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INFECTED VOICE
As recorded by Sepultura
(From the 1991 Album ARISE)
Transcribed by Jeff Jacobson, Paul Pappas, and Steve Gorenberg
Words by Max Cavalera and Andreas Kisser Music by Sepultura
E5
0 2 x x x x
F5
1 3 x x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm 2'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Lead Guitar'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=248
N.C. E5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------||
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-9--------|-(9)----||
|-----------------|-----------------|-7--------|-(7)----||
|-5-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-|-5-0-0-5-0-0-5-0-|-0--------|-(0)----||
N.C.
PM| PM| PM--------------|
|3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
||------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------|
||------------------|---------------------|
||------------------|---------------------|
||o-7-----7-----7---|-6-------------------|
||----0-0---0-0---9-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
1.
PM| PM| PM--------------|
|3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|----------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------------||
|-7-----7-----7-9-|-6--------------------o||
|---0-0---0-0-----|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---||
2.
F5 E5 F5
Gtr II
W W E E Q H Q E E +E E Q
| | | | |
/ / / / /
Gtr I
PM------------------------| PM-----------------------------|
|3| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E Q Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------------|-----------------|
|-6---------------|-3-----3-----3--|-2---------------------|-3-----3------3--|
|---0-0-0-0-0--0--|-1-0-0-1-0-0-1--|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1-0-0-1--0-0-1--|
E5 N.C. E5
Gtr II
H H W W W
| | |
/ o /
Gtrs I, II Gtr I
PM------------| PM--------|
H. Q E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E 4x Q. E Q. E
|--------------||------------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|--------------||o-----------------|----------------o||-11s==10-10----9-|
|--------------||------------------|-----------------||-----------------|
|--------------||------------------|-----------------||--8s===7--7----6-|
|-2------------||o-----------------|-1--------------o||-----------------|
|-0--------x\--||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|----0-0-0-0-0-0--||-----------------|
+W +W +W
| | |
/ / /
+H. a Q H.. E H. Q
|---------------|--------------|--------------|
|-(9)------9s6--|--6---------5-|--5-----------|
|---------------|--------------|----------4S==|
|-(6)------6s3--|--3---------2-|--2-------2S==|
|---------------|--------------|--------------|
|---------------|--------------|--------------|
Bb5 A5 G#5 F5 E5
Gtr I
H H H. Q W W
|------------|------------|----------|-------------||
|------------|------------|----------|-------------||
|-10----9----|-8-------5--|-5--------|-4-----------||
|--8----7----|-6-------3--|-3--------|-2-----------||
|------------|------------|----------|-------------||
|------------|------------|----------|-------------||
|
| Gtr II
| H H H. Q W H. Q
|------------|------------|----------|-------------||
|------------|------------|----------|-------------||
|-10----9----|-8----------|----------|-------------||
|--8----7----|-6----------|----------|-------------||
|------------|---------3--|-3--------|-2-----------||
|------------|---------1--|-1--------|-0-------x\--||
1st Verse
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM----------| PM----------| PM----------| PM| PM|
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 4x
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2-1-----2-1------o||
||--8-0-0-4-0-0-2-0-|-8-0-0-4-0-0-2-0-|-8-0-0-4-0-0-2-0-|-----3-0-----3-0---||
Chorus
$
N.C.
PM-------------------------------
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
-----------| PM| PM----------------------------|
S S S S S S E E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------5-----6--|----------------------------------|
|-5-4-4-4-4-4---4-4----|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
G5 N.C. G#G5 G#G5 G#5
PM--------| PM| PM--------------------|
S S S S S S E E E Q Q S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q E Q Q
|----------------------|----------------------------|---------------||
|----------------------|----------------------------|--------------o||
|----------------------|----------------------------|---------------||
|----------------------|----------------------------|---------------||
|-------------5-----6--|-5--------------------------|-6s5--6s5--6--o||
|-5-4-4-4-4-4---4-4----|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4s3--4s3--4---||
To Coda
G#G5N.C. G#G5 G#G5 G#5 F5
PM--------------------|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q E Q Q Q E E +E E Q
|-----------------------------|--------------|------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------|------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------|------------------||
|-----------------------------|--------------|------------------||
|-6s5-------------------------|-6s5--6s5--6S=|=3----3-(3)---3---||
|-4s3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4s3--4s3--4S=|=1----1-(1)---1---||
N.C.
PM| PM| PM--------------| PM| PM|
|3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
||------------------|---------------------|-----------------|
||o-7-----7-----7---|-6-------------------|-7-----7-----7-9-|
||----0-0---0-0---9-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----|
1. 2.
PM--------------| PM------|
|3| |-3-| |3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q
|----------------------||------------------||
|---------------------o||------------------||
|----------------------||------------------||
|----------------------||------------------||
|-6-------------------o||-6----------------||
|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||---0-0-0-0-0--x\--||
Bridge
PM------------| PM--------------------------| PM--------|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
||o-----------------|-1--------------|-----------------|-1---------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|----0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2-|----0-0-0-0-0-0---||
G#5 N.C.
PM----------------------------| PM----------------|
|3| |-3-| |3| |-3-| |3| |-3-| |3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
Q E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q Q E E E E Q E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|-----------6--6--|---------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-4--4--|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
G#5 N.C. G#5 N.C.
PM------| PM--------------------------| PM
|3| |-3-|
Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E 4x
|------------------||------------------|-------------------||
|------------------||o-----------------|------------------o||
|------------------||------------------|-------------------||
|------------------||------------------|-------------------||
|-----------6--6---||o-----------------|-------6-(6)-6----o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-4--4-0-||--5-0-7-0-8-0-7-0-|-5-0-0-4-(4)-4--0--||
F5 E5 F5 E5
PM--------------------| PM--------------------|
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-----2-(2)--2--|-3-------3-------|-3-----2-(2)--2---o||
||--1-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-|-1-0-0-0-(0)--0--|-1-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-|-1-0-0-0-(0)--0----||
N.C. G#5 N.C.
Gtr I
PM------------------------| PM---
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E 3x
||----------------------|--------------------||
||o---------------------|-------------------o||
||----------------------|--------------------||
||----------------------|--------------------||
||o---------------------|--------6-(6)-6----o||
||--10-0-12-0-13-0-12-0-|-10-0-0-4-(4)-4--0--||
|
| Gtr II
| PM------------------------| PM---
| E E E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E 3x
||----------------------|--------------------||
||o---------------------|-------------------o||
||----------------------|--------------------||
||----------------------|--------------------||
||o---------------------|--------6-(6)-6----o||
||---5-0--7-0--8-0--7-0-|--5-0-0-4-(4)-4--0--||
----------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E Q
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|--------6-(6)-6-----||
|-10-0-12-0-13-0-12-0-|-10-0-0-4-(4)-4-----||
|
|----------------------------|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E +E E Q
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|--------6-(6)-6-----||
|--5-0--7-0--8-0--7-0-|--5-0-0-4-(4)-4-----||
E5
Gtrs I, II
PM PM PM--| PM--|
|-3-| |-3-|
Q E E +E E Q E E E Q E E E Q
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-----------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
||------------------|-------------------|
||o-2----2-(2)---2--|-------2--------2--|
||--0--0-0-(0)-0-0--|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--|
PM PM PM--| PM--|
|-3-| |-3-|
Q E E +E E Q E E E Q E E E Q
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|--------------------o||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------||
|-2----2-(2)---2--|-------2--------2---o||
|-0--0-0-(0)-0-0--|-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0----||
N.C.
PM------------------------------| PM--------------------------|
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---------------|-----------------|
|-2-------2-------|---------2-----2-|---2-----2-------|---------2-----2-|
|---1-1-1---1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1---1-1---|-----1-1---1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1---1-1---|
PM--------------------------| PM--------| PM|
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---------------|-3-2-----1-------||
|---2-----2-------|---------2-----2-|---2-----2-------|-----3-2---2-1---||
|-----1-1---1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1---1-1---|-----1-1---1-1-1-|---------------2-||
F5 N.C.
Gtr I
PM|
W +W W E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|-------------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-3-2-----1---------||
||o-3---------------|-(3)---------------|-3---------------|-----3-2---2-1----o||
||--1---------------|-(1)---------------|-1---------------|---------------2---||
|
| Gtr II
| PM--------------------------------| PM--------| PM|
| 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||
||------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||------------------|-------------------|-3---------------|-3-2-----1---------||
||o-2-------2-------|-----------2-----2-|---2-----2-------|-----3-2---2-1----o||
||----1-1-1---1-1-1-|--1--1-1-1---1-1---|-----1-1---1-1-1-|---------------2---||
Guitar Solo
E5 F5 N.C.
Gtr III
|----3----| |----3----|
E S S E E E E E E E E
|-11-12-12-12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| PM-----------------------------------|
| E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--2--3--------------------------------------------|
|--0--1-----1-1--1-1--1-1----1----1--1-1----1----1-|
E5 F5 N.C.
|---3---| |----3----| |----3----| |----3----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-11-11---12-12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12---12-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------------------|
| E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--2----3---------------------------------------------------|
|--0----1-----1-1----1----1--1-1----1----1--1-1----1----1---|
G#5
|---3---| |----3----| |---3---|
E E E E E E E E E E E
|-x-15---11---11---11---15---11-11---11---15---11\---|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM------------------| PM--------------|
| E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-6---------------------------6----------------------|
|-4----0----0--0-0----0----0--4----0----0--0-0--0--0-|
G5
|---3----| |--3--|
S S S S E E E E E E E E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-12-12-8-8-8---8---12---8-8---8---12---8----|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|
| PM-------------| PM-----------|
| E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--6---------------------5-------------------|
|--4----0-0-0-0---0----0-3---0---0--0-0-0-0--|
E5F5 E5F5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~
H Q S S E Q H S S S S
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-9-----------9-------8h9------|-8---8------------------------|
|-------------------------10---|-----------------------7-7s10-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------------| PM--------------------|
| E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-2-3--------------------------|-2-3--------------------------|
|-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-|-0-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-|
G#5
|---3---| |----3----| |---3---| |---3---|
E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-13-10-------------10---13---13-10--------9---9---9---|
|---------12---12---------------------12-----------9---|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM------------------| PM---------------|
| E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--6---------------------------6-----------------------|
|--4----0----0--0-0----0----0--4----0----0-0-0---0---0-|
G5
Q. E E Q E
|-------------------(10)S======14-----|
|-------------------(10)S======14-----|
|-------------------------------------|
|-9----------9s==4/-------------------|
|-9-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------| PM----------|
| E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-6--------------5--------------------|
|-4--0-0-0-0-0-0-3----0--0-0-0--0-0---|
E5 F5
W
|-14b14.5============================|
|-14b14.5============================|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------|
| E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|--2-------3-------------------------|
|--0-------1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
E5 F5
+H +Q.. S
|-(14)-----------(14)b15-------------(14)r-|
|-(14)--------------------------------14r--|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------|
| E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|---2--3-----------------------------------|
|---0--1-1-1-1-1---1-----1-1-1-1-1-1---1---|
G#5
E +Q. +Q. +E
|--14--(14)b14.5============(14)---------(14)b15---|
|-(14)-(14)b14.5============(14)---------(14)b15---|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM---------------| PM--------------|
| E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|---6-------------------------6--------------------|
|---4----0--------0-0-0-0-0---4--0-0-0-0---0-----0-|
G5
~~~
H +E S S a E. S
|-14r-------------(14)\------------------11-|
|-14r-------------(14)\-------11s13---------|
|-----------------------10-10---------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------| PM--------------|
| E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--6----------------5-----------------------|
|--4--0-0-0-0-0-0---3----0--0-----0--0-0--0-|
E5 F5
|---3---| |----3----| |---3---|
E E E E E E S S S S S S S E
|-15-11------11---15---11------11-11h13p==11-11----11---|
|---------13----------------13------------------13------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM--------------------------------------|
| E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--2----3-----------------------------------------------|
|--0----1-----1-1----1----1--1--1--1----1-----1--1--1-1-|
E5 F5
S S S S S S S S S S E E S S
|----11----11-15p11----11-15-11-------------------|
|-------13----------13----------13---14S==10h13---|
|-12----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| PM----------------------------|
| E E S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--2-----3----------------------------------------|
|--0-----1-----1--1--1--1--1--1--1-1--1-1--1--1---|
G#5 G5
PM
S S Q S S S S Q S S +E E E E Q. E
|-14-------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|----13-13\------------10----------------|----------------------------------||
|-----------------8-11----8-8\-----------|----------------------------------||
|------------------------------------7h9-|-(9)-7----------------------------||
|----------------------------------------|-------------[9]---6\-------------||
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|
| PM---------| PM---------| PM----------| PM--------|
| E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|--6--------------------6----------------|--6----------------5--------------||
|--4-----0--0-0-0-0--0--4---0--0-0-0-0-0-|--4--0-0-0-0--0--0-3--0-0-0-0-0-0-||
2nd Verse
N.C.
Gtrs I, II
PM----------| PM----------| PM----------| PM| PM|
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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2-1-----2-1------o||
||--8-0-0-4-0-0-2-0-|-8-0-0-4-0-0-2-0-|-8-0-0-4-0-0-2-0-|-----3-0-----3-0---||
PM| PM| PM--------------|
|3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E
||------------------|---------------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------|
||------------------|---------------------|
||------------------|---------------------|
||o-7-----7-----7---|-6-------------------|
||----0-0---0-0---9-|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
D.S. al Coda &
E5
PM| PM| PM--------------|
|3| |-3-| |3| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E E Q Q H
|-----------------|----------------------||-||------------*|
|-----------------|---------------------o||-||------------*|
|-----------------|----------------------||-||------------*|
|-----------------|----------------------||-||------------*|
|-7-----7-----7-9-|-6-------------------o||-||-2----------*|
|---0-0---0-0-----|---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--||-||-0----------*|
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
