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Before The War
Helloween
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BEFORE THE WAR (Bassline)
As recorded by Helloween
(From the 1996 Album TIME OF THE OATH)
Transcribed by Ivan - (peekaboo104@hotmail.com)
Words and Music by Andi Deris, Michael Weikath, Roland Grapow, Markus Grosskopf and Uli Kush
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Markus Grosskopf'
Intro 1st Verse
Moderately Fast Rock Q=295
4/4
Gtr I
Wx34 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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|-------------||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
|-------------||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
Pre-Chorus
Q H. Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------||-------------|-------------|--------------|
|------------o||-9--9--9--9--|-9--9--9--9--|-9-----9------|
|----8-------o||-------------|-------------|----9-----9---|
|-8-----------||-------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|--------------|-7--------------|-----------------|----7--5------|
|-9-----7--10--|----------------|-----------------|----------7---|
|----9---------|----5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5------------|
|--------------|----------------|-----------------|--------------|
Q Q H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-6--5-------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------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--|
Chorus
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-------------|-------------||-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------||o------------------|
|-----------------|-------------|----------3--||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3-----||-------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. W W
|-----------------|----------------|----------|-------||
|-----------------|----------------|----------|------o||
|-----------------|----------------|----------|------o||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5------|-3--------|-3-----||
2nd Verse
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
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||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q H.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----8-----o||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8---------||
Pre-Chorus
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|----------5---|
|-9--9--9--9--|-9--9--9--9--|-9-----9-----|-9-----7------|
|-------------|-------------|----9-----9--|----9---------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-7--------------|-----------------|-------------|-------5--7---|
|----------------|-----------------|-------------|-5--7---------|
|----5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5--5--5-----|--------------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------5--|--------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-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--|
Chorus
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------||------------------|------------------|
|-------------|-------------||o-----------------|------------------|
|-------------|----------3--||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-3--3--3--3--|-3--3--3-----||------------------|------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8--|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
Interlude
1. 2.
2/4
E E E E E Q. W +W E Q.
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|----------------|----------|------------o||---------||
|----------------|----------|------------o||---------||
|-5-5-5-5-5------|-3--------|-(3)---------||-2-------||
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E Q E Q. E E E E E Q.
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|----------------|
|-2-2-2-----0-----|-2-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-3----5----|-2-2-2-2-2------|
E E E E E E E E W Q. Q. Q E E E E E Q.
|-----------------|----------|--------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------|--------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-0--------|-2----3----4--|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-----0-----|----------|--------------|-2-2-2-2-2-------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E Q E Q. E E E E E Q.
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-----0-----|-2-2-2-2-2------|-2-2-3----5----|-2-2-2-2-2-------|
E E Q E Q. W Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q
|---------------|----------|--------------|---------------|
|---------------|----------|--------------|-2----3----4---|
|---------------|-0--------|-2----3----4--|---------------|
|-2-2-2----0----|----------|--------------|---------------|
Harmony Solo I
Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-4----5----6--|--------------||------------------|------------------|
|--------------|-7------------||o-----------------|------------------|
|--------------|------9----7--||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|--------------|--------------||------------------|------------------|
1.,2. 3.
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
|-----------------|------------------||-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------o||-----------------||------------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-----------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|------------------||-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-||------------------|
E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q +Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E
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|-----------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|--------------|---------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-7----5----7--|-(7)--5--7--5--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|------------------|
E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-9--7--8-----|-7-----------|--------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----------9--|----7--9--5--|-7--4--5--2---|
|-----------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-4--0--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--|
|----------2--||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Guitar Solo (Roland)
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
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|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-----------------||-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Guitar Solo (Mike)
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
|-----------------||-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------||-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-9-9-9-10-10-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
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
|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|----------------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|------------------|
|-10-10-10-9-9-9-10-10-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------3-3-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
|----------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-3-3-3-4-4-4-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-9-9-9-10-10-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-9-9-9-10-10-|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-10-10-10-9-9-9-10-10-|------------------|
|----------------------|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
|-7-7-7-5-5-5-----|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-10-10-10-9-9-9-10-10-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-------------7-7-|-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
|-10-10-10-9-9-9-10-10-|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|
|-10-10-10-7-7-7-------|------------------|
|----------------10-10-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
Harmony Solo II
E E E Q. Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q H Q Q
|---------------||--------------|--------------|---------------|
|---------------||--------------|--------------|-10------------|
|-------5----7--||--------------|--------------|-------10--7---|
|-8-8-8---------||-8--8-8-8--8--|-8--8-8-8--8--|---------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------7--|--------------|--------------|----9--7------|
|-----7--9-----|--------------|--------------|----------9---|
|-10-----------|-7--7-7-7--7--|-7--7-7-7--7--|-7------------|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
Q Q Q Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8--7--5-----|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|----------7--|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--|
|-------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Breakdown
Q Q H E E H. E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q.
|-------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------7----||-------------|-----------------|-----1----3-----|
|-9--10-------||-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3------------|
|-------------||-------------|-----------------|----------------|
Q. Q. Q E E H. E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q.
|--------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-1----0-------|-------------|-----------------|-----1----3-----|
|-----------1--|-3-3-3-------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3------------|
|--------------|-------------|-----------------|----------------|
Q. Q. Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|-1----0-------|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|-----------1--|-----------------|-----------------|------|
|--------------|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-1----|
Outro-Chorus
+W W W E E E E E E E E
|------------|----------|----------||-------------------|
|------------|----------|----------||o------------------|
|------------|----------|----------||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-(1)--------|-3--------|----------||-------------------|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
1.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. W +W
|-----------------|----------------|----------|---------||
|-----------------|----------------|----------|--------o||
|-----------------|----------------|----------|--------o||
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-5-5-5-5-5------|-3--------|-(3)-----||
2.
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6--|
E E E E E E Q Q Q Q Q W Q.. S Q.. S
|----------------|-7-----------|----------|------------------||
|---------5-5-7--|----5--7--5--|----------|------------------||
|-5-5-8-8--------|-------------|-1--------|-3-------1--------||
|----------------|-------------|----------|------------------||
Outro
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E Q. Q. E E E E E E H
|-----------------|---------------|--------------*|
|-----------------|---------------|--------------*|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-------------|-5-5-5-5-5----*|
|-----------------|------3----1---|--------------*|
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
----------------
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