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THE KINSLAYER
As recorded by Nightwish
(From the 2000 Album WISHMASTER)
Transcribed by Ivan - (peekaboo104@hotmail.com)
Words and Music by Nightwish
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Emppu'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Keys'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=90
E5 A5 B5 D5 E5
4/4
Gtr I
S S E Q E S S Q E S S E S S Q S S S S
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| Gtr II| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-0-0-7-0-7-8-0-5-7-0-3-5-0-5-7-0-|-8-0-7-----7-5---5---------0-0-0-||---------------------------------|---------7---------8---7---------||---------------------------------|-------7-------7-----7---7-------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
A5 H S S E Q|----------------------------------|||----------------------------------|||-------------------2--------------|||-------------------2--------------|||-------------------0--------------|||----------------------------------||
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-7-0-7-8-0-5-7-0-3-5-0-5-7-0-8-0--|||----------------------------------|||----------------------------------|||----------------------------------|||----------------------------------|||----------------------------------||
B5 D5 G5F#E5 A5 3/4 4/4 S S E S E E E S S S E Q E S S Q|---------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------||---------------------------------||-4-------7-----------||-----------------------2---------||-4-------7-----5-4-2-||-2-2-------------------2---------||-2-------5-----5-4-2-||-2-2-------------------0---------||---------------3-2-0-||-0-0-----------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-7-0---7-5-0-5-3---0-||-0-0-7-0-7-8-0-5-7-0-3-5-0-5-7-0-||-----7-----------7---||---------------------------------||---------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------||---------------------------------|
B5 D5 E5 E S S E S S Q S S S S|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----4-------7---------------------||-----4-------7-------------2-2-2---||-----2-------5-------------2-2-2---||---------------------------0-0-0---|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-8-0-7-----7-5---5---------0-0-0---||---------7---------8---7-----------||-------7-------7-----7---7---------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------|
A5 B5 D5 G5 F#E5 3/4 H S S E Q S S E S E E E S|---------------------------------||-------------------------|||---------------------------------||-------------------------|||-------------------2-------------||-4-------7---------------|||-------------------2-------------||-4-------7-----5-----4-2-|||-------------------0-------------||-2-------5-----5-----4-2-|||---------------------------------||---------------3-----2-0-||
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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 +S E S|-7-0-7-8-0-5-7-0-3-5-0-5-7-0-8-0-||-7-0---7-5-0-5-3-(3)---0-|||---------------------------------||-----7---------------7---|||---------------------------------||-------------------------|||---------------------------------||-------------------------|||---------------------------------||-------------------------|||---------------------------------||-------------------------||
N.C.(B5) 4/4 PM| PM| PM PM PM PM PM S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||-7-----7-----10---9--------7---9----||---7-7---7-7----7---7-10-7---7---7--|
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| W|------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
PM| PM| S S S S S S E E S S S S S S|---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------------------------||---------------9-7---------9---9-||-10-----10---------10-9-10---9---||----7-7----7-7-------------------|
PM| PM| PM PM PM PM PM PM| PM| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|---------------------------------||-----------------------------------|---------------9-7---------9---9-||-7-----7-----10---9--------7---9---|-10-----10---------10-9-10---9---||---7-7---7-7----7---7-10-7---7---7-|----7-7----7-7-------------------|
N.C.(G#5) PM| PM| PM PM PM PM PM PM| PM| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------6-4-------6---6-||-4-----4-----7---6-------4---6---|-7-----7---------7-6-7---6---||---4-4---4-4---4---4-7-4---4---4-|---4-4---4-4-----------------|
PM| PM| PM PM PM PM PM S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||-4-----4-----7---6-------4---6----||---4-4---4-4---4---4-7-4---4---4--|
1st Verse
N.C.(Ab5)
PM| PM| PM--| PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------||---------------------------------||-----------------------------||---------------------------------||-----------------------------||---------------------------------||-------------6-4-------6---6-||---------------------------------||-7-----7---------7-6-7---6---||-4-------4-------4-------7-6-4-3-||---4-4---4-4-----------------||---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---------|
PM--| PM--| PM--------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||-4-------4-------4-------------3--||---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5-3-4-5----|
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| 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 S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-4-------4-------4-------7-6-4-3-|-4-------4-------4-------4-5-6-7-||---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---------|---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---------|
N.C.(D5)
PM--| PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||-4-------4-------4-------7-6-4-3----||---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5------------||------------------------------------|
PM--| PM--| PM--------| PM--| 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 S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-4-------4-------4-------------3-|-4-------4-------4-------7-6-4-3-||---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5-3-4-5---|---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5---------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
PM--| PM--| PM--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------------------------|||------------------------------------|||------------------------------------|||-4-------4-------4-------8-7-6-5----|||---5-4-5---5-4-5---5-4-5------------|||------------------------------------||
Bridge C# G#5 C# PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E Q S S E S S E S S E S S E|-------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------||-------------------------|----------------------|--------------------------||-----6-----6-----6-----6-|-----6-----6-----6----|-----6-----6-----6-----6--||-----6-----6-----6-----6-|-----6-----6-----6-6--|-----6-----6-----6-----6--||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-------------------------|-------------------4--|--------------------------|
C# G5 F# E5 B5 PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| S S E S S E S S E Q S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E Q Q|----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------||----------------------|-------------------------|--------------------||-----6-----6-----6----|-------------------------|----------------4---||-----6-----6-----6-5--|-----4-----4-----4-----4-|-----4-----4-2--4---||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--|-----4-----4-----4-----4-|-----4-----4-2--2---||-------------------3--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-0------|
F#
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM----|
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S S S|-------------------------|---------------------------|||-------------------------|---------------------------|||-------------------------|---------------------------|||-----4-----4-----4-----4-|-----4-----4-----4---------|||-----4-----4-----4-----4-|-----4-----4-----4-8-7-6-5-|||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---------||
N.C.(B5) PM| PM| PM PM PM PM S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-----------------------------------||-7-----7-----10---9--------7---9---||---7-7---7-7----7---7-10-7---7---7-|
PM| PM| PM| PM| PM PM PM PM PM S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------9-7---------9---9-|-----------------------------------||-10-----10---------10-9-10---9---|-7-----7-----10---9--------7---9---||----7-7----7-7-------------------|---7-7---7-7----7---7-10-7---7---7-|
PM| PM| S S S S S S E E S S S S S S|---------------------------------|||---------------------------------|||---------------------------------|||---------------9-7---------9---9-|||-10-----10---------10-9-10---9---|||----7-7----7-7-------------------||
C#5 D5
PM--------------------------------------------| 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 S S E S S E|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------6-----7-||-6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6---6-|-6---6-6---6-6---6-6-6-6-6-7-||-4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-|-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-4-5-||---------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E5
PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------||----------------------------------||----------------------------------||-9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9-9-9--||-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7--||----------------------------------|
G5 A5
PM---------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------||-12-12---12-12---12-12---14-14---14-14-14-14-||-10-10---10-10---10-10---12-12---12-12-12-12-||---------------------------------------------|
E5 D5 C5
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 S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------------------||-9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9-9-9-|-7-7---7-7---7-7---5---5---5---5----||-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|-5-5---5-5---5-5---3---3---3---3----||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E5 G5 A5
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 S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------||-9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9-9-9-|-12-12---12-12---12-12---14-14---14-14-14-14-||-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7-|-10-10---10-10---10-10---12-12---12-12-12-12-||---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
E5
PM------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||-9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9---9-9-9-9----||-7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7---7-7-7-7----||------------------------------------|
D5 B5 E5 D5
PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H. E E|---------------------------------||------------------------------||---------------------------------||------------------------------||---------------------------------||------------------------------||-7-7---7-7---7-7-----------------||-9------------------------7-7-||-5-5---5-5---5-5---9---9---9---9-||-7------------------------5-5-||-------------------7---7---7---7-||------------------------------|
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| Gtr II| W S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|---------------------------------||-7--0-0-7-0-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-5-5-||---------------------------------||------------------------------||---------------------------------||------------------------------||---------------------------------||------------------------------||---------------------------------||------------------------------||---------------------------------||------------------------------|
E5 A5 D5 H. E E|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-9-----------------------------7-----||-7------------------------7----5-----||--------------------------5----------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-7--0-0-7-0-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-8-8-10-10--||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
E5 D5 E5 A5 Eb5 H. E E H E E E E|------------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------||-9------------------------7-7-|-9-------------------8-8-||-7------------------------5-5-|-7---------------7-7-6-6-||------------------------------|-----------------5-5-----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S E E E E|-7--0-0-7-0-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-5-5-|-7-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-8-8-6-6-||------------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------||------------------------------|-------------------------|
E5 D5 H. E E|-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-9------------------------7-7--||-7------------------------5-5--||-------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-7--0-0-7-0-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-5-5--||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
E5 A5 D5 H. E E|------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||-9-----------------------------7----||-7------------------------7----5----||--------------------------5---------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-7--0-0-7-0-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-8-8-10-10-||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------|
E5 D5 E5 A5 Eb5 H. E E H E E E E|------------------------------|---------------------------|||------------------------------|---------------------------|||------------------------------|---------------------------|||-9------------------------7-7-|-9-------------------8-8---|||-7------------------------5-5-|-7---------------7-7-6-6---|||------------------------------|-----------------5-5-------||
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S E E E E|-7--0-0-7-0-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-5-5-|-7-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-8-8-6-6---|||------------------------------|---------------------------|||------------------------------|---------------------------|||------------------------------|---------------------------|||------------------------------|---------------------------|||------------------------------|---------------------------||
2nd Verse N.C.(G#5) PM| PM| PM PM PM PM PM S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S||----------------------------------|||o---------------------------------|||----------------------------------|||----------------------------------|||o-4-----4-----7---6-------4---6---|||----4-4---4-4---4---4-7-4---4---4-|
G#5 PM| PM| S S S S S S E E S S S S S S W +W|-----------------------------|----------|---------|||-----------------------------|----------|--------o|||-----------------------------|----------|---------|||-------------6-4-------6---6-|-6--------|-(6)-----|||-7-----7---------7-6-7---6---|-6--------|-(6)----o|||---4-4---4-4-----------------|-4--------|-(4)-----||
Bridge II
E5 D5
PM------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-9-----------------------7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-||-----------------------------|
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| Gtr II| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-7-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-5-5-||-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-----------------------------|
E5 A5 D5 E5 D5
PM------------------| PM------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------||-9----------------------------7----|-9-----------------------7-7-||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----5----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-||-------------------------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 S S S S E E|-7-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-8-8-10-10-|-7-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-7-0-7-0-5-5-||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
E5 A5Eb5
PM------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|||-9-------------------------8-|||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-|||-------------------------5---||
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| S S S S S S S S E E E E|-7-0-0-7-0-0-7-0-8---8---6-6-|||-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|||-----------------------------||
N.C.(G#5) PM| PM| PM PM PM PM PM PM| PM| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S|---------------------------------|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|-----------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------6-4-------6---6-||-4-----4-----7---6-------4---6---|-7-----7---------7-6-7---6---||---4-4---4-4---4---4-7-4---4---4-|---4-4---4-4-----------------|
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Pre-Chorus
G#5 C#5
PM------------------|
W +W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------|------------||---------------------------------||----------|------------||---------------------------------||----------|------------||---------------------------------||-6--------|-(6)--------||-6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6-6-6-||-6--------|-(6)--------||-4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-||-4--------|-(4)--------||---------------------------------|
E5 F#5
PM-------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||-9-9---9-9---9-9---11-11---11-11-11-11---||-7-7---7-7---7-7----9--9----9--9--9--9---||-----------------------------------------|
C#5 B5 C#5
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 S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|-------------------6---6---6---6-||-6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6-6-6-|-4-4---4-4---4-4---6---6---6---6-||-4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-|-2-2---2-2---2-2---4---4---4---4-||---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C#5
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S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||-6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6-6-6----||-4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4----||------------------------------------|
E5 F#5
PM------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------11---11---11---11-||-9-9---9-9---9-9---11---11---11---11-||-7-7---7-7---7-7----9----9----9----9-||-------------------------------------|
C#5 B5 G#5
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 S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------|------------------------------------|||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|||---------------------------------|------------------------------------|||-6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6-6-6-|-4-4---4-4---4-4---6---6---6---6----|||-4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4---4-4-4-4-|-2-2---2-2---2-2---6---6---6---6----|||---------------------------------|-------------------4---4---4---4----||
Outro
C# G#5
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E Q|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||---------6---------6---------6---------6-|---------6---------6---------6----||---------6---------6---------6---------6-|---------6---------6---------6-6--||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6--||-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------4--|
C#
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||---------6---------6---------6---------6----||---------6---------6---------6---------6----||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||--------------------------------------------|
G5 B
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E Q T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||---------6---------6---------6----|---------4---------4---------4---------4-||---------6---------6---------6-5--|---------4---------4---------4---------4-||-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-------------------------------3--|-----------------------------------------|
E5C5
PM----| PM----| PM----|
T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E E E|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||---------4---------4---------4-------||---------4---------4---------4---5---||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3---||-------------------------------0-----|
B
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E|-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------||---------4---------4---------4---------4-||---------4---------4---------4---------4-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-----------------------------------------|
PM----| PM----| PM----| PM----|
T T T T E T T T T E T T T T E S S S S W|---------------------------------------|------*||---------------------------------------|------*||---------4---------4---------4---------|------*||---------4---------4---------4---------|------*||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-8-7-6-5-|------*||---------------------------------------|------*|
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
