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EMPTY WORDS
As recorded by Death
(From the 1995 Album SYMBOLIC)
Words and Music by Chuck Schuldiner
Transcribed by James Williams (Inverted)
and David Williams (Warlock)
Email inverted_one@hotmail.com
Gtr I (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Bobby Koelble'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Chuck Schuldiner (Clean)'
Intro
Melotic Metal Q=100
4/4
Gtr III
E E E E E E E E E H. +E E E E E E E E E E E E H +E 4x
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o-----------------|------------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||------9-----9---9-|----12-------(12)-|-----9-----9---7-|---10---9----(9)---||
||----7-----7-------|------------------|---7-----7-------|-------------------||
||o-0-----8-----7---|-10---------------|-0-----8-----5---|-8----7-----------o||
||------------------|------------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Verse
Moderate Metal Q=121
$
C5B5G5G#F5 C5B5G5G#5 C5B5G5G#E5
Gtr I
PM~~~~~~~~~ PM| ~
E E E E H E E E H +E E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6-5----|
|-3-2-----3----|-3-2------------|-3-2-----2----|--------------|
|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
|
| Gtr II
| PM PM| ~
| E E E E H E E E H +E E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-6s8-8s9-8----|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-5-4----------|-5-4------------|-5-4----------|--------------|
|-3-2-5-6-3----|-3-2-5-6----(6)-|-3-2-5-6-2----|--------------|
|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
C5B5G5G#F5 C5B5G5G#5 C5B5G5G#E5
PM~~~~~~~~~ PM| ~~
E E E E H E E E H +E E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6--8----|
|-3-2-----3----|-3-2------------|-3-2-----2----|---------------|
|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|---------------|
|
| PM PM| ~~
| E E E E H E E E H +E E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-6s8-8s9-11----|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|---------------|
|-5-4----------|-5-4------------|-5-4----------|---------------|
|-3-2-5-6-3----|-3-2-5-6----(6)-|-3-2-5-6-2----|---------------|
|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|---------------|
C5B5G5G#F5 C5B5G5G#5 C5B5G5G#E5
PM~~~~~~~~~ PM| ~
E E E E H E E E H +E E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-3s5-5s6-5----|
|-3-2-----3----|-3-2------------|-3-2-----2----|--------------|
|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
|
| PM PM| ~
| E E E E H E E E H +E E E E E H E E E E H
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|-6s8-8s9-8----|
|--------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
|-5-4----------|-5-4------------|-5-4----------|--------------|
|-3-2-5-6-3----|-3-2-5-6----(6)-|-3-2-5-6-2----|--------------|
|-----3-4-1----|-----3-4----(4)-|-----3-4-0----|--------------|
Pre Chorus
Q=124
A5 E5 A5 F5 C#5 G#5
PM---------| ~
W W E E E E E E E T T S E E E E E E Q
||-----------|----------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
||o----------|----------|---------------10-9h10p9-|----13-12-10-9--------o||
||-----------|----------|--------10-9-7-----------|-10------------10-9----||
||--7--------|-2--------|-10-9-7------------------|-----------------------||
||o-7--------|-2--------|-------------------------|----------------------o||
||--5--------|-0--------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
|
| W W H H H H
||-----------|----------|-------------------------|-----------------------||
||o----------|----------|-------------------------|----------------------o||
||-----------|----------|-------------------------|--6--------------------||
||--7--------|-2--------|--7--------3-------------|--6----------6---------||
||o-7--------|-2--------|--7--------3-------------|--4----------6--------o||
||--5--------|-0--------|--5--------1-------------|-------------4---------||
A5 E5
W W
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|-7--------|-2----|
|-7--------|-2----|
|-5--------|-0----|
|
| W W
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|----------|------|
|-7--------|-2----|
|-7--------|-2----|
|-5--------|-0----|
A5 F5
T T T T
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-19-15p13p12-19-15p13p12-19-15p13p12-19-15p13p12-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| H H
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--7-----------------------3----------------------|
|--7-----------------------3----------------------|
|--5-----------------------1----------------------|
C#5 G#5
T T
S S S S S S S S Q +Q
|-19-15p13p12-19-15p13p12-20b22===(20)r==|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|
| H H
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|--6-------------------------------------|
|--6-----------------------6-------------|
|--4-----------------------6-------------|
|--------------------------4-------------|
A5 E5
~~~~~~~
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +Q +E
|-20-20-20-20s19-19-19s17-13-13s12-12-|-12s10-10-10s12-12-12-(12)--(12)\-|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| W W
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--7----------------------------------|--2-------------------------------|
|--7----------------------------------|--2-------------------------------|
|--5----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
A5 F5 C#5 G#
~
H H H H
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-6---------|
|-7----3----|-6---------|
|-7----3----|-4---------|
|-5----1----|------4----|
|
| H H H H
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-6---------|
|-7----3----|-6----6----|
|-7----3----|-4----6----|
|-5----1----|------4----|
Q=116
Gtrs I, II
PM----| ~ PM----------------------| ~ PM------------|
S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o--------------------7-8-7-5-|--------------------5-6-5-3-o||
||--5-7-8-7-6--5-7-8-7---------|-4-6-7-6-5--4-6-7-6----------||
F5
S S S S S S S S Q S S S S
||-----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|
||------------------3----------|
||o-----------------3----------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--0-0-0-0-|
1. 2.
G5 G#5 G5
~~~
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
|------------------------||-------------------------|
|-----------------------o||-------------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------5----------6---||---------5---------------|
|---------5----------6--o||---------5----------[6]--|
|-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-4---||-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0------|
PM----| ~ PM----------------------| ~ PM------------|
S S S S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o----------------------------|----------------------------o||
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||-----------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o--------------------7-8-7-5-|--------------------5-6-5-3-o||
||--5-7-8-7-6--5-7-8-7---------|-4-6-7-6-5--4-6-7-6----------||
F5
S S S S S S S S Q S S S S
||-----------------------------|
||o----------------------------|
||-----------------------------|
||------------------3----------|
||o-----------------3----------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1--0-0-0-0-|
1. 2.
G5 G#5 G5
~~~
S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q S S S S Q
|------------------------||-------------------------|
|-----------------------o||-------------------------|
|------------------------||-------------------------|
|---------5----------6---||---------5---------------|
|---------5----------6--o||---------5----------[6]--|
|-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0-4---||-0-0-0-0-3--0-0-0-0------|
Q=112
E5 F5 D5 G5 E5 F5
3/4 5/8
Gtr I
H. Q.. E.
|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q Q Q E. E.
|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|
|------------|--------------|
|-9---10--7--|-12----9--10--|
|-7----8--5--|-10----7---8--|
|------------|--------------|
E5 F5 D5 G5 E5 F5
3/4 5/8
PM------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|---0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--0-0-0-0-0--0-0--0--0-0-|
|
| Q Q Q Q E. E.
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-9-------10-------7-------|-12-------9------10------|
|-7--------8-------5-------|-10-------7-------8------|
|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E5 F5 D5
3/4
Gtr I
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
||--12p7p5h7p5h7p5h7-13p7p5h7p5h7p5h7-10p7p5h7p5h7p5h7-|
||o----------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| Q Q Q
||-----------------------------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------|
||---9---------------10----------------7---------------|
||o--7----------------8----------------5---------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------|
G5 E5 F5
5/8
T T T
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|-15p7p5h7p5h7p5h7-12p7p5h7p5h7-13p7p5h7p5h7---||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------||
|
| Q E. E.
|----------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------o||
|----------------------------------------------||
|-12----------------9-----------10-------------||
|-10----------------7------------8------------o||
|----------------------------------------------||
Chorus
Fast Metal Q=160
To Coda
E5 C/E
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM------------| PM----| ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
H S S S S S S S S H E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. 4x
||------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------o||
||------------------------|---------------|--------7------|---------------||
||---9--------------------|-10------------|-5--------5----|-7------9------||
||o--7--------------------|--7------------|---3-----------|---5------7---o||
||--------0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------0-0-0-0-|---------------|---------------||
Solo - Schuldiner
Gtr I
~~~ ~
H.. S S W
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|-7-------------------------------|
|-7-----------------------------9h10-|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| 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 S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
C5 C5 C5 D5 D5 D5
~~~~ ~~~
H.. S S H. +S S S S
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-12-------------------------12h13-|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-10--------------------(10)-14-16-17-|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------5---------5------5----|-----------7---------7----------7----|
|--3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3----|--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5---5---5--5----|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-16-14-16-14-12----12-14-12-14-16-14-16-17-16-17-|
|----------------15-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------15----15-17-15-17-19-|
|-15----15-17-15-17-18-17-18----18----------------|
|----17-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
C5 C5 C5 D5 D5 D5
H. S S S S W
|-15b17====================15r-17h19h20-|-20b22===========================|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|
| S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------5---------5---------5----|--------------7---------7-----7--|
|--3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--3---3--3----|--5-----5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H H Q E E
|-20---------------20---------------|-20---------------20-------20r---22b24====|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|
| 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 S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--1-1-1-1--1--1--1-----1-|
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
C5 C5 C5 D5 D5 D5
~~~
+E. +Q +S E E E E E E E E E Q.
|-(22)-----(22)r====(22)-20---19-17------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------20-|-18---17--------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|-----------19-17---16S==14--------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------5--------------5-------5-|------------7------------7------7-|
|---3--3-3---3--3-3---3---3-3--3--3-3--3-|--5-5--5-5--5--5-5--5-5--5--5-5-5-|
|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
~~~ ~
E E Q. S S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S S E
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-14---16---16-------------------7-----|--------9------------10-----9h10p9---|
|-------------------------7h9h10-------|-7h9h10-------7h9h10-----------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| 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 S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--0-0--0-0--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0-|-1-1--1-1-1-1-1-1--1--1-1-1-1--1-1-1-|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
C5 C5 C5 D5 D5 D5
~~~ ~
+Q. E E E E S S S S E E H +E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-(9)---------9---10---9-7---9h10p|=9p7---------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----10---9-7-------------(7)--|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| S S S S E S S S S E S S E S S S S E S S S S E S S E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------5----------5-----5----|----------7---------7------7---|
|--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3----|-5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--5---|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Q=180
A5 E5
9/8
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E. E. E. Q. +E. +W +E
||-----------------------------|------------------|
||o-13--12--10--12----(12)-----|-(12)--------(12)-|
||-----------------------------|------------------|
||-----------------------------|------------------|
||o----------------------------|------------------|
||-----------------------------|------------------|
|
| W +E W +E
||-----------------------------|------------------|
||o----------------------------|------------------|
||-----------------------------|------------------|
||-----------------------------|------------------|
||o--7---------------------(7)-|---2----------(2)-|
||---5---------------------(5)-|---0----------(0)-|
F5 G5
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
E. E. E. E. E. E. W +E
|---------------------10------|-----------------||
|-13--12--10--12--13----------|-12--------(12)-o||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------o||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|
| W +E W +E
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------------|----------------o||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|-----------------------------|-----------------||
|--3----------------------(3)-|--5---------(5)-o||
|--1----------------------(1)-|--3---------(3)--||
Q=176
E5 F5
~~ ~~
E E H +E E E W +E
||-------------------------|----------------|
||o-12h13p12----(12)-12h13-|-10--------(10)-|
||-------------------------|----------------|
||-------------------------|----------------|
||o------------------------|----------------|
||-------------------------|----------------|
|
| H. +Q. W +E
||-------------------------|----------------|
||o------------------------|----------------|
||-------------------------|----------------|
||-------------------------|----------------|
||o--2-----------(2)-------|--3---------(3)-|
||---0-----------(0)-------|--1---------(1)-|
G5 F5
~~ ~~
E E H +E E E W +E
|------------------------|-10--------(10)---||
|-12h13p12----(12)-12h13-|-----------------o||
|------------------------|------------------||
|------------------------|------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------o||
|------------------------|------------------||
|
| H. +Q. W +E
|------------------------|------------------||
|------------------------|-----------------o||
|------------------------|------------------||
|------------------------|------------------||
|--5-----------(5)-------|--3---------(3)--o||
|--3-----------(3)-------|--1---------(1)---||
E5 F5
Gtr I
W +E W +E
||---------------|----------------|
||o--------------|----------------|
||---------------|----------------|
||--9--------(9)-|-10--------(10)-|
||o-7--------(7)-|--8---------(8)-|
||---------------|----------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W +E W +E
||---------------|----------------|
||o--------------|----------------|
||---------------|----------------|
||---------------|----------------|
||o-2--------(2)-|--3---------(3)-|
||--0--------(0)-|--1---------(1)-|
1. 2.
G5 F5 F5
W +E W +E Q H..
|----------------|-----------------||-------------|
|----------------|----------------o||-------------|
|----------------|-----------------||-------------|
|-12--------(12)-|-10--------(10)--||--10---------|
|-10--------(10)-|--8---------(8)-o||---8---------|
|----------------|-----------------||-------------|
|
| W +E W +E Q H..
|----------------|-----------------||-------------|
|----------------|----------------o||-------------|
|----------------|-----------------||-------------|
|----------------|-----------------||-------------|
|--5---------(5)-|--3---------(3)-o||---3---------|
|--3---------(3)-|--1---------(1)--||---1---------|
Chorus
Q=160
D.S. al Coda
&
E5 C/E
4/4
Gtrs I, II
PM------------| PM----| ~~ ~~ ~~ ~~
H S S S S S S S S H E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. 9x
||------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
||o-----------------------|---------------|---------------|--------------o||
||------------------------|---------------|--------7------|---------------||
||---9--------------------|-10------------|-5--------5----|-7------9------||
||o--7--------------------|--7------------|---3-----------|---5------7---o||
||--------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
<n> - 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 - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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