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Stratosphere
Stratovarius
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STRATOSPHERE (Bassline)
As recorded by Stratovarius
(From the 2002 Album 1996)
Transcribed by Bruno Di Giorgi
Music by Stratovarius
Arranged by Stratovarius
Gtr I (D# G# C# F#) - 'Jari Kanulainen'
Q=160 1.
4/4
Gtr I
Wx4 q H. W q H. W
|------------||-------------|----------|------------|-------||
|------------||o------------|----------|------------|------o||
|------------||o------------|----------|------------|------o||
|------------||--5----------|----------|-0----------|-------||
2.
H 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---------------------------------|
|------------5-7-8-7-5-||o---------------------------------|
|------5-7-8-----------||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-7-8-7-5---------------5-7-8-7-5--|
|---------8-7-5-4-5-7-8------------|
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 S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-7-8-7-5---------------5-7-8-7-5-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------8-7-5-4-5-7-8------------||
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 S S
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-3-3-2-2------|
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------5-5--|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------5-5-3-3-2-2-----|-------------------------2-2-----|
|-----------------------------5-5-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-----3-3-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------|---------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-0-0-----|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------3-3-|-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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-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||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
1.
q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q q
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||o-------------|----2--3--4--|-5--0--5--0--|-5--6--7------o||
||--5--0--5--0--|-5-----------|-------------|----------0----||
2.
q q H S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------||----------------------------------|
|------------||o---------------------------------|
|-5--6--7----||o---------------------------------|
|------------||--5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|---------2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4---|
|-5-5-5-5---------------------------|
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||
|-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Q=120
3/4 4/4
q H 4x H H H H H H
||-----------||-----------|-----------|-----------|
||o---------o||-----------|-----------|-----------|
||o-7-------o||-7----8----|-5----7----|------5----|
||-----------||-----------|-----------|-8---------|
Q=90 Q=60 Q=40 Q=110
H H W H. +E E q H. 6x
|-----------|----------||----------------|-----------||
|-----------|----------||o---------------|----------o||
|-----------|----------||o---------------|----------o||
|-7----8----|-5--------||--5-------(5)-5-|-5--5------||
H. +E E q Q H H. +E E q H.
|---------------|------------|---------------|----------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|----------|
|-5-------(5)-5-|-5--5--7----|-8-------(8)-8-|-8--8-----|
|---------------|------------|---------------|----------|
H. +E E q Q. E E E W +H +E E E E
|---------------|---------------|----------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|----------|------------------|
|-7-------(7)-7-|-7--7----7-7-7-|-7--------|-(7)----(7)-------|
|---------------|---------------|----------|------------5-5-5-|
H. +E E q H. 4x H. +E E
||----------------|-------------||---------------|
||o---------------|------------o||---------------|
||o---------------|------------o||-5-------(5)-5-|
||--5-------(5)-5-|-5--5--------||---------------|
q Q H H. +E E q H.
|------------|---------------|----------|
|------------|---------------|----------|
|-5--5--7----|-8-------(8)-8-|-8--8-----|
|------------|---------------|----------|
H. +E E q Q. E E E W +W
|---------------|---------------|----------|--------|
|---------------|---------------|----------|--------|
|-7-------(7)-7-|-7--7----7-7-7-|-7--------|-(7)----|
|---------------|---------------|----------|--------|
H H H H H H H H
||------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
||o-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
||o------4----|-5----3----|------2----|-3----1----|
||--5---------|-----------|-3---------|-----------|
H H H H H H W
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------||
|-----------|-----------|-----------|------o||
|------2----|-5----3----|-6----9----|-7----o||
|-1---------|-----------|-----------|-------||
Q=160
q H. W q H. W
||-------------|----------|------------|-------||
||o------------|----------|------------|------o||
||o------------|----------|------------|------o||
||--5----------|----------|-0----------|-------||
H. +E E q Q E E E E H. +E E q Q E E E E
||----------------|---------------|---------------|-----------------||
||o---------------|---------------|---------------|----------------o||
||o---------------|-------------5-|-7-------(7)---|-7--7--7-5------o||
||--5-------(5)-0-|-5--5--5-7-8---|-------------5-|-----------8-7---||
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---------------------------------|-7-8-7-5---------------5-7-8-7-5--|
||--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|---------8-7-5-4-5-7-8------------|
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 S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|-7-8-7-5---------------5-7-8-7-5-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------8-7-5-4-5-7-8------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
||-----------------------------------||-9--10--7--9--|-----7---------|
||o---------------------------------o||--------------|-10-----9--10--|
||o-7-8-7-5---------------5-7-8-7-5-o||--------------|---------------|
||----------8-7-5-4-5-7-8------------||--------------|---------------|
Q=120 Q=100 Q=90 Q=70
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-7--9--6--7--|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-7--8--5--7--|----5--------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-8-----7--8--|-5--7--4--5--|
Q=60
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W +W
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-7--8--5--7--|----5--------|----------|--------|
|-------------|-8-----7--8--|-1--------|-(1)----|
Q=160
6/4 4/4
W Q q q H.
|----------------|----------*|
|----------------|----------*|
|----------------|----------*|
|-------------0--|-5--------*|
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
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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