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Cantabile

Yngwie Malmsteen
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CANTABILE

As recorded by Yngwie Malmsteen

(From the 1995 Album MAGNUM OPUS)

Transcribed by Starnouf50@libertysurf.fr

Music by Vivaldi

Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'

Q.=135

6/8

Gtr I

~~~

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

|-----------------|-15----15-----|-15--17-15-(15)-17-19-|
|-13h15p13-13--13-|-----------13-|----------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|----------------------|
|-----------------|--------------|----------------------|
                           |------6-------|

Q E +E T T T T T T T T T T

|-20-------------------15-17-15--------------|
|-------------15h17-18----------18-17-15-----|
|-----17-(17)----------------------------17--|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

~~

|--3--|

Q E +Q E Q S S S Q.

|-----------------|--------------------|
|--------------18-|-18--18-20-18-18----|
|-16--16-(16)-----|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------|

|-----5-----|

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

|------------------|-17--------------15-17-----------|
|-15--17p15-15--15-|--------15-17-18--------13h15p13-|
|------------------|-----17--------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------------|

~~~

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

|--------15----|--(15)---20-19-20-17-19p17-|
|-12--15-------|---------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|
|--------------|---------------------------|

~~

E E E E E E T T T T Q +Q E

|---------15h17-14-|-15h17p15p14---------------|
|-20---15----------|-------------15--(15)------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------------|

~~

E. S E Q E S S Q Q E

||--15--17-15-15--17-|-18-17-18--18--18-|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|
||o------------------|------------------|
||-------------------|------------------|

~~~

S S S S S S S S S S S S a E +T T T T S S Q.

|-19h20-18p17-------15h18-17-15-------|----------------------------------|
|-------------20-18-------------18-17-|-17S18-(18)p17h18-17-15p14-15-----|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|

~~~~~~~

|--3--|

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

|-13h15p13-13--15-|-16-15-16-(16)--(16)--16-|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------------|

~~~~

E +T T T T E E +T T T T E E +T T T T E +Q.

|-15-(15)h16p15p13-12-13-(13)h15p13p12----|-12-(12)h13p12---------------||
|--------------------------------------15-|---------------15-13-(13)----||
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------||

~~ ~~

|------6-------|

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

|-15--17-15-15--15-20-|-20------------------------17-|
|---------------------|------------------17-18-20----|
|---------------------|-----17-17--17-19-------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------|------------------------------|

~~ ~~

              |------6-------|               |------6-------|

Q E Q T T T T T T Q E Q T T T T T T

|-20------------------------17-|-20------------------------17--|
|------------------17-18-20----|------------------17-18-20-----|
|-----17-17--17-19-------------|-----17-17--17-19--------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------|

1.

~~~~~~~~

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

|-20--15-----------|-------------------------||
|--------17--18-15-|-13h15p13p12-13--(13)---o||
|------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------|-------------------------||
|------------------|------------------------o||
|------------------|-------------------------||

2.

4/4

~~~~ ~~

Q Q Q Q H Q Q W

|-20--15----------|-------------------|-------|
|---------17--18--|-15tr17----15--13--|-13----|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------|
|-----------------|-------------------|-------|
   |--------7--------|      |--------7--------|

S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S Q

|----12----------------12--12-15-12----------12-15--|
|-13----13----------13--------------13----13--------|
|----------12----12--------------------12-----------|
|-------------14------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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

S S S S S S S E E H H H

|-12-15-12----------12-15S20-20----|-20----20----*|
|----------13----13----------------|-------------*|
|-------------12-------------------|-------------*|
|----------------------------------|-------------*|
|----------------------------------|-------------*|
|----------------------------------|-------------*|

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

<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

-----------

| - 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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