Note lengths are written below the measures :
w - whole note
h - half note
q - quarter note
s - sixteenth note
t - thirty-second note
Rest are noted as capitalized note lengths ie:
W - whole rest
H - half rest
Q - quarter rest
S - sixteenth rest
T - thirty-second rest
+ is used to show slurs between notes, eg slide up from 5 to 7 without
picking the 7 would be notated like :
|---5/7----
e+e
sliding up with picking the 7 would be notated like :
|---5/7----
e e
Notes without a note length are cue notes.
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend (amount of bend above the measure)
r - release bend
x - muffled string
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
~ - vibrato (vib. above a measure means a more exaggerated vibrato)
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Drop D Tuning (D,A,D,G)
8x
|-----||------------------|------------------||-------------|-----|-----|
|-----||o-----------------|-----------------o||-------------|-----|-----|
|-----||o-----------------|-----------------o||-------------|--%--|--%--|
|-----||--0-1-2-0-1-2-3-0-|-1-2-3-4-6-6-6-6--||-0---------6-|-----|-----|
W e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e E Q Q E e
|---------|-----------------------|-----|-----|-------------------------------|
|---------|-----------------------|-----|-----|-------------------------------|
|---------|-----------------------|--%--|--%--|-------------------------------|
|-7-------|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----|-----|-0-0-0-0-0---12-12-12-12-12-12-|
e E Q H e e s e s+s e s e s s e e s e s+e s s s s
s s
|-----------------------|-----|-----|-----|----------------||
|-----------------------|-----|-----|-----|----------------||
|-----------------------|--%--|--%--|--%--|----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-----|-----|-----|-0-----5-4------||
e e s e s+s e s e s s e E E e e E Q
verse 1
|-----------------------|-----|-----|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----|-----|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--%--|--%--|-------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-|-----|-----|-1-1-1-1-1---13-13-13-13-13-13-|
e e s e s+s e s e s s e e s e s+e s s s s s s
|-----------------------|-----|-----|-----|---------------||
|-----------------------|-----|-----|-----|---------------||
|-----------------------|--%--|--%--|--%--|---------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-|-----|-----|-----|-1----4-3------||
e e s e s+s e s e s s e E E e e E Q
pre-chorus
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1---13-13-13-13-13-13-|
e e s e s+s e s e s s e e s e s+e s s s s s s
chorus 4x
|-----------------------|-----||------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------|-----||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------------|--%--||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-|-----||--0-1-2-0-1-2-3-0-|-1-2-3-4-6-6-6-6--||
e e s e s+s e s e s s e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|---------|-----------------------|-------------------------------||
|---------|-----------------------|-------------------------------||
|---------|-----------------------|-------------------------------||
|-0-------|-0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---12-12-12-12-12-12-||
e E Q H e e s e s+s e s e s s e e s e s+e s s s s s s
verse 2
|-----------------------|-----|-----|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-----|-----|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|--%--|--%--|-------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-|-----|-----|-1-1-1-1-1---13-13-13-13-13-13-|
e e s e s+s e s e s s e e s e s+e s s s s s s
|-----------------------|-----|-----|-----|---------------||
|-----------------------|-----|-----|-----|---------------||
|-----------------------|--%--|--%--|--%--|---------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-|-----|-----|-----|-1----4-3------||
e e s e s+s e s e s s e E E e e E Q
pre-chorus
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1---13-13-13-13-13-13-|
e e s e s+s e s e s s e e s e s+e s s s s s s
chorus 4x
|-----------------------|-----||------------------|------------------||
|-----------------------|-----||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------------|--%--||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-1-1-1-1-1---1-1-1-1-1-|-----||--0-1-2-0-1-2-3-0-|-1-2-3-4-6-6-6-6--||
e e s e s+s e s e s s e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
|-----|----------|-------------|---------------|------|--------|
|-----|----------|-------------|---------------|------|--------|
|-----|----------|-----3-3-0-0-|-(0)-----------|------|--------|
|--0--|-(0)--1-0-|-(0)---------|-----3-3-2-1-0-|-(0)--|-(0)--0-|
w + h. e e + q. e q e e + e e q q e e + w + h.. e +
|------|--------|------|-------------|------|-------------||
|------|--------|------|-------------|------|-------------||
|------|--------|------|-------------|------|-------------||
|-(0)--|-(0)--0-|-(0)--|-(0)----12-0-|-(0)--|-(0)----12-0-||
+ w + h.. e + w + h + e q e + w + h + e q e +
|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|-(0)-2/3-6-3/5-8-5/-|-/6-9-6-5-8--0-|-(0)-2/3-6-3/5-8-5/-|-/6-9-6-5-8--0-|
+ e e+e e e+e e e + e e e e q. e + e e+e e e+e e e + e e e e q. e +
|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|---------------|
|--------------------|---------------|--------------------|------------5--|
|-(0)-2/3-6-3/5-8-5/-|-/6-9-6-5-8--0-|-(0)-2/3-6-3/5-8-5/-|-/6-9-6-5-8----|
+ e e+e e e+e e e + e e e e q. e + e e+e e e+e e e + e e e e e q.
guitar solo
|-----||---------------------|-----|---------------------|
|-----||---------------------|-----|---------------------|
|-----||---------------------|--%--|---------------------|
|-----||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
W e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s
|-------------------------|---------------------|---------------1-|
|-------------1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-3---|
|-------------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-1-------------|---------------------|-----------------|
e e s e s e s s s s s s e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s e q e
|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------0-0-1-3-|-------------------------|---------5-----------5---|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-|
e e s e s e s s e e e s s e s s s s e e s s e s s s e s e s s s e s
|----------------------|-----------------------|----------------------|
|-----3-----6-----3----|-----------------------|----------1-1-1---1-1-|
|-5-5---5-5---5-5---5--|---------------0-0-1-3-|----------------------|
|----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|-1-1---1--------------|
e e s e s e s s s e. e s s s e s e s s e e e e+s e. e s s+s s e
|-------------------------|-----|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----|-----------------------|
|---------5-5---------5-5-|--%--|---------------0-0-1-3-|
|-0-0-0-------0-0-0-------|-----|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------|
e s s+s e s e s s+s e s e s s s e s e s s e e
|---------------------||-----------------------|-----|-----|
|-----------1-1-1-1-1-||-----------------------|-----|-----|
|---------------------||-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-|--%--|--%--|
|-1-1-1-1-1-----------||-----------------------|-----|-----|
e e s e s e e s e s e e s e s+s e s e s s
|-------------7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----------------------|-----|-----|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----|-----|
|-5-5-5-5-5---------------|-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-|--%--|--%--|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|-----|-----|
e e s e s+e s s s s s s e e s e s+s e s e s s
chorus 8x
|------------------||------------------|------------------||
|------------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-------5-5-5-5-5\-||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|-0----------------||--0-1-2-0-1-2-3-0-|-1-2-3-4-6-6-6-6--||
e E Q s s s s q e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e e
7/16 7x
||-----------||--------||
||o---------o||--------||
||o---------o||--------||
||--0-0-0-0--||-0------||
e e e s e E E.
