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REVONTULET
As recorded by Sonata Arctica
(From the 2001 Album SILENCE)
Transcribed by /\X/\M
Music by Tony Kakko
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Q=180
4/4
Gtr I
|----6-----| |----6-----| |----6-----|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E Q
||--20p19p17-------------------------------------|
||o----------17----------------------------------|
||----------------17p16p14-----------------------|
||-------------------------14--------------------|
||o-----------------------------15p14p12---------|
||---------------------------------------12------|
|---6---| |---6----| |----6-----|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E +E
|-------------------------------12---19-(19)\-|
|----------------------10h12h13---------------|
|------------------9--------------------------|
|-----------7h9h10----------------------------|
|-------7-------------------------------------|
|-5h7h8---------------------------------------|
|----6-----| |----6-----| |----6-----|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E Q
|----17h19h20----------------------------------|
|-17-------------------------------------------|
|------------------14h16h17--------------------|
|---------------14-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------12h14h15------|
|-----------------------------12---------------|
|---6---| |---6----| |----6-----|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E +E 4x
|----------------------12------------16-(16)\--||
|-------------------------13p12p10------------o||
|-----------9----------------------------------||
|-------------10p9p7---------------------------||
|-7-------------------------------------------o||
|---8p7p5--------------------------------------||
Slower Q=135
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-20-19-17--------------------------------||
|----------17-----------------------------||
|-------------17-16-14----------------12--||
|----------------------14-------------12--||
|-------------------------15-14-12----10--||
|----------------------------------12-----||
Verse
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------13-12-10-----------|
||-------------------------------9---------|
||----10-9-7---7-9-10--------------10-9----|
||o-0--------7--------0-----------------12-|
||-----------------------------------------|
E E E E S T T T T T T E E
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-10-12--------------------------13----|
|-10-12-12-12-------9-9h11h12h14-13-14-|
|--8-10-12-12-11h12--------------11-14-|
|-------10-10-----------------------12-|
7/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E S T T T T T T E
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|---------------------13-12-10-----------|-----------------------------------o||
|------------------------------9---------|-10-12--------------------------13--||
|---10-9-7---7-9-10--------------10-9----|-10-12-12-12-------9-9h11h12h14-13--||
|-0--------7--------0-----------------12-|--8-10-12-12-11h12--------------11-o||
|----------------------------------------|-------10-10------------------------||
Interlude
4/4 7/8
e. e. e. e. q e. e. e e q
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|-14--12--10--12--9--|-14--12--10-12-9--|
|-14--12--10--12--9--|-14--12--10-12-9--|
|-12--10---8--10--7--|-12--10---8-10-7--|
|--------------------|------------------|
4/4
e. e. e. e. q e. e. e. e. Q
|--------------------|---------------------||
|--------------------|---------------------||
|-14--12--10--12--9--|-14--12--10--12--9---||
|-14--12--10--12--9--|-14--12--10--12--9---||
|-12--10---8--10--7--|-12--10---8--10--7---||
|--------------------|---------------------||
Interlude
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-10--------9--------7------9------------------|
|-----12-------10-------8------10----8-------8-|
|--------12-------10------8-------10---10-10---|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| e. e. e. e. e S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--8--------7--------5------7------------------|
|------------------------------------8-----6---|
7/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-10--------9--------7---9-------------|
|-----12-------10------8---8-8-------8-|
|--------12-------10-----------10-10---|
|--------------------------------------|
|
| e. e. e e e S S
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--8--------7--------5---7-------------|
|----------------------------8-----6---|
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-10--------9--------7------9------------------|
|-----12-------10-------8------10----8-------8-|
|--------12-------10------8-------10---10-10---|
|----------------------------------------------|
|
| e. e. e. e. e S S
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|--8--------7--------5------7------------------|
|------------------------------------8-----6---|
~
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|-10---------------9-7-------------9----||
|-----12--------10------8-------10---7--||
|--------12-10------------8-10----------||
|---------------------------------------||
|
| e. e. e. e. Q
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|--8---------7-------5-------7----------||
|------------------------------------9--||
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonata_arctica/revontulet_tab_ver_2.html ]
Verse
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------13-12-10-----------|
||-------------------------------9---------|
||----10-9-7---7-9-10--------------10-9----|
||o-0--------7--------0-----------------12-|
||-----------------------------------------|
E E E E S T T T T T T E E
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-10-12--------------------------13----|
|-10-12-12-12-------9-9h11h12h14-13-14-|
|--8-10-12-12-11h12--------------11-14-|
|-------10-10-----------------------12-|
7/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E S T T T T T T E
|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------||
|---------------------13-12-10-----------|-----------------------------------o||
|------------------------------9---------|-10-12--------------------------13--||
|---10-9-7---7-9-10--------------10-9----|-10-12-12-12-------9-9h11h12h14-13--||
|-0--------7--------0-----------------12-|--8-10-12-12-11h12--------------11-o||
|----------------------------------------|-------10-10------------------------||
6/8
S T T T T T T E S T T T T T T E
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------13---------------------13-|
|----------9h11h12h14-13----------9h11h12h14-13-|
|-11-12h14------------11-11h12h14------------11-|
|-----------------------------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~
S T T T T T T H +H.
|---------------------------|---------||
|---------------------------|---------||
|---------------------------|---------||
|----------9h11h12h14-14----|-(14)----||
|-11-12h14------------------|---------||
|---------------------------|---------||
Outro
Faster Q=180
4/4
|----6-----| |----6-----| |----6-----|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E Q
||--20p19p17-------------------------------------|
||o----------17----------------------------------|
||----------------17p16p14-----------------------|
||-------------------------14--------------------|
||o-----------------------------15p14p12---------|
||---------------------------------------12------|
|---6---| |---6----| |----6-----|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E +E
|-------------------------------12---19-(19)\-|
|----------------------10h12h13---------------|
|------------------9--------------------------|
|-----------7h9h10----------------------------|
|-------7-------------------------------------|
|-5h7h8---------------------------------------|
|----6-----| |----6-----| |----6-----|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E Q
|----17h19h20----------------------------------|
|-17-------------------------------------------|
|------------------14h16h17--------------------|
|---------------14-----------------------------|
|--------------------------------12h14h15------|
|-----------------------------12---------------|
|---6---| |---6----| |----6-----|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E +E
|----------------------12------------16-(16)\--||
|-------------------------13p12p10------------o||
|-----------9----------------------------------||
|-------------10p9p7---------------------------||
|-7-------------------------------------------o||
|---8p7p5--------------------------------------||
|----6-----| |----6-----|
e e e e e e e e e e e e S S S S e S S S S e
|-20-19-17----------------|-----------------------------------------|
|----------17-------------|-----------------------------------------|
|-------------17-16-14----|---------------------------16p14p12------|
|----------------------14-|------------------------------------12---|
|-------------------------|-15-14-12-------10h12h14-----------------|
|-------------------------|----------12-10--------------------------|
H H
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-14----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| |--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
|-------------------------------------------20p19p17p16-------------------|
|-------------------------------------18h21-------------18p16p15-------15-|
|----------------------------17h19h21----------------------------17p16----|
|-------------------18h19h21----------------------------------------------|
|----------17h19h20-------------------------------------------------------|
|-17h19h20----------------------------------------------------------------|
W
|------------------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------------*|
|
| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
| S S S S S S S S S +E +H
|------------------------------------------*|
|------------------------------------------*|
|-17p16p14---------------------------------*|
|----------17p15p14------------------------*|
|-------------------17---------------------*|
|----------------------16-17-(17)-(17)\----*|
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
