• Song:

    Adagio

  • Artist:

    Yngwie Malmsteen

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ADAGIO
As recorded by Yngwie J. Malmsteen
(From the 1998 Album CONCERTO SUITE FOR ELECTRIC GUITAR AND ORCHESTRA OP.1)

Transcribed by Alan Greene
        

Music by Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Arranged by Yngwie J. Malmsteen

Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Q=110
  Em
 4/4
  Gtr I
      |------6-------|  |------6-------|
   E  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E  +T   T  T  T  T  T
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------14-14-(14)-13-14-16-17-14-|
|-------------------------------14-13-14---------------------------|
|-12-11-14-12-11-12-14-15-14-15------------------------------------|


   |------6-------|
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S.  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  S.     +E
|-----------------------------------------14-15-17-15-14-19-15----22b24==(22)-|
|----------------16-17--16-17-16-15-16-17----------------------17-------------|
|-------14-16-17--------------------------------------------------------------|
|-16-17-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|


                                          |------6-------|  |-----5-----|
   +H      +E    E  +Q         +Q    +E   S  S  S  S  S  S  T  T  T  T  T  Q
|-(22)----(22)r-19-(19)b20r=|=(19)--(19)-20-19-17-----------------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------------19-17-16--------------------|
|---------------------------|------------------------------17-16-14-----------|
|---------------------------|---------------------------------------17-16-14--|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|


 Theme I
  Em                   B/F#  B   Em       Em/G      Em
   H     +Q.    S  S    H     Q   E.  S    H         +Q.        S  S
|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|
|-14----(14)---14-16-|-14----13--14--16-|-14tr16----(14tr16)---14-16--|
|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|


  B     E/G#      Am                E/B       E
   H     Q   Q     H     +Q.    E    H         Q   E.  S
|---------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|-------16--13--|-14----(14)---16-|-14tr16----13--14--16-|
|-14------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|----------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|----------------------|


  Am              E7/B
   Q   S  S  S  S  Q   S  S  S  S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-14--14-16-17-14-16--16-17-19-16-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


  Am/C              C#?                       Dm
   E  E  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S    H     +Q.    E
|----18-17-18-15-18-13-18----18----18----18-|-----------------|
|-------------------------17----15----14----|-15----(15)---17-|
|-17----------------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------|


  A/E         A   A/C#     Dm/F  Dm
   Q.    S  S  Q   E.  S    H     +Q.    S  S
|------------------------|--------------------|
|-15----17-15-14--15--17-|-15----(15)---15-17-|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|


  A
      |------------11:6-------------|
   E  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  H
|-------------15-17-18-17-15----------------|
|-15-15-17-18----------------18-17-15-14----|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


  B
      |------------11:6-------------|
   E  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q   +S   S  S  S
|-------------17-19-20-19-17----------------------------|
|-17-17-19-20----------------20-19-17-16--(16)-17-19-20-|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|


  Em
                                                      |-----5-----|
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  E.     +Q      +E.   S  S  S  S  S  S  H
|-19-20-19-------------17-19-22b24==(22)--|-(22)r-19-15-------------------|
|----------20-17-19-20--------------------|-------------17----17-16-17----|
|-----------------------------------------|----------------16-------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------|


 Theme II
  E/G#            Am          Em/G              D/F#
   H     Q   Q     Q       Q   E.  T  T  E  E    H     Q   Q
|---------------|-----------------------------|---------------|
|-------18--17--|-15tr17----------------------|-------16--15--|
|---------------|---------17--16--17-16-14----|---------------|
|-18------------|--------------------------17-|-16------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|---------------|
|---------------|-----------------------------|---------------|


  G                                  Dm/F
   Q       E.  T  T  Q   E  +E        H     +E   E  +E.  T  T
|----------------------------------|------------20-(20)-19-17-|
|-13tr15---------------------------|--------------------------|
|---------16--17-16-14-------------|-14----(14)---------------|
|-----------------------17-(17)b18-|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|


  B/F#
                           |-------7:8-------|  |-------7:8-------|  |----------9:8----------|
   T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T
|-15----------------------------------------------------------15-17-19-14-15-17-15-14-17-15-14----|
|----19-17-16----------------------------------------16-17-19-------------------------------------|
|-------------17-16-14----------------------14-16-17----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------17-16-14-13-14-16-17-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  Em              B                      Em                     E/G#
   T  T  E  E.  E  +S   E.  S  S  S  S    E  E  E  E  E  E Q     H     Q   Q
|-14-11-12-----14-(14)-----15-14-12-11-|-12-------12----------|---------------|
|----------12----------12--------------|----12----------------|-------18--17--|
|--------------------------------------|-------12----11-12-9--|---------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------|-18------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------|
|--------------------------------------|----------------------|---------------|


  Am          Em/G              D/F#            G
   Q       Q   E.  T  T  E  E    H     Q   Q     Q   Q   Q   E  +E
|-----------------------------|---------------|------------------------|
|-15tr17----------------------|-------16--15--|-13---------------------|
|---------17--16--17-16-14----|---------------|-----16--14-------------|
|--------------------------17-|-16------------|-------------17-(17)b18-|
|-----------------------------|---------------|------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------|------------------------|


  Dm/F
                                             |----------9:8----------|
   S  E.  +Q    +S   X  X  X  X  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T
|----------------------------17-19-20-19-17----------19-20-19-17-------|
|-------------------17-19-20----------------20-19-17-------------19-17-|
|-12-14--(14)--(14)----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------|


  B/D#
   |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |------6-------|  |--------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
|----------------------------------------------15-19-20-19---------------------|
|-16----------------------------------16-17-19-------------20-17-19-17-19-20---|
|----17-16-14----------------14-16-17------------------------------------------|
|-------------17-16-14-16-17---------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|


  Em           B                   Em
       |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|    |--3--|  |3-|
   Q   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  Q  E  H
|-17--14-17-15----14-------------|----------------------|
|--------------16----------------|----------------------|
|--------------------14-16-17----|----------------------|
|-----------------------------16-|-17-13-14-14-16-14----|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|
|--------------------------------|----------------------|


 Theme I
  Em                   B/F#  B   Em       Em/G      Em
   H     +Q.    S  S    H     Q   E.  S    H         +Q.        S  S
|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|
|-14----(14)---14-16-|-14----13--14--16-|-14tr16----(14tr16)---14-16--|
|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|-----------------------------|


  B     E/G#      Am                E/B            E
   H     Q   Q     H     +Q.    E    Q   +E.  T  T  Q   E.  S
|---------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
|-------16--13--|-14----(14)---16-|-14--(14)-16-14-13--14--16-|
|-14------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------------------|
|---------------|-----------------|---------------------------|


  Am              E7/B
   Q   S  S  S  S  Q   S  S  S  S
|---------------------------------|
|-13--13-15-17-13-15--15-17-18-15-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|


  Am/C              C#?                       Dm
   E  E  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S    H     +Q.    S  S
|----18-17-18-15-18-13-18----18----18----18-|----------------------|
|-17----------------------17----15----14----|-15----(15)---15-17---|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------|


  A/E       A   A/C#     Dm/F  Dm         Asus4                 A
                                               |------6-------|
   H         Q   E.  S    H     Q.    E    Q   S  S  S  S  S  S  Q.    S  S
|----------------------|----------------|-----18-17-15----------------------|
|-15tr17----14--15--17-|-15----15----17-|-15-----------18-17-15-14----15-17-|
|----------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------|
|----------------------|----------------|-----------------------------------|


  Bsus4                 B
       |------6-------|
   Q   S  S  S  S  S  S  Q.    S  S
|-----20-19-17----------------------|
|-17-----------20-19-17-16----17-19-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|


  Em
          |--3---|  |--3--|
   H     +E   E  E  E  E  E    H.        Q
|------------15-19----15-19-|-22b24---------|
|-17----(17)-------17-------|---------------|
|---------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------------|---------------|


 Theme II
  E/G#             Am          Em/G              D/F#
   H      Q   Q     Q       Q   Q   E  T  T  S    H     Q   Q
|----------------|-----------------------------|----------------|
|--------18--17--|-15tr17----------------------|-------16--15---|
|----------------|---------17--16--14-16-14----|----------------|
|-18r------------|--------------------------17-|-16-------------|
|----------------|-----------------------------|----------------|
|----------------|-----------------------------|----------------|


  G                              D/F
   E.  T  T  Q   Q   E  +E        H     +E   Q.
|------------------------------|------------20----|
|-13--15-13--------------------|------------------|
|-----------16--14-------------|-14----(14)-------|
|-------------------17-(17)b18-|------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------|


  C#?
        |--------7--------|  |-----5-----|
   +E.  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  Q   E
|-(20)-19-17----------19-20-19-17-----------------------------------|
|------------20-19-17-------------19-17-16--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------17-16-14-----------------|
|---------------------------------------------------17-16-14-13--16-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|


  Em                      B
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S
|----------15-19-17-15-------------17-15----------|
|----------------------19-17-16-19-------19-17-16-|
|----16-17----------------------------------------|
|-17----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|


  Em
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  H
|-------------------------------|
|-17----------------------------|
|----16-------------------------|
|-------17-16-14-13-16-13-14----|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|


  E/G#            Am          Em/G                   D/F#
                                         |---3---|
   H     Q   Q     Q       Q   E.  T  T  S  +S   S    H     Q   Q
|---------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
|-------18--17--|-15tr17---------------------------|-------16--15---|
|---------------|---------17--16--17-16-14-(14)----|----------------|
|-18------------|-------------------------------17-|-16-------------|
|---------------|----------------------------------|----------------|
|---------------|----------------------------------|----------------|


  G                            D/F
                                                 |-----6:3------|
   Q       Q   Q   E  +E        H     +Q    +S   S  S  S  S  S  S
|----------------------------|------------------20-19-17----------|
|-13tr15---------------------|---------------------------20-19-17-|
|---------16--14-------------|-14----(14)--(14)-------------------|
|-----------------17-(17)b18-|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------------------|


  C#?
   |---------------13:8----------------|
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  Q   q
|-19-20-19-17------------------------------------|
|-------------19-17-16---------------------------|
|----------------------17-16-14------------------|
|-------------------------------17-16-14-13--14--|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|


  Em        B                   Em
   H         +Q     E.     S     H.      Q
|-22b24=====(22)r--19b20==19r-|-------------|
|-----------------------------|-17----------|
|-----------------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------|


 Interlude
  Am/C                  Em/B
  S  S  S  S S  S  S  S S  S  S  S S  S  S  S
|-8-12-11-12-8-12-11-12-7-12-11-12-7-12-11-12-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


  Am                      Em/G
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S  S  S S  S  S  S
|----12-11-12----12-11-12---12-11-12---12-11-12-|
|-10----------10----------8----------8----------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


  B/F#                Em/G
  S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S  S  S S  S  S  S
|---11-9-11---11-9-11---12-11-12---12-11-12-|
|-7---------7---------8----------8----------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


  B
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S  S S  S  S S  S
|-14-12-11-------------------------------------|
|----------13-12-10----------------------------|
|-------------------12-11-9--------------------|
|---------------------------13-10-9------------|
|-----------------------------------12-10-9----|
|-------------------------------------------12-|


  Am/C                  Em/B
  S  S  S  S S  S  S  S S  S  S  S S  S  S  S
|-8-12-11-12-8-12-11-12-7-12-11-12-7-12-11-12-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


  Am                      Em/G
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S  S  S S  S  S  S
|----12-11-12----12-11-12---12-11-12---12-11-12-|
|-10----------10----------8----------8----------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|


  B/F#                Em/G
  S  S S  S S  S S  S S  S  S  S S  S  S  S
|---11-9-11---11-9-11---12-11-12---12-11-12-|
|-7---------7---------8----------8----------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|


  B
   S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S S  S  S S  S  S S  S
|-14-12-11-------------------------------------|
|----------13-12-10----------------------------|
|-------------------12-11-9--------------------|
|---------------------------13-10-9------------|
|-----------------------------------12-10-9----|
|-------------------------------------------12-|


                    H.=H
  S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-------------------------------|
|-7-5-4-------------------------|
|-------5-4-2-------------------|
|-------------5-4-2-------------|
|-------------------6-3-2-------|
|-------------------------5-3-2-|


  Q=100
  Em
                              |-------7:8-------|  |-------7:8-------|
  Q   T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------14-16-17-14-16-17-19--|
|----------------------------------16-17-14-16-17-----------------------|
|----------------14-15-14-13-14-15--------------------------------------|
|-0--12-15-14-15--------------------------------------------------------|


   |-------7:8-------|  |-------7:8-------|
   T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  H
|----------------------------19-20-19-15----22b24=====|
|-17-19-20-17-19-22-19-20-22-------------17-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


  H.=H
               |--------8:6---------|                                |--3--|
   +E    E.    S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S  S.  S  S.  S    S.  S  S.  S  S  S  S  E.     +Q
|-(22)r-19b21r19-20-17-20-15-20----20---------------|------------------19----22b24==(22)--*|
|-------------------------------19----17--16-17--16-|-17--16-17--16-17----17--------------*|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------*|
|---------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------*|



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
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