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ELVENPATH (Bassline)
As recorded by Nightwish
(From the 1997 Album ANGELS FALL FIRST)
Transcribed by Pete (Delirium_Veil)
Words and Music by T. Holopainen
Arranged by Nightwish
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=150
4/4
Gtr I
W W W
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W W W W
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|----------|----------|----------|------|
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W W W W
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|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
W W H. E E +E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|-------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|-------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|-------------|-----3-2-0---5-3---|
|----------|----------|-----------1-|-(1)-------3-----3-|
$
E E E E E E E E 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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-0-0----|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|-0-0-0-0-0-------|---------------0--|
||------------3-3---|-----------3-3---|-----------3-3-1-|-1-1-1-1----------|
E E E E E E E E 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||
|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|-0-0-0-0-0-------|-----------------o||
|-----------3-3---|-----------3-3---|-----------3-3-1-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--||
Verse
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-0--0---------|
||o-0--0--0--0--|-1--1--------|-0--0--0--0--|--------------|
||--------------|-------3--3--|-------------|-------1--1---|
1.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E E Q E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------||
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-3-2-0----------o||
|-0--0--0--0--|-1--1--------|-0--0--0--0--|------------0-2-o||
|-------------|-------3--3--|-------------|--------1-3------||
2.
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------||
|-0--0--0--0--|-1--1--------|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--2--||
|-------------|-------3--3--|-------------|-------------||
Chorus
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
||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
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1.
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-|---------------------------------|
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
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-o||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
2.
D.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 S
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|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
W Q E E E E E E +E H. E +H H
|----------|----------------|---------------|-------------|
|----------|----------------|---------------|--------0----|
|----------|----0---0-----0-|-(0)-----------|-------------|
|----------|----------3-----|-------------1-|-(1)---------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/n/nightwish/elvenpath_btab.html ]
W Q E E E E E E +E H. E +H H
|----------|----------------|---------------|-------------||
|----------|----------------|---------------|-------------||
|----------|----0---0-----0-|-(0)-----------|-------------||
|----------|----------3-----|-------------1-|-(1)----3----||
Bridge
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--1--3--3--|
7/8
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q.
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|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--1--3----||
Verse
4/4
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
||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-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 E Q E Q E E
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|---------------------------------|---------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-1----1----1---|
|---------------------------------|---------------|
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-|-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 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-o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|---------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------||
Bridge
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
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|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--1--3--3--|
7/8
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q.
|-------------|-------------|-------------|------------||
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|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--0--0--0--|-0--1--3----||
Outro Solo
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
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||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-0-0----|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|-0-0-0-0-0-------|---------------0--|
||------------3-3---|-----------3-3---|-----------3-3-1-|-1-1-1-1----------|
1.
E E E E E E E E 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||
|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|-0-0-0-0-0-----0-|-0-0-0-0-0-------|-----------------o||
|-----------3-3---|-----------3-3---|-----------3-3-1-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--||
2. H.=H
E E E E E E E E W +W W
|-----------------|----------|------------|------*|
|-----------------|----------|------------|------*|
|-----------------|-0--------|-(0)--------|------*|
|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|----------|------------|------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
