Twilight Symphony Lyrics

TWILIGHT SYMPHONY (Bassline)
As recorded by Stratovarius
(From the 1994 Album FOURTH DIMENSION)
Words and Music by Timo Tolkki
Gtr I (D# G# C# F#) - 'Jari Kainulainen'
Gtr II (A# D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Strings'
Q=137
Gtr I
W Q Q Q Q Q Q
W Q Q Q Q E E Q
W Q Q Q Q Q Q
W Q Q Q Q E E Q
H.. S S H. Q H.. S S H Q Q H Q Q
H Q Q H Q E E H Q E E W S S S S S S S S E E Q
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
||o-----------------|---------------|-----------------|---------------o||
||o-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---------|-3---3---3---3---|-3---3------4--o||
S S S S S S S S 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 +W
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||o----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||o-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S
E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q. Q Q
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
H. +Q H.. +E
|---------------o||----------------||
|---------------o||----------------||
Gtr II
E E E E E E S S S S
| S S e S S e S S S S e e
| Gtr II
E E E E E E S S S S
| S S e S S e S S S S e e
E E E E E E S S S S
| S S e S S e S S S S e e
E S S E S S E S S E S S
| E S S E S S E S S E S S
E E E E E E S S S S
| S S e S S e S S S S e e
E E E E E E S S S S
| S S e S S e S S S S e e
E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S H
| S S E S S E E E E E
| E E E E E E E E E E E E H
Gtr I
Wx4
Guitar Solo
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
||o-3---3---3---3---|-3---3---3---3---|-----------------|-----------------o||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
H.. S S H. Q H.. S S H Q Q H Q Q
W W +W
H.. S S H. Q H.. S S H Q Q H Q Q
W Q Q Q Q Q Q W +W +W
|----------|---------4-/7s|=5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)----||
Wx16
Gtr I
W +W W +W
||o----------|------------|----------|--------o||
||o-3--------|-(3)--------|-2--------|-(2)----o||
| Gtr II
| W +W W +W
||o-5--------|-(5)--------|-4--------|-(4)----o||
||o-3--------|-(3)--------|-2--------|-(2)----o||
W +H. E E W +W
| W +W W +W
W +W W +W
| W +W +W +W
W +Q Q Q Q W +Q Q Q Q
||o----------|---------------|-3--------|-(3)-----------|
||o-3--------|-(3)--5--6--3--|----------|------6--5--3--|
| W +W W +W
||o-5--------|-(5)-----------|-5--------|-(5)-----------|
||o-3--------|-(3)-----------|----------|---------------|
W +Q Q Q Q W +H H
| W +W W +W
W +W W +W
| W +W W +W
W +H. Q W +W
|----------|-------------|--5---------|-(5)----o||
|----------|----------5--|------------|--------o||
| W +W +W +W
|-4--------|-(4)---------|-(4)--------|-(4)----o||
|----------|-------------|------------|--------o||
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