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Through the Looking Glass

Symphony X
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THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS (Bassline)

As recorded by Symphony X

(From the 1998 Album TWILIGHT IN OLYMPUS)

Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson

Words by Miller, Romeo Music by Romeo, Pinnella, Miller

Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Untitled'

Intro

Q=127

5/4

Gtr I

e. S Q H E S S e. S Q H E S S

|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|----------------5h7-|----------------5h7-|
|-0--0---------------|-0--0---------------|

e. S Q H E S S e. S Q Q E e S E.

|--------------------|-----------------------||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
|----------------5h7-|--------------5-5h7----||
|-0--0---------------|-0--0------------------||

Theme

e. S Q H E S S e. S Q H E S S

||---------------------|--------------------|
||o--------------------|--------------------|
||o----------------5h7-|----------------5h7-|
||--0--0---------------|-0--0---------------|

e. S Q H E S S e. S Q Q E e S E.

|--------------------|-------------------------||
|--------------------|------------------------o||
|----------------5h7-|--------------5-5h7-----o||
|-0--0---------------|-0--0--------------------||

E. S E E E e E E E E E. S E E E E S S S S S S S S

|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|-7--7---7---7-7-----7-|-7--7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|----------------7-7---|------------------------------|

E. S E E E E E E E E E. S E E E E S S e E S S

|----------------------|---------------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------------|
|-7--7---7---7-7-----7-|-7--7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|----------------7-7---|---------------------------|

E. S E E E E E E E E E. S E E E E S S S S S S S S

|----------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|
|-7--7---7---7-7-----7-|-7--7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|----------------7-7---|------------------------------|

E. S E E e E E E E E E. S E E E E E E S S S S

|----------------------|---------------------------||
|----------------------|---------------------------||
|-7--7---7---7-7-----7-|-7--7---7---7-7---7-7-7-7--||
|----------------7-7---|----------------7----------||

q E S S Q q S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|----------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-----4-6-------------4-6-------------4-6-|
|----------------------|---------4-6-----4-6-----4-6---4---------|
|-4----4-4----4--4-4---|-4-7---------4-7-------------7---4-7-----|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|--------------------------------------------||
|-------------4-6-------------4-6------------||
|-4-6-----4-6-----4-6---4---------4-6--------||
|-----4-7-------------7---4-7---------4-7----||

11/8

q E q E S S E E E E Q. Q E S S E E E E 4x

||-------------------------||-||-------------------------||
||o-----------------4-3---o||-||o-----------------4-3---o||
||o-6----4--------------4-o||-||o-6----4--------------4-o||
||----------4-4-6-7--------||-||----------4-4-6-7--------||

6/4

E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|
|---------------------------------4-|

E S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------1-3-1---------|
|-------------------1-3-1---1-3-------3-1-----|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-------4---------------4---|
|---------------------------------------------|

E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E Q. Q. Q. Q.

|-----------------------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------------------|---------------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---|-1-------------------||
|---------------------------------4-|------4----2----1----||

Theme 2

3/4

Q. E E E H E E Q. E E E H E E Q. E E E

|------------|----------|------------|----------|-------------||
|------------|----------|------------|----------|-------------||
|-3------3---|-1----3-1-|--------1---|----------|-------------||
|------3---3-|----------|-4----4---4-|-3----4-3-|-1----1-3-1--||

4/4 3/4 4/4 6/4

H Q. E +Q Q E E W q E E E E q E E E E

|-----------3-|-(3)---------||----------|------------------------||
|-1-----------|------3--3h7-||----------|------------------------||
|------3------|-------------||-4--------|-6--6-6---6-6--6-6---6--||
|-------------|-------------||----------|------------------------||

Part I

W. +W. +W.

|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------|----------------|
|-1-------------|-(1)------------|-(1)------------|

+W. H. H E E +E E H Q. Q.

|----------------||------------------|----------------------|
|----------------||---------3----1-3-|-(3)------------------|
|----------------||------------------|------------4----6----|
|-(1)------------||-1----------------|-----1-1--------------|

H. H E E +E E H Q E E E E

|------------------|-----------------------|
|---------3----1-3-|-(3)-------------------|
|------------------|------------4--3-1-----|
|-1----------------|-----1-1-----------4-3-|

H. H E E +E E H Q. Q.

||-------------------|------------------------||
||o---------3----1-3-|-(3)-------------------o||
||o------------------|------------4----6-----o||
||--1----------------|-----1-1----------------||

5/4 3/4 7/8 11/8

H +E E Q. E Q. E E E Q. Q. E Q. E E E Q E E E

|-------------------|------------|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|------6-4---|-------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|----------7-|-4----6------|-----------------2---|
|-4----(4)-4-6----6-|-7----------|-----------2-|-0----0-4-0-2--0---2-|

5/4 9/8 11/8 5/4

H E E Q. E H. E E E H. H +E H. Q. E

|-----------------|---------------||------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------||------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|---------------||------------------|------------------|
|-0----0-4-2----2-|-0-------2-2-2-||-3-------5----(5)-|-3-------5----5---|

3/4 5/4

H. E E q E E E E q E E q E E E E q q 3x

|---------|------------|------------||--------------------||
|---------|------------|------------||o------------------o||
|---------|------------|------------||o-4--4-4---4-4--4--o||
|-3-------|-5-5-5--5-5-|---5-5--5-5-||--------------------||

6/4

q E E E E q q q E E E E q q q E E E E q q q E E E E

||----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||o---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
||--1--1-1---1-1--1--1--|-1-1---1-1--1--1--1-1-|---1-1--1--1--1-1---1-|

1. 2.

5/4

q q q Q. Q. q q q Q. Q. +H. +H

|---------------------||-||--------------------|-----------------||
|--------------------o||-||--------------------|-----------------||
|----------4----6----o||-||----------4----6----|-(6)------(6)----||
|-1--1--1-------------||-||-1--1--1------------|-----------------||

6/4

E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|
|-----------------------------------|

E S S E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------------5-7-5--------|
|-------------------5-7-5---5-7-------7-5----|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-------8---------------8--|
|--------------------------------------------|

E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E E Q. Q. Q. Q.

|-----------------------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------------------|---------------------||
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-|-5----3--------------||
|-----------------------------------|-----------6----5----||

4/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S

||------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-4-4-6-6-6-3-|

+Q E E E E E E E E E E S E. S E.

|------------------|---------------------||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|------------------|--------------------o||
|-(3)--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-x-4--x-2----||

E S S E E Q E S S E E Q E S S E E

||---------------------|------------------|
||o--------------------|------------------|
||o--------------------|------------------|
||--1-1-1---1-1--1-1-1-|---1-1--1-1-1---1-|

Q E S S E E Q E S S E E S E. S E.

|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------o||
|-----------------|----------------------o||
|-1--1-1-1---1-1--|-1-1-1---1-x-2--x-0----||

1. 2.

3/4

Q. E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E

||-------------|------------|------------|-------------||-||------------||
||o-3------3---|------------|------------|------------o||-||------------||
||o------3---3-|-6----6---6-|-4----4---4-|-3----3-4-6-o||-||-3----3-3-3-||
||-------------|--------6---|--------4---|-------------||-||------------||

Theme 2 (variation)

1. 2.

Q. E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E Q. E E E Q Q Q

||-------------|------------|------------|-------------||-||----------||
||o------------|------------|--------4---|------------o||-||----------||
||o------4---4-|--------7---|-5----5---5-|-4----4-5-7-o||-||-4--4--4--||
||--2------2---|-0----0---7-|------------|-------------||-||----------||

Guitar Solo 1

3/4

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S

|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||

Theme (variation)

5/4

|-3-|

q E S S Q q S S E 6x q E S S Q q e e e

||------------------------||-||----------------------||
||o----------------------o||-||----------------------||
||o-0----0-0----0--0-0---o||-||-0----0-0----0--0-0-0-||
||------------------------||-||----------------------||

Piano Interlude

4/4

|3-| |3| |3-| |3-| |-3-| |-3-|

H. +Q E q E +H +Q E H. +Q E q q q Q Q Q

|---------------|------------------||---------------|-------------||
|---------------|------------------||---------------|-------8-7-5-||
|-6-------(6)-6-|-6-6-(6)----(6)-6-||---------------|-------------||
|---------------|------------------||-3-------(3)-3-|-3-3-3-------||

|3-| |3-| |3-| |-3-|

H. +Q E H. +Q E H. +Q E H Q Q Q

|---------------|---------------||---------------|------6-5----||
|---------------|---------------||---------------|----------8--||
|-6-------(6)-6-|-6-------(6)-6-||---------------|-------------||
|---------------|---------------||-6-------(6)-6-|-6-----------||

|3-| |3-| |3-| |-3-|

H. +Q E H. +Q E H. +Q E q q q H

|---------------|---------------||---------------|------------||
|---------------|---------------||---------------|------------||
|-4-------(4)-4-|-4-------(4)-4-||---------------|------------||
|---------------|---------------||-4-------(4)-4-|-4-4-4-4----||

|3-| |3| |3-| |3-|

H. +Q E q E +H +Q E H. +Q E W

|---------------|------------------||---------------|------||
|---------------|------------------||---------------|------||
|-2-------(2)-2-|-2-2-(2)----(2)-2-||---------------|------||
|---------------|------------------||-2-------(2)-2-|-2----||

|3-|

H. +Q E W W +W

|---------------|----------||----------|--------||
|---------------|----------||----------|--------||
|-0-------(0)-0-|-0--------||-2--------|-(2)----||
|---------------|----------||----------|--------||

Part II

W +W +W +W

|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----||
|----------|------------|------------|--------||

H.=H Q=80 Q=127

13/8

Wx24 H. Q W Wx2

|-------------|------------|----------||--------||
|-------------|------------|----------||--------||
|-------------|------------|----------||--------||
|-------------|------------|----------||--------||

Part III

E. E. E S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S

||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------6-5---------|
||o-4--2--4-2-4-5-2-4--2--4-----7-4-----|
||----------------------------------5-4-|

E. E. E S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S

|---------------4-----------------------||
|---------4-6-7---5--6--5-6-5----------o||
|-7--6--7---------------------7-4------o||
|---------------------------------5-4---||

E. E. E S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S

||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------4-2-1-------|
||--2--0--2-0-2-3-0-2--0--2-------2-0-3-|

E. E. E S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S 4x

|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------4-2-1-------o||
|-2--0--2-0-2-3-0-2--0--2-------2-0-3--||

1. 2.

3/4 5/8 3/4 5/8

H E E Q E E E Q. E E E Q E E E Q E E E

||-----------|-----------||-||-------------|-----------||-||-----------||
||o----------|----------o||-||o------------|-4--4-----o||-||-4---------||
||o-4------4-|-6--6---6-o||-||o-7------7---|------7-6-o||-||----7-6----||
||-------4---|------6----||-||-------7---7-|-----------||-||--------7--||

5/4

q E S S Q q S S E q E S S Q q S S E q E S S Q q S S E

|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------||
|-4----4-4----4--4-4---|-4----4-4----4--4-4---|-4----4-4----4--4-4---||

13/8

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x

||----------------------------|----------------------------||
||o---------------------------|---------------8-6---------o||
||o---------------------------|-------------5-----5-------o||
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1---------7-6-2--||

4/4

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------------------|---------------------------||---5-3------------||
|---------------------------|---------------8-6---------||-------2----------||
|---------------------------|-------------5-----5-------||-3-------4-3-1-3--||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1---------7-6-4-||------------------||

Chorus

$

$$

3/4

H E E H E E H. H.

|----------|----------||----------|---------|
|----------|----------||o---------|---------|
|-5----0-0-|-5----5-3-||o-1-------|-3-------|
|----------|----------||----------|---------|

1.

H. H E E Q. E E E H E E

|---------|----------|------------|------------|
|---------|----------|------------|------------|
|-1-------|-3--------|--------5---|--------0---|
|---------|------6-5-|-3----3---3-|-5----1-----|

H. H. H. E E E E E E

|---------|---------|---------|--------------||
|---------|---------|---------|---7-5-4-----o||
|-1-------|-3-------|-5-------|-5-------5-3-o||
|---------|---------|---------|--------------||

2.

To Coda

To Coda

H E E H. H Q H.

|-||----------|---------||---------|-------||
|-||----------|---------||---------|-------||
|-||--------0-|-1-------||-4----4--|-4-----||
|-||-5----1---|---------||---------|-------||

Part III (continued)

13/8

q H E H S E. q H E Q. S S S S S S

|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------4-2-1-------|
|-2-------2--------2--|-2-------2------------2-0-3-|

E. E. E S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S

||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------4-2-1-------|
||--2--0--2-0-2-3-0-2--0--2-------2-0-3-|

E. E. E S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S

|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------4-2-1-------o||
|-2--0--2-0-2-3-0-2--0--2-------2-0-3--||

E. E. E S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S

||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------4-2-1-------|
||o-2--0--2-0-2-3-0-2--0--2-------2-0-3-|
||--------------------------------------|

E. E. E S S S S E. E. E S S S S S S

|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------4-2-1-------o||
|-2--0--2-0-2-3-0-2--0--2-------2-0-3-o||
|--------------------------------------||

3/4 5/8 3/4 5/8

Q. E E E Q. E E Q. E E E Q. E E

||-------------|-----------||------------|----------||
||o------------|----------o||-2------2---|----------||
||o--------4---|------6---o||------2---2-|----------||
||--2----2---2-|-4------4--||------------|-2----2-2-||

D.S. al Coda &

3/4

Q. E E E E S S E S S E S S E E +H E E +H +H.

|------------|-------------------||------------|------------|--------||
|------------|-------------------||------------|------------|--------||
|------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-4-4-(4)----|-4-4-(4)----|-(4)----||
|-3----3-3-3-|-------------------||------------|------------|--------||

Theme (variation)

5/4

E. S E e E e E E E E E. S E e E e S S S S S S S S E. S E e E e E E E E

|----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|------------------------------|----------------------||
|-9--9---9---9-9-----9-|-9--9---9---9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9--9---9---9-9-----9-||
|----------------9-9---|------------------------------|----------------9-9---||

e. S H E S S S E. e. S H S S S S S E.

|--------------------------|-----------14-12-------12S14--|
|-------------------12-14--|-----------------14-12--------|
|-0--0--------12-15--------|-0--0-------------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|

e. S Q H E S S e. S Q H E S S

||---------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------5h7-|----------------5h7---|
||o-0--0---------------|-0--0-----------------|
||---------------------|----------------------|

1. 2.

e. S Q H E S S e. S W e. S Q H E S S

|--------------------|----------------||-||--------------------||
|----------------5h7-|---------------o||-||----------------5h7-||
|-0--0---------------|-0--0----------o||-||-0--0---------------||
|--------------------|----------------||-||--------------------||

Bridge 1

11/8 6/4

q E q q E E E E E S S E Q E E E E E E E

||----------------------||-||---------------------------|
||o--------------------o||-||o---------4--6-7-4-6---4---|
||o-4----------------2-o||-||o-4-4-6-7------------7---6-|
||-------4--5----2------||-||---------------------------|

E S S E Q E E E E E E E 3x

|----------------4------------||
|---------4--6-7---7-6-4-----o||
|-4-4-6-7----------------7---o||
|-----------------------------||

Guitar Solo 2

9/8 6/4

Q. Q. Q. 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-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-4--------------||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|------7----5----||--4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-2--||

Keyboard Solo 1

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-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-2-o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||

Guitar Solo 3

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-4-4-4-4-4-4-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-0-2-o||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||

Keyboard Solo 2

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-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-3-o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||

Bridge 2

E. E. E S S S S E. E. E S S S S E. E. E S S S S E. E. E S S S S

||----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
||o-------------------------4-3-----|-------------------------4-3-----o||
||--2--0--2-0-2-3-0-2--0--2-----5-3-|-2--0--2-0-2-3-0-2--0--2-----5-3--||

5/8 7/8 5/8 7/8

E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E

|-----------|------------8-9-||-----11----12-|-11-9--------------||
|-----6---7-|-----10---6-----||---9----10----|------10-8---------||
|---4---5---|---8----4-------||-7------------|-----------9-7-----||
|-2---------|-6--------------||--------------|---------------8-6-||

4/4

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

q E E E E Q E E E E E E q E E E E Q q q q S S Q. S S E Q

|---------------|--------------------|--------------|---------------------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|---------------------|
|-0--0-0---0----|---0-0-0-0-0-0----0-|---0----0-0-0-|-0-0------0-0-0------|
|---------------|--------------------|--------------|---------------------|

D.S.S. al Dbl. Coda &&

3/4

|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|

Q. S S q Q E E E E E E q q q H. H. +H.

|----------------|-------------------||---------|---------|--------||
|----------------|-------------------||---------|---------|--------||
|------0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-1-3-||-4-------|-6-------|-(6)----||
|----------------|-------------------||---------|---------|--------||

Out-Chorus

H. H. H. H E E Q. E E E H E E

||----------|---------|---------|----------|------------|----------|
||o---------|---------|---------|----------|------------|----------|
||o-2-------|-4-------|-2-------|-4--------|--------6---|--------1-|
||----------|---------|---------|------7-6-|-4----4---4-|-6----2---|

1.

H. H. H. E E E E E E

|---------|---------|---------|--------------||
|---------|---------|---------|---8-6-5-----o||
|-2-------|-4-------|-6-------|-6-------6-4-o||
|---------|---------|---------|--------------||

2.

H. H. +H.

|-||---------||---------|--------||
|-||---------||---------|--------||
|-||-2-------||-5-------|-(5)----||
|-||---------||---------|--------||

Outro Theme

5/4

E. S E E E E E E E E E. S E E E E S S S S S S S S E. S E E E E E E E E

|----------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-7--7---7---7-7-----7-|-7--7---7---7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7--7---7---7-7-----7--|
|----------------7-7---|------------------------------|----------------7-7----|

4/4

W W q E E E E E S S E E Q. Q.

|----------|----------|------------------|----------------*|
|----------|----------|------------------|----------------*|
|-3--------|-5--------|-7--7-7---7---7-7-|-7-7-7\---------*|
|----------|----------|------------------|----------------*|

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

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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

<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths

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