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SOULS OF BLACK
As recorded by Testament
(From the 1990 Album SOULS OF BLACK)
Transcribed by B. Johnson
Words and Music by Testament
Arranged by Testament
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Eric Peterson'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Alex Skolnick'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Slide'
Intro
Heavy Metal Q.=134
12/8
Gtr I
Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
Gtr 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
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------12---11----------------|----------------------------|
|------9----9-----------12---11-|----9---9---7---------------|
|----9----------------9----9----|------9---9---7--7--------7-|
|-7--------------7-10-----------|-7-----------------10-9-9---|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| W. H. H.
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------|-5------------4-------------|
|-0-----------------------------|-3------------2-------------|
----| 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
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------12---11------------------|------------------------------|
|------9----9------------12----11-|--------9---9-8-9-------------|
|----9-----------------9-----9----|------9---9-------9-9---------|
|-7--------------7--10------------|-7--7-----------------10-9----|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| ~~ PM---------|
| H. Q. +q E H. E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-------------------------------5-|-5----------------------------|
|-2--------------7-------(7)------|------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------3-|-3------------2-2-2-2--2-2----|
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------11--10-------8--7-|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------8--9-------------|
|--------8---7-------5--4-|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------6--7---5---3---2-|
|-0-0-0--------0-0-0------|-0-0-0------7---5---3---|
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------11--10-------8--7-|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------8--9----------------|
|--------8---7-------5--4-|---------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------6--7---5-4----------|
|-0-0-0--------0-0-0------|-0-0-0------0-3-2-5p3h5----|
PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------11--10-------8--7-|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------8--9-------------|
|--------8---7-------5--4-|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------6--7---5---3---2-|
|-0-0-0--------0-0-0------|-0-0-0------7---5---3---|
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-------7--6-------4--3-|---------------------------|
|-------8--7-------5--4-|-------4--5-----------5----|
|-----------------------|-------6--7---5-4-----3----|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-0-0-0------0-3-2-5p3------|
Gtr III
PM--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E Q. Q. Q.
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------|
|-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-|-1--2-----------14\---|
|-------------------------|----0-----------12\---|
Gtrs I, II
PM--| PM--| ~~
E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E Q Q. E Q.
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------3----6------|
|-------5----7----5----|-------5--1----4-5----|
|-0-0-0-3----5----3----|-0-0-0-3--------------|
PM--| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. +Q E +Q. Q.
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------7----|-6----(6)--5-(5)---------|
|------------3---------|-------------------3-----|
|-------5----1----5----|-4----(4)--3-(3)---1-----|
|-0-0-0-3--------------|-------------------------|
PM--| PM--|
E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E Q E E E E Q.
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|----------3---6---7\---|
|-------5----4----5----|-------5--1---4---5\---|
|-0-0-0-3----5----3----|-0-0-0-3---------------|
9/8
PM--| PM--|
E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. E E E Q.
|----------------------||------------------|
|----------------------||------------------|
|-----------------7----||------------------|
|------------3---------||------------7\----|
|-------5----1----5----||-4----------5\----|
|-0-0-0-3--------------||------0-0-0-------|
1st, 2nd Verses
12/8
PM--| PM--| ~~
E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E Q Q. E Q.
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||o----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------------------|
||-----------------------|----------3----6------|
||o-------5----4----5----|-------5--1----4-5----|
||--0-0-0-3----5----3----|-0-0-0-3--------------|
PM--| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. +Q E +Q. Q.
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------7----|-6----(6)--5-(5)---------|
|------------3---------|-------------------3-----|
|-------5----1----5----|-4----(4)--3-(3)---1-----|
|-0-0-0-3--------------|-------------------------|
PM--| PM--|
E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E Q E E E E Q.
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|----------3---6---7\---|
|-------5----4----5----|-------5--1---4---5\---|
|-0-0-0-3----5----3----|-0-0-0-3---------------|
9/8
PM--| PM--|
E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. E E E Q.
|----------------------||------------------|
|----------------------||------------------|
|-----------------7----||------------------|
|------------3---------||------------7-----|
|-------5----1----5----||-4----------5-----|
|-0-0-0-3--------------||------0-0-0-------|
Chorus
12/8
PM--| PM--| PM PM PM
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-8--9------------------|------------------------|
|-6--7-------8--7-------|-4--5---1---1p0---5-----|
|------0-0-0-6--5-0-0-0-|-2--3-0---0-----0-3-5p0-|
PM--| PM--| PM PM| PM
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-8--9------------------|--------------------------|
|-6--7-------8--7-------|-4--5---4-------4-7-4-----|
|------0-0-0-6--5-0-0-0-|-2--3-3-----3-6-------6---|
PM--| PM--| PM PM PM
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-8--9------------------|------------------------|
|-6--7-------8--7-------|-4--5---1---1p0---5-----|
|------0-0-0-6--5-0-0-0-|-2--3-0---0-----0-3-5p0-|
PM--| PM----------------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------|
|-8--9------------------|----------------------------|
|-6--7-------8--7-------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----|
|------0-0-0-6--5-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----|
1.
PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------11--10-------8--7-|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------8--9-------------|
|--------8---7-------5--4-|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------6--7---5---3---2-|
|-0-0-0--------0-0-0------|-0-0-0------7---5---3---|
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-------7--6-------4--3-|---------------------------|
|-------8--7-------5--4-|-------4--5----------------|
|-----------------------|-------6--7---5-4-----3----|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-0-0-0------0-3-2-5p3------|
PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------11--10-------8--7-|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------8--9-------------|
|--------8---7-------5--4-|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------6--7---5---3---2-|
|-0-0-0--------0-0-0------|-0-0-0------7---5---3---|
PM--| PM--| PM
2:3 2:3
E E E Q E E E E Q E Q. Q. E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------||
|-----------------------|--------------------o||
|-------7--6-------4--3-|---------------------||
|-------8--7-------5--4-|-2-------------------||
|-----------------------|-2-----------8-7-5--o||
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-0-----------6-5-3---||
Guitar Solo
2.
Gtr II
T ~~~~~~~~~~
H. Q. E E E E a Q +E E E Q. +E E E
|--------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------8-||-10b12-10pb12==[22]--([22])r10p8-10----(10)-8-10-|
|----------------------9---||-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| PM---------| PM-----|
| E E E E E E Q Q Q Q. E E E Q. Q.
|--------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------||-----------------------------------------3-------|
|-7--7-7-7-7-7-8---7---5---||--2-------------------------------5------1-------|
|-5--5-5-5-5-5-6---5---3---||--0---------------------0----0-0--3--------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E Q +Q. Q. E E E
|--------------------------------|
|-8----------------------------8-|
|----9--(9)-----[21]-----(9)-9---|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|
| PM| PM| PM|
| Q. E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-2------2--------2-------2------|
|-0------0--0-0---0--0-0--0--0-0-|
~~~
E Q +E E E Q. +E E E
|------------------------------------------|
|-10b12-10pb12===(10)r10p8-10----(10)-8h10-|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| PM----|
| Q. E E E Q. Q.
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------3-------|
|--2------------------------5------1-------|
|--0---------------0---0-0--3--------------|
|-3--|
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 E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-8h11p8---------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|--------10p8p7-8h10p8p7-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------9p8----8h9p8----------------------|----12-12-12S11-11-11S14-14-14S12-12----|
|----------------------------10-------10p9p7-9h10p9p7------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------10p9-|-7--10-10-10S=9--9--9S12-12-12S10-10----|
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|
| PM--| PM---| PM--| PM---|
| Q. E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E Q. Q E
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-4-------------4---------------4------------4-------------|----------------------------------------|
|-2-------------2------2---2----2---2----2---2----2----2---|-2---------2--------5--------4----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|-0---------0--0--0--3--------2-----3----|
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E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-12S17-17-17S16-16-16S14-14-14S12-12-|-12S11-11-11S8-8-8S5-5-5S4-4-|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-10S15-15-15S14-14-14S12-12-12S10-10-|-10S=9--9--9S6-6-6S3-3-3S2-2-|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|
| PM------------|
| Q. E E E E E E Q. Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|--7--------------8-----------|
|--5--------5--------5--------5-------|-----------------------------|
|--3--------3--3--3--3--3--3--3-------|--5-----0----0-0-6---0---0-0-|
|--3----------------------------------|-----------------------------|
Q. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------5h6p5p3-----5h6p5p3-----5h6p5p3-----|
|---------------5p3---------5p3---------5p3-|
|-4-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-2-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E Q. Q.
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-9-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-7---0-----0---0---5-----------4-----------|
|-------------------3-----------2-----------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-3--|
a Q. E E E Q. S S S E E Q. Q. +Q E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------15-17-|
|-3h5----5h7h8S12----8h12p8-7-8-|--------------------------15-------|
|-------------------------------|-9----[21]-----([21])--------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| PM--| PM| PM| PM|
| Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------------------3----------|-----------------------------------|
|---2-----------5----1----------|-2------2---------2--------2-------|
|---0----0-0-0--3---------------|-0------0--0-0----0---0-0--0--0--0-|
~~~
E Q +E E E Q E E E S S
|-17b19-17pb19--(17)-17p15-17---15-17b19-17pb19---------|
|-----------------------------------------------12------|
|--------------------------------------------------12---|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM----|
| Q. E E E Q. Q.
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------3-------------------|
|--2------------------------5-------1-------------------|
|--0--------------0---0--0--3---------------------------|
T T S S S E T T S S S E T T S S S E T T S S S E
|-17h18p17p15-------17h18p17p15-------17h18p17p15-------17h18p17p15-------|
|-------------17----------------17----------------17----------------17----|
|----------------16----------------16----------------16----------------15-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM---| PM---| PM---|
| Q. E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--4-----------------4-----------------4-----------------4----------------|
|--2-----------------2--------2-----2--2--------2-----2--2--------2-----2-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~
Q. E E E E E E E Q S S S S S S E E E Q. +Q.
|---------------------------------|-----------------12-15-14-12-----------------------|
|----------------14S12------------|--------------12-------------[15]b17-----([15])----|
|-12-------------14S12----14--12--|-----------12--------------------------------------|
|-------14p12----------14---------|--------14-----------------------------------------|
|-------------14------------------|-12--15--------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM---| PM| PM|
| Q. E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E E E E Q.
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------5--------4------|--5------------------5---------5------------5------|
|--2------------------------------|--5------------------3--3--3---3-----3-3----3------|
|--0-----0--0--0--3--------2------|--3------------------------------------------------|
E E E E. S E E E E a E E E
|-12-----------------------------------------|
|----15-12-----------------------------------|
|----------[14]p==12----14-12----------------|
|--------------------14-------14-------------|
|--------------------------------14s12-10----|
|-----------------------------------------12-|
|
| Q E E E E Q E E E E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--7---------------------8-------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--5-----0------0-----0--6-----0--------0--0-|
|--------------------------------------------|
~~~~ PM---------------|
Q. E S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------16h18h19--|
|------------------------------14h16h17-16h17h19-----------|
|---------10-12h14h15-14h16h17-----------------------------|
|-[12]-----------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|---9------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------2-----------------------------4-----|
|---7---0-----0-----0--0-----5-----4-----------------2-----|
|----------------------------3-----2-----5p====3-----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------19h20s22----------19h20h22-|
|-------------------------------------17h20s22----------17h20s22----------|
|----------16h18h19----------16h18h19-------------------------------------|
|-16h17h19----------16h17h19----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------------------------------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3----|
|--1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1-----1----|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. +Q. +H.
|-22b24----(22)b24---(22)b24---------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| Q E Q. Q. Q.
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------||
|--3---------------------------------||
|--1-----2---------------------14\---||
|--------0---------------------12\---||
3rd Verse
Gtr I
PM--| PM--| ~~
E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E Q Q. E Q.
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------3----6------|
|-------5----4----5----|-------5--1----4-5----|
|-0-0-0-3----5----3----|-0-0-0-3--------------|
PM--| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. +Q E +Q. Q.
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------7----|-6----(6)--5-(5)---------|
|------------3---------|-------------------3-----|
|-------5----1----5----|-4----(4)--3-(3)---1-----|
|-0-0-0-3--------------|-------------------------|
PM--| PM--|
E E E Q. Q. Q. E E E Q E E E E Q.
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|----------3---6---7\---|
|-------5----4----5----|-------5--1---4---5\---|
|-0-0-0-3----5----3----|-0-0-0-3---------------|
9/8
PM--| PM--|
E E E Q. Q. Q. Q. E E E Q.
|----------------------||------------------|
|----------------------||------------------|
|-----------------7----||------------------|
|------------3---------||------------7-----|
|-------5----1----5----||-4----------5-----|
|-0-0-0-3--------------||------0-0-0-------|
Chorus
12/8
PM--| PM--| PM PM PM
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-8--9------------------|------------------------|
|-6--7-------8--7-------|-4--5---1---1p0---5-----|
|------0-0-0-6--5-0-0-0-|-2--3-0---0-----0-3-5p0-|
PM--| PM--| PM PM| PM
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
|-8--9------------------|-------------------------|
|-6--7-------8--7-------|-4--5----------4-7-4-----|
|------0-0-0-6--5-0-0-0-|-2--3-0----3-6-------6---|
PM--| PM--| PM PM PM
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-8--9------------------|------------------------|
|-6--7-------8--7-------|-4--5---1---1p0---5-----|
|------0-0-0-6--5-0-0-0-|-2--3-0---0-----0-3-5p0-|
PM--| PM----------------------------|
Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------------||
|-8--9------------------|----------------------------||
|-6--7-------8--7-------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5----||
|------0-0-0-6--5-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----||
PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------11--10-------8--7-|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------8--9-------------|
|--------8---7-------5--4-|------------------------|
|-----7-------------------|-------6--7---5---3---2-|
|-5s9----------0-0-0------|-0-0-0------7---5---3---|
PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------|
|-------7--6-------4--3-|---------------------------|
|-------8--7-------5--4-|-------4--5----------------|
|-----------------------|-------6--7---5-4----------|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-0-0-0------0-3-2-5p3h5----|
PM--| PM--| PM--|
E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------11--10-------8--7-|------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------8--9-------------|
|--------8---7-------5--4-|------------------------|
|-7-7-7-------------------|-------6--7---5---3---2-|
|-0-0-0--------0-0-0------|-0-0-0------7---5---3---|
PM--| PM--|
E E E Q E E E E Q E Q E Q. H.
|-----------------------|-----------------*|
|-----------------------|-----------------*|
|-------7--6-------4--3-|-----------------*|
|-------8--7-------5--4-|-9---------------*|
|-----------------------|-7---------------*|
|-0-0-0------0-0-0------|-0---------------*|
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
