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MY LAND (Bassline)
As recorded by Sonata Arctica
(From the 1999 Album ECLIPTICA)
Transcribed by A. Casanovas
Words by Tony Kakko Music by Sonata Arctica
Arranged by Sonata Arctica
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Bass'
Q=150
4/4
Gtr I
Wx7 H. A Q
|------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|
|------------|---------------|
|------------|---------0h5\--|
Q=170
H E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H E Q. 4x
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||o-------------|-------------|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3-----o||
||--0----0-0----|-0----0-0----|-------------|---------------||
1.,2.,3. 4.
S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E E 4x E S S E E E E Q
||------------------------|--------------------||------------------|
||o-----------------------|-------------------o||------------------|
||o-----------------------|-------------------o||-------------5-5--|
||--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0---0---0----||---0-0-0---0------|
H E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H E Q.
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-0----0-0----|-0----0-0----|
H E Q. H E Q. Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|--------------|-5--5--5-5-5--|
|-------------|-------------|-3--3--3-3-3--|--------------|
1.,2.,3. 4.
S S E E S S E E S S E E S S E E E E E E 4x E S S E E E E Q
||------------------------|--------------------||------------------|
||o-----------------------|-------------------o||------------------|
||o-----------------------|-------------------o||-------------5-5--|
||--0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0-|---0-0-0---0---0----||---0-0-0---0------|
H E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H E Q.
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-0----0-0----|-0----0-0----|
H E Q. H E Q. Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|--------------|-5--5--5-5-5--|
|-------------|-------------|-3--3--3-3-3--|--------------|
Q=170
H E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H E Q.
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||o-------------|-------------|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3-----o||
||--0----0-0----|-0----0-0----|-------------|---------------||
W W H H W
|----------|----------|-----------|----------|
|----------|----------|-----------|----------|
|----------|----------|-7----5----|----------|
|-5--------|-7--------|-----------|-8--------|
W W E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|----------|-3-2-0-2------------|
|-5--------|-7--------|---------3-5-2-3----|
W W W H H E E E E E E E E
||-----------|----------|----------|------------||-------------------|
||o----------|----------|----------|-----------o||-------------------|
||o----------|-5--------|----------|-3----2----o||-3-2-0-2-----------|
||--0--------|----------|-3--------|------------||---------3-5-2-3---|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-------------------||
||o----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------------o||
||o----------------|-----------------|-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--o||
||--0--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----------------|-------------------||
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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-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 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------------|-----------------|
H E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H E Q.
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|
|-0----0-0----|-0----0-0----|-------------|-------------|
H E Q. H E Q.
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|
|-0----0-0----|-0----0-0----|
PM----------------|
S S E S S E S S S S E E +E E S S S E S S S Q
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----5-----4-------------|--------------------------|
|-2-3---3-2---3-2-3-2-3-5-|-(5)---3-3-3---3-3-3------|
|-------------------------|--------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/sonata_arctica/my_land_btab.html ]
H E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H E Q.
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-0----0-0----|-0----0-0----|
H E Q. H E Q. Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|-------------|-------------|--------------|--------------|
|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|--------------|-5--5--5-5-5--|
|-------------|-------------|-3--3--3-3-3--|--------------|
H E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H E Q.
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||o-------------|-------------|-3----3-3----|-3----3-3-----o||
||--0----0-0----|-0----0-0----|-------------|---------------||
W W H H W
|----------|----------|-----------|----------|
|----------|----------|-----------|----------|
|----------|----------|-7----5----|----------|
|-5--------|-7--------|-----------|-8--------|
W W E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|----------|--------------------|
|----------|----------|-3-2-0-2------------|
|-5--------|-7--------|---------3-5-2-3----|
E E Q H +W E E Q H +W
||--------------|------------|-------------|---------||
||o-------------|------------|-------------|--------o||
||o-------------|------------|-3-3----3----|-(3)----o||
||--0-0----0----|-(0)--------|-------------|---------||
H E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H E Q.
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-1----1-1----|-1----1-1----|-1----1-1----|-1----1-1----|
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
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
H E Q. H E Q. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------|-------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------|-------------|---------------------------------|
|-1----1-1----|-1----1-1----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----|
4/4
Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
|-2------------|-2------------|-2------------|
|------2----2--|------2----2--|------2----2--|
|--------------|--------------|--------------|
2/4 4/4
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H. Wx15
|-------------|-------|------------|---------|
|-------------|-------|------------|---------|
|-------------|-------|------------|---------|
|----5-----3--|-3--2--|-0----------|---------|
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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------0----|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-1---------|
W +W q q q q q q q e E
|----------|------------|-------------|--------------|
|----------|------------|-------------|--------------|
|-1--------|-(1)--------|-5--5--5--5--|-3--3--3--3-1-|
|----------|------------|-------------|--------------|
W +W W W
|----------|------------|----------|------|
|----------|------------|----------|------|
|-1--------|-(1)--------|-5--------|-7----|
|----------|------------|----------|------|
H E Q. H E Q. H E Q. H E Q.
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||o-------------|-------------|-6----6-6----|-6----6-6-----o||
||--3----3-3----|-3----3-3----|-------------|---------------||
W W H H W
||-----------|----------|-----------|----------|
||o----------|----------|-----------|-1--------|
||o-3--------|-5--------|-----------|----------|
||-----------|----------|-3----1----|----------|
W W E E E E E E E E
|----------|----------|--------------------||
|----------|----------|-------------------o||
|-3--------|-5--------|-6-5-3-5-----------o||
|----------|----------|---------6-8-5-6----||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H. +E S S Q H.
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------*|
|-6-5-3-5---------|-6-5-3-5---------|-----------------|----------*|
|---------6-8-5-6-|---------6-8-5-6-|-3-------(3)-3-3-|-3--------*|
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
