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A WINTER'S DREAM - PRELUDE (PART I)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 2003 Album THE DAMNATION GAME)
Transcribed by blacksnake
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'SynthStrings'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'
Intro
Q=68
C#sus2
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------4-----------4---------4---|
||o-4-----------4-----------4-------|
||----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-|
||------6-----6-----6-----6---------|
||o---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W
||--4-------------------------------|
||o-4-------------------------------|
||--6-------------------------------|
||--6-------------------------------|
||o-4-------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
C#sus2/A C#sus2/F
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-------|
|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-|
|-------6-----6-----6-----6---------|-------6-----6-----6-----6---------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| W W
|-(4)-------------------------------|-(4)-------------------------------|
|-(4)-------------------------------|-(4)-------------------------------|
|-(6)-------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------|
|-(6)-------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------|
|--0--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--1--------------------------------|
C#sus2/E C#sus2/F#
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------4-------------4-----------4----||
|-4-----------4--------------4--------o||
|---6-----6-----6-------6-------6---6--||
|-----6-----6------6------6------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|
| H +E E +Q
|-4---------------(4)---4---(4)--------||
|-4---------------(4)---4---(4)-------o||
|-6---------------(6)---6---(6)--------||
|-6---------------(6)---6---(6)--------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|-0---------------(0)---2---(2)--------||
Verse
C#sus2
Gtrs I, III
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-------||o--4------------4-----------4--------|
|---6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-||------6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6--|
|-----6-----6-----6-----6---------||--------6-----6-----6-----6----------|
|---------------------------------||o------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|
| W +W
|-4-------------------------------||--(4)--------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------||o-(4)--------------------------------|
|-6-------------------------------||--(6)--------------------------------|
|-6-------------------------------||--(6)--------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------||o-(4)--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
C#sus2/A C#sus2/F
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------4-----------4---------4---|---------4-----------4---------4---|
|--4------------4-----------4-------|--4------------4-----------4-------|
|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-|
|-------6-----6-----6-----6---------|-------6-----6-----6-----6---------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| W W
|-(4)-------------------------------|-(4)-------------------------------|
|-(4)-------------------------------|-(4)-------------------------------|
|-(6)-------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------|
|-(6)-------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------|
|--0--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--1--------------------------------|
C#sus2/E C#sus2/F
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------4-------------4-------------4----|
|--4------------4----------------4---------|
|-----6-----6-----6--------6--------6---6--|
|-------6-----6------6--------6------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| H +E E +Q
|-(4)---------------(4)---(4)---(4)--------|
|-(4)---------------(4)---(4)---(4)--------|
|-(6)---------------(6)---(6)---(6)--------|
|-(6)---------------(6)---(6)---(6)--------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--0----------------(0)----2----(2)--------|
C#sus2 C#sus2/A
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------4-----------4---------4---|---------4-----------4---------4---|
|--4------------4-----------4-------|--4------------4-----------4-------|
|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-|
|-------6-----6-----6-----6---------|-------6-----6-----6-----6---------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| W W
|-(4)-------------------------------|-(4)-------------------------------|
|-(4)-------------------------------|-(4)-------------------------------|
|-(6)-------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------|
|-(6)-------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------|
|--4--------------------------------|--0--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
C#sus2/F
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------4-----------4---------4----|
|--4------------4-----------4--------|
|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6--|
|-------6-----6-----6-----6----------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
| W
|-(4)--------------------------------|
|-(4)--------------------------------|
|-(6)--------------------------------|
|-(6)--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--1---------------------------------|
C#sus2/E C#sus2/F#
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------4-------------4-----------4---|
|--4------------4--------------4--------|
|-----6-----6-----6-------6-------6---6-|
|-------6-----6------6------6-----------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| H +E E +Q
|-(4)---------------(4)---4---(4)-------|
|-(4)---------------(4)---4---(4)-------|
|-(6)---------------(6)---6---(6)-------|
|-(6)---------------(6)---6---(6)-------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--0----------------(0)---2---(2)-------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/s/symphony-x/113498.html ]
Bridge
Asus2 Bsus2 Asus2 Bsus2
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
|---------0---------------2-------|---------0---------------2--------|
|-------0---0-----------2---2-----|-------0---0-----------2---2------|
|-----2-------2-------4-------4---|-----2-------2-------4-------4----|
|---2-----------2---4-----------4-|---2-----------2---4-----------4--|
|-0---------------2---------------|-0---------------2----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| H H H H
|-0---------------2---------------|-0---------------2----------------|
|-0---------------2---------------|-0---------------2----------------|
|-2---------------4---------------|-2---------------4----------------|
|-2---------------4---------------|-2---------------4----------------|
|-0---------------2---------------|-0---------------2----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Interlude
C#sus2 C#sus2/A C#sus2/F C#sus2/E C#sus2/F#
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------4---------------4---------4---|---------4---------------4-----------4---|
|-4-------------4--------------4-------|--4-------------4---------------4--------|
|----6-----6-------6-------6-----6---6-|-----6-----6-------6-------6-------6---6-|
|------6-----6--------6------6---------|-------6-----6--------6------6-----------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Q. E H Q. E +Q Q
|-4------------(4)---(4)---------------|-(4)-----------(4)---(4)-------(4)-------|
|-4------------(4)---(4)---------------|-(4)-----------(4)---(4)-------(4)-------|
|-6------------(6)---(6)---------------|-(6)-----------(6)---(6)-------(6)-------|
|-6------------(6)---(6)---------------|-(6)-----------(6)---(6)-------(6)-------|
|-4-------------0-----0----------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--1-------------0----(0)--------2--------|
C#sus2 C#sus2/A
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------4---------------4---------4----|
|--4-------------4--------------4--------|
|-----6-----6-------6-------6-----6---6--|
|-------6-----6--------6------6----------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| Q. E H
|-(4)-----------(4)---(4)----------------|
|-(4)-----------(4)---(4)----------------|
|-(6)-----------(6)---(6)----------------|
|-(6)-----------(6)---(6)----------------|
|--4-------------0-----0-----------------|
|----------------------------------------|
C#sus2/F C#sus2/E C#sus2/F#
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------4---------------4-----------4----||-|
|--4-------------4---------------4--------o||-|
|-----6-----6-------6-------6-------6---6--||-|
|-------6-----6--------6------6------------||-|
|-----------------------------------------o||-|
|------------------------------------------||-|
|
| Q. E +Q Q
|-(4)-----------(4)---(4)-------(4)--------||-|
|-(4)-----------(4)---(4)-------(4)-------o||-|
|-(6)-----------(6)---(6)-------(6)--------||-|
|-(6)-----------(6)---(6)-------(6)--------||-|
|-----------------------------------------o||-|
|--1-------------0----(0)--------2---------||-|
|
| W
|------------------------------------------||-|
|-----------------------------------------o||-|
|------------------------------------------||-|
|------------------------------------------||-|
|-----------------------------------------o||-|
|------------------------------------------||-|
Chorus
C#sus2 (C#m) C#m/A (C#sus2/A)
Gtr I
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 6x
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
||o-4------5-----4-------5------4---5---|--5------4-------5-------4------5---5---o||
||-----6-----6-----6--------6-----6---6-|-----6------6------6--------6-----6---6--||
||-------6-----6------6-------6---------|-------6-------6------6-------6----------||
||o-4-----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|
| W W 6x
||--4-----------------------------------|-(4)-------------------------------------||
||o-4-----------------------------------|-(4)------------------------------------o||
||--6-----------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------------||
||--6-----------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------------||
||o-4-----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| Q. E +S E. Q E. S +E E +S E. Q 6x
||---------------4---(4)----------------|---------4-(4)---7---(7)-4---------------||
||o----------------------5------4-------|--5-----------------------------5-------o||
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
||o-4-----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
C#m/G# C#sus2/G#
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H
|-----------------------------------|-------------------4----*|
|--5------5-5-----5-5-----5-5-----5-|--4------4-4-----4------*|
|-----6-------6-------6-------6-----|-----6-------6----------*|
|-------6-------6-------6-------6---|-------6-------6--------*|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------*|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------*|
|
| W W
|-(4)-------------------------------|-(4)--------------------*|
|--5--------------------------------|--4---------------------*|
|-(6)-------------------------------|-(6)--------------------*|
|-(6)-------------------------------|-(6)--------------------*|
|--4--------------------------------|-(4)--------------------*|
|--4--------------------------------|-(4)--------------------*|
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
