Concerning Hobbits Howard Shore
As recorded by Howard Shore
(From the 2002 Album THE LORD OF THE RINGS (OST) - THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING)
Transcribed by TimBob
Music by Howard Shore
Arranged by TimBob
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Flute'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Strings'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Fiddle'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Strings 2'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Pizzicato Strings'
Intro
Q=100
[D] [D] [D]
[4/4] Gtr I
W W S S Q Q Q T T S H +E E Q
|----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------| |----------|----------|------7--10--7--5h7p5-|------------7-10---| |----------|----------|--7-9-----------------|--7-----(7)--------| |----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------| |----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------| |----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| >
| W W W +W
|----------|----------|-^2-------------------|-(2)---------------| |----------|----------|-^3-------------------|-(3)---------------| |----------|----------|-^2-------------------|-(2)---------------| |----------|----------|-^0-------------------|-(0)---------------| |----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------| |----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------|
[G] ~~[D] [A]
Q. E E +E Q Q. S S Q. S S
|--7----10-9-(9)-----|---------------------| |----------------10--|--7----8p7--5------5-| |--------------------|-----------------7---| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W H H
|-^3-----------------|-^2--------^0--------| |-^3-----------------|-^3--------^2--------| |-^0-----------------|-^2--------^2--------| |-^0-----------------|-^0------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------|
[D] Q Q a S Q +S S. T [D] H +E E Q
|-----5------------------|-------------------| |--7-----5h7p5--(5)----5-|------------7-10---| |-------------------7----|--7-----(7)--------| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------|
|
| >
| W +W
|-^2---------------------|-(2)---------------| |-^3---------------------|-(3)---------------| |-^2---------------------|-(2)---------------| |-^0---------------------|-(0)---------------| |------------------------|-------------------| |------------------------|-------------------|
[G] [Bm] [A] [D]>[D]
Q. Q. Q H Q. +S S W +W
|--7----5-------|----------------------|----------|--------|| |------------7--|--7-----5----(5)-3tr5-|-3--------|-(3)----|| |---------------|----------------------|----------|--------|| |---------------|----------------------|----------|--------|| |---------------|----------------------|----------|--------|| |---------------|----------------------|----------|--------||
|
| Gtr IV
| >
| W H H W +W
|-^3------------|-^2----^0-------------|-2--------|-(2)----|| |-^3------------|-^3----^2-------------|-3--------|-(3)----|| |-^0------------|-^4----^2-------------|-2--------|-(2)----|| |-^0------------|----------------------|-0--------|-(0)----|| |---------------|----------------------|----------|--------|| |---------------|----------------------|----------|--------||
Fiddle Section
[D]Gtr III[A]
S S E Q E S E S S S T T S E E Q Q E
|-------14------14-----14---|-17h19p17----------------| |-15-17---------------------|----------17-15-17-------| |---------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-^2------------------------|-^0----------------------| |-^3------------------------|-^2----------------------| |-^2------------------------|-^2----------------------| |-^0------------------------|-^2----------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------| |---------------------------|-------------------------|
[Bm] [G] [A] [A]
S S E E Q S E. S S E Q S S E Q. [2/4] Q E E
|--5-7-9---9--10----7---|-------5-----------|--------9-| |-----------------------|--7---------5------|-----10---| |-----------------------|-------------------|----------| |-----------------------|-------------------|----------| |-----------------------|-------------------|----------| |-----------------------|-------------------|----------|
|
| <
| W H H E E E E
|-^2--------------------|-^3--------^0------|-0-0--0-0-| |-^3--------------------|-^3--------^2------|-2-2--2-2-| |-^4--------------------|-^0--------^2------|-2-2--2-2-| |-^4--------------------|-^0--------^2------|-2-2--2-2-| |-----------------------|-------------------|----------| |-----------------------|-------------------|----------|
[D] [G] [A]
[4/4] |--3--|
S S E E E Q. S S A S S E E E E E E S S S
|-------14---14------17---|-14-15-14--------------------------|| |-15-17-------------------|----------17---15-17-14---14-15-14-|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|
| Gtr IV
| W H H
|-^2----------------------|----^3------------^0---------------|| |-^3----------------------|----^3------------^2---------------|| |-^2----------------------|----^0------------^2---------------|| |-^0----------------------|----^0------------^2---------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------|| |-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Strings Section 1
[Bm] >[G]
H. Q W
|------------------------|------------------| |-12---------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------|
|
| W W
|-^2---------------------|-^3---------------| |-^3---------------------|-^3---------------| |-^4---------------------|-^0---------------| |-^4---------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------|
|
| H. +S S S S Q. H E
|-19-------(19)----19-21-|-22----21---------| |---------------19-------|-------------22---| |------------------------|-19----18---------| |------------------------|-------------19---| |------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------|
[D]Gtr II[A] [Bm] [G] [A]
Q. S S Q. S S H. +E S S H H
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------|| |-19----20-19-17----15-17-|-19-------(19)-19-20-|-22----17----|| |-------------------------|---------------------|-------------|| |-16----17-16-14----12-14-|-16-------(16)-16-17-|-19----14----|| |-------------------------|---------------------|-------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------|-------------||
|
| H H W H H
|-^2----------^0----------|-^2------------------|-^3----^0----|| |-^3----------^2----------|-^3------------------|-^3----^2----|| |-^2----------^2----------|-^4------------------|-^0----^2----|| |-^0----------^2----------|-^4------------------|-^0----^2----|| |-------------------------|---------------------|-------------|| |-------------------------|---------------------|-------------||
Breakdown
[D]Gtr III[Em] [F#m]
S S Q Q Q E S S Q q q E S S Q. E Q S S H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|| |------7-----7--7-|--5h7h9--9--9--9-|--7-9-11----11-11--11-11-|--11----------|| |--7-9------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|
| >
| W W W +W
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|| |-15--------------|-17--------------|-19----------------------|-(19)---------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|| |-12--------------|-14--------------|-16----------------------|-(16)---------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|
| Gtr II
| >
| W W W +W
|-^2--------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|| |-^3--------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|| |-^2--------------|--9--------------|-11----------------------|-(11)---------|| |-^0--------------|--9--------------|-11----------------------|-(11)---------|| |-----------------|--7--------------|--9----------------------|--(9)---------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
Strings Section 2
[Bm/F#]Gtr II[D]
< > <
W +H +H W
|-10--------|-(10)----(10)----|-5--------| |-12--------|-(12)----(12)----|-7--------| |-11--------|-(11)----(11)----|-7--------| |-----------|-----------------|----------| |-----------|-----------------|----------| |-----------|-----------------|----------|
|
| W W W
|-----------|-----------------|----------| |-----------|-----------------|----------| |-----------|-----------------|----------| |-----------|-----------------|----------| |-----------|-----------------|----------| |-----------|-----------------|----------|
> [G5] < >
+H +H W W
|-(5)----(5)----|----------------------|--------|| |-(7)----(7)----|----------------------|--------|| |-(7)----(7)----|--12------------------|--------|| |---------------|--12------------------|-12-----|| |---------------|--10------------------|-12-----|| |---------------|----------------------|--------||
|
| >
| W Q Q E. Q +S +W
|---------------|----------------------|--------|| |---------------|----------------------|--------|| |---------------|-(12)--12--11--9--(9)-|-(9)----|| |---------------|----------------------|--------|| |---------------|----------------------|--------|| |---------------|----------------------|--------||
Section 2
Q=105
[D]Gtr V[A] [Bm] [G] [A]
Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |-----7---7-----|---------------|---------------|---------------| |-----7---7-----|-----7---7-----|-----9---9-----|----5---7------| |---------------|-----7---7-----|-----9---9-----|----5---7------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q
|----10--10-----|---------------|---------------|---------------| |----10--10-----|----10--10-----|----12--12-----|----8--10------| |---------------|-----9---9-----|----11--11-----|----7---9------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
[D]Q q q Q [A]Q q q Q [Bm]Q q q Q [G]Q q [A]Q q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |-----7---7-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |-----7---7-----|-----7---7-----|-----9---9-----|----5------7---|| |---------------|-----7---7-----|-----9---9-----|----5------7---|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|
| Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q Q q
|----10--10-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |----10--10-----|----10--10-----|----12--12-----|----8-----10---|| |---------------|-----9---9-----|----11--11-----|----7------9---|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|| |---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
[Bm]Gtr I
S E. S E. E S Q S E H E E E
|------------------------|-7----------------| |-------7------7---------|------------7--10-| |-7----------7-----------|---------7--------| |------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| < > < >
| TP TP TP TP
| H. +Q H. +Q
|-2----------------(2)---|-2---------(2)----| |-3----------------(3)---|-3---------(3)----| |-4----------------(4)---|-4---------(4)----| |------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------|
[D] E E E E E E E E [E5] E H..
|-10---------10----------|-12-------------------------|| |-------10---------10----|----------------------------|| |------------------------|----------------------------|| |------------------------|----------------------------|| |------------------------|----------------------------|| |------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| < > < >
| TP TP TP TP
| H. +Q H. +Q
|-10--------------(10)---|-12------------------(12)---|| |--8---------------(8)---|-10------------------(10)---|| |--7---------------(7)---|--9-------------------(9)---|| |------------------------|----------------------------|| |------------------------|----------------------------|| |------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| W H S S Q.
|------------------------|----------------------------|| |------------------------|-----------17-19-20---------|| |------------------------|----------------------------|| |------------------------|-----------14-16-19---------|| |------------------------|----------------------------|| |------------------------|----------------------------||
[Bm]Gtr II
S S Q. Q. S S H. E S S
|-------------------14-17-|-19---------19-21-| |-15-17-19----22----------|------------------| |-------------------11-14-|-16---------16-18-| |-12-14-16----19----------|------------------| |-------------------------|------------------| |-------------------------|------------------|
|
| W W
|-^2----------------------|-^2---------------| |-^3----------------------|-^3---------------| |-^4----------------------|-^4---------------| |-^4----------------------|-^4---------------| |-------------------------|------------------| |-------------------------|------------------|
[G] Q. Q. Q [Bm] Q. S S [A] Q. S S [D] q q H
|-22----21----17--|-14----15-14-12----14-12-|-10--10-------|| |-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|| |-19----18----14--|-11----12-11--9----11--9-|--7---7-------|| |-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|| |-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|| |-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|
| W H H q q H
|-^3--------------|-^2----------^0----------|--------------|| |-^3--------------|-^3----------^2----------|--3---3-------|| |-^0--------------|-^4----------^2----------|--2---2-------|| |-^0--------------|-^4----------^2----------|--0---0-------|| |-----------------|-------------------------|--------------|| |-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
Fiddle Repeat
[D]Gtr III[A]
S S E Q E S E S S S T T S E E Q Q E
|-------14--------14-------14---|-17h19p17-------------------| |-15-17-------------------------|----------17-15-17----------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-^2----------------------------|-^0-------------------------| |-^3----------------------------|-^2-------------------------| |-^2----------------------------|-^2-------------------------| |-^0----------------------------|-^2-------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| Q q q Q Q q q Q
|----------10--10---------------|----------------------------| |----------10--10---------------|-------------10----10-------| |-------------------------------|--------------9-----9-------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------------|
[Bm] S S E E Q S E. S S [G] E Q S S [A] E Q S S
|--5-7-9----9----10------7---|--------5-----------2---| |----------------------------|--7----------5----------| |----------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------|
|
| W H H
|-^2-------------------------|-^3---------^0----------| |-^3-------------------------|-^3---------^2----------| |-^4-------------------------|-^0---------^2----------| |-^4-------------------------|-^0---------^2----------| |----------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Q q q Q Q q Q q
|----------------------------|------------------------| |--------12---12-------------|------8----------10-----| |--------11---11-------------|------7-----------9-----| |----------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------| |----------------------------|------------------------|
[D] E E E Q. E E [A]E H.. [Bm]W [G]W[A]
|--------------------|-9----------------|---------------|---------------|| |--3----3-------7-10-|------------------|---------------|---------------|| |--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|| |--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|| |--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|| |--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
|
| E E E E H W W W
|--2----2------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|| |--3----3------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|| |--2----2------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|| |--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|| |--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|| |--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
|
| e E e E H Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q Q q
|-10---10------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|| |-10---10------------|-------10--10-----|----12--12-----|----8-----10---|| |--------------------|--------9---9-----|----11--11-----|----7------9---|| |--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|| |--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|| |--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
Outro
Q=80
[D]Gtr I
S S Q Q Q T T S H Q Q
|-------------------------|----------------| |----5-7--10-----7--5h7p5-|--------7---10--| |--7----------------------|--7-------------| |-------------------------|----------------| |-------------------------|----------------| |-------------------------|----------------|
|
| < > < >
| H +H H +H
|-^2---------(2)----------|-^2----(2)------| |-^3---------(3)----------|-^3----(3)------| |-^2---------(2)----------|-^2----(2)------| |-^0---------(0)----------|-^0----(0)------| |-------------------------|----------------| |-------------------------|----------------|
[G] ~~
H E. E +S E Q. S S H
|--7----10--9-(9)----|-----------------| |-----------------10-|--7----8p7--5----| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------| |--------------------|-----------------|
|
| < > < <
| H +H H H
|-^3----(3)----------|-^2--------^0----| |-^3----(3)----------|-^3--------^2----| |-^0----(0)----------|-^2--------^2----| |--------------------|-^0--------^2----| |--------------------|-----------^0----| |--------------------|-----------------|
[D] S S Q Q Q T T S H Q Q
|-------------------------|----------------| |----5-7--10-----7--5h7p5-|--------7---10--| |--7----------------------|--7-------------| |-------------------------|----------------| |-------------------------|----------------| |-------------------------|----------------|
|
| < > < >
| H +H H +H
|-^2---------(2)----------|-^2----(2)------| |-^3---------(3)----------|-^3----(3)------| |-^2---------(2)----------|-^2----(2)------| |-^0---------(0)----------|-^0----(0)------| |-------------------------|----------------| |-------------------------|----------------|
H.=H
[G] Q. Q. Q [Bm] H [A] Q. +S +T T a
|--7----5----------|-------------------------| |---------------7--|--7-----5----(5)-(5)-3-5-| |------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------|
|
| < > < <
| H +H H H
|-^3-------(3)-----|-^2----^0----------------| |-^3-------(3)-----|-^3----^2----------------| |-^0-------(0)-----|-^4----^2----------------| |-^0-------(0)-----|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------|
[D] W +W +W
|-----------|------------|--------*| |--3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*| |-----------|------------|--------*| |-----------|------------|--------*| |-----------|------------|--------*| |-----------|------------|--------*|
|
| W +W +W
|-^2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*| |-^3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*| |-^2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*| |-^0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*| |-----------|------------|--------*| |-----------|------------|--------*|
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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