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Breaking The Silence by Loreena Mckennitt

Breaking The Silence tab by Loreena Mckennitt

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Song Title: 	Breaking the Silence
Album: 		Parallel Dreams
Transcription:	David Msika ([email protected])

Notation:

|  	Measure separation
|| 	end of the line
// 	separation
(the left and the right side of the separation are not played back to back)
x/x Slide (make your finger slide rapidly from the first note to the second one)
x~~~x	play the same note several time rapidly
xhxpx	h stands for hammer (don't strike the second note, but slam your
finger on it)
p stands for pull-up (don't strike the third note, but release your finger
from the second note's fret)
x2	Play twice and then move on to the rest of the song

Intro

Chord diagramE MajorE||-8~~~8--//-------------------//-------------6/8---------||
Chord diagramBB||--------//---------------8---//-----------8-----6-------||
Chord diagramG+G||--------//-------------8-----//---------8---------8-----||
Chord diagramD MajorD||--------//--------8-10-------//----8/10-------------10--||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--------//---8-10------------//-------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||--------//-------------------//-------------------------||

Chord diagramE MajorE||---------------8-10-11-8----//--------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||-------------8--------------//-------------------11-8---||
Chord diagramG+G||-----------8----------------//----8---------8-10--------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||------8-10------------------//---------8-10-------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-8-10-----------------------//------10------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||----------------------------//--------------------------||

main guitar part (repeated throughout the whole song)

Chord diagramE MajorE||-------3--------3-|-------3----4----3--||
Chord diagramBB||-----4--------4---|-----4--------------||
Chord diagramG+G||---5--------3-----|---3----------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||------------------|----------3----5----||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-3--------5-------|-6------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------|--------------------||

Some variations are played on the arpeggios:

Chord diagramE MajorE||-----3--------3---|-------3----4----3--||
Chord diagramBB||-------4--------4-|-----4--------------||
Chord diagramG+G||---5--------3-----|---3----------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||------------------|----------3----5----||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-3--------5-------|-6------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------|--------------------||

Chord diagramE MajorE||-------3----------|-------3----4----3--||
Chord diagramBB||---4----------4---|-----4--------------||
Chord diagramG+G||-----5------3---3-|---3----------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||------------------|----------3----5----||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-3--------5-------|-6------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||------------------|--------------------||

Guitar solo

Chord diagramE MajorE||--------|---------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||-7-8----|----------------11-9-8-----8-8-8-8-8---||
Chord diagramG+G||-----10-|-----------8-10--------10--------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||--------|------8-10-----------------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||--------|-8-10----------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||--------|---------------------------------------||

Chord diagramE MajorE||---11-10-------|----------11-13-11-10-----------||
Chord diagramBB||--x------13-11-|----11-13-------------13--------||
Chord diagramG+G||-x-------------|-12-----------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD||---------------|--------------------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||---------------|--------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||---------------|--------------------------------||

	Very, very fast!
   ________________________________
   |				  |

Chord diagramE MajorE||-------------------------8-10-11-----------------||
Chord diagramBB||------------------8-9-11-----------------------8-||
Chord diagramG+G||-------------8-10----------------------8-10-11---||
Chord diagramD MajorD||------8-9-10----------------------8-10-----------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-8-10--------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-------------------------------------------------||

Chord diagramE MajorE||----------8-10-----------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB||-8-8-8-11----------------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G||------------------I'm missing the last measure---||
Chord diagramD MajorD||------------------(because I'm sloppy :)---------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA||-------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE||-------------------------------------------------||

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