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AMEN
As recorded by Sepultura
(From the 1993 Album CHAOS A.D.)
Transcribed by Doetje2
Words by Max Cavalera Music by Max Cavalera, Andreas Kisser, Igor Cavalera, Paulo
Xisto Pinto Junior
E5
0 2 x x x x
G5
3 5 x x x x
G#5
4 6 x x x x
D#5
6 6 x x x x
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr.1'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr.2'
Gtr III (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Gtr.3'
Slow Rock Q=84
E
4/4
Gtr I
W +W W +W
| | | |
o / / /
Gtr II
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|-----------|--------|
|----------|------------|-----------|--------|
|----------|------------|-13--------|--------|
|----------|------------|-----------|--------|
|----------|------------|-11--------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------|--0--------|-(0)----|
E5 N.C. E5 N.C. E5 N.C. E5 N.C.
Gtrs I, II
Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-2-----7-6-2-----7-6-|-2-----7-6-2-----7-6-|
|-0--/7-----0--/7-----|-0--/7-----0--/7-----|
E5 N.C. E5 N.C. E5 N.C. D#5
Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------------|
|-2-----7-6-2-----7-6-|-2-----7S6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-0--/7-----0--/7-----|-0--/7-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
E
Gtrs I, II
W +W
| |
o /
Gtr III
E E S E S E S S +S S S S E E S E S E S S E S S
|-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-(16)-16-16-16-|----15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-(13)-13-13-13-|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-|----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
W +W
| |
/ /
E E S E S E S S E E E E S E. E S S S S E
|---16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-|----15-15-15--15-15-15-15-15-15-|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-|----12-12-12--12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-|----10-10-10--10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|------------------------------|--------------------------------|
W
|
/
S S E S E S E S S +S S S S
|---16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-(16)-16-16-16-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-(13)-13-13-13-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-|
|-----------------------------------------|
+W
|
/
S S E S E S E S S +S S S S
|----15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-(15)-15-15-15-|
|------------------------------------------|
|----12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-(12)-12-12-12-|
|------------------------------------------|
|----10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-(10)-10-10-10-|
|------------------------------------------|
W +W
| |
/ /
S S E S E S E S S +S S S S S S E S E S E E E S S
|---16-16-16-16-16-16-16-16-(16)-16-16-16-|----15-15-15-15-15-15-----15-15-||
|-----------------------------------------|----------------------0-0--0--0-||
|---13-13-13-13-13-13-13-13-(13)-13-13-13-|----12-12-12-12-12-12-0-0--0--0-||
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|---11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-(11)-11-11-11-|----10-10-10-10-10-10-----------||
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------||
E5 G5 G#5 E5 G5 G#5
Gtr I
PM--------------| PM--------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------||------------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||------------------------------------||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-6--6--6--||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-4-4-4--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-4--4--4--||
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||-----------------------------------||------------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------o||------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||------------------------------------||
||-----------------------------------||------------------------------------||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-o||-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-6--x-----||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-4-4-4--||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-4-/x\----||
E5 G#5 Bb5 E5 G#5 Bb5
PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||---------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||o-2-----6-----8-----2-----6-----8------|
||--0-0-0-4-0-0-6--0--0-0-0-4-0-0-6--0---|
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S
||---------------------------------------|
||o--------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------|
||o-2-----6-----8-(8)S2-----6-----8-(8)\-|
||--0-0-0-4-0-0-6-(6)S0-0-0-4-0-0-6-(6)\-|
1.
E5 G#5 Bb5 G5 G#5
PM| PM| PM
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------5-5-5-5-6-6--6-----||
|-2-----6-----8---------------------------o||
|-0-0-0-4-0-0-6--0---0--3-3-3-3-4-4--4-----||
|
| PM| PM| PM
| S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S +S
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|----------------------/7-7-7-7-8-8-(8)\---||
|----------------------/5-5-5-5-6-6-(6)\---||
|-2-----6-----8-(8)\----------------------o||
|-0-0-0-4-0-0-6-(6)\-0---------------------||
2.
E5 G#5 Bb5 G#5 G5G#5 G5 G#5 E5 G5 G#5
PM| PM--------------|
S S S S S S S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|-2-----6-----8----6--5--6-------5---6---||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-o||
|-0-0-0-4-0-0-6-0--4--3--4-------3---4-0-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-4-4-4--||
|
| PM| PM--------------|
| S S S S S S S S S E S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|-2-----6-----8----6--5--6-------5---6---||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-o||
|-0-0-0-4-0-0-6-0--4--3--4-------3---4-0-||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-4-4-4--||
|
| Gtr III
| H E. S +E E W 4x
|-----------------12---------------------||-----------------------------------||
|-----------------11----11-----(11)-11---||o---------------------------------o||
|-----------------------13b14==(13)r13---||-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||o---------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------||-----------------------------------||
N.C.
H +E S S S S S S H +E S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------1p0-2-1-|---------------1p0-2-1-|
|--0----(0)-2p0---------|--0----(0)-2p0---------|
|
| H +E S S S S S S H +E S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-/7----(7)-----1p0-2-1-|-/7----(7)-----1p0-2-1-|
|--0----(0)-2p0---------|--0----(0)-2p0---------|
H +E S S S S S S H E S S S S S S
|-----------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------4----||
|---------------1p0-2-1-|-------------------1p0---3--||
|--0----(0)-2p0---------|--0--------0---2p0----------||
|
| H +E S S S S S S Q. S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------------|-----------------------4----||
|-----------------------|-------------------3p2---3--||
|-/7----(7)-----1p0-2-1-|-/7--------1p0-2p1----------||
|--0----(0)-2p0---------|--0----2p0------------------||
E5 G5 G#5 E5 G5 G#5
Gtrs I, II
PM--------------| PM--------------|
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
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-6-6-6--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-4-4-4---||
E5
PM-----------------------------------------------------
S E S E S S +S S E S E S E S S +S S E S E S E S S
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
-------------------------------------------------------|
+S S E S E S E S S +S S E S E S E S S +S S E S E S
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------|------------------------------||
|-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2----||
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0----||
N.C.
Gtr II
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E H
||--------------------------|-------------------||
||o----------12----------12-|----------12------o||
||-----12-15-------12-15----|----12-15----------||
||--------------------------|-------------------||
||o-------------------------|------------------o||
||--0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----||
|
| Gtr I
| ~~ ~~ ~~
| Q Q Q Q Q Q H
||--------------------------|-------------------||
||o-------------------------|------------------o||
||-----12----------12-------|----12-------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------||
||o-------------------------|------------------o||
||--0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0-----||
N.C.
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---|-5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-|
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---|
PM----------------------------------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9-|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-------------------------------|---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---|
|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7-|---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---|
|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---7-|-9-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7-|
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|
|
| PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
| 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-|-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7-|
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---|---0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----|
PM----------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---7-9---|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7-----||
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-x-||
|
| PM----------------------------------|
| 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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---|-5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7---5-7-----||
|-0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-x-||
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
TP TP
W +H.. S S
|-----------|-----------------|
|-----------|-----------------|
|-13--------|-(13)------------|
|-----------|-----------------|
|-11--------|-(11)------------|
|-----------|-------------0-0-|
PM| PM| PM| PM|
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10s9-----9--10s9-----9--|-10s9-----9--10s9-----9--|
|--8s7-----7---8s7-----7--|--8s7-----7---8s7-----7--|
|------0-0---------0-0----|------0-0---------0-0----|
N.C.
Gtr II
TP TP TP TP TP TP
H a Q Q a Q. E Q. +E
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|-13----13s16--17--|-17s=19S===17-16----------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|-11----11s14--15--|-15s=17S===15-14----(14)\-|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| TP
| W +H.. +E
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|-13---------------|----(13)------------(13)\-|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|-11---------------|----(11)------------(11)\-|
|------------------|--------------------------|
6/4
PM------------------------------------|
S E S E S S +S S E S E S E S S +S S E
||---------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2---o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0----||
|
| PM------------------------------------|
| S E S E S S +S S E S E S E S S +S S E
||---------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2---o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0----||
E5 N.C. E5 N.C. E5 N.C. D#5 E5
4/4
Gtr I
W W E E Q E E Q
| | | |
/ / / /
Gtrs I, II Gtr II
Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S H E E E S S E E E S S
||----------------------|-----------------||-----------------------|
||o---------------------|----------------o||-----------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------||-----------------------|
||----------------------|-----------------||-----------------------|
||o-2-----7-6-2-----7-6-|-2-----7-6-6----o||-2-2----7-6-2-2----7-6-|
||--0--/7-----0--/7-----|-0--/7-----6-----||-0-0-/7-----0-0-/7-----|
D#5 E5 N.C. E5 N.C. E5 N.C. D#5
E E Q H W W
| | |
/ / /
Gtrs I, II, III
Q E S S H Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|---------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------|----------------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------|----------------------------||
|-2------7-6-6----|-2-----7-6-2-----7-6-|-2-----7S6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||
|-0---/7-----6----|-0--/7-----0--/7-----|-0--/7-----6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||
E5 G5 G#5 E5 G5 G#5
Gtrs I, II
PM--------------| PM--------------|
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
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-6-6-6--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-4-4-4---||
E5 G#5 Bb5 E5 G#5 Bb5 E5 G#5 Bb5 E5 G#5 Bb5
Gtr III
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-9S======21S======9S======21S======|=8S======20S======8S======20S======|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-6S======18S======6S======18S======|=5S======17S======5S======17S======|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM|
| 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
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-2-----6------8---2-----6------8---|-2-----6------8---2-----6------8---|
|-0-0-0-4--0-0-6-0-0-0-0-4--0-0-6-0-|-0-0-0-4--0-0-6-0-0-0-0-4--0-0-6-0-|
E5 G#5 Bb5 E5 G#5 Bb5 E5 G#5 Bb5 E5 G#5 Bb5
TP TP TP TP TP
Q Q Q Q H. Q
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-9S======21S======9S======21-------|-20------------------------20\-------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-6S======18S======6S======18-------|-17------------------------17\-------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|
| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM| PM-|
| 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
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-2-----6------8---2-----6------8---|--2------6-----8---2-----6-------8---||
|-0-0-0-4--0-0-6-0-0-0-0-4--0-0-6-0-|--0--0-0-4-0-0-6-0-0-0-0-4--0--0-6-0-||
E5 G5 G#5 E5 G5 G#5
Gtrs I, II
PM--------------| PM--------------|
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
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-6-6-6--o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-4-4-4---||
N.C.
Gtr II
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E Q E E E
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o----------12----------12-|----------12----------12-o||
||-----12-15-------12-15----|----12-15-------12-15-----||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0------------||
|
| Gtr I
| ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
| Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||-----12----------12-------|----12----------12--------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--0-----------0-----------|-0-----------0------------||
E E5
Gtr I
W +W W +W E E Q H
| | | | |
o / / / /
Gtr II
W +H.. E W +W E E Q H
|-----------|---------------|----------|------------|-------------*|
|-----------|---------------|----------|------------|-------------*|
|-12--------|-(12)----------|----------|------------|-------------*|
|-----------|---------------|-9--------|-(9)--------|-------------*|
|-----------|---------------|-6--------|-(6)--------|-2-----------*|
|-----------|---------------|-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
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| - 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
