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METAL CHURCH
As recorded by Metal Church
(From the 1985 Album METAL CHURCH)
Transcribed by Ryan Cooper (coopman@nfdc.net)
Music by David Wayne, Kurdt Vanderhoof, and Craig Wells
Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Rhythm 1'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Rhythm 2'
Gtr III (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Lead Guitar'
Intro
Moderate Rock Q=101
C#5 G5 C#5
4/4
Gtrs I, II
Wx5 H Q E S S Q. E +H +H.. S S
|------------|---------------||------------------|------------------||
|------------|---------------||o-----------------|-----------------o||
|------------|---------------||------------------|------------------||
|------------|-----------6-6-||--6----12-(12)----|-(12)--------6-6--||
|------------|-----------4-4-||o-4----10-(10)----|-(10)--------4-4-o||
|------------|---------------||------------------|------------------||
G5 F#5 C#5
Q. E +H +H H W +W
|-----------------|---------------|----------|--------||
|-----------------|---------------|----------|--------||
|-----------------|---------------|----------|--------||
|-6----12-(12)----|-(12)----11----|-6--------|-(6)----||
|-4----10-(10)----|-(10)-----9----|-4--------|-(4)----||
|-----------------|---------------|----------|--------||
G5/D C#5
Gtr I
\0.25___/
Q. E +Q +E +E +H.. S S
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|------0-(0)--(0)-----(0)-|-(0)------------|
|-6----0-(0)--(0)-----(0)-|-(0)--------6-6-|
|-4-----------------------|------------4-4-|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| \0.25___/
| Q. E +Q +E +E +H.. S S
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|------0-(0)--(0)-----(0)-|-(0)------------|
|-6----0-(0)--(0)-----(0)-|-(0)--------6-6-|
|-4-----------------------|------------4-4-|
|-------------------------|----------------|
G5/D N.C.
Q. E +H +E E E E +H
|---------------|------<5>---------------------|
|---------------|-----------<5>----------------|
|------0-(0)----|-(0)------------<7>--(<7>)----|
|-6----0-(0)----|-(0)--------------------------|
|-4-------------|------------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------------|
|
| Q. E +H +E E E E +H
|---------------|-----<12>---------------------|
|---------------|----------<12>----------------|
|------0-(0)----|-(0)-----------<12>-(<12>)----|
|-6----0-(0)----|-(0)--------------------------|
|-4-------------|------------------------------|
|---------------|------------------------------|
C#5 G5/D F#5 C#5
Q. E +H +H Q.. S H.. E
|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-------0-(0)----|-(0)----6-----6-|-6-----------|
|-\6----0-(0)----|-(0)----4-----6-|-6-----------|
|-\4-------------|--------4-----4-|-4---------0-|
|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|
| Q. E +H +H Q.. S W
|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|----------------|----------------|-------------|
|-------0-(0)----|-(0)----------6-|-6-----------|
|-\6----0-(0)----|-(0)----4-----6-|-6-----------|
|-\4-------------|--------4-----4-|-4-----------|
|----------------|--------2-------|-------------|
W +W +W
|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|--------|
|--4---------|-(4)--------|-(4)----|
|------------|------------|--------|
|
| +W +W +W
|------------|------------|--------|
|------------|------------|--------|
|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)----|
|-(6)--------|-(6)--------|-(6)----|
|-(4)--------|-(4)--------|-(4)----|
|------------|------------|--------|
N.C.(C#5) D5C#5
Gtrs I, II
PM--------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------7-6-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
|-----------------------------------------|
C5C#5
PM--------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-5-6---------------------------------------|
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---|
|-------------------------------------------|
C#5 D5C#5
PM--------------------------|
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-6-------------------------------7-6-|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
|-------------------------------------|
C5C#5
PM--------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-5-6--------------------------------------|
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
|------------------------------------------|
1st Verse
C#5 D5C#5
PM--------------------------|
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--6-------------------------------7-6-|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
||--------------------------------------|
C5C#5
PM--------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
|-5-6--------------------------------------||
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|------------------------------------------||
C#5 G5/D
Gtr I
\0.25___/
Q. E +E +E +Q +H.. E
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|------0-(0)-----(0)-(0)--|-(0)-----------|
|-6----0-(0)-----(0)-(0)--|-(0)--------x\-|
|-4-----------------------|------------x\-|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr II
| \0.25___/
| Q. E +E +E +Q +H.. E
|-------------------------|---------------|
|-------------------------|---------------|
|------0-(0)-----(0)-(0)--|-(0)-----------|
|-6----0-(0)-----(0)-(0)--|-(0)--------x\-|
|-4-----------------------|------------x\-|
|-------------------------|---------------|
C#5 G5/D N.C.
Q. E +H +E E E E +H
|---------------|----------------------------|
|---------------|------<5>-------------------|
|------0-(0)----|-(0)-------<5>--------------|
|-6----0-(0)----|-(0)-----------<5>-(<5>)----|
|-4-------------|----------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------|
|
| Q. E +H +E E E E +H
|---------------|----------------------------|
|---------------|-----<12>-------------------|
|------0-(0)----|-(0)------<12>--0---(0)-----|
|-6----0-(0)----|-(0)------------0---(0)-----|
|-4-------------|----------------------------|
|---------------|----------------------------|
C#5 G5 F#5 C#5
Q. E +H +H Q.. S W +W
|------------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|------------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|------------------|----------------6-|-6--------|-(6)----|
|-\6----12-(12)----|-(12)----11-----6-|-6--------|-(6)----|
|-\4----10-(10)----|-(10)-----9-----4-|-4--------|-(4)----|
|------------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|
| Q. E +H +H Q.. S W +W
|------------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|------------------|------------------|----------|--------|
|--------0--(0)----|--(0)-----------6-|-6--------|-(6)----|
|-\6-----0--(0)----|--(0)-----4-----6-|-6--------|-(6)----|
|-\4---------------|----------4-----4-|-4--------|-(4)----|
|------------------|----------2-------|----------|--------|
2nd Verse
N.C.(C#5) D5C#5
Gtrs I, II
PM--------------------------|
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--6-------------------------------7-6-|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
||--------------------------------------|
C5C#5
PM--------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 6x
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
|-5-6--------------------------------------||
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|------------------------------------------||
Chorus
C#5E5C#5 B5 C#5 E5A5 C#5E5C#5 B5 C#5 E5A5
Q E E +E E S E. Q E E +H Q E E +E E S E. Q E E +H
||--------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------||
||o-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------o||
||--------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------||
||--6--9-6-(6)-4-4S6--|-6--9----------|-6--9-6-(6)-4-4S6--|-6--9-----------||
||o-4--7-4-(4)-2-2S4--|-4--7-7-(7)----|-4--7-4-(4)-2-2S4--|-4--7-7-(7)----o||
||--------------------|------5-(5)----|-------------------|------5-(5)-----||
C#5 D5C#5
PM--------------------------|
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--6-------------------------------7-6-|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
||--------------------------------------|
C5C#5
PM--------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
|-5-6--------------------------------------||
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|------------------------------------------||
3rd Verse
C#5 D5C#5
PM--------------------------|
|-3-| |----6----| |----6----|
E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
||--6-------------------------------7-6-|
||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-4-|
||--------------------------------------|
C5C#5
PM--------------------------------|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------||
|-5-6--------------------------------------||
|-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-o||
|------------------------------------------||
Chorus
C#5E5C#5 B5 C#5 E5A5 C#5E5C#5 B5 C#5 E5A5
Q E E +E E S E. Q E E +H Q E E +E E S E. Q E E +H
||--------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------||
||o-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------o||
||--------------------|---------------|-------------------|----------------||
||--6--9-6-(6)-4-4S6--|-6--9----------|-6--9-6-(6)-4-4S6--|-6--9-----------||
||o-4--7-4-(4)-2-2S4--|-4--7-7-(7)----|-4--7-4-(4)-2-2S4--|-4--7-7-(7)----o||
||--------------------|------5-(5)----|-------------------|------5-(5)-----||
Bridge
N.C.
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||--13-14-13-11-13-11----------------11-13-14-13-|
||--------------------14-13-11-13-14-------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||--11-12-11--9-11--9-----------------9-11-12-11-|
||o-------------------11--9-----9-11-------------|
||--------------------------12-------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------o||
|-13-14-13-11-13-11----------------11-13-14-13--||
|-------------------14-13-11-13-14--------------||
|----------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-11-12-11--9-11--9-----------------9-11-12-11--||
|-------------------11--9-----9-11-------------o||
|-------------------------12--------------------||
Guitar Solo
F#5 G#5
Gtr III
|----6----| |----6----|
H Q E +E S S S S S S S S S S S S s s s s E E
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------6b8-(6)-|-6p4-6p4---4-6p4---------------------|
|----------------------|---------6-------6p4-6p4-------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------6-5-4-4-----|
|----------------------|---------------------------------7-4-|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| Q. E +Q Q W
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-4----6-(6)\----------|-------------------------------------|
|-2----4-(4)\----------|-------------------------------------|
F#5 A5
|----3-----|
H E S S E +E E
|-------------20-17-20b22r(20)-17-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|
| Q. E +Q Q
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-4----7-(7)\---------------------|
|-2----5-(5)\---------------------|
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T +T T T +T T T T T T
|----17----17-20p17-20p17----17-19h20p19p17------------17------------17-----------|
|-20----20----------------20------------------------------20b22-(20)----20p17-----|
|-------------------------------------------19b21-(19)------------------------19--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+S +S +E
-------------------------|
17b18r(17)b20==(17)r(17)-|
-------------------------|
-------------------------|
-------------------------|
-------------------------|
|
| W
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#5 G#5
+E. S Q Q Q
|-------------------16-----|
|-(17)\-------------19b21--|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|
| Q. E +Q Q
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|---4-------6-(6)\---------|
|---2-------4-(4)\---------|
|--------6--------| |--3--|
S S S S S S E E E E +S S E. +S
|-16-19-16-------16-19-16----------------------------------|
|----------19b21----------19-16------------19-19-----(19)\-|
|-------------------------------18b20-(18)----18pb20-(18)\-|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|
| W
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
F#5 A5
H Q Q +H +Q +Q
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------8-----|-(8)----(8)--(8)--|
|--------------7b9===|=(7)----(7)r=(7)--|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|
| Q. E +Q Q W
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|-4----7-(7)\--------|------------------|
|-2----5-(5)\--------|------------------|
F#5 G#5 F#5 A5
Gtr I
Q. E +Q Q W Q. E +H +W
|-----------------|----------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|----------------|
|-4----6-(6)\-----|----------|-4----7-(7)----|-(7)------------|
|-2----4-(4)\-----|----------|-2----5-(5)----|-(5)------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q. E +Q Q W Q. E +H +E E E E H
|-----------------|----------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------|---------------|-----7-5-4------|
|-4----6-(6)\-----|----------|-4----7-(7)----|-(7)-------7----|
|-2----4-(4)\-----|----------|-2----5-(5)----|-(5)------------|
Harmony Interlude
N.C.
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||--13-14-13-11-13-11----------------11-13-14-13-|
||--------------------14-13-11-13-14-------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||-----------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------|
||--11-12-11--9-11--9-----------------9-11-12-11-|
||o-------------------11--9-----9-11-------------|
||--------------------------12-------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 4x
|-----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------o||
|-13-14-13-11-13-11----------------11-13-14-13--||
|-------------------14-13-11-13-14--------------||
|----------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E 4x
|-----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------o||
|-----------------------------------------------||
|-11-12-11--9-11--9-----------------9-11-12-11--||
|-------------------11--9-----9-11-------------o||
|-------------------------12--------------------||
2nd Solo
F#5 G#5
Gtr III
T T
|-3-|
H Q S S S S S
|-------------4h7-11p7p4-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|
| Gtrs I, II
| Q. E +Q Q
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|-4----6-(6)--6----------|
|-2----4-(4)--4----------|
T T T T T T T T
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-12p7p4-11p7p4-12p7p4-11p7p4-12p7p4-11p7p4-12p7p4-14\-|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|--6-------------6-------------6-------------6---------|
|--4-------------4-------------4-------------4---------|
F#5 A5
\1___/ \1___/ \1.5___/
~~~~~~~
|--3--|
Q E E +S E +S E +S S Q.. S S S S S S S +S +E
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|-7b10----7-5-7-5-7-5---4-(4)-(4)-|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------0---(0)h2---(2)h5-----(5)h7-|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Q. E +Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-4-----7---(7)---------7-----------|-7-----7---7---------7-----------|
|-2-----5---(5)---------5-----------|-5-----5---5---------5-----------|
F#5 G#5
~~~~~~~~~ ~
+E E Q Q Q +Q Q S +E. Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-(4)\------------4--|-(4)--6--6b7r(6)-6--|
|-----------------4--|-(4)--6--6b7r(6)-6--|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q. E +Q Q Q Q Q Q
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--4-------6-(6)--6--|--6---6--6-------6--|
|--2-------4-(4)--4--|--4---4--4-------4--|
F#5 A5
|--3--| |--3--|
H Q S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|
|-------------13-12-10-12-10----|
|----------------------------12-|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|
| Q. E +Q Q
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-4----7-(7)---7----------------|
|-2----5-(5)---5----------------|
|--3--| |-3--| |-3--| |----3----| |----3----|
S S S S S S S S S S +S S S +S S T T T T T +T +T
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-10-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----11-12-11-9-11-11-9-11-11b12r(11)-9-11b12r(11)-9-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------12-10-12-10-12b13r(12)-(12----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+T +T +S.
----------------------|
----------------------|
----------------------|
b13r(12)-(12)b15-(12)-|
----------------------|
----------------------|
|
| Q Q Q Q
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--7----------------7--------------------7------------------------7----------------|
|--5----------------5--------------------5------------------------5----------------|
Outro
H.=H
F#5 G#5 F#5 E5
W W Q E E +H E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------|----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|----------|----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|----------|----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|----------|----------------|--9--7-5------------|
|-----------------|----------|----------------|---------9-7-5------|
|-----------------|----------|-------0-(0)----|---------------8-7--|
|
| Q. E +Q Q W Q. E +H +W
|-----------------|----------|----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|----------|----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|----------|----------------|--------------------|
|-----------------|----------|----------------|--------------------|
|-4----6-(6)\-----|----------|-4-----2-(2)----|-(2)----------------|
|-2----4-(4)\-----|----------|-2-----0-(0)----|-(0)----------------|
Q=85
F#5 G#5
E E E E +H W W W
|------------------|-----------|----------|--------*|
|------------------|-----------|----------|--------*|
|------------------|-----------|----------|--------*|
|------------------|-----------|----------|--------*|
|------------------|-----------|----------|--------*|
|--5--3-2-0-(0)----|-----------|----------|--------*|
|
| +W H H W +W
|------------------|-----------|----------|--------*|
|------------------|-----------|----------|--------*|
|------------------|-----------|----------|--------*|
|------------------|-----------|----------|--------*|
|-(2)--------------|------4----|-6--------|-(6)----*|
|-(0)--------------|------2----|-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
