Therion - Preludium Tab

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PRELUDIUM
As recorded by Therion
(From the 1996 Album THELI)

Music by C. Johnsson

Gtr I (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Flute'
Gtr II (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Trombone'
Gtr III (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Timpani'

 Intro  Q=90
 4/4
  Gtr II
              <
  W           W          E  E  E  E  +H

                             12            
             12           12    12 (12)    
                        9                  
                                           
                                           
                                           

    >
   +W            +W            +W            +W

                                                  
   (12)         (12)         (12)         (12)    
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  
                                                  

  Wx8

          
          
          
          
          
          

  Gtr I
   W           W           H.       Q     H     Q.    E

   12         14                  12         14    11 
                         13            12             
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      
                                                      

   W           W           H.       Q     H     H

   12         14                  12         14    
                         13            12          
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   
                                                   

  Gtr II
   W          E  E  E  E  +Q.    E    H.       Q     H     H

                   12                                         
   12           12    12 (12)   12  13       10   12          
              9                                         11    
                                                              
                                                              
                                                              

   W                      E   E  E  E  +Q.        E

                                12                  
   12                        12    12 (12)       12 
                          9                         
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
|
| Gtr I
|  E  E  E  E  +H        +E   E  E  E  +E   E  E  E

   19 24 20 19 (19)     (19) 20 19         20 19 20 
                                   22 (22)          
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    
                                                    

   H.            Q       H     H

                                    
   13            10     12          
                              11    
                                    
                                    
                                    
|
|  Q    Q   Q.      E    H     H

   22                               
        22  20      22  19          
                              21    
                                    
                                    
                                    

                                                           H.=H
   W                      E   E  E  E  +Q.        E    H.            Q

                                12                                       
   12                        12    12 (12)       12  13            10    
                          9                                              
                                                                         
                                                                         
                                                                         
|
| Gtr I
|  E  E  E  E  +H        +E   E  E  E  +E   E  E  E    Q    Q   Q.      E

   19 24 20 19 (19)     (19) 20 19         20 19 20  22                  
                                   22 (22)                22  20      22 
                                                                         
                                                                         
                                                                         
                                                                         

   H                        H                          W

                                                            *
   12                                                 12    *
                            11                              *
                                                            *
                                                            *
                                                            *
|
|  H                        H                          W

                                                            *
   19                                                       *
                            21                        21    *
                                                            *
                                                            *
                                                            *
|
| Gtr III
|  <
|  |----6----| |----6----|  |----6----| |----6----|
|  S S S S S S S S S S S S  S S S S S S S S S S S S    W

                                                            *
                                                            *
                                                            *
                                                            *
    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    *
                                                            *

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

  - 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
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