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EVEN LESS
As recorded by Porcupine Tree
(From the 1999 Album STUPID DREAM)
Transcribed by new_noise
Words and Music by Steven Wilson
Arranged by Porcupine Tree
Asus2
x 0 2 2 0 0
Fmaj7/A
x 0 3 2 1 0
C
x 3 2 0 1 0
Bbsus2
x 1 3 3 1 1
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Slide Gtr'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Dist Gtr I'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Dist Gtr II'
Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Lead Gtr'
Gtr V (D A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Gtr'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=63
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
Wx9
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Dsus4 4/4 H. E E E. S +E E S S +E E E|-------------|--------------------------||-------------|----------7S8s7-(7)-------||-------------|----7-(7)-----------7-(7)S||-----------5s|=7---------------------7S=||-------------|--------------------------||-------------|--------------------------|
Bb C G A 2/4 E +S S +E E +Q E. S +E. S S E.|------------------------------|-----------------||-^3-(3)s5-(5)s12-(12)------12-|-(12)----12s14\--||-^3-(3)s5-(5)s12-(12)---------|------12-12s14\--||-^3-(3)s5-(5)s12-(12)--12-----|---------12s14\--||------------------------------|-----------------||------------------------------|-----------------|
Dsus4 Bb C D5 F5G5 4/4 E. S +E E S S +E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H a|----------------------------|-------------------|--------------------||-----------7S8s7-(7)---(7)\-|-3-----------5-----|--------------------||-----7-(7)-----------7-(7)\-|---3---3s5-5-------|--------------------||-/7---------------------7\--|-----3-3s5---------|-----(5)-5-(5)s===x-||----------------------------|---------------(0)-|-3s5--5--5-(5)s===x-||----------------------------|----------------0--|-3s5--5--5-(5)s===x-|
Dsus4 4/4 E. S +E E S S +E E E|---------------------------||-----------7S8s7-(7)-------||-----7-(7)-----------7-(7)S||-/7---------------------7S=||---------------------------||---------------------------|
Bb C F G A 2/4 E +S S +S S E Q E E +S S S S S E.|------------------------------|--------------------------|||-^3-(3)s5-(5)s10-10s12-----12-|-(12)-----------12s==14\--|||-^3-(3)s5-(5)s10-10s12--------|------12----12--12s==14\--|||-^3-(3)s5-(5)s10-10s12--12----|---------12----(12)s(14)\-|||------------------------------|--------------------------|||------------------------------|--------------------------||
Pre Verse
$
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D Bb5 C5 G5 G5A5 D5
4/4
Gtr II
E. S S S S S E S S +S S E +H. S S +S S
||---------------------------------------|-----------------------||||o--------------------------------------|----------------------o||||--7----7-7-7-7-------------------------|-----------------------||||--7----7-7-7-7p=0-8------10-(10)-10\-5-|-(5)------5-7-(7)------||||o-5----5-5-5-5p=0-8--(0)-10-(10)-10\-5-|-(5)------5-7-(7)--0--o||||--0----0-0-0------8---0--10-(10)-10\-5-|-(5)------5-7-(7)--0---||
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| Gtr III| E S S S S E E. S +E E +H. S S +S S||---------------------------------------|-----------------------||||o----7---8p7---------------------------|----------------------o||||--7----7-----7\---3-------5--(5)-------|-----------------------||||--7---------------3-------5--(5)-----5-|-(5)------5-7-(7)------||||o-5---------------1-------3--(3)-----5-|-(5)------5-7-(7)-(0)-o||||-------------------------------------5-|-(5)------5-7-(7)--0---||
D Bb5 C5 G5 Gtr II E. S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-7----7--7-------7----7--------------------------------------||-7----7--7-------7----7p==0--8--------------10-(10)10\--5----||-5----5--5-------5----5p==0--8----------(0)-10-(10)10\--5----||-0----0--0-------0-----------8-----------0--10-(10)10\--5----|
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| Gtr III| E S S S S E E. S +E E|-------------------------------------------------------------||----7----8p======7-------------------------------------------||-7----7---------------7\-----3---------------5--(5)----------||-7---------------------------3---------------5--(5)-----5----||-5---------------------------1---------------3--(3)-----5----||--------------------------------------------------------5----|
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| Gtr IV| Q S +S +S S S +S S S S S S S|--------14b15==(14)r(14)-------------------------------------||-------------------------15-17b18==(17)r17--15--13h15--------||--------11b12==(11)r(11)-------------------------------14s12-||-------------------------12-14b15==(14)r14--12--10h12--------||-------------------------------------------------------12s10-||-------------------------------------------------------------| Q S +S +S S S +S S S S S S S
G5A5 D5 +H. S S +S S|--------------------------|||--------------------------|||--------------------------|||--(5)---------5-7-(7)-----|||--(5)---------5-7-(7)--0--|||--(5)---------5-7-(7)--0--||
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| +H. S S +S S|--------------------------|||--------------------------|||--------------------------|||--(5)---------5-7-(7)-----|||--(5)---------5-7-(7)-(0)-|||--(5)---------5-7-(7)--0--||
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| ~~~~~~~~| +Q H.|--------------------------|||--------------------------|||-(12)--12-----------------|||--------------------------|||-(10)--10-----------------|||--------------------------|| +Q H.
D Bb5 C5 G5 Gtr II E. S S S S S E S S +S S E|-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-7----7--7-------7----7--------------------------------------||-7----7--7-------7----7p==0--8--------------10-(10)10\--5----||-5----5--5-------5----5p==0--8----------(0)-10-(10)10\--5----||-0----0--0-------0-----------8-----------0--10-(10)10\--5----|
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| Gtr III| E S S S S E E. S +E E|-------------------------------------------------------------||----7----8p======7-------------------------------------------||-7----7---------------7\-----3---------------5--(5)----------||-7---------------------------3---------------5--(5)-----5----||-5---------------------------1---------------3--(3)-----5----||--------------------------------------------------------5----|
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| Gtr IV| Q S +S +S S S +S S S S S S S|--------14b15==(14)r(14)-------------------------------------||-------------------------15-17b18==(17)r17--15--13h15--------||--------11b12==(11)r(11)-------------------------------14s12-||-------------------------12-14b15==(14)r14--12--10h12--------||-------------------------------------------------------12s10-||-------------------------------------------------------------| Q S +S +S S S +S S S S S S S
To Coda To Coda BbA5 +H. S E.|-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|||--(5)-------------------8-7--|||--(5)-------------------8-7--|||--(5)-------------------8-7--||
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| +H. S E.|-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|||--(5)-------------------8-7--|||--(5)-------------------8-7--|||--(5)-------------------8-7--||
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| ~~~~| +E a E E E +H|-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|||-(12)-12s14------------------|||------------15-12-(12)-------|||-(10)-10s12------------------|||------------15-12-(12)-------|| +E a E E E +H
Dsus2/A Gtr V E S S E S S +S S E S S S S|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-----------------------------|
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| Gtrs II, III| >| H +H|-----------------------------||-----------------------------||-7-----------(7)-------------||-7-----------(7)-------------||-5-----------(5)-------------||-0-----------(0)-------------|
Bbsus2 Cadd9 E S S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S E S S +S S E S S S S|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
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| W W|-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G5 E S S E S S +S S E S S S S|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)-x-x-x-x-x-x-||-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
Verse I Dsus2/A Bbsus2 E S S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S E S S +S S E S S S S||--0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|||--2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|||--0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|||------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Cadd9 G5 E S S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S E S S +S S E S S S S|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3--|||-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0--|||-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0--|||-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)-x-x-x-x-x-x-o|||-----------------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Chorus I Asus2 E S S E S S +S S E S S S S|-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0---||-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0---||-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2---||-||--2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2---||-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0---||-||--------------------------------|
1. 2. D.S. al Coda Fmaj7/A Fmaj7/A C Bbsus2 E S S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S H.|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-----|||-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-o||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-----|||-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-----|||-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-3-----|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-----|||------------------------------||-------------------------|-------------||
Verse II & Dsus2/A Gtr V E S S E S S +S S E S S S S||--0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|||--2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-|||--0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-|||------------------------------|
Bbsus2 Cadd9 E S S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S E S S +S S E S S S S|-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0---||-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3---||-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0---||-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2---||-1-1-1-1-1-1-(1)-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3---||-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
G5 W E S S E S S +S S E S S S S|-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3--|||-3-3-3-3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-3-3-o|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0--|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0--|||-x-x-x-x-x-x-(x)-x-x-x-x-x-x-o|||-5-5-5-5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
Chorus II
Asus2 Fmaj7/A
Gtr V
E S S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S E S S +S S E S S S S
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I Q +H. W|-^0-----(0)--------------------|-^-0--------------------------||-^2-----(2)S===================|=^10--------------------------||-^2-----(2)S===================|=^10--------------------------||-^2-----(2)S===================|=^10--------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------|
Asus2
E S S E S S +S S E S S S S
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q +H.|-^0-----(0)--------------------||-^2-----(2)S===================||-^2-----(2)S===================||-^2-----(2)S===================||-------------------------------||-------------------------------|
D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda
Fmaj7/A C Bbsus2
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S H.
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/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q +Q Q. +E W|-^-0-----------------------------|--------------|||-^10-----(10)s====5--------(5)s==|=^3-----------|||-^10-----(10)s====5--------(5)s==|=^3-----------|||-^10-----(10)s====5--------(5)s==|=^3-----------|||---------------------------------|--------------|||---------------------------------|--------------||
Breakdown
&&
N.C.(D5)
3/4
Gtrs II, III
S S E E S S Q S S E E S S Q
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o / / / / / / /
Gtr IV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ H. +E +E E E Q|------------------|------------------------||------------------|------------------------||------------------|------------------------||-12---------------|-(12)---(12)s(x)--------||------------------|-------------(x)--------||------------------|------------------------|
Guitar Solo I
S S E E S S Q S S E E S S Q
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/ / / / / / / /
W 3x Q. E +Q||------------------||-------------------------|||o----------------o||----------15b17====(15)--|||------------------||-------------------------|||------------------||-------------------------|||o----------------o||-------------------------|||------------------||-------------------------|
S S E E S S Q S S E E S S Q
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/ / / / / / / /
~~ +Q a +S a S E a +S +E. +Q. +S S +E E|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------||-(15)-----(15)r(15)s18-------15b17==(15)r(15)-|-(15)-------(15)-13-(13)----||----------------------------------------------|-------------------------10-||----------------------------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------------------------|----------------------------||----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
S S E E S S Q S S E E S S Q
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/ / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~ T T S +Q. Q +E a +S +S a +S +S +S +S +S +E.|---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------||-9h10-9-(9)-------9--|-(9)---(9)b10==(9)r(9)-(9)b10==(9)r(9)b10r(9)-(9)-(9)b10r(9)-||---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
S S E E S S Q S S E E S S Q
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/ / / / / / / /
~~~ +E E +S S. S. S S E +E E +Q. S S|------------------------------------|-----------------------------||------------------------------------|-----------------------------||-(9)--------------------------------|--------------------------17-||-------12-(12)-10---------------/12-|-(12)---12-(12)-------/19----||---------------------12----10s8-----|-----------------------------||------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
S S E E S S Q S S E E S S Q
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/ / / / / / / /
~~~~ H. +E. S +S S +Q.|---------------------|-------------------------------||-(17)----------------|-(17)-----20-(20)-18-(18)------||--19b21--------------|-(19)--------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------------||---------------------|-------------------------------|
S S E E S S Q
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/ / / /
~~~~~~~~TP~
|--3--| |--3--|
+Q E. T T T S T T T E|----------------17-17-17----20-20-20-17-||-(18)-----18-------------20-------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------||----------------------------------------|
Guitar Solo II
S S E E S S Q W W
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/ / / /
~~~~~ +H. +Q E +Q. +S. T E H|-(17)--------------||-(17)----------------|------------------||-------------------||-------13b15==(13)---|-(13)r13p10-------||-------------------||---------------------|------------12----||-------------------||---------------------|------------------||-------------------||---------------------|------------------||-------------------||---------------------|------------------|
~~~~ ~~
|--3---|
+Q +E E E Q +H +E. S +E +S +S H|---------------------|-----------------|-----------------------||---------------------|-----------------|-----------------------||-(12)--(12)-14-10-9--|-(9)----(9)-9b10r|=(9)b10==(9)r(9)-------||---------------------|-----------------|-----------------12----||---------------------|-----------------|-----------------------||---------------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
~~~~
|--3---| |----3----| |----3-----|
+E +S S S +S S S +S S E S +S S|---------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------17b18r(17)p15-||-----------10h12-(12)b13r10------------------------------||-(12)-(12)------------------h(12)-(12)-------------------||---------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~
|--3--|
E S S E S S S S +E. +H Q|-------------------------------|-------------||----15-------18h20-20-(20)b22==|=(20)r-------||-17----------------------------|-------------||-------------------------------|-------------||-------------------------------|-------------||-------------------------------|-------------|
~~~~~
|----3-----| |---3----|
H E E a E +S +E +T T T E. +S +Q|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------||--------15-(15)s17-|-(17)b18==(17)r(17)p(15)p13h15--(15)b17==(15)--||-------------------|-----------------------------------------------||-------------------|-----------------------------------------------||-------------------|-----------------------------------------------||-------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ ~~~~ +Q S S +S +S +S a S +E|-------------------------------------------------------||-(15)r----20b22==(20)r-(20)pb23==(20)-(20)r20b22==(20)-||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------|
~~ Q +E a E Q Wx4 W W|---------------------|----------|--------|------*||-20--(20)r(20)\------|----------|--------|------*||---------------------|----------|--------|------*||---------------------|----------|--------|------*||---------------------|----------|--------|------*||---------------------|----------|--------|------*|
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
