"Autumn Lords" by Tony MacAlpine
from the Shrapnel CD _Maximum Security_
Transcribed by Brian Meloon (bmeloon@geom.umn.edu)
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(Fast licks approximated...no solo (sorry :-( ))
Intro (bassline of keyboards--one octave too high):
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|--------tr-------|-----------------*|
|-4-----6-7--4----|-----------------*|
|-----4-----------|-5-----7---5--(7)-|
|-----------------|-----5------------|
Play note in paranthesis first time only.
Main Theme:
|1.
|----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------h-p---------|
|------6-7---6--h-p----------|-------------------6-7-6-------*|
|----7-----9---7-9-7---6-----|---6-7---6-------6-------9-7-6-*|
|--9-----------------9---7---|-7-----9---7---7----------------|
|--------------------------9-|-------------9------------------|
|2. |3.
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|-----------------------6--7--9-|-------------------6-7-9--------7-9-11-|
|---6-7---6---6--7--9-----------|---6-7---6---6-7-9-------7-9-11--------|
|-7-----9---7-------------------|-7-----9---7---------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
Folowing the second ending:
Second theme: |1.
|--------------------15-14-12-------|---h--p--p------------------------------
|-----------------12----------15-14-|-14-15-14-12----------------------------
|------11-12-9-11-------------------|-------------14-13-11-10-11-13-10----10-
|-9-12------------------------------|----------------------------------11----
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------
|2. (trade-off with keyboards: play 2nd and 4th licks)
|---h--p--p------------------------------|--h--p-p----------------------
|-12-14-12-10----------------------------|-9-10-9-7---------------------
|-------------13-11-9--------------------|----------9-7-6---------------
|---------------------12-11-9------------|----------------9-7-6---------
|-----------------------------12-11-12---|----------------------9-7-9---
|----------------------------------------|-------------------------(hold)
After the third ending:
Third theme:
|------------10----------------------12-14-15-14-12-----------------------------
|--------12------12---------12-13-15----------------15-13-12----------------13--
|-9--13--------------13--14----------------------------------14-12-11----14-----
|---------------------------------------------------------------------14--------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ct'd:
|-12-17-12-15-14-12---------h--p---------------------------------------------
|-------------------15-13-12-13-12--------Ah---------------------------------
|----------------------------------14-12--11---------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
h p
----11-15-11----18-19-18-16-----------------------------------------------------
--11----------11-------------19-18-16-------------------------------------------
12--------------------------------------18-16-15--------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------18-16-15-------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------18-16-14----------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------18-16-14-16-18-
Ct'd:
|-------------------------------------16-18-19-
|----------------------------16-18-19----------
|-------------------15-16-18-------------------
|----------15-16-18----------------------------
|-14-16-18-------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------
Fourth theme:
|-21--16------------------------------------------16-17-
|---------17------17--16----h--p---------16-17-19-------
|-------------18----------18-20-18-16-18----------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-19--16------16----------------------------------------
|---------16------16--------h--p---------------16-17-16-
|---------------------16--15-16-15----15-16-18----------
|----------------------------------18-------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------
(same thing one octave down)
|------------------------------------------------
|-14--9-------------------------------------9-10-
|--------9------9--8----h--p-----------9-11------
|-----------11--------11-13-11-9-11-13-----------
|------------------------------------------------
|------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------
|-12--9-----9-------------------------------
|--------8-----8------h-p------------8-9-11-
|-----------------9--8-9-8----8-9-11--------
|--------------------------11---------------
|-------------------------------------------
p p p p p p p p p p
12-7-12-7---7-|13-8-13-8---8-|14-9-14-9----9-|15-10-15-10----10-|16-11-16-11-11-
----------8---|----------9---|----------10---|------------11----|-----------12--
--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|---------------
--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|---------------
--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|---------------
--------------|--------------|---------------|------------------|---------------
p p p p
-17-12-17-12----12-|-18-13-------------|-------------------16-19-16-------------
-------------13----|-------14----------|----------------16----------16----------
-------------------|----------15-------|-------------16---------------16--------
-------------------|-------------15----|----------18--------------------18------
-------------------|----------------16-|-13---18---------------------------18---
-------------------|-------------------|-------------------------------------19-
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------------------------6-7-6---------------------
|---------------------------6-7-6------------------------9-7-6---------------
|---------------------------------9-7-6------------------------9-------------
|-16------------------------------------9------------------------------------
End Fourth theme
Heavy delay in this part:
|-16^^(17)----16^^(17)--16--14--16--16^^(17)----------17-19-21-21^^(22)------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|-22^^(24)----------21^^(22)-------21---------21^^(25)->>--------------------
|------------------------------------------------------release bend----------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Insert solo here.
Trade off with keyboards, then move to this part:
|1.
|-----------------3----------|-6-3----------------------|
|----------------/ --7-8-10-|-----4---6-4-3-4-------4--|
|---6-7---6-----6-7-9--------|-------3---------3---3---*|
|-9-----9---7-9--------------|-------------------5-----*|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------------|--------------------------|
|2.
7-4-----------------4-7--8-4-----------------4-8-|9-4-----7-9-10-12-9-10---9----
----5---7-5-4-5---5----------6---8-6-5-6---6-----|----7------------------12--10-
------4---------4--------------5---------5-------|------6-----------------------
-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------|------------------------------
|-10-6------7-6-----------|-8-4------5-4-----------|-------------------------
|------6--------9-7-6-----|-----4--------7-5-4-----|-------------------------
|--------7------------8---|-------5------------6---|---6-8-9-8-6-9-6-----6-9-
|-------------------------|------------------------|-7---------------7-6-----
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------
|-------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------
|-------------------------------|-------------------------
|--------8-11-8-----------------|-------6-7-9-7-6---------
|------8--------8---------------|-----6-----------6-------
|----8------------8-------------|---6---------------6-----
|-10----------------10----10----|-8-------------------8---
|----------------------11----11-|-----------------------9-
Repeat Main theme with third ending and third and fourth themes, then stop.
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