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A Winters Dream Prelude Part I

Symphony X

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A WINTER'S DREAM - PRELUDE (PART I)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 2003 Album THE DAMNATION GAME)

Transcribed by blacksnake
	



Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Acoustic Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'SynthStrings'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Piano'

   Intro
    Q=68
    C#sus2
   4/4
    Gtr I
    S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------4-----------4---------4---|
||o-4-----------4-----------4-------|
||----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-|
||------6-----6-----6-----6---------|
||o---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
|
|   Gtr II
|   W
||--4-------------------------------|
||o-4-------------------------------|
||--6-------------------------------|
||--6-------------------------------|
||o-4-------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|


  C#sus2/A                            C#sus2/F
   S  S S S S S S S 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-------|
|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-|
|-------6-----6-----6-----6---------|-------6-----6-----6-----6---------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|  W                                   W
|-(4)-------------------------------|-(4)-------------------------------|
|-(4)-------------------------------|-(4)-------------------------------|
|-(6)-------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------|
|-(6)-------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------|
|--0--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--1--------------------------------|


  C#sus2/E              C#sus2/F#
 4/4
  S S S S S S S S  S  S S S  S  S S S
|-------4-------------4-----------4----||
|-4-----------4--------------4--------o||
|---6-----6-----6-------6-------6---6--||
|-----6-----6------6------6------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|
| H               +E    E   +Q
|-4---------------(4)---4---(4)--------||
|-4---------------(4)---4---(4)-------o||
|-6---------------(6)---6---(6)--------||
|-6---------------(6)---6---(6)--------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|-0---------------(0)---2---(2)--------||


                                     Verse
  C#sus2
                                      Gtrs I, III
  S S S S S S S S 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-------||o--4------------4-----------4--------|
|---6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-||------6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6--|
|-----6-----6-----6-----6---------||--------6-----6-----6-----6----------|
|---------------------------------||o------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|
|
| W                                   +W
|-4-------------------------------||--(4)--------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------||o-(4)--------------------------------|
|-6-------------------------------||--(6)--------------------------------|
|-6-------------------------------||--(6)--------------------------------|
|-4-------------------------------||o-(4)--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------||-------------------------------------|


  C#sus2/A                            C#sus2/F
 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
|---------4-----------4---------4---|---------4-----------4---------4---|
|--4------------4-----------4-------|--4------------4-----------4-------|
|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-|
|-------6-----6-----6-----6---------|-------6-----6-----6-----6---------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|  W                                   W
|-(4)-------------------------------|-(4)-------------------------------|
|-(4)-------------------------------|-(4)-------------------------------|
|-(6)-------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------|
|-(6)-------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------|
|--0--------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|--1--------------------------------|


  C#sus2/E                C#sus2/F
   S  S S S S S S S  S  S  S  S  S  S S S
|---------4-------------4-------------4----|
|--4------------4----------------4---------|
|-----6-----6-----6--------6--------6---6--|
|-------6-----6------6--------6------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
|  H                +E     E    +Q
|-(4)---------------(4)---(4)---(4)--------|
|-(4)---------------(4)---(4)---(4)--------|
|-(6)---------------(6)---(6)---(6)--------|
|-(6)---------------(6)---(6)---(6)--------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--0----------------(0)----2----(2)--------|


  C#sus2                              C#sus2/A
 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
|---------4-----------4---------4---|---------4-----------4---------4---|
|--4------------4-----------4-------|--4------------4-----------4-------|
|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6-|
|-------6-----6-----6-----6---------|-------6-----6-----6-----6---------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
|  W                                   W
|-(4)-------------------------------|-(4)-------------------------------|
|-(4)-------------------------------|-(4)-------------------------------|
|-(6)-------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------|
|-(6)-------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------|
|--4--------------------------------|--0--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|


  C#sus2/F
   S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------4-----------4---------4----|
|--4------------4-----------4--------|
|-----6-----6-----6-----6-----6---6--|
|-------6-----6-----6-----6----------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
|  W
|-(4)--------------------------------|
|-(4)--------------------------------|
|-(6)--------------------------------|
|-(6)--------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--1---------------------------------|


  C#sus2/E                C#sus2/F#
 4/4
   S  S S S S S S S  S  S S S  S  S S S
|---------4-------------4-----------4---|
|--4------------4--------------4--------|
|-----6-----6-----6-------6-------6---6-|
|-------6-----6------6------6-----------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
|  H                +E    E   +Q
|-(4)---------------(4)---4---(4)-------|
|-(4)---------------(4)---4---(4)-------|
|-(6)---------------(6)---6---(6)-------|
|-(6)---------------(6)---6---(6)-------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--0----------------(0)---2---(2)-------|


 Bridge
  Asus2           Bsus2             Asus2           Bsus2
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S   S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------0---------------2-------|---------0---------------2--------|
|-------0---0-----------2---2-----|-------0---0-----------2---2------|
|-----2-------2-------4-------4---|-----2-------2-------4-------4----|
|---2-----------2---4-----------4-|---2-----------2---4-----------4--|
|-0---------------2---------------|-0---------------2----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| H               H                 H               H
|-0---------------2---------------|-0---------------2----------------|
|-0---------------2---------------|-0---------------2----------------|
|-2---------------4---------------|-2---------------4----------------|
|-2---------------4---------------|-2---------------4----------------|
|-0---------------2---------------|-0---------------2----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|


 Interlude
  C#sus2       C#sus2/A                  C#sus2/F      C#sus2/E        C#sus2/F#
 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
|--------4---------------4---------4---|---------4---------------4-----------4---|
|-4-------------4--------------4-------|--4-------------4---------------4--------|
|----6-----6-------6-------6-----6---6-|-----6-----6-------6-------6-------6---6-|
|------6-----6--------6------6---------|-------6-----6--------6------6-----------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Q.            E     H                   Q.            E    +Q         Q
|-4------------(4)---(4)---------------|-(4)-----------(4)---(4)-------(4)-------|
|-4------------(4)---(4)---------------|-(4)-----------(4)---(4)-------(4)-------|
|-6------------(6)---(6)---------------|-(6)-----------(6)---(6)-------(6)-------|
|-6------------(6)---(6)---------------|-(6)-----------(6)---(6)-------(6)-------|
|-4-------------0-----0----------------|-----------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--1-------------0----(0)--------2--------|


  C#sus2        C#sus2/A
   S  S S S S S  S  S  S  S S S S S S S
|---------4---------------4---------4----|
|--4-------------4--------------4--------|
|-----6-----6-------6-------6-----6---6--|
|-------6-----6--------6------6----------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
|  Q.            E     H
|-(4)-----------(4)---(4)----------------|
|-(4)-----------(4)---(4)----------------|
|-(6)-----------(6)---(6)----------------|
|-(6)-----------(6)---(6)----------------|
|--4-------------0-----0-----------------|
|----------------------------------------|


  C#sus2/F      C#sus2/E        C#sus2/F#
 4/4
   S  S S S S S  S  S  S  S S S  S  S S S
|---------4---------------4-----------4----||-|
|--4-------------4---------------4--------o||-|
|-----6-----6-------6-------6-------6---6--||-|
|-------6-----6--------6------6------------||-|
|-----------------------------------------o||-|
|------------------------------------------||-|
|
|  Q.            E    +Q         Q
|-(4)-----------(4)---(4)-------(4)--------||-|
|-(4)-----------(4)---(4)-------(4)-------o||-|
|-(6)-----------(6)---(6)-------(6)--------||-|
|-(6)-----------(6)---(6)-------(6)--------||-|
|-----------------------------------------o||-|
|--1-------------0----(0)--------2---------||-|
|
|  W
|------------------------------------------||-|
|-----------------------------------------o||-|
|------------------------------------------||-|
|------------------------------------------||-|
|-----------------------------------------o||-|
|------------------------------------------||-|


   Chorus
    C#sus2 (C#m)                          C#m/A     (C#sus2/A)
    Gtr 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  6x
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
||o-4------5-----4-------5------4---5---|--5------4-------5-------4------5---5---o||
||-----6-----6-----6--------6-----6---6-|-----6------6------6--------6-----6---6--||
||-------6-----6------6-------6---------|-------6-------6------6-------6----------||
||o-4-----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|
|   W                                      W                                      6x
||--4-----------------------------------|-(4)-------------------------------------||
||o-4-----------------------------------|-(4)------------------------------------o||
||--6-----------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------------||
||--6-----------------------------------|-(6)-------------------------------------||
||o-4-----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|
|   Gtr III
|   Q.           E   +S  E.     Q          E.     S +E    E   +S  E.     Q        6x
||---------------4---(4)----------------|---------4-(4)---7---(7)-4---------------||
||o----------------------5------4-------|--5-----------------------------5-------o||
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
||o-4-----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||


  C#m/G#                              C#sus2/G#
   S  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S    S  S S S S S S S H
|-----------------------------------|-------------------4----*|
|--5------5-5-----5-5-----5-5-----5-|--4------4-4-----4------*|
|-----6-------6-------6-------6-----|-----6-------6----------*|
|-------6-------6-------6-------6---|-------6-------6--------*|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------*|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------*|
|
|  W                                   W
|-(4)-------------------------------|-(4)--------------------*|
|--5--------------------------------|--4---------------------*|
|-(6)-------------------------------|-(6)--------------------*|
|-(6)-------------------------------|-(6)--------------------*|
|--4--------------------------------|-(4)--------------------*|
|--4--------------------------------|-(4)--------------------*|



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