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NEW BEGINNING
As recorded by Trapt
(From the 2004 Album TRAPT)
Transcribed by Ryan Lamothe
Words and Music by Trapt
Arranged by Trapt
Gmaj7
x 3 5 4 0 x x
Bb5
x 6 8 x 0 x x
C5
x 8 10 x 0 x x
Eb5
4 6 6 x x x x
Bbadd11
x 6 6 8 7 6 6
Gsus2
8 10 12 12 x x x
F5
6 8 8 x x x x
Ebmaj7
x 11 13 12 12 x x
Gm/C
13 x 13 12 12 x x
Gtr I (B E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (B E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr III (B E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr IV (B E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr V (B E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Slowly Q.=62
Gmaj7 Bb5 C5
6/8
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||--------------------------|-------------------------||
||--------------------------|-------------------------||
||o-------0-----------0-----|-------0-------0---0----o||
||------4---4-------4-------|-------------------------||
||o---5-------5---5---------|---8--------------------o||
||--3-----------3-------3s6-|-6---6---6s8-8---8---8\--||
||--------------------------|-------------------------||
Eb5 Bbadd11
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------6-6-6-6-6-6--||
||--------------6-6-6-6-6-6--||
||o-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
||--------------8-8-8-8-8-8--||
||o-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-o||
||--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||
||--4-4-4-4-4-4--------------||
Gm F Eb D
Gtr III
~~~~~~~
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S +Q
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-19---------19-17---------17-|-15---------15-14----------|
|----17-0-17-------15-0-15----|----13-0-13-------12-(12)--|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
Eb5 Bbadd11 Eb5 Bbadd11
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|
|-------------8-8-8-8-8-8-|-------------8-8-8-8-8-8-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------|
Gm F
Gtr I
S S S S E S S S S E
||------------------------------|
||------------------------------|
||o-19---------19-19---------19-|
||-----17-0-17-------17-0-17----|
||o-----------------------------|
||------------------------------|
||------------------------------|
Eb D
~~~~~~~
S S S S E S S +Q
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|-17---------17-17s19-(19)--||
|----15-0-15----------------||
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
|---------------------------||
Verse
Gm F/A Eb D
~~~~~~~
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S +Q
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-19---------19-17---------17-|-15---------15-14----------|
|----17-0-17-------15-0-15----|----13-0-13-------12-(12)--|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
Gm F/A
S S S S E S S S S E
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-19---------19-17---------17-|
|----17-0-17-------15-0-15----|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
Eb D
~~~~~~~
S S S S E S S +Q S S S S E S S S S E
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|-15---------15-14----------|-19---------19-17---------17-|
|----13-0-13-------12-(12)--|----17-0-17-------15-0-15----|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
~~~~~~~
S S S S E S S +Q
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-15---------15-14----------|
|----13-0-13-------12-(12)--|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
~~~~~~~
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S +Q
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-19---------19-17---------17-|-15---------15-14----------|
|----17-0-17-------15-0-15----|----13-0-13-------12-(12)--|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
Gmaj7 Bb C
Gtr II
E S S E E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-----3-------3-----|---5--------------7-----|
|---7---7---7-------|-----8---------10---8-8-|
|-0-------0---------|------------------------|
|---------------5s8-|-8---8-8s10-10----------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
Gmaj7 Bb C
E S S E E S S S S E S S S S S S S S E
|-----3-------3-----|---5--------------7-----|
|---7---7---7-------|-----8---------10---8-8-|
|-0-------0---------|------------------------|
|---------------5s8-|-8---8-8s10-10----------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------|------------------------|
Eb5 Bbadd11 Eb5 Bbadd11
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-||
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-||
|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-------------8-8-8-8-8-8-|-------------8-8-8-8-8-8-||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------||
Chorus
$
Gsus2 F5
E. S S S E. S E E. S S S S S S E.
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-|-------------------|
|-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|--8---8--8--8--8---8--8-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
Eb5 Bbadd11 Eb5 Bbadd11
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-------------8-8-8-8-8-8-|-------------8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------|
Gsus2 F5
E. S S S E. S E E. S S S S S S E.
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-|-------------------|
|-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|--8---8--8--8--8---8--8-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
1.
Eb5 Bbadd11 Eb5 Bbadd11
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6---||
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6---||
|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7--o||
|-------------8-8-8-8-8-8-|-------------8-8-8-8-8-8---||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--o||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4---------------||
2.,3.
Eb5 Bbadd11 Gsus2
S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E. S E
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|------------------------|
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|------------------------|
|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------------|
|-------------8-8-8-8-8-8-|-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------|--8---8--8--8--8---8--8-|
F5 Eb5 Bbadd11
E. S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-------------------|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-------------------|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-------------------|-------------8-8-8-8-8-8--|
|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|-4-4-4-4-4-4--------------|
Eb5 Bbadd11 Gsus2 F5
S S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S E. S E E. S S S S S S E.
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------8-8-8-8-8-8-|-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-|--------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-12--12-12-12-12--12-12-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-10--10-10-10-10--10-10-|-8--8-8-8-8-8-8-8---|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------|--8---8--8--8--8---8--8-|-6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
To Coda
Eb5 Bbadd11 Eb5 Bbadd11
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-||
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-||
|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-------------8-8-8-8-8-8-|-------------8-8-8-8-8-8-||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------||
Interlude
Gmaj7 Bb5 C5
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-------0---0----|
|-----4---4-------4-------|------------------------|
|---5-------5---5---------|---8--------------------|
|-3-----------3-------3s6-|-6---6---6s8-8---8---8\-|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
Gmaj7 Bb5 C5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-------0---0-----||
|-----4---4-------4-------|-------------------------||
|---5-------5---5---------|---8---------------------||
|-3-----------3-------3s6-|-6---6---6s8-8---8---8\--||
|-------------------------|-------------------------||
Bridge
Ebmaj7
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------12----0-15p12----0-------|-15p12----0-------15p12----0-------|
|-------12----12--------------12----|------------12---------------12----|
|----13------------------13------13-|-------13------13-------13------13-|
|-11---------------11---------------|-11---------------11---------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Gm/C
S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-15p12----0-------15p12----12-------|
|------------12----------12----12----|
|-------13------13----------------15-|
|------------------------------------|
|-13---------------15----------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------12----------------12-------|
|-------12----12----------12----12----|
|----------------15----------------15-|
|----15----------------15-------------|
|-13----------------13----------------|
Ebmaj7
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------12----0-15p12----0-------|-15p12----0-------15p12----0-------|
|-------12----12--------------12----|------------12---------------12----|
|----13------------------13------13-|-------13------13-------13------13-|
|-11---------------11---------------|-11---------------11---------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Gm/C
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-15p12----0-------15p12----12-------|----------12----------------12-------|
|------------12----------12----12----|-------12----12----------12----12----|
|-------13------13----------------15-|----------------15----------------15-|
|------------------------------------|----15----------------15-------------|
|-13---------------15----------------|-13----------------13----------------|
Gm
S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------12----------------12-------|
|-------12----12----------12----12----|
|----------------15----------------15-|
|----15----------------15-------------|
|-13----------------13----------------|
Bb C5 Gm Bb C5
Q. a Q. H. a Q. a Q.
|--------------|---------|----------------|
|--------------|---------|----------------|
|--------------|---------|----------------|
|--------------|---------|----------------|
|------8s10----|---------|--------8s10----|
|-6----6s=8----|-3-------|-3s6----6s=8----|
|--------------|---------|----------------|
D.S. al Coda
Eb5 Bbadd11 Eb5
Gtr II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|--------------------------||
|-------------6-6-6-6-6-6-|--------------------------||
|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|--------------------------||
|-------------8-8-8-8-8-8-|--------------------------||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
&
Gsus2 F5
Gtr II
E. S S S E. S E E. S S S S S S E.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
E. S +S S E E E E. S +S S E E E
|-10--10-(10)-10-10----------|-13--13-(13)-13-13------------|
|--------------------13---11-|---------------------13----11-|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------|
Eb5 Bbadd11 Eb5 Bbadd11
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. S +S S S S S S S S E. S +S S S S Q
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------10-------10-|-------------------------------------|
|-12------12-(12)-12-10-12----10-12----|-12------12-(12)-12-10-12\-----------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Gsus2 F5
E. S S S E. S E E. S S S S S S E.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~ ~~~~
S S S S S S E S E. S S S S S S E S E.
|-13--10----13-10----13--10-------|-13--10----13-10----13---10-----|
|--------11-------11--------11----|--------11-------11---------11--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Eb5 Bbadd11 Eb5 Bbadd11
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. S +S S +E E E S S S S S S Q.
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-10------11-(11)-11b12r(11)---10---11---|-10-11-13-11-10---------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------10-12---------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
Gsus2 F5
E. S S S E. S E E. S S S S S S E.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~ ~~~
S S S S S S E S E. S S S S S S E S E.
|-15--10----15-10----15--10-------|-15--10----15-10----15---10-----|
|--------13-------13--------13----|--------13-------13---------13--|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|--------------------------------|
Eb5 Bbadd11 Eb5 Bbadd11
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 E S E. a a S S S S S S Q.
|-13-10----13-10----13---10---------|----------------------------------------|
|-------11-------11---------11------|-10h11p10----10-13-11-10----------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------12-------------12-------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
Gsus2 F5
E. S S S E. S E E. S S S S S S E.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H. +H.
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|-12---------------|-(12)----------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|
Eb5 Bbadd11 Eb5 Bbadd11
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a H. H.
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
|-12-14------------------------|-/15------------------------||
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------------|----------------------------||
Gsus2 F5
E. S S S E. S E E. S S S S S S E.
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
a H. +H.
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-15s17---------------|-(17)----------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
Eb5 Bbadd11 Eb5 Bbadd11
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
|-15---15---15---15---15---15---|-15---15---15---15---15---15---|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Gsus2 F5 Eb5 Bbadd11
E. S S S E. S E E. S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
H. +H. +H.
|-15---------------|-(15)----------------|-(15)------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------|-----------------------------|
Eb5 Bbadd11
3/8
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
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
+H. +H. +Q.
|-(15)-----------------------|-(15)-----------------------|-(15)-----------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------||
|----------------------------|----------------------------|----------------||
6/8
Gtr II
E E E Q. W W W
|-6-----------|----------|-----------|--------|
|-6-----------|----------|-----------|--------|
|-7-----------|----------|-----------|--------|
|-8-----------|----------|-----------|--------|
|-6-----------|----------|-----------|--------|
|-6-----------|----------|-----------|--------|
|-------------|----------|-----------|--------|
|
| Gtr V
| Q. Q. +H. Q. Q. +H.
|--------0----|-(0)------|-----------|--------|
|-5-----------|----------|-----------|--------|
|-------------|----------|-1----1----|-(1)----|
|-------------|----------|-----------|--------|
|-------------|----------|-----------|--------|
Gtr V
Q. Q. +H. Q. Q. +H. 4x
||-------0----|-(0)------|-----------|---------||
||o-5---------|----------|-----------|--------o||
||------------|----------|-1----1----|-(1)-----||
||o-----------|----------|-----------|--------o||
||------------|----------|-----------|---------||
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
