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AIR
As recorded by Yngwie Malmsteen
(From the 2004 Album ATTACK!!!)
Transcribed by Ivan - (peekaboo104@hotmail.com)
Music by J.S.Bach
Arranged by Yngwie J. Malmsteen
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Yngwie J. Malmsteen'
Gtr II (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb) - 'Yngwie J. Malmsteen'
Larghetto Q=60
G G/F# Em C A D
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
|-----------------|-----------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------|------------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~
| A A A W W Q E E E S T T E E H A E Q.
|-----------------|-----------|-----12-8---------------|-------------------|
|-------12--------|-12--------|-12-------10p8h10p8s7h8-|-7tr8--------------|
|-----x-----------|-----------|------------------------|---------7h9-7-----|
|---x-------------|-----------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-x---------------|-----------|------------------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-----------|------------------------|-------------------|
B E
~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q E E Q E E W
|--------------10----|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|-----10p9-10-----10-|--9-----------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W Q E E E E E E
|-10-----------------|-10------------10p8-|
|--------------------|----------10p9------|
|--------------------|-----10p9-----------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------|
A D
~~~~~ ~~~
+Q E E E E E E W
|-----------------------|------------------|
|------10p9s10-12-13----|------------------|
|-(9)----------------12-|-11---------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| W +Q E E E E E E
|--8--------------------|-(8)----------8p7-|
|-----------------------|----------8p7-----|
|-----------------------|------9p7---------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
|-----------------------|------------------|
G Em A
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H H H
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-12-----11---------|-9---------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------|---------------------12------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| ~~~ ~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~
| |-3--| |--3--|
| H. E E E T T T T E +E E E E. S +E. S
|--7---------7-9-10-|-------------------7--7------------|
|-------------------|-8h10p8s7-8-(8)-10-------10-(10)p8-|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------------------|
D A D
~~~~~~
+W W
|---------------------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------||
|-(12)----------------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------||
|
| |-3--|
| E E +E E E A E. T T E. S Q A Q H
|---------------------------------|-----------------||
|---7--------7-8-7h8--10p8p7tr8---|-----------------||
|------9-(9)--------------------9-|-7tr9--9p7-------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------||
|---------------------------------|-----------------||
B
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~
H +E S S S S E H. E. T T
|--------------------|-10----------------|
|-7----(7)-8p7---7---|-------------------|
|--------------9---7-|----------10h12p10s|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|
E Am
~~~~~~ ~
Q Q +E E S T T E H +S S S S S S S S
|----12--(12)-10-8h10p8s7-|-8----(8)-10p8p7----------|
|-------------------------|-----------------10-8-7---|
|-9-----------------------|------------------------9-|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/y/yngwie_malmsteen/air_tab_ver_2.html ]
F# B7
~ ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~
E E Q +E E Q +E E H Q
|---------------------|------7-8----7--|
|--------7--(7)h8-10--|-(10)-----------|
|-8tr9-9--------------|----------------|
|---------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|----------------|
|---------------------|----------------|
Em Am F# B7 Em
~~
E E E E E S S Q A E. T T H.
|----------------------------|----------------||
|-10p8tr10s7---7-8-10-8tr10--|-8s7--8p7-------||
|------------9---------------|----------9-----||
|----------------------------|----------------||
|----------------------------|----------------||
|----------------------------|----------------||
A G A
~~~~~~~~~ ~~~
H +E S T T E E H. E E
|----------7h8p7------|-12-------10p9-|
|-8----(8)-------10-8-|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
|---------------------|---------------|
D G A D
~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~
E E E E Q +E S S A Q +E S S H
|-------10-----------------|---------------------------|
|-12-10--------------------|---------------------------|
|-------------9--(9)-11-12-|-11h12--(12)-11tr12p9s7----|
|----------12--------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------------|---------------------------|
G C A D
~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~
|--3--|
Q +E S S S H Q E S S H
|-10--(10)-10h12h13-12----|-12--12-14-15-14tr15----|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------------|
B E Am
~~ ~~
Q E S S H E E H S E.
|-14--14-16-17-16tr17----|-20p16-17-----------|
|------------------------|-------------15h17--|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------|
D G C G
~~~~~~ ~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--3--|
Q Q E E E E E E H E E E Q. E +E E E E
|---------------17-20-|-20p17-19----19-20-22-|---------------19-21pb22-21pb25==|
|-15--15--15-19-------|----------------------|-20----20-(20)-------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------------------|
C
~~~~ ~~
+E E A +Q +E E Q
|-(21)r-21pb22-21b24==(21)--(21)r-21pb22-------|
|----------------------------------------20----|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
F#m7 Am D G A
~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~
|--3--|
E E Q +S E. Q Q E E E E E E E
|----17-20--(20)-20------|--------17-20-20p19----17-|
|-19-----------------17--|-15--19-------------17----|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|
Dsus4 D Gsus4 Gadd9
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H Q. E H +E. S +Q
|-15tr17----14tr15---15-|-15----(15)-15-(15)--|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------|---------------------|
G
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Q +E. S +H W
|-(15)--(15)-15-(15)----|-15----*|
|-----------------------|-------*|
|-----------------------|-------*|
|-----------------------|-------*|
|-----------------------|-------*|
|-----------------------|-------*|
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
