Candlelight Fantasia Symphony X
CANDLELIGHT FANTASIA (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 1997 Album THE DIVINE WINGS OF TRAGEDY)
Transcribed by Luca Abete
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=135
[3/4] Gtr I
Wx15
|---------| |---------| |---------| |---------|
H. +H. H. +H.
|---------|----------|---------|----------| |---------|----------|---------|----------| |---------|----------|---------|----------| |-0-------|-(0)------|-2-------|-(2)------|
H. +H. H. +H.
|---------|----------|---------|--------| |---------|----------|---------|--------| |---------|----------|---------|--------| |-3-------|-(3)------|-2-------|-(2)----|
H. H. H. H. +H. +H. +H.
|---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|----------|--------| |---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|----------|--------| |---------|---------|---------|---------|----------|----------|--------| |-3-------|-5-------|-6-------|-7-------|-(7)------|-(7)------|-(7)----|
Verse 1 0:40
[4/4] H +E E E E H.. E W W
||-----------------|-------------|----------|-------|| ||o----------------|-------------|----------|------o|| ||o-3----(3)---1---|-----------1-|-2--------|-3----o|| ||-----------------|-4-----------|----------|-------||
W W W Q. E H
|----------|----------|----------|-------------| |----------|-3--------|----------|--------5----| |-3--------|----------|-1--------|-6----x------| |----------|----------|----------|-------------|
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------| |-6--------|-7--------|-5--------|------| |----------|----------|----------|------| |----------|----------|----------|-3----|
Wx4 W +W W +W
|------------|----------|------------|----------|--------| |------------|----------|------------|----------|--------| |------------|-3--------|-(3)--------|-3--------|-(3)----| |------------|----------|------------|----------|--------|
Guitar Solo 1 1:22
S S E +Q.. S S S E +W 3x
||-----------------------|-------------|| ||o----------------------|------------o|| ||o-3---3-(3)------3---3-|-(3)--------o|| ||-----------------------|-------------||
S S E +Q.. S S S E +Q. S S E E Q
|----------------------|--------------------| |----------------------|-----------5---4----| |-3---3-(3)------3---3-|-(3)---3-3---3------| |----------------------|--------------------|
S S E +Q.. S S S E +W 3x S S E +Q.. S S S E +W
||-----------------------|-------------||----------------------|--------| ||o----------------------|------------o||----------------------|--------| ||o-3---3-(3)------3---3-|-(3)--------o||-3---3-(3)------3---5-|-(5)----| ||-----------------------|-------------||----------------------|--------|
Verse 2 1:50
Wx2 H H W W W H. Q W
|------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|------------|------| |------------|------7----|-8--------|-3--------|----------|-3-------6--|-5----| |------------|-----------|----------|----------|-3--------|------------|------| |------------|-----------|----------|----------|----------|------------|------|
H Q. E +H. E E H H H H
|-------------|--------------|-----------|-----------| |-------------|--------------|-----------|-----------| |-------------|--------------|-----------|-----------| |-5----3----1-|-(1)------1-3-|-5----7----|-8----9----|
Guitar Solo 2 2:11
H +E E E E H Q. E H.. E H Q. E
|----------------|-5-----------|-------------|-2-----------| |----------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-5----(5)-5-5-5-|------3----x-|-1---------1-|-------------| |----------------|-------------|-------------|------5----x-|
H Q. E H Q. E H H E E H.
|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------| |------5----x-|-3-----------|------2----|-7---------| |-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------| |-3-----------|------1----x-|-0---------|---5-5-----|
Verse 3 2:25
$
S E S E E S S S S +S S S S S E S E E +S S E S S S S
|-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------------------|---------------------------| |-2---2---2---2-2-2-(2)---2-2-|-2---2---2-(2)---2-2---2-2-| |-----------------------------|---------------------------|
S E S E E +S S E +S S S S S E S E E +S S E +S S S S
||------------------------------|------------------------------|| ||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o|| ||o-2---2---2-(2)---2-(2)---2-2-|-2---2---2-(2)---2-(2)---2-2-o|| ||------------------------------|------------------------------||
S E S E E +S S E +S S S S S E S E E +S S E +S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-0---0---0-(0)---0-(0)---0-0-|-1---1---1-(1)---1-(1)---1-1-| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
S E S E E +S S E +S S S S S E S E E +S S E +S S S S 3x
||------------------------------|------------------------------|| ||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o|| ||o-2---2---2-(2)---2-(2)---2-2-|-2---2---2-(2)---2-(2)---2-2-o|| ||------------------------------|------------------------------||
S E S E E +S S E +S S S S S E S E E +S S E +S S S S
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------| |-0---0---0-(0)---0-(0)---0-0-|-1---1---1-(1)---1-(1)---1-1-| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------|
Chorus 2:53
[B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B]
||-------9----|-7---------|------------|-----------| ||o-----------|-----------|------10----|-9---------| ||o-7---------|------5----|------------|-----------| ||------------|-----------|-8----------|------7----|
1. 2.
To Coda
W H H H Q Q H H H H
|----------|-----------|------------|------------||-----------| |----------|------5----|-4----------|-----------o||-----------| |----------|-----------|------------|-2----2----o||-2----2----| |-5--------|-3---------|------2--4--|------------||-----------|
Breakdown 3:21
~
Q. E E E Q E E E E S S S S S S S S
||----------------|-------------------------| ||o-5-------------|-------------------------| ||o------5-6-4-5--|---3---3-----------3-5-6-| ||----------------|---------6-5-3-5-6-------|
1.
~
Q. E E E Q S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------|-8-7-5-7-5---5----------------------|| |-5-------------|-----------8---8-7-8-7-5-7-5-4-7---o|| |------5-6-4-5--|-----------------------------------o|| |---------------|------------------------------------||
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E S S S E. S S S S
|-8-7-5---------------------------|----------------------------| |-------8-7-5-7-5-4---------------|----------------------------| |-------------------6-5-3---------|----------------------------| |-------------------------6-5-3-2-|-3-3-3-----3-3-3----3-3-3---|
Bridge 3:37
S S S S E S S S E. S S S S
||-----------------------------| ||o----------------------------| ||o----------------------------| ||--3-2-3-----3-2-3----3-2-3---|
E S S E E S S S S S S S S E S S S E. S S S S E S S
|---------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------------| |---------------------------|--------------------------| |---3-2-3-5-6-5-6---8-6-8---|---6-5-6----6-5-6-----8-6-|
1.
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q. S S E E +E E
|---------------------------------|------8-7-8-5-(5)---| |---------------------------------|------------------5-| |---------------------------------|--------------------| |-8---9-8-9---11-9-11---12-11-12--|-8------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
+E S S Q E E E E E E H.. E Q Q H
|------------8-7-5-------|-------------|-------------|| |-(5)--------------8-7-5-|-------------|------------o|| |-----6-5----------------|-6---------5-|-4-----5----o|| |---------8--------------|-------------|----5--------||
2.
H S S S S S S S S
|------15-13-12-------------12-| |---------------15-13-12-------| |------------------------15----| |-8----------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|[2/4]
S S S S S S S S E E E E E E H.. E Q Q
|-12-10-8---------------------------|-------------|--------| |---------12-10-8-------------------|-------------|--------| |-----------------11-10-6-5-3-------|-6---------5-|-4------| |-----------------------------6-5-3-|-------------|----5---|
Keyboard Solo 4:04
[4/4] S S S S E S S S E. S S S S
||-----------------------------| ||o----------------------------| ||o-5-4-5-----5-4-5----5-4-5---| ||-----------------------------|
E S S E E S S S S S S S S E S S S E. S S S S E S S
|-----------------------------|----------------------------| |-----------------------------|----------------------------| |---5-4-5-7-8-7-8---10-8-10---|---8-7-8----8-7-8-----10-8--| |-----------------------------|----------------------------|
1.
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q. S S S S E E E
|--------------------------------------|--------------------7---| |--------------------------------------|------------------8---8-| |-10---11-10-11---13-11-13---14-13-14--|-10----10-9-10-10-------| |--------------------------------------|------------------------|
|-3-| |-3-|
+E E +E E E E E E E E H.. E Q Q H
|--------------------------|-------------|-------------|| |-(8)-7-(7)----8-7-5-------|-8---------7-|-6-----7----o|| |-----------10-------8-7-5-|-------------|----7-------o|| |--------------------------|-------------|-------------||
2.
|-3-| |-3-|
H E Q. +H E E E E E E H.. E Q Q H
|--------------|--------------------|-------------|------------| |-------5------|--------8-7-5-------|-8---------7-|-6-----7----| |-10-----------|--------------8-7-5-|-------------|----7-------| |---------3----|-(3)----------------|-------------|------------|
Guitar Solo 3 4:32
S E S E E +H S E S E E +H S E S E E +H S E S E E +H
||-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| ||o------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| ||o------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------| ||--0---0---0-(0)----|-0---0---0-(0)----|-0---0---0-(0)----|-0---0---0-(0)----|
1.
S E S E E +H S E S E E +H S E S E E +H S E S E E +H
|------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|| |------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------o|| |-6---6---6-(6)----|-6---6---6-(6)----|-6---6---6-(6)----|-6---6---6-(6)----o|| |------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
2.
D.S. al Coda
S E S E E +Q E E +W +W
|--------------------||------------|---------| |--------------------||------------|---------| |-6---6---6-(6)--6---||------------|---------| |------------------1-||-(1)--------|-(1)-----|
Chorus (Outro) 5:58
&
H Q. E H H H H H H
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-6---------| |------4----x-|-2---------|-----------|-----------| |-------------|-----------|-5----5----|------4----| |-2-----------|------0----|-----------|-----------|
E E Q H H Q. E H Q Q H H
|--------4----|-2-----------|------------|-----------| |-------------|-------------|------------|-----------| |-2-2-2-------|------0----x-|------------|-4----4----| |-------------|-------------|-4----4--6--|-----------|
|-3-|
H Q. E H H H H H Q Q Q
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-6----------| |------4----x-|-2---------|-----------|------------| |-------------|-----------|-5----5----|------4-4-4-| |-2-----------|------0----|-----------|------------|
H H H Q. E H Q Q H H
|------4----|-2-----------|------------|-----------| |-----------|-------------|------------|-----------| |-2---------|------0----x-|------------|-4----4----| |-----------|-------------|-4----4--6--|-----------|
H Q. E H H H H H H
|-------------|-----------|-----------|-6---------| |------4----x-|-2---------|-----------|-----------| |-------------|-----------|-5----5----|------4----| |-2-----------|------0----|-----------|-----------|
H H H Q. E H Q Q H H
|------4----|-2-----------|------------|-----------*| |-----------|-------------|------------|-----------*| |-2---------|------0----x-|------------|-4----4----*| |-----------|-------------|-4----4--6--|-----------*|
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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