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ASGARD
As recorded by Therion
(From the 2001 Album SECRET OF THE RUNES)
Transcribed by Sopa Christian aka chr or thedarkdream (darkchr@gmail.com)
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'gtr 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'gtr 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'gtr 3'
Intro
Q=123
N.C.
3/4
Gtr I
E S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E
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| Gtr II| E S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E||--------------------------|-------------------------|||o-------------------------|-------------------------|||---7--7--7--7--7--8-10--8-|--7--7--7--7--7--8-10--8-|||--------------------------|-------------------------|||o-------------------------|-------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S S S 4x|-------------------------|------------------------------|||-10-10-10-10-10-11-13-11-|-8-10-8-10-8-11-8-10-8-11-8--o|||-------------------------|------------------------------|||-------------------------|------------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------o|||-------------------------|------------------------------||
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| E S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S S S 4x|-------------------------|------------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------o|||--7--7--7--7--7--8-10--8-|-5--7-5--7-5--8-5--7-5--8-5---|||-------------------------|------------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------o|||-------------------------|------------------------------||
Verse A5 F5G5 Gtr I E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E||----------------------|-----------------|||o---------------------|-----------------|||----------------------|-----------------|||--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-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5-|||----------------------|-------------1-3-|
A5 F5G5 E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E|---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5--||---------------------|-------------1-3--|
F5 E5F5 G5 F5G5 A5 C5 D5C5G5 E S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E S S S S E S S S S E S S E E E E 4x|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------o|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-5-5-5-7-5-----|||-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-3-3-5-3-5--o|||-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-3-|---------------------|-------------3---||
Chorus E5 A5 H. +H. H. +Q. Q.||----------|----------|---------|------------|||o---------|----------|---------|------------|||----------|----------|---------|------------|||----------|----------|-2-------|-(2)---2----|||o-2-------|-(2)------|-0-------|-(0)---0----|||--0-------|-(0)------|---------|------------|
D5 C5 E5 H. +H. H. H.|---------|----------|---------|--------|||---------|----------|---------|-------o|||---------|----------|---------|--------|||-7-------|-(7)------|-5-------|-9------|||-5-------|-(5)------|-3-------|-7-----o|||---------|----------|---------|--------||
Verse A5 F5G5 E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E||----------------------|-----------------|||o---------------------|-----------------|||----------------------|-----------------|||--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-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5-|||----------------------|-------------1-3-|
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| Gtr III| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E||----------------------|-----------------|||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-3-|||----------------------|-----------------|||----------------------|-----------------|||o---------------------|-----------------|||----------------------|-----------------|
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| Gtr II| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E||----------------------|-----------------|||o---------------------|-----------------|||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-4-|||----------------------|-----------------|||o---------------------|-----------------|||----------------------|-----------------|
A5 F5G5 E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E|---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5--||---------------------|-------------1-3--|
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| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E|---------------------|------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-3--||---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------|
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| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E|---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-4--||---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------|
F5 E5F5 G5 F5G5 A5 C5 D5C5G5 E S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E S S S S E S S S S E S S E E E E|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------o|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-5-5-5-7-5-----|||-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-3-3-5-3-5--o|||-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-3-|---------------------|-------------3---||
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| E S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|---3---3-5-3-----|||-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-----------3--o|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------o|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------||
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| E S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E S S S S E S S S S E E E E E E|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|---5---5-6-5----o|||-5-5-5-5-5-5-7-5-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-----------4---|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------o|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------||
A5 F5G5 E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E||----------------------|-----------------|||o---------------------|-----------------|||----------------------|-----------------|||--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-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5-|||----------------------|-------------1-3-|
A5 F5G5 E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E|---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------||---------------------|------------------||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-5--||---------------------|-------------1-3--|
F5 E5F5 G5 F5G5 A5 C5 D5C5G5 E S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E S S S S E S S S S E S S E E E E|-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|----------------o|||-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|||-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-5-5-5-7-5-----|||-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-5-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-3-3-3-5-3-5--o|||-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-3-|---------------------|-------------3---||
E5 A5 H. +H. H. +Q. Q.||----------|----------|---------|------------|||o---------|----------|---------|------------|||----------|----------|---------|------------|||----------|----------|-2-------|-(2)---2----|||o-2-------|-(2)------|-0-------|-(0)---0----|||--0-------|-(0)------|---------|------------|
D5 C5 E5 H. +H. H. H.|---------|----------|---------|--------|||---------|----------|---------|-------o|||---------|----------|---------|--------|||-7-------|-(7)------|-5-------|-9------|||-5-------|-(5)------|-3-------|-7-----o|||---------|----------|---------|--------||
Bridge N.C. E S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E||--------------------------|-------------------------|||o-10-10-10-10-10-11-13-11-|-10-10-10-10-10-11-13-11-|||--------------------------|-------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------|||o-------------------------|-------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------|
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| Gtr II| E S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E||--------------------------|-------------------------|||o-------------------------|-------------------------|||---7--7--7--7--7--8-10--8-|--7--7--7--7--7--8-10--8-|||--------------------------|-------------------------|||o-------------------------|-------------------------|||--------------------------|-------------------------|
E S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S S S 4x|-------------------------|-----------------------------|||-10-10-10-10-10-11-13-11-|-8-10-8-10-8-11-8-10-8-11-8-o|||-------------------------|-----------------------------|||-------------------------|-----------------------------|||-------------------------|----------------------------o|||-------------------------|-----------------------------||
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| E S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S S S 4x|-------------------------|-----------------------------|||-------------------------|----------------------------o|||--7--7--7--7--7--8-10--8-|-5--7-5--7-5--8-5--7-5--8-5--|||-------------------------|-----------------------------|||-------------------------|----------------------------o|||-------------------------|-----------------------------||
Guitar Solo A5 F5 C5 G5 G#5 H +Q H +Q H +Q H Q|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--2----(2)----|-----------------|--5-------(5)----|-----------------||--0----(0)----|--3-------(3)----|--3-------(3)----|--5--------6-----||--------------|--1-------(1)----|-----------------|--3--------4-----|
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| H E E E Q. E E Q. E E E H E E|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--7-----9--10-|--9S10-----9---7-|--5-----5--7S=10-|--9--------7--9--||--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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| Gtr III| H E E E Q. E E Q. E E E Q. E E E|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||-10----12--14-|-12S14----12--10-|----------10-/14-|-12----12-10-12--||--------------|-----------------|-10----10--------|-----------------||--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A5 F5 H +Q H +Q|----------------|------------------||----------------|------------------||----------------|------------------||-2-------(2)----|------------------||-0-------(0)----|---3-------(3)----||----------------|---1-------(1)----|
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| H E E Q. E E E|----------------|------------------||----------------|------------------||----------------|-/10----10-12--10-||-7--------9--10-|------------------||----------------|------------------||----------------|------------------|
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| Gtr III| Q. E E E Q. E E E|----------------|------------------||----------------|--10----10-12--10-||-9--------7---9-|------------------||------10--------|------------------||----------------|------------------||----------------|------------------|
C5 G5 G#5 H +Q H Q|------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------||-5---------(5)----|-------------------------||-3---------(3)----|---5-------------6-------||------------------|---3-------------4-------|
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| Q +E E E E Q +E Q +E|------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------||-9---(9)-9-10--12-|-/12---(12)-/14----(14)--||------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------|
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| Q. E E E Q. Q.|------------------|-------------------------||-8-------8-10--13-|--12---------10----------||------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------||------------------|-------------------------|
A5 F5 H +Q H +Q|--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||--2----------(2)----|--------------------||--0----------(0)----|--3----------(3)----||--------------------|--1----------(1)----|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||--7S=9--9--9S10--10-|-10S=9--9--9S=7---7-||--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|--------------------||-13S15-15-15S17--17-|-17S15-15-15S13--13-||--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------||--------------------|--------------------|
C5 G5 G#5 H +Q H Q|--------------------|-----------------||--------------------|-----------------||--------------------|-----------------||--5----------(5)----|-----------------||--3----------(3)----|--5--------6-----||--------------------|--3--------4-----|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|-----------------||--------------------|-----------------||--------------------|-----------------||--7S=5--5--5S=3---3-|--3S2-2-2S=3--3--||--------------------|-----------------||--------------------|-----------------|
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| E E E E E E E E E E E E|--------------------|-----------------||-13S12-12-12S10--10-|-10S8-8-8S10-10--||--------------------|-----------------||--------------------|-----------------||--------------------|-----------------||--------------------|-----------------|
A5 F5 H +Q H +Q|------------------------|-----------------------||------------------------|-----------------------||------------------------|-----------------------||--2------------(2)------|-----------------------||--0------------(0)------|--3-----------(3)------||------------------------|--1-----------(1)------|
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| Q +E Q +E Q +E Q +E|------------------------|-----------------------||------------------------|-----------------------||------------------------|--9---(9)-10------(10)-||-10---(10)-12------(12)-|-----------------------||------------------------|-----------------------||------------------------|-----------------------|
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| Gtr III| Q. Q. Q. Q.|------------------------|-----------------------||------------------------|-----------------------||------------------------|-----------------------||------------------------|-10-------12-----------||-12--------14-----------|-----------------------||------------------------|-----------------------|
C5 G5 G#5 H +Q H Q|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||--5---------------------(5)---------|-------------------------------------||--3---------------------(3)---------|--5-----------------------6----------||------------------------------------|--3-----------------------4----------|
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| H +Q H.|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||-12--------------------(12)---------|-------------------------------------||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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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|------------------------------------|----------------------------10-12-13-||------------------------------------|-------------12-13-10-12-13----------||------------------------------------|-----9-10-12-------------------------||------------------------10--12-9-10-|-12----------------------------------||---------------8-10-12--------------|-------------------------------------||-10-12-8-10-12----------------------|-------------------------------------|
A5 F5 H +Q H +Q|-------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------------||--2------------(2)-------|--------------------------------||--0------------(0)-------|--3----------------------(3)----||-------------------------|--1----------------------(1)----|
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| E +H S S E +S S Q +E E|-15b17==(15)-------15r15-|-15b17==(15)r15-15b17===(15)r15-||-------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------------||-------------------------|--------------------------------|
C5 G5 G#5 H +Q H Q|-------------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------||--5---------------------(5)----|-------------------------||--3---------------------(3)----|--5-----------------6----||-------------------------------|--3-----------------4----|
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| E +E +E +E +E E E +E E E E E|-------------------------------|-------------------------||-15b17==(15)-(15)-(15)r(15)-17-|-------------------------||-------------------------------|-16b17==(16)-16-16r16-14-||-------------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------||-------------------------------|-------------------------|
A5 F5 H +Q H +Q|--------------------------|------------------------------||--------------------------|------------------------------||--------------------------|------------------------------||--2----------------(2)----|------------------------------||--0----------------(0)----|--3---------------------(3)---||--------------------------|--1---------------------(1)---|
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| E E E +E +E E E +E +E +E +E E|--------------------------|------------------------------||-12---12b13==(12)r(12)-10-|------------------------------||--------------------------|-12b14==(12)-(12)-(12)r(12)-9-||--------------------------|------------------------------||--------------------------|------------------------------||--------------------------|------------------------------|
C5 G5 G#5 H +Q H Q|---------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------|-----------------------------------||-5-------------(5)---|-----------------------------------||-3-------------(3)---|--5----------------------6---------||---------------------|--3----------------------4---------|
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| E E E +E +E E E +E +E +E +E +E|---------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------|-----------------------------------||-9---9b10==(9)r(9)S7-|-----------------------------------||---------------------|-10-(10)-(10)-(10)b12==(10)-(10)r--||---------------------|-----------------------------------||---------------------|-----------------------------------|
A5 F5 H +Q H +Q|------------------------------|--------------------------------||------------------------------|--------------------------------||------------------------------|--------------------------------||-2-----------------(2)--------|--------------------------------||-0-----------------(0)--------|--3----------------------(3)----||------------------------------|--1----------------------(1)----|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|-7-8-7-5-----10-12-10--8------|-13-15-13-12----12-13-15-17--19-||---------8-5-------------12-8-|-------------15-----------------||------------------------------|--------------------------------||------------------------------|--------------------------------||------------------------------|--------------------------------||------------------------------|--------------------------------|
C5 G5 G#5 H +Q H Q|------------------------|---------------||------------------------|---------------||------------------------|---------------||--5------------(5)------|---------------||--3------------(3)------|---5------6----||------------------------|---3------4----|
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| E +H +E +H E E|-19b20==(19)-------(19)r|=(19)----17-19-||------------------------|---------------||------------------------|---------------||------------------------|---------------||------------------------|---------------||------------------------|---------------|
A5 F5 H +Q H +Q|--------------------------|--------------------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------------------||--------------------------|--------------------------------------||--2----------------(2)----|--------------------------------------||--0----------------(0)----|--3----------------------(3)----------||--------------------------|--1----------------------(1)----------|
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| E E E +E +E E S S S S S S S S S S S S|-19---19b20==(19)-(19)r17-|-------------------17-20-19--17-------||--------------------------|--------------------------------20-18-||--------------------------|-------------14-17--------------------||--------------------------|----------15--------------------------||--------------------------|-------15-----------------------------||--------------------------|-13-17--------------------------------|
C5 G5 G#5 H +Q H Q|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------||--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------||--5----------------------------(5)----------|-------------------------------||--3----------------------------(3)----------|--5-----------------------6----||--------------------------------------------|--3-----------------------4----|
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| S S S S E T T T T S S S S S S S S S S S S E E|----------------20----20--------------------|----------------------15-20-15-||-17-17b18-17-17----20----20-18-17-----------|-------------------15----------||-----------------------------------17-------|-------------12-16-------------||--------------------------------------17-14-|----------12-------------------||--------------------------------------------|-------14----------------------||--------------------------------------------|-12-15-------------------------|
A5 H. +H. +H. +H.|----------|-----------|-----------|---------*||----------|-----------|-----------|---------*||----------|-----------|-----------|---------*||--2-------|--(2)------|--(2)------|--(2)----*||--0-------|--(0)------|--(0)------|--(0)----*||----------|-----------|-----------|---------*|
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| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| H. +H. +H. +H.|-17-------|-(17)------|-(17)------|-(17)----*||----------|-----------|-----------|---------*||----------|-----------|-----------|---------*||----------|-----------|-----------|---------*||----------|-----------|-----------|---------*||----------|-----------|-----------|---------*|
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
