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Balancing by Will Ackerman

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"Balancing"
by Will Ackerman
Windham Hill
Tuning: Open Chord diagramG+G
Transcribed by: Bruce Muckala

h    hammer on
p    pull off

Listen to the recording for which sections to play.
Section I is played only once in the beginning (so
I suppose technically, it's an intro. :)) The title
of the tune fits the varying time signatures and
tempo changes.
Section I (4/4 time)

|------------------5--4-h5-p4--|---------------------------|
|---------------5--------------|---3--------3--3-h5--------|
|---------2-4-h5---------------|---------0-----------0-----|
|------2-----------------------|------0-----------0-----0--|
|---2-----------------2--------|---0-----------0-----------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .     1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .


|------------------5--4-h5-p4--|-----------12-12-p10-------|
|---------------5--------------|---3-----------------------|
|---------2-4-h5---------------|---------0------------0----|
|------2-----------------------|------0------------0-----0-|
|---2-----------------2--------|---0-----------0-----------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .     1 . 2 . 3  .  4 .


|------------------5--4-h5-p4--|---------------------------|
|---------------5--------------|---3--------3--3-h5--------|
|---------2-4-h5---------------|---------0------------0----|
|------2-----------------------|------0------------0-----0-|
|---2-----------------2--------|---0-----------0-----------|
|------------------------------|---------------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .     1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

Slow retard...

|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
|------------2----------------|------------3---------------|
|---------2---------2---------|---------3---------3--------|
|------2---------------2------|------3---------------3-----|
|---2-----------2-------------|---3------------3-----------|
|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .     1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .

                Sustain pull-off...
|-----------------------------|----------------------7----||
|------------2----------------|----2---p0------------2--5-||
|---------2-------------------|----2---p0------------2----||
|------2----------------------|----2---p0------------2----||
|---2-------------------------|----2---p0------------2----||
|-----------------------------|---------------------------||
  1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .     1 . 2 . 3 . 4 .
Section II

||--4--------4--0-h2-p0--6----|-4----------4-0-h2-p0--6----|
||-----------------------2--5-|-----------------------2--5-|
||*-------0--------------2----|-------0---------------2----|
||*----0-----------------2----|----0------------------2----|
||--0-----------0--------2----|-0------------0--------2----|
||----------------------------|----------------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3  .  4 .  1 . 2 . 3  .  4 .

Strum first chord throughout this section.

                ____________________________
                |1.             |
|---4--0--9-----7--0--11------|--9------------------6-----||
|---------5--8---------7--10--|-----------0-----0---2--5--||
|---------5------------7------|--------0-------0-0--2----*||
|---------5------------7------|-----0---------------2----*||
|---0-----5------------7------|--0-----------0------2-----||
|-----------------------------|---------------------2-----||
  1 . 2 . 3 .  4 .   1 . 2 . 3 .4 . 5 .

________________________
|2.
|---9-----------------9----|-7--0--11------|
|------------0-----0--5--8-|--------7--10--| Chord diagramA augmentedA bar of 2/4
|---------0-------0-0-5----|--------7------|
|------0--------------5----|--------7------|
|---0-----------0-----5----|--------7------|
|--------------------------|---------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 .  4 . 1  . 2


Chord diagramA augmentedA tempo

||--12-----------------||----------------------|
||---------------------||----------------------| Now we're
||--------------0------||---------------0------| in 3/4 time.
||--------0------------||---------0------------|
||--0------------------||---0------------------|
||---------------------||----------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 .    1 . 2 . 3 .
           End

Section III (3/4 time)
This section has varying tempos and retards.
Check the recording.

||---12----11-----------|--11----------11-h12--|
||---------------10-----|----------------------|
||*--------------0------|---------------0------|
||*--------0------------|---------0------------|
||---0------------------|---0------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 .    1 . 2 . 3 .


|----------------------|----------------------|
|---12-----------------|----------------------|
|---------------0------|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|---0------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 .    1 . 2 . 3 .


|---12----11-----------|--11----------11-h12--|
|---------------10-----|----------------------|
|---------------0------|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|---0------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 .    1 . 2 . 3 .
|----------------------|---12----11-----------|
|---12-----------------|---------------10-----|
|---------------0------|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|---0------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 .    1 . 2 . 3 .
________________________________________________
|1.

|----------------------|----------------------|
|---7------------------|----------------------|
|---------------0------|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|---0------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 .    1 . 2 . 3 .


________________________________________________
                        |
|----------------------|----------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------||
|---------------0------|---------------0-----*||
|---------0------------|---------0-----------*||
|---0------------------|---0------------------||
|----------------------|----------------------||
  1 . 2 . 3 .    1 . 2 . 3 .


________________________
|2.

|----------------------|----------------------|
|---5-h7---------------|---7------------------|
|---------------0------|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|---0------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 .    1 . 2 . 3 .


|----------------------|----------------------|
|---7------------------|----------------------|
|---------------0------|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|---0------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 .    1 . 2 . 3 .


|----7------------------|----------------------|
|----------7-----3------|---2----------2-h3-p2-|
|----------------0------|--------------0-------|
|----------0------------|---------0------------|
|----0------------------|---0------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 .    1 . 2 . 3 .


|----------------------|----------------------|
|---0------------------|----------------------|
|---------------0------|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|---0------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 .    1 . 2 . 3 .


||---7------------------|----------------------|
||---------7-----3------|---2----------2-h3-p2-|
||*--------------0------|--------------0-------|
||*--------0------------|---------0------------|
||---0------------------|---0------------------|
||----------------------|----------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 .    1 . 2 . 3 .


|----------------------|
|---0------------------|
|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|
|----------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 .


|---7------------------|----------------------|
|---------7-----3------|---5-h7---------------|
|---------------0------|---------------0------|
|---------0------------|---------0------------|
|---0------------------|---0------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
  1 . 2 . 3 .    1 . 2 . 3 .


|---------------------|----------------------||
|---7-----------------|---7------------------||
|---------------0-----|---------------0-----*||
|---------0-----------|---------0-----------*||
|---0-----------------|---0------------------||
|---------------------|----------------------||
  1 . 2 . 3 .   1 . 2 . 3 .


Repeat Section II to end mark.

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