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Concerning Hobbits

Howard Shore

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CONCERNING HOBBITS (Bassline)
As recorded by Howard Shore
(From the 2002 Album THE LORD OF THE RINGS (OST) - THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING)

Transcribed by TimBob
	

Music by Howard Shore
Arranged by TimBob

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Pizzicato Strings'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Guitar'

 Intro
  Q=100
  D
 4/4
  Gtr I
  q  q  q  q    q  q  q  Q    q  q  q  q    q  q  q  Q
|-------7-----|-------7-----|-------7-----|-------7-----|
|----7-----7--|----7--------|----7-----7--|----7--------|
|-5-----------|-5-----------|-5-----------|-5-----------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|


  Wx4
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


                        D
  W          W          q  q  q  q    q  q  q  q
|----------|----------|-------7-----|-------7------||
|----------|----------|----7-----7--|----7-----7---||
|----------|----------|-5-----------|-5------------||
|----------|----------|-------------|--------------||


 Fiddle Section
  D                        A
  Gtr I
  q     q     q     Q      q     q     q     Q
|-------------7----------|------------------------|
|-------7----------------|-------------7----------|
|-5----------------------|-------7----------------|
|------------------------|-5----------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| 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----10----10----10-|
|-7----------------------|-6----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|


  Bm                G       A
                                     2/4
  q   q   q   Q     q   q   q   q     H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|---------9-------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----9-----------|-----5-------7---|-----------|
|-7---------------|-3-------5-------|-----------|
|
| E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E
|-----7---7---7---|-----3-------5---|-----5-----|
|---7---7---7---7-|---3---3---5---5-|---5---5---|
|-4---------------|-0-------2-------|-2---------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|


  D                        G       A
 4/4
  q     q     q     Q      q   q   q   q
|-------------7----------|-----------------||
|-------7----------------|-----5-------7---||
|-5----------------------|-----5-------7---||
|------------------------|-3-------5-------||
|
| E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   E E E E E E E E
|------10----10----10----|-----3-------5---||
|---10----10----10----10-|---3---3---5---5-||
|-7----------------------|-0-------2-------||
|------------------------|-----------------||
|------------------------|-----------------||
|------------------------|-----------------||


 Strings Section
  Bm                G                  D        A
  Gtr 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
|-----7---7---7---|------3---3---3---|-------10--------5---|
|---7---7---7---7-|----3---3---3---3-|----10----10---5---5-|
|-4---------------|--0---------------|--7----------2-------|
|-----------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|---------------------|


  Bm                 G       A
   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|------7---7---7---|-----3-------5------||
|----7---7---7---7-|---3---3---5---5----||
|--4---------------|-0-------2----------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||
|------------------|--------------------||


 Breakdown
  D                        Em                       F#m
  Gtr II
  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    W                 W
|------10----10----10----|------12----12----12----|-12---------------|------||
|---10----10----10----10-|---12----12----12----12-|-12---------------|------||
|-7----------------------|-9----------------------|-11---------------|------||
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|------||
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|------||
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|------||
|
| Gtr I
| q     q     q     Q      q     q     q     Q       S  S  q  E H      W
|-------------7----------|-------------9----------|-------11---------|------||
|-------7----------------|-------9----------------|----11------------|------||
|-5----------------------|-7----------------------|--9---------------|------||
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------|------||


 Strings Section 2
  Wx6
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|
|--------|


 Section 2
  Q=105
  D                        A
  Gtr I
   Q     q     q    Q       Q    q    q   Q
|-------19----19---------|------14---14-------|
|-------19----19---------|------14---14-------|
|-17---------------------|-12-----------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr II
|  E  E  E  E  E  E E  E    E E  E E  E E E E
|-------10----10---------|-------5----5-------|
|----10----10----10---10-|----5----5----5---5-|
|--7----------------7----|--2-------------2---|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|


  Bm                   G         A
   Q    q    q   Q      Q    q    q   Q
|------16---16-------|------12-------------|
|------16---16-------|------12-------------|
|-14-----------------|-10--------12--------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
|  E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E E E
|-------7----7-------|-------3--------5----|
|----7----7----7---7-|----3----3----5---5--|
|--4-------------4---|--0---------2--------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|


  D                        A
   Q     q     q    Q       Q    q    q   Q
|-------19----19---------|------14---14-------|
|-------19----19---------|------14---14-------|
|-17---------------------|-12-----------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|
|  E  E  E  E  E  E E  E    E E  E E  E E E E
|-------10----10---------|-------5----5-------|
|----10----10----10---10-|----5----5----5---5-|
|--7----------------7----|--2-------------2---|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|


  Bm                   G         A
   Q    q    q   Q      Q    q    q    q
|------16---16-------|------12--------14----||
|------16---16-------|------12--------14----||
|-14-----------------|-10--------12---------||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|
|  E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E  E E
|-------7----7-------|-------3---------5----||
|----7----7----7---7-|----3----3----5----5--||
|--4-------------4---|--0---------2---------||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------||


  Bm
  Gtr II
  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-|
|-4-----------4---|-4-----------4---|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|


  D                       E
  E  E  E  E  E  E E  E   E  E  E  E  E  E E  E
|------10----10---------|------12----12----------|
|---10----10----10---10-|---12----12----12---12--|
|-7----------------7----|-9----------------9-----|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------------|


  Bm                                G
  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-|
|-4-------4-------|-4-------4-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|


                  Bm        A         D
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   W
|-----3-------3---|-----7-------5---|------||
|---3---3---3---3-|---7---7---5---5-|------||
|-0-------0-------|-4-------2-------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|------||
|-----------------|-----------------|------||


 Fiddle Return
  D                        A
  Gtr II
   E  E  E  E  E  E E  E    E E  E E  E E E E
|-------10----10---------|-------5----5-------|
|----10----10----10---10-|----5----5----5---5-|
|--7----------------7----|--2-------------2---|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|
| Gtr I
|  Q     q     q    Q       Q    q    q   Q
|-------19----19---------|------14---14-------|
|-------19----19---------|------14---14-------|
|-17---------------------|-12-----------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|


  Bm                   G         A
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E  E E
|-------7----7-------|-------3---------5----|
|----7----7----7---7-|----3----3----5----5--|
|--4-------------4---|--0---------2---------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|
|
|  Q    q    q   Q      Q    q    Q    q
|------16---16-------|------12--------14----|
|------16---16-------|------12--------14----|
|-14-----------------|-10--------12---------|
|--------------------|----------------------|


  D                  A
   H.         E  E    E E  E E  E E E E
|------------------|-------5----5-------|
|---------------10-|----5----5----5---5-|
|-------------7----|--2-------------2---|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|------------------|--------------------|
|
|  Q    q  H          Q    q    q   Q
|------19----------|------14---14-------|
|------19----------|------14---14-------|
|-17---------------|-12-----------------|
|------------------|--------------------|


  Bm                   G         A
   E E  E E  E E E E    E E  E E  E E  E E
|-------7----7-------|-------3---------5----||
|----7----7----7---7-|----3----3----5----5--||
|--4-------------4---|--0---------2---------||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|--------------------|----------------------||
|
|  Q    q    q   Q      Q    q    Q    q
|------16---16-------|------12--------14----||
|------16---16-------|------12--------14----||
|-14-----------------|-10--------12---------||
|--------------------|----------------------||


 Outro
  Q=80            H.=H
               Bm    A
  Gtr II
  Wx7           H     H
|------------|-^2----^0----|
|------------|-^3----^2----|
|------------|-^4----^2----|
|------------|-^4----^2----|
|------------|-^2----^0----|
|------------|-------------|


  D
   W          +W           +W
|-^2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-^3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*|
|-^2--------|-(2)--------|-(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
-----------
 |  - 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