Murder Prologue Tab by Steve Vai

Murder Prologue tab by Steve Vai

Guitar Tab

Murder Prologue by Steve Vai
As tabbed by Ollie B.  From the album Sound Theories
Complete Score

VIOLIN



E||-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
B||-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
G||-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
D||-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
A||-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
E||-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|

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trumpets



E||-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
B||-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
G||-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
D||-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
A||-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
E||-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|


                  Q     S  S  S  S  E.   S  E.   T  T     T
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Piano



             Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q
E||-------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
B||-------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
G||-------|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
D||-------|--4---------4---------|--2---------2---------|--4---------4---------|
A||-------|--4----4---------4----|--2----2---------2----|--4----4---------4----|
E||-------|--2-------------------|--0-------------------|--2-------------------|


  Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q
----------------------|----------------------|--3-------------------|
----------------------|--2-------------------|--0-------------------|
----------------------|--2-------------------|--0-------------------|
--2---------2---------|--2---------2---------|--0---------0---------|
--2----2---------2----|--0----0---------0----|--2----2---------2----|
--0-------------------|--0-------------------|--3-------------------|


  Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q
--0-------------------|--0-------------------|--3-------------------|
--0-------------------|--1-------------------|--3-------------------|
--0-------------------|--0-------------------|--3-------------------|
--2---------2---------|--2---------2---------|--0---------0---------|
--2----2---------2----|--3----3---------3----|--1----1---------1----|
--0-------------------|--0-------------------|--3-------------------|


  Q    Q    Q    Q       Q    Q    Q    Q                S  S  S  S Q     S
--1-------------------|--3-------------------|-------|--25-23-22-13-L----25-|
--3-------------------|--3-------------------|-------|----------------------|
--3-------------------|--3-------------------|-------|----------------------|
--0---------0---------|--5---------5---------|-------|---3------------------|
--1----1---------1----|--5----5---------5----|-------|----------------------|
--1-------------------|--3-------------------|-------|----------------------|


   S  S  S S Q     S    S S S S S
--13-11-10-1-L----13-|--1-0-1-0---|----|----||
---------------------|----------1-|----|----||
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                                                                                              Ollie B.
El. Guitar1



             E   H         Q     S S     E.  E  T  T T  T T  E.  T T S. S. S.
E||-------|-----13b--------1b----L-9-|--12---L--9-12-9-12-9-12---9-7-5--7--9--|
B||-------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
G||-------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D||-------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A||-------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|
E||-------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------|


  E  E   E   Q     E   T  T T T T T T T    E  S S S E  S E  S S S S S S
--L--7b--Lb--9----12--14-12-9-7-5-3-2-0-|-------------------------------|
----------------------------------------|--2--5-5-5-2--2-0--2-2-0-------|
----------------------------------------|-------------------------2-0-2-|
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                        |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |-
  E   T  T  T  Q     T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T  T
-----10-12-10-12-----L-15-13-12-13-15-13-12-13-15-13-12-13-15-13-12-13-15-13-12-
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   S  E.   T. T. T. T. E.   T  T  T  E.   T  T   T
--15-17---17-15-13-17-15---13-15-13-15---13-15b-13-|
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   T  T  T  S  T  S  T  S  T  S  T  S  T  T  T T T T T T T S E
--14-15-14-15-14-15-14-15-14-15-14-15-14-12-10-9-7-5-3-2-0---3pb--|
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  E  S S E    S S E   E  S S S S    E  H.           S S    E  S T T E.  S Q
-----0---2pb--0---2b--0--2-3-2-0-|----------------------|----------------------|
--3----3--------3----------------|--3-------------------|----------------------|
---------------------------------|-----0--------------0-|--3--L-2-0------------|
---------------------------------|------------------3---|-----------0-----0----|
---------------------------------|----------------------|---------------3------|
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  E  E  E  E  Q.     S T T    E  Q     H
-----3--1--3-------------1-|--3--7----10~--------|-------|-------|-------|
--------------4------L-4---|---------------------|-------|-------|-------|
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                                                                       Steve Vai
Percussion



      H         E  E  E      E   S  S  E   E   E   S  S  E   E
C||----------------------|--44--44-44-44--44--44--44-44-44--44--|
C||----------------------|--36--------37------36--------37------|
C||----------------------|--49----------------------------------|
C||----------------------|--------------------------------------|
C||--49---------L--------|--------------------------------------|
C||----------------------|--------------------------------------|


   E   S  S  E   E   E   S  S  E   E      E   S  S  E   E   E   S  S  E   E
--44--44-44-44--44--44--44-44-44--44--|--44--44-44-44--44--44--44-44-44--44--|
--36--------37------36--------37------|--36--------37------36--------37------|
--49----------------------------------|--49----------------------------------|
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   E   S  S  E   E   E   S  S  E   E      E   S  S  E   E   E   S  S  E   E
--44--44-44-44--44--44--44-44-44--44--|--44--44-44-44--44--44--44-44-44--44--|
--36--------37------36--------37------|--36--------37------36--------37------|
--49----------------------------------|--49----------------------------------|
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   E   S  S  E   E   E   S  S  E   E      E   S  S  E   E   E   S  S  E   E
--44--44-44-44--44--44--44-44-44--44--|--44--44-44-44--44--44--44-44-44--44--|
--36--------37------36--------37------|--36--------37------36--------37------|
--49----------------------------------|--49----------------------------------|
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   E   S  S  E   E   E   S  S  E   E      E   S  S  E   E   E   S  S  E   E
--44--44-44-44--44--44--44-44-44--44--|--44--44-44-44--44--44--44-44-44--44--|
--36--------37------36--------37------|--36--------37------36--------37------|
--49----------------------------------|--49----------------------------------|
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   E   S  S  E   E   E   S  S  E   E      E   S  S  E   E   E   S  S  E   E
--44--44-44-44--44--44--44-44-44--44--|--44--44-44-44--44--44--44-44-44--44--|
--36--------37------36--------37------|--36--------37------36--------37------|
--49----------------------------------|--49--------49------49--------49------|
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  E   E   E   E  E   E  E   E
-----42------42-----42-----42--|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
-------------------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
-----49--49--------------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----||
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Duration 🏷Legend
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W - whole
H - half
Q - quarter
E - 8th
S - 16th
T - 32nd
X - 64th
. - note dotted
|-n-|  - n-tuplets


Tablature 🏷Legend
----------------
L - tied note
x - dead note
g - grace note
(n) - ghost note
> - accentuded note
NH - natural harmonic
AH - artificial harmonic
TH - tapped harmonic
SH - semi harmonic
PH - pitch harmonic
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend
br - bendRelease
pb - preBend
pbr - preBendRelease
brb - bendReleaseBend
n/ - tremolo bar dip
n - tremolo bar dive
-/n - tremolo bar Release up
/n - tremolo bar inverted dip
/n - tremolo bar return
-n - tremolo bar Release down
S - shift slide
s - legato slide
/ -  slide into from below or out of upwards
 -  slide into from above or out of downwards
~ - vibrato
W - wide vibrato
tr - trill
TP - tremolo picking
T - tapping
S - slap
P - pop
< - fade in
^ - brush up
v - brush down

35=Acoustic Bass Drum
36=Bass Drum
37=Side Stick
38=Acoustic Snare
40=Electric Snare
41=Low Floor Tom
42=Closed Hi-hat
43=High Floor Tom
44=Pedal Hi-Hat
45=Low Tom
46=Open Hi-Hat
47=Low Mid Tom
48=Hi-Mid Tom
49=Crash Cymbal
50=High Tom
51=Ride Cymbal
53=Ride Bell
55=Splash Cymbal
56=Cowbell
57=Crash Cymbal 2
59=Ride Cymbal
71=Whistle 1
72=Whistle 2

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