Rush - Stick It Out guitar tab
STICK IT OUT
As recorded by Rush
(From the 1993 Album COUNTERPARTS (ATLANTIC ANTHEM 82528 2))
Words by PeartMusic by Lee and Lifeson
Arranged by Rush & Peter Collins
Transcribed by Richard J. Soto
Last Updated: 2003-04-07
The guitars are in Dropped-D tuning (DADGBE low to high)
The guitar parts where there are notated harmonics, as well as the whammied solo,
are in fact natural harmonic feedback on the studio recording. All instances with
the exception the solo are overdubbed.
When played live Lifeson uses pre-recorded triggered samples to recreate the exact
feedback sound of the studio recording. Even if you are a master at totally
controlling harmonic feedback, this is difficult to reproduce live unless if you
have a guitar equipped with a Sustainiac or Fernandes Sustainer System (like I do!) ;)
Previously transcribed by: Charles D. Bruce and
Jim Neil Cirronella as well as
Branden Robinson & Patrick Mabry.
Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Distorted Electric (Sustain & Feedbacking)'
Gtr II (D A D G B E) - 'Overdriven Guitar'
Gtr III (D A D G B E) - 'Tone'
Gtr IV (D A D G B E) - 'Chorused Guitar'
Gtr V (D A D G B E) - 'Acoustic'
Gtr VI (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion in Bridge'
Intro
Q=116
4/4
Gtrs II, III
Q. E E E E E +W +Q. E E E E E
|----------------||-------------|-------------------|
|----------------||o------------|-------------------|
|----------------||-------------|-------------------|
|----------------||-------------|-------------------|
|------------0-2-||o-(2)--------|-(2)-----------0---|
|------0-2-3-----||-------------|--------0--2-3---3-|
|
| Gtr I
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| Q. H E +W +Q. +H E
|----------------||-------------|-------------------|
|----------------||o------------|-------------------|
|----------------||-------------|-------------------|
|----------------||-------------|-------------------|
|--------------2-||o-(2)--------|-(2)---(2)---------|
|----------------||-------------|-----------------3-|
+W +Q. E E E E E
|---------------|----------------------||
|---------------|---------------------o||
|---------------|----------------------||
|---------------|----------------------||
|---------------|---------------0-2---o||
|-(3)-----------|-(3)----0--2-3--------||
|
|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +H H +Q. +H E
|---------------|----------------------||
|---------------|---------------------o||
|---------------|----------------------||
|---------------|----------------------||
|---------------|-----------------2---o||
|-(3)----[3]----|-(3)---(3)------------||
Verse
Q=124
4/4
+W +Q. E E E E E +W +Q. E E E E E
|------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|-(2)--------|-(2)-----------0---|---------------|---------------0-2--|
|------------|--------0--2-3---3-|-(3)-----------|-(3)----0--2-3------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +W +Q. +H E +H H +Q. +H E
|------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|-(2)--------|-(2)---(2)---------|---------------|-----------------2--|
|------------|-----------------3-|-(3)----[3]----|-(3)---(3)----------|
4/4
+W +Q. E E E E E +W +Q. E E E E E
|------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------1--|
|------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------0--|
|------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------x--|
|------------|-------------------|---------------|-----------------3--|
|-(2)--------|-(2)-----------0---|---------------|---------------0-2--|
|------------|--------0--2-3---3-|-(3)-----------|-(3)----0--2-3------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +W +Q. +H E +H H +Q. +H E
|------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|------------|-------------------|---------------|--------------------|
|-(2)--------|-(2)---(2)---------|---------------|--------------------|
|------------|-----------------3-|-(3)----[3]----|-(3)---(3)----------|
Pre-Chorus
Dm/F
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-(1)-1---1-(1)-1---1-|-(1)-1-------------|
|-(0)-0---0-(0)-0---0-|-(0)-0-------------|
|-(x)-x---x-(x)-x---x-|-(x)-x-------------|
|-(3)-3---3-(3)-3---3-|-(3)-3-------------|
|-(2)-2---2-(2)-2---2-|-(2)-2---------0-5-|
|---------------------|---------0-2-3---3-|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------1-|
|---------------------|-----------------0-|
|---------------------|-----------------x-|
|---------------------|-----------------3-|
|-(5)-5---5-(5)-5---5-|-(5)-5---------0-2-|
|-(3)-3---3-(3)-3---3-|-(3)-3---0-2-3-----|
Dm/F
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E +E E +Q H Q. E E E E E
|-(1)-1---1-(1)-1---1-|-(1)-1-------------|------------------|----------------||
|-(0)-0---0-(0)-0---0-|-(0)-0-------------|------------------|----------------||
|-(x)-x---x-(x)-x---x-|-(x)-x-------------|------------------|----------------||
|-(3)-3---3-(3)-3---3-|-(3)-3-------------|------------------|----------------||
|-(2)-2---2-(2)-2---2-|-(2)-2---------0-5-|-(5)-5-(5)\-------|------------0---||
|---------------------|---------0-2-3---3-|-(3)-3-(3)\-------|------0-2-3---3-||
Chorus
$ To Coda
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E E E E +E S S S S S S E E E E +E S S S S S S 4x
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-5-----------2p0h2p0h2p0-|-5---0-------2p0h2p0h2p0-o||
||----0-2-3-(3)-------------|---0---3-(3)--------------||
Verse
4/4
W +Q. E E E E E +W +Q. E E E E E
|----------|-----------------|------------|------------------|
|----------|-----------------|------------|------------------|
|----------|-----------------|------------|------------------|
|----------|-----------------|------------|------------------|
|----------|-------------0-2-|-(2)--------|-(2)---------0----|
|-3--------|-(3)---0-2-3-----|------------|-------0-2-3---3--|
Dm/F
+W +Q. E E E E E +W +Q. E E E E E
|------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
|------------|-----------------|------------|-----------------|
|------------|-------------0-2-|-(2)--------|-(2)---------0-5-|
|-(3)--------|-(3)---0-2-3-----|------------|-------0-2-3---3-|
Pre-Chorus
Dm/F
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------1-|
|---------------------|-----------------0-|
|---------------------|-----------------x-|
|---------------------|-----------------3-|
|-(5)-5---5-(5)-5---5-|-(5)-5---------0-2-|
|-(3)-3---3-(3)-3---3-|-(3)-3---0-2-3-----|
Dm/F
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-(1)-1---1-(1)-1---1-|-(1)-1-------------|
|-(0)-0---0-(0)-0---0-|-(0)-0-------------|
|-(x)-x---x-(x)-x---x-|-(x)-x-------------|
|-(3)-3---3-(3)-3---3-|-(3)-3-------------|
|-(2)-2---2-(2)-2---2-|-(2)-2---------0-5-|
|---------------------|---------0-2-3---3-|
Dm/F
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------1-|
|---------------------|-----------------0-|
|---------------------|-----------------x-|
|---------------------|-----------------3-|
|-(5)-5---5-(5)-5---5-|-(5)-5---------0-2-|
|-(3)-3---3-(3)-3---3-|-(3)-3---0-2-3-----|
Dm/F
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-(1)-1---1-(1)-1---1-|-(1)-1-------------|
|-(0)-0---0-(0)-0---0-|-(0)-0-------------|
|-(x)-x---x-(x)-x---x-|-(x)-x-------------|
|-(3)-3---3-(3)-3---3-|-(3)-3-------------|
|-(2)-2---2-(2)-2---2-|-(2)-2---------0-5-|
|---------------------|---------0-2-3---3-|
D.S. al Coda
Dm/F
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------||
|---------------------|-------------------||
|-(5)-5---5-(5)-5---5-|-(5)-5---------0---||
|-(3)-3---3-(3)-3---3-|-(3)-3---0-2-3---3-||
Out-Chorus
1. 2.
&
G C5 G C5 G C5 G
~
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||-|---------------------|
||--0-------------------|-0--------------------||-|-0-----------0-(0)---|
||--5-----5-(5)-------3-|-5-----5-(5)-------3--||-|-5-----5-(5)-5-(5)-4-|
||o-------3-(3)-5-(5)---|-------3-(3)-5-(5)---o||-|-------3-------------|
||----3h5---------------|---3h5----------------||-|---3h5---------------|
~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+E E E E +E S S S S S S E E E E +E S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|-(4)-----------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------2p0h2p0h2p0-|-5---0-------2p0h2p0h2p0-||
|-----0-2-3-(3)-------------|---0---3-(3)-------------||
Bridge
Gtrs II, III
Q. E H W W W
|
o
Gtr IV
E S S E S S S S Q. +W E S S E S S E Q. +W
|-----------------------|------------|--------------------|--------|
|-----------------------|------------|--------------------|--------|
|-----------------------|------------|--------------------|--------|
|--------0---------0----|-(0)--------|-------0-------0----|-(0)----|
|----0-0---0-0-3-3------|------------|---0-0---0-0-3------|--------|
|-----------------------|------------|--------------------|--------|
Csus2 Fsus4/Bb
Gtr V
E S S E S S E Q. +W E S S E S S E Q. E E E E E E Q
|--------------------|------------|--------------------|---3-3-3---1-1--|
|--------------------|------------|--------------------|---3-3-3---1-1--|
|--------------------|------------|--------------------|---5-5-5---3-3--|
|-------0-------0----|-(0)--------|-------0-------0----|---5-5-5---3-3--|
|---0-0---0-0-3------|------------|---0-0---0-0-3------|---3-3-3---1-1--|
|--------------------|------------|--------------------|----------------|
Gtrs IV, V, VI
E E E E E Q. +W E E E E E Q. +W
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------|
|-----0-----0----|-(0)--------|-----0-----0----|-(0)----|
|---0---0-3------|------------|---0---0-3------|--------|
|-0--------------|------------|-0--------------|--------|
Csus2 Fsus4/Bb
Gtrs I, II
|3-|
W W H Q Q E W
|----------------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------|------------|--------------------13p|=10tr13---------------||
|----------------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------|------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|
| Gtrs IV, V, VI Gtrs II, III
| E E E E E Q. +W E S S E +E E Q. E E E E E E Q
|----------------|------------|-----------------------|---------3-3-3---1-1--||
|----------------|------------|-----------------------|---------3-3-3---1-1--||
|----------------|------------|-----------------------|---------5-5-5---3-3--||
|-----0-----0----|-(0)--------|-------0-(0)---0-------|---------5-5-5---3-3--||
|---0---0-3------|------------|---0-0-------3---------|---------3-3-3---1-1--||
|-0--------------|------------|-0---------------------|----------------------||
Guitar Solo
Gtrs I, II
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
|--4:2---|
Q. +E +E E +E E Q. E S S e E E E E
|-15b17======(15)-(15)r-15b17==(15)-15-|-15r----------0h10-------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------13p10-------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------12p10-|
|--------------------------------------|-------h13s10------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs IV, V, VI
| E E E E E Q. +W
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------0-------------0-------------|-(0)---------------------------|
|--------0-----0----3------------------|-------------------------------|
|--0-----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
\2________/
Q +E Q E E S S +S E. Q +Q E +E
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-10-------(10)-10---10--10--10---10--|-(10)----------------------|
|-12b14====(12)-12---12--12-(12)-(12)-|-(12)r-12------------0-(0)-|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|-----------0----(0)--------|
|
| E E E E E Q. +W
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|------------0--------0---------------|--(0)----------------------|
|--------0-------0-3------------------|---------------------------|
|--0----------------------------------|---------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
\1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/
|------3-------| |------3------|
Q +Q +Q +E +E +E +E +E
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--0----(0)------(0)------(0)----(0)----(0)----(0)----(0)----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs IV, V, VI
| E E E E E Q.
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------0------------------0--------------------------|
|-----0-----------------0--3---------------------------------|
|--0---------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/
| |------3-------| |------3------|
| Q +Q +Q E +E +E +E +E
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(0)---(0)------(0)----------(5)----(5)----(5)----(5)----|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
\1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/
|----------------6-----------------|
+E +E +E +E +E +E +S +S E. S E
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------10-(10)----|
|-(0)----(0)----(0)----(0)----(0)----(0)----(0)----(0)-----------12b14==|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| +W
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(0)-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/ \1.5/
| |----------------6-----------------|
| +E +E +E +E +E +E +S +S Q.
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-(5)----(5)----(5)----(5)----(5)----(5)----(5)----(5)------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
+S S E +S S S S +S S E +E S S
|----------------------------------------------------------^13p=10---|
|-------10-(10)----------10-10--------------10-13b15==(13)-^13-(13)r-|
|-(12)r-----12b14==(12)r-------12b13==(12)r--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtrs IV, V, VI
| E E E E E Q.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------0--------------------------0--------------------|
|------------0---------------0----------3----------------------------|
|---0----------------------------------------------------------------|
Csus2 Fsus4/Bb
Gtr I
\2.5_______/ \2
E S. S. S E +E +E Q
|-----------------------------------||
|-13s10-----------------------------||
|--------12p==10-0-----(0)-(0)---||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------||
|
| Gtr III
| E E E E E E Q
|-----3-----3----3----------1---1---||
|-----3-----3----3----------1---1---||
|-----5-----5----5----------3---3---||
|-----5-----5----5----------3---3---||
|-----3-----3----3----------1---1---||
|-----------------------------------||
Reprise
Gtr I
TPTP
+Q E S S H W
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-()-------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------xsx-------------------|-------------------------|
|---------xsx-------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtrs II, III
| ~~~~~~
| E E E E +E S S S S S S E E E E +E S S S S S S
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-----------0---(0)-2p0h2p0h2p0-|-5---0-------2p0h2p0h2p0-|
|---0---2-3---------------------|---0---3-(3)-------------|
Gtrs II, III
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E E E E +E S S S S S S E E E E +E S S S S S S
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-----------2p0h2p0h2p0-|-5---0-------2p0h2p0h2p0-|
|---0-2-3-(3)-------------|---0---3-(3)-------------|
Dm/F
Gtrs II, III
W +Q. E E E E E +W +Q. E E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|---------------0-2-|-(2)--------------|-(2)-----------0-5-|
|-3--------------|-(3)----0--2-3-----|------------------|--------0--2-3---3-|
|
| Gtr I
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| H +Q Q +Q. +H E +Q +H Q +Q. +H E
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-----------------2-|-(2)--(2)----[2]--|-(2)---(2)---------|
|-3----(3)--[3]--|-(3)---(3)---------|------------------|-------------------|
Pre-Chorus
Dm/F
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------1-|
|---------------------|-----------------0-|
|---------------------|-----------------x-|
|---------------------|-----------------3-|
|-(5)-5---5-(5)-5---5-|-(5)-5---------0-2-|
|-(3)-3---3-(3)-3---3-|-(3)-3---0-2-3-----|
Dm/F
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-(1)-1---1-(1)-1---1-|-(1)-1-------------|
|-(0)-0---0-(0)-0---0-|-(0)-0-------------|
|-(x)-x---x-(x)-x---x-|-(x)-x-------------|
|-(3)-3---3-(3)-3---3-|-(3)-3-------------|
|-(2)-2---2-(2)-2---2-|-(2)-2---------0-5-|
|---------------------|---------0-2-3---3-|
Dm/F
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-----------------1-|
|---------------------|-----------------0-|
|---------------------|-----------------x-|
|---------------------|-----------------3-|
|-(5)-5---5-(5)-5---5-|-(5)-5---------0-2-|
|-(3)-3---3-(3)-3---3-|-(3)-3---0-2-3-----|
+E E E E +E E E E +E E E E E E E E
|-(1)-1---1-(1)-1---1-|-(1)-1-------------|
|-(0)-0---0-(0)-0---0-|-(0)-0-------------|
|-(x)-x---x-(x)-x---x-|-(x)-x-------------|
|-(3)-3---3-(3)-3---3-|-(3)-3-------------|
|-(2)-2---2-(2)-2---2-|-(2)-2---------0---|
|---------------------|---------0-2-3---3-|
Chorus
Gtrs II, III
~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
E E E E +E S S S S S S E E E E +E S S S S S S 8x
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-------------------------o||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||--------------------------|--------------------------||
||o-5---0-------2p0h2p0h2p0-|-5-----------2p0h2p0h2p0-o||
||----0---3-(3)-------------|---0-2-3-(3)--------------||
Out-Chorus
1. 2.
G C5 G C5 G C5 G C5
~
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||-|---------------------|
||--0-------------------|-0--------------------||-|-0-----------0-(0)---|
||--5-----5-(5)-------3-|-5-----5-(5)-------3--||-|-5-----5-(5)-5-(5)-4-|
||o-------3-(3)-5-(5)---|-------3-(3)-5-(5)---o||-|-------3-------------|
||----3h5---------------|---3h5----------------||-|---3h5---------------|
~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~
+E E E E +E S S S S S S E E E E +E S S S S S S
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------------------|-------------------------||
|-(4)-----------------------|-------------------------||
|---------------2p0h2p0h2p0-|-5---0-------2p0h2p0h2p0-||
|-----0-2-3-(3)-------------|---0---3-(3)-------------||
Outro
Gtrs IV, V, VI
E E E E E Q. +W E E E E E Q. +W
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|--------|
|-----0-----0----|-(0)--------|-----0-----0----|-(0)----|
|---0---0-3------|------------|---0---0-3------|--------|
|-0--------------|------------|-0--------------|--------|
C5 Bb5
Gtrs IV, V, VI Gtrs I, II, III
E S S E E E Q. +W E S S E +E E Q. E E E E E E Q
|------------------|------------|--------------------|----------------*|
|------------------|------------|--------------------|----------------*|
|------------------|------------|--------------------|---5-5-5---3-3--*|
|-------0-----0----|-(0)--------|-------0-(0)---0----|---5-5-5---3-3--*|
|---0-0---0-3------|------------|---0-0-------3------|---3-3-3---1-1--*|
|-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
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- 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
