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SPEED KING
As recorded by Deep Purple
(From the 1970 Album IN ROCK)
Words and Music by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice
Transcribed by Slowhand
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Ritchie Blackmore - Electric Guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Ritchie Blackmore - Electric Guitar w/ fuzz'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Jon Lord - Organ arr. for Gtr.'
1st, 2nd & 3rd Verse
Fast Rock Q=196
$
N.C.
4/4
Gtr I
H Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
|------------||--------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|
|------------||o-------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|
|------------||--------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|
|------------||--------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|
|------------||o-------------|-------------|-(5)--3--1------|--------------|
|---------1--||--3--------1--|-3--------1--|--3---------3-1-|-3--------1---|
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q Q Q Q
|-------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|
|-------------|---------------|----------------|-------------|
|-------------|-(5)-----------|-(5)--3--1------|-------------|
|-3--------1--|--3---------1--|--3---------3-1-|-3--------1--|
~~~
Q Q Q Q H. Q Q Q Q E E H. Q
|---------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
|---------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
|-(5)-----------|-(5)---------|-(5)--3--1------|-(5)---------|
|--3---------1--|--3-------1--|--3---------3-1-|--3-------1--|
E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(3)--|-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(5)-(3)--|
|--3---3---3---3---3---3---1---|--3---3---3---3---3---3---1---|
To Coda
Q Q Q E E Q H Q
|----------------|--------------||
|----------------|--------------||
|----------------|--------------||
|----------------|--------------||
|-(5)--3--1------|-(5)--1----1--||
|--3---------3-1-|--3-----------||
Chorus
N.C.
E E E E Q E E +E Q E +E Q E E E E E Q E E +E Q E +E Q E
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------------|-------------------|
|-3-1-3-1-3--1-3-|-(3)---------------|-3-1-3-1-3--1-3-|-(3)---------------|
|----------------|-----0--1-(1)-2--3-|----------------|-----0--1-(1)-2--3-|
Bb F
E E E E Q E E +E Q E +E Q E W W
|----------------|-------------------|----------|------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------|------|
|----------------|-------------------|----------|-2----|
|----------------|-------------------|----------|-3----|
|-3-1-3-1-3--1-3-|-(3)---------------|-1--------|-3----|
|----------------|-----0--1-(1)-2--3-|----------|-1----|
1.
E Q E Q E E +E E Q Q Q Q Q H H Q Q
|---------------|----------------|------------|-------------||
|---------------|----------------|------------|------------o||
|---5----3------|----------------|------------|-------------||
|-------------5-|-(5)---3--1-----|------------|-------------||
|-3----3----3---|-----3-------1--|-3----------|------------o||
|---------------|----------------|------------|---------1---||
Interlude
2.
F G G F G
Q Q H H Q Q W H. Q W
|------------||------------|----------|------------|------|
|------------||------------|----------|------------|------|
|------------||------------|----------|------------|------|
|------------||---------3--|-5--------|-5-------3--|-5----|
|-3----------||---------3--|-5--------|-5-------3--|-5----|
|------------||---------1--|-3--------|-3-------1--|-3----|
F G
~~~
Q Q E E +Q W +W +W
|-----------------|----------|------------|--------|
|-----------------|----------|------------|--------|
|----10p=7--------|----------|------------|--------|
|-5--------3-(3)--|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
|-5--------3-(3)--|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----|
|-3--------1-(1)--|-3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----|
Guitar -Organ Dialogue
N.C.
Gtr III (Organ arr. for Gtr.)
~~~
+W E E E E Q E E
|------------||----------------------|
|------------||-11-10-8-11-10--------|
|------------||----------------10-12-|
|-(5)--------||----------------------|
|-(5)--------||----------------------|
|-(3)--------||----------------------|
+E E +E E E E E E S S S S Q +E E E E
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------10-11----10-11-|-10h11p10------------------------|
|-(12)-12-(12)-------12-------|----------10-12--(12)----10-12---|
|-----------------------------|----------------------12---------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------------|
Gtr I
W
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-10-12-10------------------------------------|
|----------12-10-8----8-11-12-10-8-10-11-10-8-|
|------------------10-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q
|----------------|----------------|
|-----------6----|----------6-----|
|-----5-6-7------|----5-6-7-------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|
| Q Q H W
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
|-10-------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|
Q E E E E S S E E E E E E E Q
|------------------|----------------|
|----------5-------|----------------|
|----5-6-7---6p5---|-5-6-5s3--------|
|----------------8-|---------5-3-5--|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|
| W W
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|----------------|
+Q Q H W
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-(5)--------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|
| E E E E +E E +E E +E E +E a E E E +E E
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----------11-(11)-13-(13)-15-|-(15)-15-(15)-15s16-16-15-(15)-14---|
|-----10-12--------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------------|
W
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-15-16-15----15-16-15----15-16-15----15-14-15----|
|----------18----------18----------18----------18-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
H E E E E E E E E S S E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--6---6---6h7p6-----|
|-----------------5--6--7-|----6---7-------6---|
|-------------------------|------------------8-|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|
| E E E E E E E E Q Q H
|----15-------------------|--------------------|
|-15-------15-------------|--------------------|
|-------15-------15-------|--------------------|
|-------------17----17-15-|-17-----------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------|
~
E S S E e E E Q E E E S S E E E E E E E E H
|------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|------------------|-------------------|--------------|
|-5-6p5-----5------|-6---5-6p5-3-------|-5---3-5-3----|
|-------8-0---7----|---8---------3---5-|--------------|
|------------------|---------------5---|--------------|
|------------------|-------------------|--------------|
Gtr I
Q Q H
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|--3--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr III
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-----------------------------------------|
|-18-17-15-17-15----15--------------------|
|----------------17----17-15-17-15-14-15--|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
H Q E E E E E E E E E S S
|-------------------------------|------9-10-9-8-6-8-9p8-|
|-------------------------8---7-|---8-------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| Q S S S S E E +E E +Q Q H
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
|-15--14-15-14------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------15-17---------15-|-(15)------------------|
|--------------------17-(17)----|-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------|
E E E E E E E E +Q Q H
|-6---9-6-8-6-----|--------------------------------|
|---8---------8---|--------------------------------|
|---------------7-|-(7)----------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------------|
|
| W E E +E E +E E +E E
|-----------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------|--8---8--(8)--8--(8)--8--(8)--8-|
|-----------------|-10--10-(10)-10-(10)-10-(10)-10-|
|-----------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------|--------------------------------|
H E E E E E Q E E E E E
|----------------------10-|---15--------13--------|
|------------------11-----|----------15--------15-|
|---------------12--------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|
| E E E E +E E +E E a Q Q H
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-8--8--8-8-(8)--8-(8)--8-|----8------------------|
|-8-10-10-8-(8)--7-(7)--5-|-7p=0------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|
|-13-11-10-------------------|
|----------12-10b12----10-11-|
|-------------------12-------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|
| W
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
Q Q H E E E E S S E E E
|-----------------------------|---6-8-9-8p6---6-7/-|
|-----------------------------|-8-----------8------|
|-12--------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|
| S S S S S S S S H W
|-13p12p10-12p10p8-10p8-10----|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------|
H Q S S E
|---------------------------------9p8p6-|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|
| |--3--| |--3--|
| a E E E a E E E S E. Q
|---------------------------------------|
|-------15-18---------------------------|
|-17s18-------17s18-17-15-17-15--15-----|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
E E E E E E S S E Q Q H
|-8---6-------------|----------------------------------|
|---8---8-6---------|----------------------------------|
|-----------7-8p5---|----------------------------------|
|-----------------8-|-5--------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|
| W S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------5-4------|
|-------------------|-5-------7-5-----8-7-5-------7-5--|
|-------------------|---8-7-5-----8-7-------8----------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------|
Gtr III
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
|---------------------------------|-5-------6-5-----8-6-5----10-8-7-5-|
|-----------------6-5-----8-6-5---|---8-6-5-----8-6-------8/----------|
|-7-5-4---8-7-5-4-----7-5-------7-|-----------------------------------|
|-------7-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
Guitar Break
N.C.
Gtr I
W H E E E E +W
|----------------------------------------------||----------------|--------|
|----------------------------------------------||----------------|--------|
|----------------------------------------------||----------------|--------|
|----------------------------------------------||--5-----3-5-3-5-|-(5)----|
|----------------------------------------------||----------------|--------|
|----------------------------------------------||----------------|--------|
|
| Gtr III Gtr II
| ~~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q E E E E +W
|-12-10-8-7-13-12-10-8-15-13-12-10-17-15-13-12-||-18-------------|--------|
|----------------------------------------------||-20-------------|--------|
|----------------------------------------------||--------2-3-2-3-|-(3)----|
|----------------------------------------------||----------------|--------|
|----------------------------------------------||----------------|--------|
|----------------------------------------------||----------------|--------|
H E E E E +W a Q Q E E E E +W
|-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------|
|-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------|
|---3-----2-3-2-3-|-(3)---------|-5s7--------5-7-5-7-|-(7)----|
|-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------|
|-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------|
|-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------|
|
| ~~~
| a Q Q E E E E +H. Q H E E E E +W
|-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------|
|-----------------|-------------|---8b10-----6-8-6-8-|-(8)----|
|-2s3-----2-3-2-3-|-(3)---------|--------------------|--------|
|-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------|
|-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------|
|-----------------|-------------|--------------------|--------|
a Q Q E E E E +W W +W
|--------------------|------------|----------|--------|
|--------------------|------------|----------|--------|
|-5s7--------5-7-5-7-|-(7)--------|----------|--------|
|--------------------|------------|----------|--------|
|--------------------|------------|-5--------|-(5)----|
|--------------------|------------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|
| ~~~
| H E E E E +W W W
|--------------------|------------|----------|--------|
|---8b10-----6-8-6-8-|-(8)--------|----------|--------|
|--------------------|------------|----------|--------|
|--------------------|------------|----------|--------|
|--------------------|------------|----------|--------|
|--------------------|------------|----------|--------|
+W +W H E E E E +H E E E E
|------------|------------|--------------|-------------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|-----------------5-|
|------------|------------|--------------|------------3----5-|
|------------|------------|-5----3-5-3-5-|-(5)----3-5--------|
|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|--------------|-------------------|
|-(3)--------|-(3)--------|--------------|-------------------|
|
| W W H E E E E +H E E S E.
|------------|------------|--------------|-------------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|------------x-5----|
|------------|------------|-3----2-3-2-3-|-(3)----2-3--------|
|------------|------------|--------------|-------------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|-------------------|
|------------|------------|--------------|-------------------|
Q Q E E +E E H. Q S S S S Q E E E E +H E E E E
|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--6----------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|--7---5--3-5-(5)-3-|--3----------|--------------------|------------3---5--|
|-------------------|-------------|-3h5p3h5-5--3-5-3-5-|-(5)----3-5--------|
|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|
| +Q Q E E +E E +H. Q H E E E E +H E E S S E
|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-(5)--5--3-5-(5)---|-------------|--------------------|------------x---5--|
|-----------------3-|-(3)---------|-3----------2-3-2-3-|-(3)----2-3--------|
|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------|--------------------|-------------------|
E E E E E E E E +H. E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------8b10==|
|--7----5---3-5---3-|-(3)---------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|
| +E E E E E E E E +H. E E
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-(5)---5---3-5---3-|-(3)--------10b12==|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
+Q Q E E Q E S S E E Q E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--(8)r---6--3-------|--3---------------6b8==|
|---------------6----|----6p5-3---3----------|
|--------------------|----------5------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|
| +Q Q E E Q Q E E Q E E
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-(10)r--10--8-------|-10-----8-6-6----10----|
|--------------10----|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
|--------------------|-----------------------|
+Q q E E E E +W Q E E E E E E
|------------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|--(6)r---6--3-----------|-------------|-------------------|
|---------------6---5b7==|=(5)r--------|--7---/7-7-7-5-----|
|------------------------|-------------|---------------7---|
|------------------------|-------------|-----------------8-|
|------------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|
| +Q q E E Q W +W
|------------------------|-------------|-------------------|
|-(10)---10--8-----------|-------------|-------------------|
|--------------10--------|--7----------|-(7)---------------|
|------------------------|--7----------|-(7)---------------|
|------------------------|--5----------|-(5)---------------|
|------------------------|-------------|-------------------|
N.C.
W W Q. E +Q Q +W
|----------|------------||----------------|--------|
|----------|------------||----------------|--------|
|----------|------------||----------------|--------|
|-0--------|------------||-0-----------0--|-(0)----|
|----------|------------||------3-(3)-----|--------|
|----------|------------||----------------|--------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~
| W +W Q. E +Q Q +W
|----------|------------||----------------|--------|
|----------|------------||-3-----------3--|-(3)----|
|----------|------------||------5-(5)-----|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------||----------------|--------|
|-0--------|-(0)--------||----------------|--------|
|----------|------------||----------------|--------|
Q. E +Q Q +W Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q
|----------------|------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|----------------|
|-0-----------0--|-(0)--------|-0-----------0--|-(0)------0-----|
|------3-(3)-----|------------|------3-(3)-----|-----3-------3--|
|----------------|------------|----------------|----------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~
| Q. E +Q Q +W Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q
|----------------|------------|----------------|-------------3--|
|-3-----------3--|-(3)--------|----------------|----------3-----|
|------5-(5)-----|------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|------------|-0-----------0--|-(0)------------|
|----------------|------------|------3-(3)-----|-----3----------|
|----------------|------------|----------------|----------------|
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q
|----------------|----------------||------------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------||------------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------||------------------|----------------|
|-0-----------0--|-(0)------0-----||--0-----1-(1)--2--|-(2)-3----4--5--|
|------3-(3)-----|-----3-------3--||------------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------||------------------|----------------|
|
| Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q Q Q H W
|-5----3-(3)--5--|-(5)-3----5--3--||-10---------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------||------------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------||------------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------||------------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------||------------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------||------------------|----------------|
Q. E +Q Q +E Q. Q Q E E E E E E E E
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|-6----7-(7)--8--|-(8)-9----10--11\--|-7-8-9-9-8-9-10-9-|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
|----------------|-------------------|------------------|
D.S. al Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------10-----||
|-10-11-10-11-10-11-12-12-|-11-12-13-13-------------|-------10-10--------||
|-------------------------|-------------10-11-12-12-|-13-14--------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------1--||
Chorus
&
N.C.
E E E E Q E E E E +E E +E E +E E
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|-3-1-3-1-3--1-3-|-3---------------------|
|----------------|---0-(0)-1-(1)-2-(2)-3-|
E E E E Q E E E E +E E +E E +E E
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|----------------|-----------------------|
|-3-1-3-1-3--1-3-|-3---------------------|
|----------------|---0-(0)-1-(1)-2-(2)-3-|
Bb F
E E E E Q E E E Q E +E Q E W W
|----------------|-----------------|----------|------|
|----------------|-----------------|----------|-1----|
|----------------|-----------------|----------|-2----|
|----------------|-----------------|----------|-3----|
|-3-1-3-1-3--1-3-|-3---------------|-1--------|-3----|
|----------------|---0--1-(1)-2--3-|----------|-1----|
~
H. +E S S W E E E E Q E E +E E +E E +E E +E E
|----------------------|----------||-----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|----------||o----------------|-------------------------|
|-0tr3------(0tr3)-----|----------||-----------------|-------------------------|
|------------------3h5p|=3--------||-----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|----------||o-3-1-3-1-3--1-3-|-(3)---------------------|
|----------------------|----------||-----------------|-----0-(0)-1-(1)-2-(2)-3-|
E E E E Q E E +E E +E E +E E +E E
|----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|
|-3-1-3-1-3--1-3-|-(3)---------------------|
|----------------|-----0-(0)-1-(1)-2-(2)-3-|
E E E E Q E E +E E +E E +E E +E E
|----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|
|----------------|-------------------------|
|-3-1-3-1-3--1-3-|-(3)---------------------|
|----------------|-----0-(0)-1-(1)-2-(2)-3-|
1.
Bb F G
W W Q Q H W
|----------|----------|------------|-------||
|----------|----------|------------|------o||
|----------|----------|------------|-------||
|----------|-3--------|-5----------|-------||
|-1--------|-3--------|-5----------|------o||
|----------|-1--------|-3----------|-------||
Outro
2. H.=H
G F G F G F G
TP
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q q q q W +W
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3--------|-(3)----*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3-----------|-3--------|-(3)----*|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-x-----------|-x--------|-(x)----*|
|-5--------3--|-5--------3--|-5--------3--|-5-----------|-5--------|-(5)----*|
|-5--------3--|-5--------3--|-5--------3--|-5--x--x--x--|-5--------|-(5)----*|
|-3--------1--|-3--------1--|-3--------1--|-3-----------|-3--------|-(3)----*|
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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