SCENE 2: OVERTURE 1928
As recorded by DREAM THEATER
Music by DREAM THEATER
Transcribed by Joe Britton - Larrylaffer_uk@yahoo.co.uk
Gtr I (B E A D G C) -
Moderately Q=111
4/4 2/4
Gtr I
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S e E S S S S S S e S S S e 10x S S S e Q
||-----------------------------------||------------|
||o---------------------------------o||------------|
||-----------------------------------||------------|
||-----------------------------------||------------|
||o---------------------------------o||------------|
||--3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-3-3-3-3----|
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------3h5-5-5-3h5-5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-|-3-3-3-3---------------|
E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------3h5-5-5-3h5-5-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1--|
|----6----| |----6----| |----6----| |----6----|
E E E E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------|-8-9-8-6------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------9-7-6-9-7-6------------------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------9-7-6-9-7-6------------------|
|---------3h5-5-5-3h5-5-|---------------------------------9-7-5-9-7-5------|
|-----------------------|---------------------------------------------9-7--|
|-3-3-3-3---------------|--------------------------------------------------|
E. S E E +E E S S E E. S S S E +E E E E E. S E E +E E +E E
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------7-(7)-------7-|----------------------|--------7-(7)---------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-5--5-5-------5-5-5---|-7--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|-5--5-5-------0-(0)-0-|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E. S E E +E S S E E E. S E E +E E E E E. S S S E +E E E E
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|--------4-(4)-4-2-4-4-|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-2--2-2---------------|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-|-7--7-7-7-7-(7)-7-7-7-|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
3/4
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E E E E E S S S S +E E S S S S
|--------------------|-------------------||--------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------||o-------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------||--------------------------|
|-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-|-/5--5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||--------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------||o-0-2-4-6-(6)\--0-0-0-0---|
|--------------------|-------------------||--------------------------|
|-3-|
S S S S +E e e S S S S S S +E e S S S S S
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
|-5-4-----------------|---------------------------|
|-----2-4-(4)-0-0-0-0-|-0-2-4-6-(6)\--0-0-0-0-0---|
|---------------------|---------------------------|
1.
|-3-| |-3-|
S S S S +E e S S S S S S
|------------------------------||
|-----------------------------o||
|-----4-6-(6)------------------||
|-5-7-----------------3-5-7----||
|-------------0-2-4-6---------o||
|------------------------------||
2.
5/4 4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
S S S S S S S S S E S E S S S S E. S S S e E S S S S S S e S S S e
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-----4-6----------------------------|------------------------------------|
|-5-7-----7-5-----7---5---3-1---2----|------------------------------------|
|-------------6-4---6---4-----2---1--|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S E
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------3h5-5-5-3h5-5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-|-3-3-3-3----------------|
E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|---------3h5-5-5-3h5-5-|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------|------------------|
|-3-3-3-3---------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-1--|
Q=61
E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E E. S +E E E. S Q E. S E. S
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|---------3h5-5-5-3h5-5-|--------------------|-2--2-2-------------|
|-----------------------|---------2--3-(3)-0-|---------3--3-3--2--|
|-3-3-3-3---------------|-3-3-3-3------------|--------------------|
E. S Q Q Q E. S Q E. S E. S E. S Q Q Q
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
|---------5-----|-2--2-2------------|---------5-----|
|-0--0-0-----5--|---------3--3-3--2-|-0--0-0-----5--|
|---------------|-------------------|---------------|
Q=110
3/4 4/4
Q Q S S S S E E +E E E E E E Q Q S S S S E E +E E E E E E Q
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------|
|----4--2-------2-4-|-(4)-------2-4-|----4--2-------2-4-|-(4)-/8-6---6--------|
|---------4-2-0-----|-----2-2-4-----|---------4-2-0-----|----------9---9------|
|-2-----------------|---------------|-2-----------------|----------------0----|
|-------------------|---------------|-------------------|---------------------|
3/4 4/4
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|-----6-----|
Q Q S S S S E E +E S S S S S S S S E E Q q S S S S E E
|-------------------|---------------------------9-|----------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------9-11---|-11-------------------|
|----4--2-------2-4-|-(4)-9-11-8-8-9-10-11--------|--------2-4-----2-4---|
|---------4-2-0-----|-----------------------------|------------0-2-------|
|-2-----------------|-----------------------------|-----2----------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------|
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+E E Q S S S S S E. E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E S S E
|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-(4)-2-4--7-9-9-9-7-9\-|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2--|
|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
E. S E E +E E +E E E. S S S E +E E S S S S E. S S S E +E E S S E
|----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-(0)---------|--------------------------|-0--0-0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-0--|
|--------------0-(0)-0-|-2--2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-2-|-------------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------------|-------------------------|
E. S S S E +E E S S E E. S E E +E E S S E E. S E E +E E S S E
|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-2--2-2-2-2-(2)-2-2-2-2-|-3--3-3-3-(3)-3-3-3-3-|-5--5-5-5-(5)-5-5-5-5-|
|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
E. S E E +E E S S E E. S E E +E E Q E. S E E +E E E E
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|-2--2-2-4-(4)-4-6\--|----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4---|
|----------------------|--------------------|----------------------|
E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E S S E E. S E E E E Q
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|-2--2-2-4-4-4-6\----|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|----------------------|--------------------|
E. S E E +E E S S E E. S E E +E E E E E. S E E +E E S S E
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|------------------4----|
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|-0--0-0-0-(0)-0-0-0-|-2--2-2-2-(2)-2-2---2--|
|-4--4-4-4-(4)-4-4-4-4-|--------------------|-----------------------|
|----------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
Q=115
4/4 3/4 4/4 4/4
Q Q E. S +E. S +Q Q Q Q Q E. S +E. S +Q Q Q Q
|------------------|------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------|------------------|----------------|
|------------------|------------|------------------|----------------|
|-3--------5-(5)-0-|-(0)-----2--|-3--------5-(5)-0-|--(0)-----2-----|
|------------------|------------|------------------|-------------2--|
|------------------|------------|------------------|----------------|
3/4 5/4
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
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------4-2-------|-----------------------------------------------|
|-2---------2-5-----5-4-2-|-(2)-----------------------4-2-----------------|
|---5-3-2-3---------------|-----5-3-2-(2)---------2-5-----5-3-2---3-------|
|-------------------------|---------------5-3-2-3---------------5---2-0---|
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
2/4 4/4 7/8
+Q Q 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
|------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------------|-7-----6-------5-4---3-2---1-0---|-------------3-3-2-2-1-0---0---|
|-(0)--/12\--|---7-0---7-0-------0-----0-----2-|-3-3-2-2-1-1-------------------|
|------------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
4/4 7/8
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
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7-----6-------5-4---3-2---1-0---|-------------3-3-2-2-1-0---0---|
|---7-0---7-0-------0-----0-----2-|-3-3-2-2-1-1-------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------|
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
|---------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|---------------------------||o-----------------------------------o||
|---------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|-------------3-3-2-2-1-0---||-------------------------------------||
|-3-3-2-2-1-1---------------||o-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4---o||
|---------------------------||-------------------------------------||
|----6----| |----6----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------4h6-6-6-6-6-4h6-6-6-6-6-|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||-------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------||
||-------------------------------------||
||o-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1---o||
||-------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------||-|
||o---------------------------------o||-|
||-----------------------------------||-|
||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--||-|
||o---------------------------------o||-|
||-----------------------------------||-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-------------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------||
||--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----||
||o-----------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------------||
Q.=138
12/8
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E E Q. E E E E Q
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4----|-4-4-4------4-4-4-4----|
|-----------------------|-----------------------|
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
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