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Mirror Mirror
Blind Guardian
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MIRROR MIRROR (Bassline)
As recorded by Blind Guardian
(From the 1998 Album NIGHTFALL IN THE MIDDLE-EARTH)
Transcribed by Jones
Words by K�rsch Music by Olbrich / K�rsch
Gtr I (A# D# G# C# F#) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=180
4/4
Gtr I
W Q Q Q Q W Q Q H 4x
||-----------|-------------|----------|-------------||
||o----------|-------------|----------|------------o||
||-----------|----------3--|-4--------|-3--4--------||
||o-6--------|-4--6--------|----------|------------o||
||-----------|-------------|----------|-------------||
Interlude
H Q. E Q Q H Q Q H Q Q E E E E
||---------------|------------|------------|-----------------||
||o--------------|------------|------------|----------------o||
||---------------|------------|-4--4--4----|-----------------||
||o-6----6S==(0)-|----4--6----|------------|-4--4--4-4-4-4--o||
||---------------|------------|------------|-----------------||
Verse I
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-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--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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||
|-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||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
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-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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||
|-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-o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Intelude II
Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q Q S S S S
||------------------------|------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------|
||------------------------|-6--6-------------|
||o-6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-|-------6--6-6-6-6-|
||------------------------|------------------|
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-|--------------------||
|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2---o||
|-----------------|--------------------||
Chorus
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-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--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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 4x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------------------------||
Bridge
H Q Q H Q Q H Q Q H H
||-------------|------------|------------|------------||
||o------------|------------|------------|-----------o||
||-------4-----|------4--6--|------4-----|------------||
||o-6-------4--|-6----------|-6-------4--|-6---------o||
||-------------|------------|------------|------6-----||
Interlude III
Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q
||------------------------|------------------|
||o-----------------------|------------------|
||------------------------|---------------3--|
||o-6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6-6-6-|-6--6-6-6-6-4-----|
||------------------------|------------------|
Q S S S S Q S S S S Q Q H 4x
|-----------------------|-------------||
|-----------------------|------------o||
|-4--4-4-4-4-4--4-4-4-4-|-3--4--------||
|-----------------------|------------o||
|-----------------------|-------------||
Bridge II
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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
1. 2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------||--------------------||
|-----------------o||--------------------||
|---------6-6-6-6--||---------6-6-6-6\---||
|-----------------o||--------------------||
|-4-4-4-4----------||-4-4-4-4------------||
Verse 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 S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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||
|-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||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Bridge III
H H H Q Q H H H Q Q
||------------|------------|-----------|--------------||
||o-----------|------------|-----------|-------------o||
||--4---------|------------|-4---------|--------------||
||o------2----|-4----2--4--|------2----|-4----2--4---o||
||------------|------------|-----------|--------------||
Chorus
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-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--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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 4x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------------------------||
Interlude IV
Q E E Q Q H E E Q Q E E Q Q H E E Q
||---------------|-------------|--------------|---------------||
||o--------------|-------------|--------6--6--|-5------------o||
||---------8--8--|-6----6------|--------------|------8-6------||
||o-6--6-6-------|--------9-8--|-6--6-6-------|----------9---o||
||---------------|-------------|--------------|---------------||
E E E E Q E E W E E E E Q E E H. Q
|----------------|----------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------|----------------|--------------|
|----------------|----------|----------------|--------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-|----------|-6-6-6-6-6--6-6-|---------16\--|
|----------------|----------|----------------|--------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
|-4--4-4-4--4-4\-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|-4--4-4-4--4-4\-|-2--2-2-2--2-2-|
|----------------|---------------|----------------|---------------|
Guitar solo
Q S S S S Q Q Q S S S S Q Q Q S S S S Q Q Q S S S S Q Q
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|-6--6-6-6-6-6--4--|-6--6-6-6-6-6--6--|-6--6-6-6-6-6--4--|-6--6-6-6-6-6--6---|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|
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||
||--7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-9-9-9-9---||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------------|---------------|-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-|-----------------|
|-4--4-4-4--4-4-|-0--0-0-0--0-0-|-----------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|---------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||--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--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Verse III
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|----------------|-------------1--|-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-2--|-0-0-0-0-0-0----|-------------4--|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2----|-----------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-2\--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------4--|-2-2-7-4-6-2-4-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|
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 4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-----------------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0-2-2-2-2--o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Pre Chorus
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 4x
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------------||
||o-----------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4--o||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------|-----------------------------------||
Chorus
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-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--|
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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 4x
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|----------------------------------||
Poslude
Q S S S S Q E E Q S S S S Q E E
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-------------------|-------------------|
||--------------------|-------------------|
||o-6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6-|-2--2-2-2-2-2--2-2-|
||--------------------|-------------------|
Q S S S S Q E E Q S S S S H
|-------------------|------------------||
|-------------------|-----------------o||
|-------------------|------------------||
|-6--6-6-6-6-6--6-6-|-4--4-4-4-4-4----o||
|-------------------|------------------||
W W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
|-6--------|-2--------|-6--------|-4--------|-6----|
|----------|----------|----------|----------|------|
W +W +W Q E E Q Q Q Q H
|----------|------------|------------|--------------|------------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------------|------------*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------------|------------*|
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-6--6-6-6--4--|-2--4--6----*|
|----------|------------|------------|--------------|------------*|
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Duration Legend
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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
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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
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