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In The Beginning
Amorphis
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IN THE BEGINNING
As recorded by Amorphis
(From the 1994 Album TALES FROM THE THOUSAND LAKES)
Transcribed by Snakerf (Kemal Cagri Ozcan) & Mikko Leimu [Kheimos]
Words and Music by Holopainen & Laine
A5
x 0 2 2 x x
E5
0 2 2 x x x
F5
1 3 3 x x x
G5
3 5 5 x x x
A5V
5 7 7 x x x
B5VII
7 9 9 x x x
C5
x 3 5 5 x x
B5
x 2 4 4 x x
Bb5VI
6 8 8 x x x
Eb5VI
x 6 8 8 x x
D5V
x 5 7 7 x x
Gtr I (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Lead 1'
Gtr II (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Lead 2'
Gtr III (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Rhythm 1'
Gtr IV (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Rhythm 2'
Gtr V (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Organ'
Intro & 1st Verse
Moderately Q=115
A5 E5
4/4
Gtrs III, IV
W W
| |
/ /
Gtr I
~ ~
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||-----------------|----------------|
||o----------------|----------------|
||-----------------|----------------|
||--2--------------|-2--------------|
||o----5-3-2-3-2---|----5-3-2-3-2---|
||---------------5-|--------------5-|
F5 G5 F5 G5
|-3-| |-3-|
W W Q Q Q Q Q Q
| | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / /
~ ~
|-3-| |-3-|
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E 4x Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------------|-----------------||--------------||
|----------------|----------------o||--------------||
|----------------|-----------------||--------------||
|-3--2-3-5-3-2---|-----------------||-3-3-3-/5-5-5-||
|--------------5-|-3--2-3-5-3-2---o||--------------||
|----------------|--------------3--||--------------||
Interlude
E5
4/4
Gtr IV
W +H. Q
| | |
/ / o
Gtr II
~~~~~~~
Q E +E +S +S E Q Q E E H
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|----10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r===========|
|-------------------------------|-------9-7-9-----|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr I
| >
| W W
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-2-----------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| ~
| W +H. Q
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------|
|-2-----------------------------|-(2)-------------|
|-2-----------------------------|-(2)-------------|
|-0-----------------------------|-(0)----------2--|
G5 A5V
W +H. Q
| | |
/ / /
~~~~~ ~
+Q E +E +S +S E Q Q E E H
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r============|
|-(9)-----------------------------|-------9-7-9------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|
| W W
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|
| W +H. Q
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|---------------------------------|------------------|
|--5------------------------------|-(5)----------7---|
|--3------------------------------|-(3)----------5---|
B5VII
Gtr IV
W +W
| |
/ /
Gtr II
~~~ ~~~~~~~
+Q E +E +S +S E Q Q E E H
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r===========|
|-(9)-----------------------------|-------9-7-9-----|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| W +H H
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------x\----|
|--9------------------------------|-(9)-------x\----|
|--7------------------------------|-(7)-------------|
E5
W +W
| |
/ /
~~~~~ ~
+Q E +E +S +S E Q Q E E H
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r==========|
|-(9)-----------------------------|-------9-7-9----|
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|
| W +W
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------|
|--2------------------------------|-(2)------------|
|--2------------------------------|-(2)------------|
|--0------------------------------|-(0)------------|
E5
W +H. Q
| | |
/ / o
~~~ ~~~~~~~
+Q E +E +S +S E Q Q E E H
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r===========|
|-(9)-----------------------------|-------9-7-9-----|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|
| ~
| W +H. Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|--2------------------------------|-(2)-------------|
|--2------------------------------|-(2)-------------|
|--0------------------------------|-(0)----------2--|
G5 A5V
W +H. Q
| | |
/ / /
~~~~~ ~
+Q E +E +S +S E Q Q E E H
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r===========|
|-(9)-----------------------------|-------9-7-9-----|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|
| W +H. Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|--5------------------------------|-(5)----------7--|
|--3------------------------------|-(3)----------5--|
B5VII
W +H. Q
| | |
/ / o
~~~ ~~~~~~~
+Q E +E +S +S E Q Q E E H
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7--|--7b8r===========|
|-(9)-----------------------------|-------9-7-9-----|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|
| ~
| W +H. Q
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|--9------------------------------|-(9)-------------|
|--9------------------------------|-(9)-------------|
|--7------------------------------|-(7)----------3--|
H=H
E5 N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
~~~~~ ~
+Q E +E +S +S E Q Q E E H
|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|-------10b12==(10)-(10)r(10)-8-7---|-7b8r=============||
|-(9)-------------------------------|-------9-7-9------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|
| PM-----------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E W
|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------------------|-x\---------------||
|--2--2--2-------2----2-------2-2-2-|-x\---------------||
|--0--0--0-------0----0-------0-0-0-|------------------||
2nd Verse
Slightly Faster Q=125
EE5 G5 C5
Gtr IV
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|
||o-8-7-7---8-7-7---|-10-8-8-7-----7-8-|-8-7-7---8-7-7---|
||--------9-------9-|----------7-9-----|-------9-------9-|
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
B5 B5 N.C.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E H
|------------------||-------------------------||
|-----------7-7-8-o||-------------------------||
|-9-8-8-9-9--------||-9-8-8-9-----------------||
|------------------||-------------------------||
|-----------------o||-------------------------||
|------------------||-------------------------||
|
| PM
| E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E
|------------------||-------------------------||
|-----------------o||-------------------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-4-4-4-4-----------------||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-4-4-4-4-----------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-2-2-2-0-[2]b2.5p0-----||
|------------------||---------------------3---||
3rd Verse
E5 N.C. E5 N.C. E5 N.C. E5 G5
PM| ~ PM| ~ PM| ~ PM
Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E Q Q Q S S E E E Q Q S E S Q 4x
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||--2--2------------|-2--2-----------|-2--2------------|-2--2----5---5----||
||o-2--2------2-----|-2--2------2----|-2--2------2-----|-2--2--x-5---5---o||
||--0--0--3-5---5-3-|-0--0--3-5---5--|-0--0--3-5---5-3-|-0--0--x-3---3----||
Pre-Chorus
C#5 E5 A5
Gtr I
~~~~~~~~ ~~~
E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|---/9-9-8--8s=6-6-4-|-(4)-/9-9-8--8s=6-6-4-|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtrs III, IV
| H +Q E E +H +Q E E
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|-6--------(6)---6---|----------------------|
|-6--------(6)---6-2-|-(2)--------(2)---2-7-|
|-4--------(4)---4-2-|-(2)--------(2)---2-7-|
|------------------0-|-(0)--------(0)---0-5-|
F#5 C#5/Ab
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-(4)-/9-9-8--8s=6-6-4-|-(4)-/9-9-8-8-6-6-4--|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|
| PM--|
| +H +Q E E +H E E E E
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------|---------------------|
|-(7)--------(7)---7-4-|-(4)--------------6--|
|-(7)--------(7)---7-4-|-(4)--------4-4-4-4--|
|-(5)--------(5)---5-2-|-(2)--------2-2-2-4--|
E5 E5A5
~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-(4)-/9-9-8--8s=6--6--4-|-(4)-/9-9-8--8s=6-6-4-|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|
| +H +Q E E +H +Q E E
|------------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------6----|----------------------|
|-(6)--------(6)----6--2-|-(2)--------(2)---2-7-|
|-(4)--------(4)---(4)-2-|-(2)--------(2)---2-7-|
|-(4)--------(4)---(4)-0-|-(0)--------(0)---0-5-|
F#5
~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
+E E E E E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-(4)-/9-9-8-8s6-6-4-|-(4)-/9-9-8-8s6-6-4--||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|
| PM--------------|
| +W E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-(7)----------------|--4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|-(7)----------------|--4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||
|-(5)----------------|--2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||
Chorus
EE5 G5 C5
Gtr IV
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|
||o-8-7-7---8-7-7---|-10-8-8-7-----7-8-|-8-7-7---8-7-7---|
||--------9-------9-|----------7-9-----|-------9-------9-|
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|------------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|
1. 2.
B5 B5
5/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E H.
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / x
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------||------------------------|
|-----------7-7-8-o||------------7-7-8-8-8---|
|-9-8-8-9-9--------||-9-8-8-9-9--------------|
|------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------o||------------------------|
|------------------||------------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------||------------------------|
|-----------------o||------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4---|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--||-4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-4---|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||-2-2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2-2---|
|------------------||------------------------|
G5 Bb5VI
4/4
Gtrs III, IV
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
Gtr I
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-11-10-10----11-10-10----|-13-11-11-10-------10-11-|
||-----------12----------12-|-------------10-12-------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
||o-------------------------|-------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------------------------|
Eb5VI D5V
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-11-10-10----11-10-10----|----------------10-10-11--o||
|----------12----------12-|-12-11-11-12-12------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
|-------------------------|--------------------------o||
|-------------------------|---------------------------||
F5 G5 E5 N.C.
Gtr IV
|-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q H H
| | | | | | |
/ / / / / / /
Gtr II
~
|-3-| |-3-|
Q Q Q Q Q Q H H
|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|----------------||
|-3-3-3-/5-5-5-|-2--------------||
|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|----------------||
|
| Gtr III
| PM| ~
| |-3-| |-3-|
| Q Q Q Q Q Q H S S E E E
|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|----------------||
|--------------|----------------||
|-3-3-3--5-5-5-|-2--------------||
|-3-3-3--5-5-5-|-2--------2-----||
|-1-1-1--3-3-3-|-0----3-5---5-3-||
Organ Solo
E5 N.C. E5 N.C.
Gtr V
Q Q S S E S S E Q Q S S E S S E
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o-----17--------15----14-17-|-----17--------15----14-17-|
||----------14-16----16-------|---------14-16----16-------|
||--14------------------------|-14------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| Gtrs III, IV
| PM| ~~ PM| ~~
| Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E Q
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||o---------------------------|---------------------------|
||----------------------------|---------------------------|
||---2---2--------------------|--2---2--------------------|
||o--2---2---------2----------|--2---2---------2----------|
||---0---0---3--5-----5-----3-|--0---0---3--5-----5-------|
E5 N.C. E5 G5
Q Q S S E S S E Q Q S S S S S E.
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|-----17--------15----14-17-|-----17-----------15--------|
|---------14-16----16-------|------------14-16----16-14--|
|-14------------------------|-14------17-----------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| PM| ~~ PM
| Q Q S S E E E Q Q S E S Q
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|--2---2--------------------|--2---2------5--------5-----|
|--2---2---------2----------|--2---2---x--5--------5-----|
|--0---0---3--5-----5-----3-|--0---0---x--3--------3-----|
E5 N.C. E5 N.C.
Q Q S S E S S E Q Q S S E S S E
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|-----17--------15----14-17-|-----17--------15----14-17-|
|---------14-16----16-------|---------14-16----16-------|
|-14------------------------|-14------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|
| PM| ~~ PM| ~~
| Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E Q
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|--2---2--------------------|--2---2--------------------|
|--2---2---------2----------|--2---2---------2----------|
|--0---0---3--5-----5-----3-|--0---0---3--5-----5-------|
E5 N.C. E5 N.CG5
Q Q S S E S S E Q Q S E S Q
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|-----17--------15----14-17-|-----17-----15---15----o||
|---------14-16----16-------|------------16---16-----||
|-14------------------------|-14---------17---17-----||
|---------------------------|-----------------------o||
|---------------------------|---------12-------------||
|
| PM| ~~ PM
| Q Q S S E E E Q Q S E S Q
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|---------------------------|-----------------------o||
|---------------------------|------------------------||
|--2---2--------------------|--2---2------5----5-----||
|--2---2---------2----------|--2---2---x--5----5----o||
|--0---0---3--5-----5-----3-|--0---0---x--3----3-----||
N.CG5 N.CG5 E5 N.C.
2/4
S E S Q S E S Q E Q.
|-------------------------|---------||
|----15---15-----15---15--|-15------||
|----16---16-----16---16--|-16------||
|----17---17-----17---17--|-17------||
|-------------------------|---------||
|-12----------12----------|---------||
|
| PM PM
| S E S Q S E S Q E Q.
|-------------------------|---------||
|-------------------------|---------||
|-------------------------|---------||
|-----5----5------5----5--|--2------||
|--x--5----5---x--5----5--|--2------||
|--x--3----3---x--3----3--|--0------||
Finale
Freely Q=125
E5
4/4
H S S T S T T S T T S T
|---------------------------------------|
|------17p15h17p15p14h15p14p12h14p12p10h|
|---------------------------------------|
|-2-------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------------|
| W
|
| TP
| H H
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-2-----2-------------------------------|
|-2-----2-------------------------------|
|-0-----0-------------------------------|
|
| Gtr I
| TP
| H H
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-9-----9-------------------------------|
|-7-----7-------------------------------|
|-0-------------------------------------|
T S T T S T T S T T S T Q +Q +W
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|-12p=10p9h10p9p7h9p7p5h7p5h7p5--(5)--|-(5)----|
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|-(2)---------------------------------|-(2)----|
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|-(0)---------------------------------|-(0)----|
| +W +W
|
| TP
| H. Q +W
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|--2------------------------------2---|-(2)----|
|--2------------------------------2---|-(2)----|
|--0------------------------------0---|-(0)----|
|
| TP TP
| W W
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|-------------------------------------|--------|
|--9----------------------------------|--9-----|
|--9----------------------------------|--9-----|
|-(7)---------------------------------|--------|
|-------------------------------------|--------|
N.C.
+W +W +H. Q
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
|-(5)--------|-(5)----------|-(5)-----------------------*|
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
|-(2)--------|-(2)----------|-(2)-----------------------*|
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
|-(0)--------|-(0)----------|-(0)-----------------------*|
| +W +W +H. Q
|
| +W +W S S S S E S S S Q E.
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
|-(2)--------|-(2)----------|--9--9-9-9---9-9-9-9\------*|
|-(2)--------|-(2)----------|--7--7-7-7---7-7-7-7\------*|
|-(0)--------|-(0)----------|---------------------------*|
|
| TP TP TP ~
| W Q Q H S S S S E S S S Q E.
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
|--9---------|--9---9--9----|---------------------------*|
|------------|--------------|--9--9-9-9---9-9-9-9\------*|
|------------|--------------|--7--7-7-7---7-7-7-7\------*|
|------------|--------------|---------------------------*|
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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