#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
BLOOD RED
As recorded by Slayer
(From the 1990 Album SEASONS IN THE ABYSS)
Transcribed by Fenian
Words by Tom Araya Music by Jeff Hanneman
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=142
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM| PM PM PM PM PM| PM
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-------------------|-------------------|------------------|||o------------------|-------------------|------------------|||-------------------|-------------------|------------------|||------8-8-8-8------|-------------------|-----8-8-8-8------|||o-----7-7-7-7---10-|---10---10---8-8-8-|-----7-7-7-7---10-|||--0-0---------0--0-|-0--0-0--0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0---------0--0-|
1. 2. Gtr I PM PM PM PM PM PM E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q W W|-------------------||------------------|----------|--x\-----------|||------------------o||------------------|----------|--x\-----------|||-------------------||------------------|----------|---------------|||-------------------||------------------|----------|---------------|||---10---10---6-7--o||---10---10---6-6--|-7--------|---------------|||-0--0-0--0-0-0-0---||-0--0-0--0-0-0-0--|-0--------|---------------||
|
| Gtr II| PM PM PM PM PM PM| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q W +H. Q|-------------------||------------------|----------|---------------|||------------------o||------------------|----------|---------------|||-------------------||------------------|----------|---------------|||-------------------||------------------|----------|---------------|||---10---10---6-7--o||---10---10---6-6--|-7--------|-(7)-----------|||-0--0-0--0-0-0-0---||-0--0-0--0-0-0-0--|-0--------|-(0)------12\--||
Main Riff Gtrs I, II PM----| ~ PM----| ~ ~ ~ S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q||------------------------|-------------------------||||o-----------------------|------------------------o||||------------------------|-------------------------||||------------------------|-5-----------------------||||o---------7----------6--|---6-5---5--6-5---------o||||--0-0---0----0-0---0----|-------6--------6-5-7----||
Gtr I
PM----| ~~ PM----| ~ ~ ~~
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q|------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------|-5--------------------------||----------7----------6--|----6-5----5---6-5----------||-0-0---0-----0-0---0----|---------6----------6-5--7--|
|
| Gtr II
| PM----| PM----| ~ ~ ~~
| S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q|------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------|-9--------------------------||---------10----------9--|---10-9----9--10-9----------||-0-0---0-----0-0---0----|--------10---------10-9-11--|
PM----| ~~ PM----| ~ ~
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q Q|------------------------|--------------------|||------------------------|--------------------|||------------------------|--------------------|||------------------------|-5------------3--5--|||----------7----------6--|----6-5----5--3--5--|||-0-0---0-----0-0---0----|---------6----1--3--||
|
| PM----| PM----| ~ ~
| S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q Q|------------------------|--------------------|||------------------------|--------------------|||------------------------|--------------5--7--|||------------------------|-9------------5--7--|||---------10----------9--|---10-9----9--3--5--|||-0-0---0-----0-0---0----|--------10----------||
Verse 1,2 & 3
$
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||o-------------------------2--|--------------------------3--|||--0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0--|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0--1--|
|
| PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||o----------------------------|-----------------------------|||-----------------------------|-----------------------------|||--------------------------9--|-------------------------10--|||o-------------------------7--|--------------------------8--|||--0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0----|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-----|
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|----------------------------|-----------------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------2--|--------------------------3--||-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0--|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0--1--|
|
| PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|----------------------------|-----------------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------9--|-------------------------10--||-------------------------7--|--------------------------8--||-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0----|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-----|
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|----------------------------|-----------------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------2--|--------------------------3--||-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0--|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0--1--|
|
| PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q|----------------------------|-----------------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||----------------------------|-----------------------------||-------------------------9--|-------------------------10--||-------------------------7--|--------------------------8--||-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0----|-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-----|
PM--------------------| PM----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S Q Q E E|----------------------------|-----------------------|||----------------------------|-----------------------|||----------------------------|-----------------------|||----------------------------|---------10--10--9-----|||-------------------------2--|----------8---7----10\-|||-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0--|-0-0---0---------------||
|
| PM--------------------| PM----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S Q Q E E|----------------------------|-----------------------|||----------------------------|-----------------------|||----------------------------|-----------------------|||-------------------------9--|---------10--10--9-----|||-------------------------7--|----------8---7----10\-|||-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0----|-0-0---0---------------||
Chorus
Gtrs I, II
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|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||---------------------------------|---------------------------------||-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---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-|
PM----| ~ PM----| ~ ~ ~
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-5---------------------||---------7----------6--|---6-5---5--6-5--------||-0-0---0----0-0---0----|-------6--------6-5-7--|
To Coda
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 E E Q|---------------------------------|------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------||---------------------------------|------------------------||-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-|-3-3---3-3-3---3-3------||-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-|-1-1---1-1-1---1-1------|
PM----| ~ PM----| ~ ~ ~
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q|-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-----------------------||-----------------------|-5---------------------||---------7----------6--|---6-5---5--6-5--------||-0-0---0----0-0---0----|-------6--------6-5-7--|
1.
Gtr I
PM----| ~~ PM----| ~ ~
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q Q|------------------------|---------------------|||------------------------|--------------------o|||------------------------|---------------------|||------------------------|-5------------3--5---|||----------7----------6--|----6-5----5--3--5--o|||-0-0---0-----0-0---0----|---------6----1--3---||
|
| Gtr II
| PM----| PM----| ~ ~
| S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q Q|------------------------|---------------------|||------------------------|--------------------o|||------------------------|--------------5--7---|||------------------------|-9------------5--7---|||---------10----------9--|---10-9----9--3--5--o|||-0-0---0-----0-0---0----|--------10-----------||
2.
Gtr I
PM----| ~~ PM----| ~ ~
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q Q|------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|-5------------3-----5----------||----------7----------6--|----6-5----5--3-----5----------||-0-0---0-----0-0---0----|---------6----1-----3----------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM----| PM----| ~ ~
| S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q Q|------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|-9------------3-----5----------||---------10----------9--|---10-9----9--3-----5----------||-0-0---0-----0-0---0----|--------10----1-----3----------|
|
| Gtr III| W H E a E S S S S|------------------------|----------------0s3p0S12-13p12-||------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------||------------------------|-------------------------------|
Guitar Solo Gtr III E S S E S S S S S S S S S S|-15---13p12------------------------------------||------------15---13p12-13p12-13p12----------12-||-----------------------------------14p12-14-12-||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM----------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------||------------------------------------5-----7----||--2-2--2--2--2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--3-----5----|
|-------3-------|
Q Q E E E E +E|--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||-14b16-------14b16.5-------14b16---14b16---14b16---14b17r(14)-||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------5------8--||--2----2-2-2--2------2-2-2--2----2-------2-------2--3------6--|
|--------6---------| |--------6---------| |--------6---------| |3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------12-14-(14)b16-||---------------12--------------12-14-12---14----12---13-14-12---14---------------||---------12-14------14-13-14-----------------14----------------------------------||-12-15---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------------------5------7-----||--2----2-----2----2-----2----2-----2----2-----2----2-----2----2-----3------5-----|
\0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ \0.5/ S +E. +S +S +E +S +S +S +S +S +S +E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-14-(14)--------(14)----(14)----(14)------(14)----(14)----(14)----(14)----(14)----(14)----(14)\--||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------------------8---------------7----||--2---2-----2-2---2-------2-------2-----2---2-------2-------2-------2-------6---------------5----|
S +S +E S +S +E S +S +E S +S +E|-22-(22)b24r(22)---19-(19)b21r(19)---16-(16)b18r(16)-------------------||-------------------------------------------------------15-(15)b17r(15)-||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------5-----------7--||--2---2-------2--2--2---2-------2--2--2---2-------2--2--3-----------5--|
S +S +E S +S +E S +S +E S S E|-12-(12)b14r(12)-----------------------------------------------||-------------------12-(12)b14r(12)-----------------------------||-------------------------------------11-(11)b13r(11)\----------||---------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------0--||--------------------------------------------------------0-3----|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|---------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------------------5---8--||--2---2-------2--2--2---2-------2--2--2---2-------2---2-3---6--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------12h14b16==||-----------------12h14-------------12h14-----------||------7h10-12h14-------------12h14-----------------||-7h10------------------12h15-----------------------|
|
| PM-----------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------5-----7--------||-2--2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--3-----5--------|
\7 +H a H|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-(14)r---------------14p0------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||---------------------------------8-7-||---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2----2--2-2-2-6-5-|
PM------------| |-3-| |-3-|
H. +E S S E Q E Q +Q. E|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------||-4b5r======================(4)---3---|---------------------------------------||-----------------------------------4-|-6---3-----4---------------------------||-------------------------------------|---------------5-----(5)-----------4---||-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|
| 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---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--4--4-4-4-|-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
~~~ Q. +E +Q. +E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-3------------(3)b4r==(3)---------(3)\-||---------------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||--------------------------------5--7---||-2--2-2-2-2-2--2----2--2--2-2-2-3--5---|
\3.5 \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ \1/ a H S +S +S +S +S +E.|-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-/6p0------------------14---(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)--(14)-----||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------8---------7--||----2----2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2-----2-----2-----2-----6---------5--|
|------6------| |------6------| |-------6-------| |-------6-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------7h9h==10-||---------------------------------------------------7h9h==10----------||------------------------------------------7h8h==10-------------------||-0h1h==3-0h1h==3-5h7h==8-5h7h==8-7h8h==10----------------------------|
|
| PM-------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||---------------------------------------------------------------------||-4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4----4---4----4---4----4---4----|
Q Q +E E E E|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||-10b12--------------------------------------||-------------[9]-------([9])\---7---9---7---||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|
|
| PM-----------------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--------------------------------------------||--3----3-3-3--3--3-3-3---3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
\1.5 /
|---------3----------|
Q +Q +Q Q E +E +W|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------<9>---(<9>)-|-(<9>)-----------------------------||-------------------------------------<9>---(<9>)-|-(<9>)-----------------------------||-9b10======(9)r======(9)-----7-------<9>---(<9>)-|-(<9>)-----------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|-----------------------------------| 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|-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------||--------------------------------------5------7---|-----------------------------8-7---||-2-----2-2-----2-2-2-----2-2-2-2-2-2--3------5---|---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-6-5---|
Gtr III
|
+Q +Q H|-----------------------------------------------------------------||-(<9>)--------(<9>)----------------------------------------------||-(<9>)--------(<9>)----------------------------------------------||-(<9>)--------(<9>)----------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV| Q Q S +S +S +S +E E|--19b21--------19b21-------19b21==(19)r(19)b21==(19)r(19)---17---||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II| PM-------------------------------------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------||---4----4-4-4---4----4-4-4--4-------4----4--------4----4--4--4-4-|
W|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-20-19-17-15-19-17-15-14-17-15-14-12-15-14-12-10-||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-|
Gtr IV
~~~ T T T T T T T
|-----------7-----------| |------6-------|
H S S S S S S S S S S S S S|----------------------------------------------------------------||-/14---------------19p14---19p14---19p14---19p14-19p14-19p14-19p||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------5--------7-------||---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--2----2-------2-------2-----3--------5-------|
T T T T T T
|----------6-----------| |-----------7------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E +S +S +E|------------------------------------------------------------21b23====(21)r(21)b23==(21)r\-||-14-19p==14b15==19p14---19p14-19p==14-19p==14-19rp==14-x/---------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------------------------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------------------8-------------7----||--2----2---------2----2-----2----2-------2--------2----2--2--2-----2---6-------------5----|
|--3--|
Q S +S +S +S E +E E S S S|-24b26--24b26r(24)b26==(24)r(24)-24b26r(24)----------------||--------------------------------------------24b26-23p22p21-||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| W|-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||-----------------------------------------------------------||--6--------------------------------------------------------||--6--------------------------------------------------------||--4--------------------------------------------------------|
D.S. al Coda ~~ Q. E Q Q|--------------------|||-24b26---21---------|||------------23------|||--------------------|||--------------------|||----------------x\--||
|
| H Q Q|--------------------|||--------------------|||--------------------|||--5----------5------|||--5----------5------|||--3----------3------||
Outro
&
Gtr I
PM----| ~~ PM----| ~ ~ ~~
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q|------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------|-5--------------------------||----------7----------6--|----6-5----5---6-5----------||-0-0---0-----0-0---0----|---------6----------6-5--7--|
|
| Gtr II
| PM----| PM----| ~ ~ ~~
| S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q|------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------||------------------------|-9--------------------------||---------10----------9--|---10-9----9--10-9----------||-0-0---0-----0-0---0----|--------10---------10-9-11--|
PM----| ~~ PM----| ~ ~
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q Q|------------------------|--------------------*||------------------------|--------------------*||------------------------|--------------------*||------------------------|-5------------3--5--*||----------7----------6--|----6-5----5--3--5--*||-0-0---0-----0-0---0----|---------6----1--3--*|
|
| PM----| PM----| ~ ~
| S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q Q|------------------------|--------------------*||------------------------|--------------------*||------------------------|--------------5--7--*||------------------------|-9------------5--7--*||---------10----------9--|---10-9----9--3--5--*||-0-0---0-----0-0---0----|--------10----------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
-----------
| - 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
