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The song is called Fantasy Serenade, it is on Just A Game by
Triumph. Its one of those wild and wonderful Rik Emmett acoustic
pieces that make you realize just how tough it can be to play guitar.
There are probably some mistakes in this; its been years since I
lifted the song so I may have misremembered something :) If someone
has A better way to play some of these parts (either alternate
fingerings, or voicings that are closer to the original) Id like to
hear about them.
All in all this is A fun song to play... even though after years I
still cant Do the party I marked nasty that well.
Enjoy,
Dean
This song is played with the 6th string tuned down to A D.
You probably dont want to use A pick for this.
\
/
\ Indicates that the chord should be strummed from low to high strings.
/ Only chords marked like this should be strummed -- the rest should
\ be fingerpicked.
/
e|-----5--\5--3--2--\3--5--7--\5-------------------------------------|
B|--------/3--------/3--------/3--------3----------------------------|
G|--------\2--------\2--------\2-----2--------2----------------------|
D|--------/0--------/0--------/0-----------4-----4p0-----------------|
A|--------\0--------\0--------\0-------------------------------------|
D|--------/0--------/0--------/0-------------------------------------|
-|-----5--\5--3--2--\3--5--7--\5-------------------------------------|
-|--------/3--------/3--------/2-------------------------------------|
-|--2-----\2--------\2--------\2-----2h4p2p0-------------------------|
-|--------/0--------/0--------/2------------4p2p0--------------------|
-|--------\0--------\0--------\0-----------------4p2p0---------------|
-|--------/0--------/0--------/0-------------------------------------|
-|--5---5--------3p2-----7--------9h10-----5--------2----------------|
-|---------3----------------8-----------------3--------3-------------|
-|------------2----------------7-----------------2-------------------|
-|------0----------------0-----------------0-------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--2-----------2-----3--3p2-----------------------------------------|
-|-----3-----3--------5-------5--3--3--3p2-----3---------------------|
-|--------4-----------4----------2----------2-----2------------------|
-|--------------------2----------2-------------0-----4h7p4p0---------|
-|--2----------------------------0-----------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|-----------------2-----0----------------0-----------0-----2-----2/4|
-|--3--3--------5-----------2-----3p2--------0-----------------------|
-|--------4--------------------2-------2--------1--------1-----2--2/4|
-|-----------4-------------------------------------------------------|
-|-----2-----------------0-------------------------------------------|
-|----------------------------------------2--------2-----------------|
-|-----------------2-----0----------------0--------------0-----------|
-|--3--3--------5-----------2-----3p2--------0-----0-----------------|
-|--------4--------------------2-------2--------1-----1--------------|
-|-----------4-------------------------------------------------------|
-|-----2-----------------0-------------------------------------------|
-|----------------------------------------2-----------------2--------|
-|--5---5--------3p2-----7--------9h10-----5--------2----------------|
-|---------3----------------8-----------------3--------3-------------|
-|------------2----------------7-----------------2-------------------|
-|------0----------------0-----------------0-------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
harmonics
-|--2-----------2-----3--3p2-----------------------------------------|
-|-----3-----3--------5-------5--3--3--3p2-----3-----------(7)-------|
-|--------4-----------4----------2----------2--2-----------(7)-------|
-|--------------------2----------2-------------0-----------(7)-------|
-|--2----------------------------0----------------0------------------|
-|---------------------------------------------------4--0------------|
The synth violins start here. I suggest that you look at the chords that
the notes form, and use whatever natural fingering you would for that
chord.
-|--2--3--5p3p2--3-----0--2--3p2p0--2-----------2--------------------|
-|--3------------5-----2------------3-----3--5-----3--5--3--2h3p2----|
-|--2------------4-----2------------2-----4-----------4------------4-|
-|--0------------2------------------0-----4-----------2--------------|
-|---------------------0------------------2--------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--------------2------2--2--------2--3--------3--0--------0---------|
-|--2------------------------3-----------5-----------2---------------|
-|-----3------------------------2-----------4-----------2------------|
-|--------4---------------0-----------2------------------------------|
-|--4--------4------------------------------------0------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--2--------2--------------------------------------2----------------|
-|-----3--------3--------3--5--------5--2----------------------------|
-|--------2--------4-----------4-----------3-------------------------|
-|--0-----------------4-----2-----2-----------4----------------------|
-|--------------2-----------------------4--------4-------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--2--3--------3--5--------5--5--3--2h3p2-----3--6--9--12-----------|
-|--------5-----------5--------3------------3--2--5--8--11-----------|
-|-----------4-----------6-----2---------------3--6--9--12-----------|
-|-----2-----------7-----------0---------------2--5--8--11-----------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
This part is nasty. Its good pinky exercise though :)
-|--10p7------------10p7------------10p7------------10p7-------------|
-|------10p7------------10p7------------10p7------------10p7---------|
-|----------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7------|
-|-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7---|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
-|--8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5--------------|
-|-----8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-----------|
-|--------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5--------|
-|-----------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-----|
-|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--10p7------------10p7------------10p7------------10p7-------------|
-|------10p7------------10p7------------10p7------------10p7---------|
-|----------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7------|
-|-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7---|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
-|--8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5--------------|
-|-----8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-----------|
-|--------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5--------|
-|-----------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-----|
-|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
The rest is just heavy strumming with lots of open strings. You will
have to listen to the song to get the rhythm. I use the top of my
nails, and rake them across the strings. Where I place A u above the
tab I rake just my thumb nail up the strings (high to low). Where I
place A D I rake my middle and ring finger nails down the strings
(low to high). I generally hit the strings really hard here; so the
open low strings should resound through the entire passage even where I
dont explicitly mark them. Im not sure if this is the right way to
Do it; but Im self-taught and this works for me.
D u D D D D u D D D D u D D
-|--2--2--3--0--2-----5--5--6--5-----5--7--7--8--7-------------------|
-|--3--3--3--3--3-----6--6--6--6-----6--8--8--8--8-------------------|
-|--2--2--2--2--2-----5--5--5--5-----5--7--7--7--7-------------------|
-|--0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0-------------------|
-|--0--0--------------0-----------------0----------------------------|
-|--0-----------------0-----------------0----------------------------|
At this point I pretend Im holding A pick between my thumb and index
finger, and use the top of the nail to strum the strings. u and D
just represent strumming directions now.
D D u D D D u D D D u D D D D D
-|--10--10--10--10-----8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8---|
-|--11--11--11--11-----8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8---|
-|--10--10--10--10-----9--9--9--9----11--11--11--11--11\9--9--9--9---|
-|--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-------------------|
D D u D D D D D D D u D ad lib ududud...
-|--10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10-->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|
-|--10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10-->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|
-|--11--11--11--11--11\9--9--9--9----11--11--11--11-->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|
-|--0---0-------0---------0--0--0----0---0---0---0--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|
-|--0---0-------0--------------------0-------------------------------|
-|--0---0-------0--------------------0-------------------------------|
finish up with heavily accented chords:
D D D
-|--10--10-----------------------------------------------------------|
-|--10--10--5--------------------------------------------------------|
-|--11--11--2--------------------------------------------------------|
-|--0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|
-|--0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|
-|--0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|