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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# IMITATION OF LIFE As recorded by Anthrax (From the 1987 Album AMONG THE LIVING) Transcribed by warlockmb & abysslord Words and Music by Anthrax Arranged by warlockmb Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled' Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled' Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled' Intro Moderately Q=142 D C D 4/4 Gtrs I, II PM| PM----| PM| PM |-3-| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S E||------------------|---------------------|||o-----------------|---------------------|||--7-----6---------|-8-----7---7-6h7p6---|||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0---------8-|||o-----------------|---------------------|||------------------|---------------------|1.,2.,3. A Gsus2/A C F#m/A PM| PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|---------------------|||-----------------|--------------------o|||-----------------|---------------------|||-7-----7-5-----5-|-8-----8-4-/5-4-/5---|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0----0-----o|||-----------------|---------------------||Verse 4. Slower Q=110 C F#m/A F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5 Gtrs I, II PM| PM| E E E E H +W E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E 4x|--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------|||--------------|------------||o-----------------|-------------------o|||--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------|||-8-----8-4----|-(4)--------||--------------5---|-----------------3--|||-0-0-0-0-0----|-(0)--------||o-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-o|||--------------|------------||--2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1----|||| Gtr III| H H +W W W 4x|--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------|||--------------|------------||o-----------------|-------------------o|||--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------|||--------------|------------||------------------|--------------------|||---------4----|-(4)--------||o-----------------|-------------------o|||---------2----|-(2)--------||------------------|--------------------||F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5 PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E||------------------|-------------------|||o-----------------|-------------------|||------------------|-------------------|||--------------5---|-----------------3-|||o-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-|||--2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1---|1. F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5 PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E|-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-------------------o|||-----------------|--------------------|||-------------5---|-----------------3--|||-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-o|||-2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1----||2. F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5 PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E +W E E E E E E S S S S|-----------------|-------------------|------------|---------------------||-----------------|-------------------|------------|---------------------||-----------------|-------------------|------------|---------------------||-------------5---|-----------------3-|-(3)--------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-||-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-|-(1)--------|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||-2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1---|------------|---------------------|Pre-Chorus Faster Q=236 F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 PM PM PM------------------------| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E||------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|||o-----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|||--5s4-------------|-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|||--3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|||o-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---4s5-|||------------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------0-2s3-|1.,2.,3. 4. N.C. N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 PM------------------------| PM PME E S S S S S S S S S S S S W E E E E E E E E|------------------------------||-----------||------------------||-----------------------------o||-----------||o-----------------||------------------------------||-----------||--5s4-------------||------------------------------||-----------||--3s2---4s3-------||-----------------------------o||-----------||o-----0-2s1---3s2-||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-----------||------------0-1s0-|N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 N.C. PM------------------------| PM PM PM------------------------|E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---4s5-|-----------------------------||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------0-2s3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C. PM PM PM------------------------|E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------|-----------------------------||-----------------|-----------------------------||-5s4-------------|-----------------------------||-3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------||-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------||-----------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|1. 2. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 N.C. N.C. PM PM PM------------------------|E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S W|-----------------|------------------------------||-------||-----------------|-----------------------------o||-------||-5s4-------------|------------------------------||-------||-3s2---4s3-------|------------------------------||-------||-----0-2s1---4s5-|-----------------------------o||-------||-----------0-2s3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-------|Chorus Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-------------------|----------------------|||o------------------|----------------------|||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|||---8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|||o------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|||-------------------|----------------------|Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------------|||------------------|----------------------o|||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----|||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----|||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-o|||------------------|-----------------------||$ F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-------------------|----------------------|||o------------------|----------------------|||-------------------|----------------------|||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|||o--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|||-------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 C5 B5C5 PM PM--| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|---------------------|||------------------|--------------------o|||------------------|---------------------|||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9----------------|||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7-----9s10-9s10-o|||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-0-7s=8-7s=8--||Pre-Chorus F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 PM PM PM------------------------| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E||------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|||o-----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|||--5s4-------------|-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|||--3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|||o-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---4s5-|||------------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------0-2s3-|N.C. F5E5 B5Bb5 F5E5 N.C. PM------------------------| PM PM PM------------------------|E E S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S|-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-5s4-------------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-3s2---4s3-------|-----------------------------||-----------------------------|-----0-2s1---3s2-|-----------------------------||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-----------0-1s0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|1. 2. To Coda F5E5 B5Bb5 F#G5 N.C. N.C. PM PM PM------------------------|E E E E E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S W|-----------------|------------------------------||-------||-----------------|-----------------------------o||-------||-5s4-------------|------------------------------||-------||-3s2---4s3-------|------------------------------||-------||-----0-2s1---4s5-|-----------------------------o||-------||-----------0-2s3-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-------|Chorus Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-------------------|----------------------|||o------------------|----------------------|||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|||---8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|||o------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|||-------------------|----------------------|Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------------|||------------------|----------------------o|||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----|||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----|||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-o|||------------------|-----------------------||F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-------------------|----------------------|||o------------------|----------------------|||-------------------|----------------------|||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|||o--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|||-------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 C5 B5C5 PM PM--| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|---------------------|||------------------|--------------------o|||------------------|---------------------|||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9----------------|||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7-----9s10-9s10-o|||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-0-7s=8-7s=8--||Bridge Slower Q=164 E5N.C. E5F5 B5C5 PM--------------------|E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||------------------|-------------------|||o-----------------|-------------------|||------------------|-------------------|||------------------|---------9s10------|||o-2---------------|---------7s=8-9s10-|||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0------7s=8-|E5N.C. E5F5 B5C5 PM--------------------|E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|-------------------o|||-----------------|--------------------|||-----------------|---------9s10-------|||-2---------------|---------7s=8-9s10-o|||-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0------7s=8--||Chorus F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-------------------|----------------------|||o------------------|----------------------|||-------------------|----------------------|||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|||o--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|||-------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------------|||------------------|----------------------o|||------------------|-----------------------|||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----|||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---o|||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0--||F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------------||------------------|-----------------------||------------------|-----------------------||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0--|F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 Gtrs I, II PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-||| Gtr III| W W|------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------||------------------|----------------------|F5 E5 EbD5 F5 E5 G5 F#5G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------------||------------------|-----------------------||------------------|-----------------------||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11----||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9----||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0--||| W H Q. E|------------------|-----------------------||------------------|-----------------------||------------------|------------2s======7--||------------------|-----------------------||------------------|-----------------------||------------------|-----------------------|Guitar Solo N.C. A5 G5 Gtr I PM--| PM--| PM--|E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-----------7-------------5-------------||--0---0----5----0---0----3----0---0----||| T T T T T T| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|F#5 G5 N.C. PM---------------------|E E E E E E E E|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-4s===5--------------------------------||-2s===3---0----0----1---1----1----1----||| T T T T T| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||-7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p0-14p7p=||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------||---------------------------------------|N.C. A5 G5 PM---| PM----| PM----|E E E E E E E E|----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||-----------7--------------------5-------------------||-0----0----5------0------0------3------0------0-----||| T T T T T T T| S S S S S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T S T T|----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||-0-14p7p0-14p7p0-16p7p0-17p7p0-16p7p0-14p7p0-12p7p0-||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------||----------------------------------------------------|F#5 G5 N.C. PM-----------------|E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||--4s====5----------------------------||--2s====3-----0-----0------1-1-1-1---||| T T T T ~~| S T T S T T S T T S T T H|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-10p7p0-9p7p0-7p5p0-5p3p0-/3---------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------|N.C. A5 G5 F#5 G5 N.C. PM| PM| PM-| PM------------|E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------||-------7--------5-------|-4s==5---------------------||--0-0--5--0--0--3--0--0-|-2s==3---0-0--1--1-1---1---||| E E +E E +E E +E E S S S S E E +E E S S S S|------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------||-/3-5-(5)-6-(6)-5-(5)-3-|-5h7p5h7p5-8-(8)-7-5h7p5h7-||------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------||------------------------|---------------------------|N.C. A5 G5 F#5 G5 N.C. PM| PM| PM-| PM------------------|E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------------|----------------------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------------------||-------7--------5-------|--4s====5-------------------------------||--0-0--5--0--0--3--0--0-|--2s====3-----0---0---1---1--1-----1----||| E E +E E +E E +E E S S S S E E +E E S S S S|------------------------|-10h12p10h12p10-/13-(13)-12-10h12p10h12-||------------------------|----------------------------------------||-/3-5-(5)-6-(6)-5-(5)-3-|----------------------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------------------||------------------------|----------------------------------------|B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 N.C. PM PM PM-------------------------------------|E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E|------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||--9s=====8------9s==8-------------9s===8--|----------------------------------------------||--7s=====6---0--7s==6--------0----7s===6--|--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|-12b14r(12)p10h12-(12)b14==(12)-(12)r(12)-|----------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|-12b14r(12)p10h==12-(12)b14==(12)-(12)r==(12)-||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------||------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|B5 Bb5 B5Bb5 D5 C#5 N.C. PM PM PM-------------------------|E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E S S E|-------------------------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------------||---9s===8---9s8----12s==11-----|------------------------------------||---7s===6-0-7s6-0--10s===9-----|---0------0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0-0-----|||~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~| H. +E S S +H. +E S S|---------------------------/21-|-(21)b23==============(21)\---------||-/21b23-----------(21)\--0-----|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------0-/21-||-------------------------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------------||-------------------------------|------------------------------------|B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 B5 Bb5 PM PM E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||--9s====8-----------9s====8-----------9s====8----||--7s====6-----0-----7s====6-----0-----7s====6----||| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------------------------------------------||-19h21p19----19h21p19----19h21p19----19h21p19----||----------21----------21----------21----------21-||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|N.C. PM---------------------------------------|E E S S E E E S S E|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||--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|-19h21p19----19h21p19----19h21p19----19h21p19----||----------21----------21----------21----------21-||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|B5 Bb5 Bb55B5 C#5 PM PM E E E E E E E E|-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||--9s====8-----------9s====8----------12s===11----||--7s====6-----0-----7s====6-----0----10s====9----||| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S|-------------19h21p19h21-19h21p19-------------21-||-19h21p19-------------------------21-19h21p19----||----------21-------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------||-------------------------------------------------|N.C. PM------------------------------|E E S S E E E S S E|------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||--0-----0-----0--0--0-----0-0-0-0-0-||| ~~| S S S S S S S S H|-19h21p19h21-19h21h22----24---------||----------------------24------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------||------------------------------------|Chorus Faster Q=234 Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 C5 B5 Gtrs I, II PM PM--| PM PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E||-------------------|----------------------|||o------------------|----------------------|||--10s9---8s7-------|-10s9---12s11-12s11---|||---8s7---6s5-------|--8s7---10s=9-10s=9---|||o------0-----0-0-0-|------0-------------0-|||-------------------|----------------------|D.S. al Coda Bb5A5 G#G5 Bb5A5 C5 B5 G5 F#5 PM PM--| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E|------------------|-----------------------|||------------------|----------------------o|||-10s9---8s7-------|-10s9-----12s11--------|||--8s7---6s5-------|--8s7-----10s=9-12s11--|||------0-----0-0-0-|------0-0-------10s=9-o|||------------------|-----------------------||Outro Slower Q=110 1.,2.,3. 4. & F#5 G5E5F#5 C5G5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5 F#5 G5E5F#5 Bb5/F D5/A Gtrs I, II PM| PM| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S E E E E E E E S S E +H.. E||------------------|--------------------||-------------------|--------------*|||o-----------------|-------------------o||-------------------|--------------*|||------------------|--------------------||-----------------3-|-(3)s======19-*|||--------------5---|-----------------3--||-----------------3-|-(3)s======19-*|||o-4-4-5-2-4-4-3-5-|-4-4-5-2-4-4-----1-o||-4-4-5-2-4-4-------|--------------*|||--2-2-3-0-2-2---3-|-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1----||-2-2-3-0-2-2-1-1---|--------------*|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