Bb|-----------------------------------------|Gb|-----------------------------------------|Db|-12--14--15--14--12--10--10-12-10-10/12--|Ab|-----------------------------------------|Eb|-----------------------------------------|
Riff 4Guitar 1eb|-----------------------------------------|Bb|-----------------------------------------|Gb|---------------------12~-----------------|Db|-14~--12~--15~--14~-------15~--14~--12~--|Ab|-----------------------------------------|Eb|-----------------------------------------|
eb|-----------------------------------------|Bb|-----------------------------------------|Gb|-------------------------------12~-------|Db|-12~--10~--13~--12~--15---13~-------15~--|Ab|-----------------------------------------|Eb|-----------------------------------------|
eb|-----------------------------------------|Bb|-----------------------------------------|Gb|---------------------12~-----------------|Db|-14~--12~--15~--14~-------15~--14~--12~--|Ab|-----------------------------------------|Eb|-----------------------------------------|
eb|-----------------------------------------|Bb|-----------------------------------------|Gb|-------------------------------12~-------|Db|-12~--10~--13~--12~--15---13~-------15~--|Ab|-----------------------------------------|Eb|-----------------------------------------|
Repeat the above 2x then final note is:eb|-------|Bb|-------|Gb|-------|Db|--14~--|Ab|-------|Eb|-------|
Guitar 2 (Silent the first play through)eb|---------------------------------------|Bb|---------------------------------------|Gb|---------------------9~----------------|Db|-10~--9~--12~--10~-------12~--10~--8~--|Ab|---------------------------------------|Eb|---------------------------------------|
eb|--------------------------------------|Bb|--------------------------------------|Gb|------------------------------8~--7~--|Db|-----------8~-------12~--10~----------|Ab|-12~--10~------12~--------------------|Eb|--------------------------------------|
Repeat the above, no extra final note.
Guitar 3 (Delay effect)eb|-------------------|Bb|-------------------|Gb|-------------------|Db|-------------------|Ab|----7-----------8--|Eb|-5-----------5-----|
eb|-------------------|Bb|-------------------|Gb|-------------------|Db|-------------------|Ab|----5-----------6--|Eb|-3-----------3-----|
Repeat the above 2x, then end with:eb|-------|Bb|-------|Gb|-------|Db|-------|Ab|----7--|Eb|-5-----|
Notation:
10^ = bend a quarter step.
10b11 = bend a half step.
10b12 = bend a full step.
10b12r10 = bend and release.
[10]12 = pre-bend.
[10]12r10 = pre-bend and release.
{14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the most
previous bend.
<17> = touch the string above the 17th fret while
previous note(s) is(are) still ringing.
10b13* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 13th fret.
7d4* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 4th fret.
12~* = tremolo bar vibrato.
x = mute with fret-hand
* = palm mute
X\\ = pick slide
h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
~ = vibrato
t = finger tap
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
h. = natural harmonics
a = artificial harmonics
(9) = ghost note
tm = trem picking
tr = trill
