Song Title: Breaking the Silence Artist: Loreena McKennitt Album: Parallel Dreams Transcription: David Msika ([email protected]) Notation: | Measure separation || end of the line // separation (the left and the right side of the separation are not played back to back) x/x Slide (make your finger slide rapidly from the first note to the second one) x~~~x play the same note several time rapidly xhxpx h stands for hammer (don't strike the second note, but slam your finger on it) p stands for pull-up (don't strike the third note, but release your finger from the second note's fret) x2 Play twice and then move on to the rest of the song Intro E||-8~~~8--//-------------------//-------------6/8---------|| B||--------//---------------8---//-----------8-----6-------|| G||--------//-------------8-----//---------8---------8-----|| D||--------//--------8-10-------//----8/10-------------10--|| A||--------//---8-10------------//-------------------------|| E||--------//-------------------//-------------------------|| E||---------------8-10-11-8----//--------------------------|| B||-------------8--------------//-------------------11-8---|| G||-----------8----------------//----8---------8-10--------|| D||------8-10------------------//---------8-10-------------|| A||-8-10-----------------------//------10------------------|| E||----------------------------//--------------------------|| main guitar part (repeated throughout the whole song) E||-------3--------3-|-------3----4----3--|| B||-----4--------4---|-----4--------------|| G||---5--------3-----|---3----------------|| D||------------------|----------3----5----|| A||-3--------5-------|-6------------------|| E||------------------|--------------------|| Some variations are played on the arpeggios: E||-----3--------3---|-------3----4----3--|| B||-------4--------4-|-----4--------------|| G||---5--------3-----|---3----------------|| D||------------------|----------3----5----|| A||-3--------5-------|-6------------------|| E||------------------|--------------------|| E||-------3----------|-------3----4----3--|| B||---4----------4---|-----4--------------|| G||-----5------3---3-|---3----------------|| D||------------------|----------3----5----|| A||-3--------5-------|-6------------------|| E||------------------|--------------------|| Guitar solo E||--------|---------------------------------------|| B||-7-8----|----------------11-9-8-----8-8-8-8-8---|| G||-----10-|-----------8-10--------10--------------|| D||--------|------8-10-----------------------------|| A||--------|-8-10----------------------------------|| E||--------|---------------------------------------|| E||---11-10-------|----------11-13-11-10-----------|| B||--x------13-11-|----11-13-------------13--------|| G||-x-------------|-12-----------------------------|| D||---------------|--------------------------------|| A||---------------|--------------------------------|| E||---------------|--------------------------------|| Very, very fast! ________________________________ | | E||-------------------------8-10-11-----------------|| B||------------------8-9-11-----------------------8-|| G||-------------8-10----------------------8-10-11---|| D||------8-9-10----------------------8-10-----------|| A||-8-10--------------------------------------------|| E||-------------------------------------------------|| E||----------8-10-----------------------------------|| B||-8-8-8-11----------------------------------------|| G||------------------I'm missing the last measure---|| D||------------------(because I'm sloppy :)---------|| A||-------------------------------------------------|| E||-------------------------------------------------||
