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Twilight Symphony
Stratovarius
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TWILIGHT SYMPHONY (Bassline)
As recorded by Stratovarius
(From the 1994 Album FOURTH DIMENSION)
Words and Music by Timo Tolkki
Gtr I (D# G# C# F#) - 'Jari Kainulainen'
Gtr II (A# D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Strings'
Intro
Q=137
4/4 2/4
Gtr I
W Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------|-------------|-------|
|----------|-------------|-------|
|----------|----5--6--3--|-5-----|
|----------|-------------|-------|
4/4 2/4
W Q Q Q Q E E Q
|----------|-------------|--------|
|----------|-------------|--------|
|----------|----5--6--3--|-5-5----|
|----------|-------------|--------|
4/4 2/4
W Q Q Q Q Q Q
|----------|-------------|-------|
|----------|-------------|-------|
|----------|----5--6--3--|-5-----|
|----------|-------------|-------|
4/4 2/4
W Q Q Q Q E E Q
|----------|-------------|--------||
|----------|-------------|--------||
|----------|----5--6--3--|-5-5----||
|----------|-------------|--------||
4/4
H.. S S H. Q H.. S S H Q Q H Q Q
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|--------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|-5----5-----|--------------|
|-6---------5-6-|-8-------6--|-5---------6-8-|---------8--|-6----6--5----|
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|--------------|
H Q Q H Q E E H Q E E W S S S S S S S S E E Q
|------------|-------------|-------------|----------|-------------------------||
|------------|-------------|-----------3-|-5--------|-5-6-5-3-5-6-5-3-5-------||
|-3----3-----|-----------3-|-4----4--6---|----------|-------------------------||
|---------6--|-4----4--6---|-------------|----------|-------------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
||------------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||o-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---------|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3------4--o||
||------------------|---------4--6--|-----------------|---------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
|---------------------------------|-------------------------4-4-4-4--|
|---------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5----------|
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +W
|----------|--------||
|-5--------|-(5)----||
|----------|--------||
|----------|--------||
Verse
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 E E E E E E
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-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
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-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 S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|---------12-10-------------------||
|-----------------|---------------13-12-10-9--------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3------------------11-10--||
|-----------------|---------------------------------||
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-|-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
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-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 S S S S S S S S
|-----------------|---------13-12-10----------------||
|-----------------|------------------13-12-10-9-----||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3---------------------11--||
|-----------------|---------------------------------||
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-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--|
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q. Q Q
|---------------------------------|--------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------3--||
|---------------------------------|--------1-----||
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4----------||
Chorus
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---------|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3------4---|
|-----------------|---------4--6--|-----------------|---------4------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---------|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3------4---||
|-----------------|---------4--6--|-----------------|---------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
|---------------------------------|-------------------------4-4-4-4--|
|---------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5----------|
|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
1. 2.
~~
H. +Q H.. +E
|-5-------(5)\---||-5---------(5)\-||
|---------------o||----------------||
|---------------o||----------------||
|----------------||----------------||
Gtr II
E E E E E E S S S S
|-16-------16-------18----------18-16-------|
|-------18-------18-------18----------20-18-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-22-22----22-22----24-22-20----------20----|
|-------23-------23----------23-22----------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
| S S e S S e S S S S e e
|
| Gtr II
| e e e e e e e e
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-13----11-10-----8--6-----6-----8----10----|
|-------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E S S S S
|-15-------15-------16----------16-15-------|
|-------16-------16-------16----------18-16-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-20-20----20-20----22-20-18----------18----|
|-------22-------22----------22-20----------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
| S S e S S e S S S S e e
|
| e e e e e e e e
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-11----10--8-----6--4-----4-----6-----8----|
|-------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E S S S S
|-13-------13-------15----------15-13-------|
|-------15-------15-------15----------16-15-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-18-18----18-18----21-18-17----------17----|
|-------20-------20----------20-17----------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
| S S e S S e S S S S e e
|
| e e e e e e e e
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--1-----1--1-----1--3-----3-----3-----3----|
|-------------------------------------------|
E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-17-17-17-19-19-19-21-21-21-24-24-24-|
|----------------------------22-22-22-|
|-15-15-15-17-17-17-19-19-19-22-22-22-|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| E S S E S S E S S E S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--8--8--8-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-12-12-|
|-------------------------------------|
E E E E E E S S S S
|-16-------16-------18----------18-16-------|
|-------18-------18-------18----------20-18-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-22-22----22-22----24-22-20----------20----|
|-------23-------23----------23-22----------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
| S S e S S e S S S S e e
|
| e e e e e e e e
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-13----11-10-----8--6-----6-----8----10----|
|-------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E S S S S
|-15-------15-------16----------16-15-------|
|-------16-------16-------16----------18-16-|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-20-20----20-20----22-20-18----------18----|
|-18-18-22-18-18-22----------22-20----------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
| S S e S S e S S S S e e
|
| e e e e e e e e
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-11----10--8-----6--4-----4-----6-----8----|
|-------------------------------------------|
E E E E e e e e S S S S S S S S H
|-13-------13-------14----------|----------------------25-27----||
|-------15-------15----16-15-13-|----------------24-27----------||
|-------------------17-14-------|----------22-24----------24----||
|-18-18----18-18----------16----|----21-24----------------------||
|-------20-------20----------18-|-22----------------------17----||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
| S S e S S e e e e e
|
| e e e e e e e e e e e e H
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
|--1-----1--1-----1--2--5--8--5-|--3-----3----13----10-----3----||
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
Gtr I
Wx4
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
|--------||
Guitar Solo
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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------3-5h6-5h6--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------3-5h6-5h6--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-4-7------------|
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------3-5h6-5h6--|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-6------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||
H.. S S H. Q H.. S S H Q Q H Q Q
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|-3----3-----|------------|
|-4---------3-4-|-6-------4--|-3---------4-6-|---------6--|-4----4--3--|
W W +W
|----------|----------|--------||
|----------|----------|--------||
|----------|----------|--------||
|-1--------|-3--------|-(3)----||
H.. S S H. Q H.. S S H Q Q H Q Q
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|------------|------------|
|---------------|------------|---------------|-3----3-----|------------|
|-4---------3-4-|-6-------4--|-3---------4-6-|---------6--|-4----4--3--|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|-3-| |-3--|
W Q Q Q Q Q Q W +W +W
|----------|--------------|----------|------------|--------||
|----------|---------4-/7s|=5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----||
|----------|-----3-6------|----------|------------|--------||
|-1--------|-2-5----------|----------|------------|--------||
Outro
Wx16
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
Gtr I
W +W W +W
||-----------|------------|----------|---------||
||o----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||o-3--------|-(3)--------|-2--------|-(2)----o||
||-----------|------------|----------|---------||
|
| Gtr II
| W +W W +W
||--3--------|-(3)--------|-3--------|-(3)-----||
||--4--------|-(4)--------|-3--------|-(3)-----||
||o-5--------|-(5)--------|-4--------|-(4)----o||
||-----------|------------|----------|---------||
||o-3--------|-(3)--------|-2--------|-(2)----o||
||-----------|------------|----------|---------||
||-----------|------------|----------|---------||
W +H. E E W +W
|-----------|---------------|----------|--------|
|-----------|---------------|----------|--------|
|-----------|---------------|-4--------|-(4)----|
|--1--------|--(1)------1---|----------|--------|
|
| W +W W +W
|-----------|---------------|-4--------|-(4)----|
|--9--------|--(9)----------|-6--------|-(6)----|
|-10--------|-(10)----------|-6--------|-(6)----|
|-10--------|-(10)----------|----------|--------|
|--8--------|--(8)----------|-4--------|-(4)----|
|-----------|---------------|----------|--------|
|-----------|---------------|----------|--------|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|-2--------|-(2)--------|--2---------|-(2)----||
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|
| W +W +W +W
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----||
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----||
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----||
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|-2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----||
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
|----------|------------|------------|--------||
W +Q Q Q Q W +Q Q Q Q
||-----------|---------------|----------|---------------|
||o----------|---------------|-3--------|-(3)-----------|
||o-3--------|-(3)--5--6--3--|----------|------6--5--3--|
||-----------|---------------|----------|---------------|
|
| W +W W +W
||--3--------|-(3)-----------|-4--------|-(4)-----------|
||--4--------|-(4)-----------|-6--------|-(6)-----------|
||o-5--------|-(5)-----------|-5--------|-(5)-----------|
||-----------|---------------|-3--------|-(3)-----------|
||o-3--------|-(3)-----------|----------|---------------|
||-----------|---------------|----------|---------------|
||-----------|---------------|----------|---------------|
W +Q Q Q Q W +H H
|----------|---------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|---------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|------3--5-----|-3--------|-(3)---------|
|-6--------|-(6)--------6--|----------|--------6----|
|
| W +W W +W
|-6--------|-(6)-----------|-3--------|-(3)---------|
|-6--------|-(6)-----------|-4--------|-(4)---------|
|-7--------|-(7)-----------|-5--------|-(5)---------|
|----------|---------------|----------|-------------|
|----------|---------------|-3--------|-(3)---------|
|-6--------|-(6)-----------|----------|-------------|
|----------|---------------|----------|-------------|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|
| W +W W +W
|----------|------------|-2--------|-(2)----|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-4--------|-(4)----|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-6--------|-(6)--------|-7--------|-(7)----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-4--------|-(4)--------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
W +H. Q W +W
|----------|-------------|------------|---------||
|----------|-------------|--5---------|-(5)----o||
|----------|----------5--|------------|--------o||
|-3--------|-(3)---------|------------|---------||
|
| W +W +W +W
|-3--------|-(3)---------|-(3)--------|-(3)-----||
|-3--------|-(3)---------|-(3)--------|-(3)-----||
|-4--------|-(4)---------|-(4)--------|-(4)----o||
|----------|-------------|------------|---------||
|----------|-------------|------------|--------o||
|-3--------|-(3)---------|-(3)--------|-(3)-----||
|----------|-------------|------------|---------||
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