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Balancing
Will Ackerman
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Subject: a/ackerman_will/balancing.tab
Date: Wed, 16 Jul 1997 15:28:55 -0500 (CDT)
From: Clearwater County Memorial Hospital
"Balancing"
by Will Ackerman
Windham Hill
Tuning: Open G
Transcribed by: Bruce Muckala
h hammer on
p pull off
Listen to the recording for which sections to play.
Section I is played only once in the beginning (so
I suppose technically, it's an intro. :) ) The title
of the tune fits the varying time signatures and
tempo changes.
Section I (4/4 time)
|------------------5--4-h5-p4--|---------------------------|
|---------------5--------------|---3--------3--3-h5--------|
|---------2-4-h5---------------|---------0-----------0-----|
|------2-----------------------|------0-----------0-----0--|
|---2-----------------2--------|---0-----------0-----------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
|------------------5--4-h5-p4--|-----------12-12-p10-------|
|---------------5--------------|---3-----------------------|
|---------2-4-h5---------------|---------0------------0----|
|------2-----------------------|------0------------0-----0-|
|---2-----------------2--------|---0-----------0-----------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
|------------------5--4-h5-p4--|---------------------------|
|---------------5--------------|---3--------3--3-h5--------|
|---------2-4-h5---------------|---------0------------0----|
|------2-----------------------|------0------------0-----0-|
|---2-----------------2--------|---0-----------0-----------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Slow retard...
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------2----------------|------------3---------------|
|---------2---------2---------|---------3---------3--------|
|------2---------------2------|------3---------------3-----|
|---2-----------2-------------|---3------------3-----------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Sustain pull-off...
|-----------------------------|----------------------7----||
|------------2----------------|----2---p0------------2--5-||
|---------2-------------------|----2---p0------------2----||
|------2----------------------|----2---p0------------2----||
|---2-------------------------|----2---p0------------2----||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Section II
||--4--------4--0-h2-p0--6----|-4----------4-0-h2-p0--6----|
||-----------------------2--5-|-----------------------2--5-|
||*-------0--------------2----|-------0---------------2----|
||*----0-----------------2----|----0------------------2----|
||--0-----------0--------2----|-0------------0--------2----|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Strum first chord throughout this section.
____________________________
|1. |
|---4--0--9-----7--0--11------|--9------------------6-----||
|---------5--8---------7--10--|-----------0-----0---2--5--||
|---------5------------7------|--------0-------0-0--2----*||
|---------5------------7------|-----0---------------2----*||
|---0-----5------------7------|--0-----------0------2-----||
|-----------------------------|---------------------2-----||
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2 . 3 .4 . 5 .
________________________
|2.
|---9-----------------9----|-7--0--11------|
|------------0-----0--5--8-|--------7--10--| A bar of 2/4
|---------0-------0-0-5----|--------7------|
|------0--------------5----|--------7------|
|---0-----------0-----5----|--------7------|
|--------------------------|---------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 4 . 1 . 2
A tempo
||--12-----------------||----------------------|
||---------------------||----------------------| Now we're
||--------------0------||---------------0------| in 3/4 time.
||--------0------------||---------0------------|
||--0------------------||---0------------------|
||---------------------||----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
End
Section III (3/4 time)
This section has varying tempos and retards.
Check the recording.
||---12----11-----------|--11----------11-h12--|
||---------------10-----|----------------------|
||*--------------0------|---------------0------|
||*--------0------------|---------0------------|
||---0------------------|---0------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
|----------------------|----------------------|
|---12-----------------|----------------------|
|---------------0------|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|---0------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
|---12----11-----------|--11----------11-h12--|
|---------------10-----|----------------------|
|---------------0------|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|---0------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
|----------------------|---12----11-----------|
|---12-----------------|---------------10-----|
|---------------0------|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|---0------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
________________________________________________
|1.
|----------------------|----------------------|
|---7------------------|----------------------|
|---------------0------|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|---0------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
________________________________________________
|
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------||
|---------------0------|---------------0-----*||
|---------0------------|---------0-----------*||
|---0------------------|---0------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------||
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
________________________
|2.
|----------------------|----------------------|
|---5-h7---------------|---7------------------|
|---------------0------|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|---0------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
|----------------------|----------------------|
|---7------------------|----------------------|
|---------------0------|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|---0------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
|----7------------------|----------------------|
|----------7-----3------|---2----------2-h3-p2-|
|----------------0------|--------------0-------|
|----------0------------|---------0------------|
|----0------------------|---0------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
|----------------------|----------------------|
|---0------------------|----------------------|
|---------------0------|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|---0------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
||---7------------------|----------------------|
||---------7-----3------|---2----------2-h3-p2-|
||*--------------0------|--------------0-------|
||*--------0------------|---------0------------|
||---0------------------|---0------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
|----------------------|
|---0------------------|
|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|
|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 .
|---7------------------|----------------------|
|---------7-----3------|---5-h7---------------|
|---------------0------|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|---0------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
|---------------------|----------------------||
|---7-----------------|---7------------------||
|---------------0-----|---------------0-----*||
|---------0-----------|---------0-----------*||
|---0-----------------|---0------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
1 . 2 . 3 . 1 . 2 . 3 .
Repeat Section II to end mark.