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ST PATRICKS HYMN
As recorded by John Fahey
(From the 1965 Album THE TRANSFIGURATION OF BLIND JOE DEATH)
Music by John Fahey
Transcribed by Brian Murtagh
Gtr I (E A D G B E)
Moderately Q=117 3/4 Gtr I H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|---------|----------|-----------|------0-----||---------|----------|-----------|-^1------3--||---------|-2-----2--|-^0-----0--|-^0---------||------2--|-2--2-----|-^2--2-----|------------||------2--|-0--------|-^0--------|-^3---------||---------|----------|-----------|------------| H.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H Q|----------|-----------|----------|----------||-1--0-----|-^3-----0--|----0--3--|-1----1---||----0--0--|-^0-----0--|-0-----0--|-0--------||-2--2-----|--------0--|-0-----0--|----------||-3--------|-----------|----------|-3--------||----------|-----3-----|-3--------|----------|
Q Q Q Q E E E E Q Q Q H Q|----------|-------------|----------|----------||-0--------|-------0-1---|----------|-1--------||-0--0-----|-2---2-----2-|-0--------|-0----0---||-2-----2--|-2-----------|----2-----|----------||----------|-------------|-------3--|----------||----------|-------------|----------|----------| H.
Q Q E E H E E H Q H Q|-----------|-0------0-|---------|----------||----0--1-3-|------3---|-1----0--|----------||-2---------|----------|-0-------|-2----2---||-3-----2---|-2--------|---------|-2----2---||-3-----0---|-3--------|-3-------|-0----0---||-----------|----------|---------|----------| H Q
H Q H Q Q Q Q H Q|---------|-----------|--------0--|-----------||---------|-^1----^1--|-1---3-----|-^3----2---||-2----0--|-^0----^0--|-0---------|-^0----0---||-2----0--|-----------|-----------|-^0----0---||-0-------|-^3----^3--|-3---------|-----------||---------|-----------|-----------|-^3----3---| H.
H Q H Q Q Q Q H Q|-----0-|---------|----------|---------||-3---0-|---------|----0--3--|-1----1--||-0-----|-2----2--|-0-----0--|-0----0--||-0-----|-2----2--|-0-----0--|---------||-------|-0----0--|----------|-3----3--||-3-----|---------|-3--------|---------|
H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q|---------|----------|-----------|-----------||-0-------|----------|-----------|-1---------||-0-------|-2-----2--|-^0-----0--|-0-----0---||-2----2--|-2--2-----|-^2--2-----|----2------||---------|-0--------|-^0--------|-3---------||---------|----------|-----------|-----------|
H.=H Q Q E E H E E H Q H Q H.|-----------|-0-------0-|----------|--------|-------*||----0--1-3-|-------3---|-1-----0--|--------|-------*||-2---------|-----------|-0--------|-2----2-|-2-----*||-------2---|-2---------|----------|-2----3-|-2-----*||-------0---|-3---------|-3--------|-0----0-|-0-----*||-----------|-----------|----------|--------|-------*| H Q H. H.
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
