ACTIVITY
Concerning Hobbits
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CONCERNING HOBBITS
As recorded by Howard Shore
(From the 2002 Album THE LORD OF THE RINGS (OST) - THE FELLOWSHIP OF THE RING)
Transcribed by TimBob
Music by Howard Shore
Arranged by TimBob
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Flute'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Strings'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Fiddle'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Strings 2'
Gtr V (E A D G B E) - 'Pizzicato Strings'
Intro
Q=100
D D D
4/4
Gtr I
W W S S Q Q Q T T S H +E E Q
|----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|------7--10--7--5h7p5-|------------7-10---|
|----------|----------|--7-9-----------------|--7-----(7)--------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| >
| W W W +W
|----------|----------|-^2-------------------|-(2)---------------|
|----------|----------|-^3-------------------|-(3)---------------|
|----------|----------|-^2-------------------|-(2)---------------|
|----------|----------|-^0-------------------|-(0)---------------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------|
|----------|----------|----------------------|-------------------|
G D A
~~
Q. E E +E Q Q. S S Q. S S
|--7----10-9-(9)-----|---------------------|
|----------------10--|--7----8p7--5------5-|
|--------------------|-----------------7---|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| W H H
|-^3-----------------|-^2--------^0--------|
|-^3-----------------|-^3--------^2--------|
|-^0-----------------|-^2--------^2--------|
|-^0-----------------|-^0------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------|
D D
Q Q a S Q +S S. T H +E E Q
|-----5------------------|-------------------|
|--7-----5h7p5--(5)----5-|------------7-10---|
|-------------------7----|--7-----(7)--------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|
| >
| W +W
|-^2---------------------|-(2)---------------|
|-^3---------------------|-(3)---------------|
|-^2---------------------|-(2)---------------|
|-^0---------------------|-(0)---------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------|-------------------|
G Bm A D D
>
Q. Q. Q H Q. +S S W +W
|--7----5-------|----------------------|----------|--------||
|------------7--|--7-----5----(5)-3tr5-|-3--------|-(3)----||
|---------------|----------------------|----------|--------||
|---------------|----------------------|----------|--------||
|---------------|----------------------|----------|--------||
|---------------|----------------------|----------|--------||
|
| Gtr IV
| >
| W H H W +W
|-^3------------|-^2----^0-------------|-2--------|-(2)----||
|-^3------------|-^3----^2-------------|-3--------|-(3)----||
|-^0------------|-^4----^2-------------|-2--------|-(2)----||
|-^0------------|----------------------|-0--------|-(0)----||
|---------------|----------------------|----------|--------||
|---------------|----------------------|----------|--------||
Fiddle Section
D A
Gtr III
S S E Q E S E S S S T T S E E Q Q E
|-------14------14-----14---|-17h19p17----------------|
|-15-17---------------------|----------17-15-17-------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-^2------------------------|-^0----------------------|
|-^3------------------------|-^2----------------------|
|-^2------------------------|-^2----------------------|
|-^0------------------------|-^2----------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------|-------------------------|
Bm G A A
2/4
S S E E Q S E. S S E Q S S E Q. Q E E
|--5-7-9---9--10----7---|-------5-----------|--------9-|
|-----------------------|--7---------5------|-----10---|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------|
|
| <
| W H H E E E E
|-^2--------------------|-^3--------^0------|-0-0--0-0-|
|-^3--------------------|-^3--------^2------|-2-2--2-2-|
|-^4--------------------|-^0--------^2------|-2-2--2-2-|
|-^4--------------------|-^0--------^2------|-2-2--2-2-|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------|
|-----------------------|-------------------|----------|
D G A
4/4
|--3--|
S S E E E Q. S S a S S E E E E E E S S S
|-------14---14------17---|-14-15-14--------------------------||
|-15-17-------------------|----------17---15-17-14---14-15-14-||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|
| Gtr IV
| W H H
|-^2----------------------|----^3------------^0---------------||
|-^3----------------------|----^3------------^2---------------||
|-^2----------------------|----^0------------^2---------------||
|-^0----------------------|----^0------------^2---------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------||
Strings Section 1
Bm G
>
H. Q W
|------------------------|------------------|
|-12---------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|
| W W
|-^2---------------------|-^3---------------|
|-^3---------------------|-^3---------------|
|-^4---------------------|-^0---------------|
|-^4---------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|
| H. +S S S S Q. H E
|-19-------(19)----19-21-|-22----21---------|
|---------------19-------|-------------22---|
|------------------------|-19----18---------|
|------------------------|-------------19---|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
D A Bm G A
Gtr II
Q. S S Q. S S H. +E S S H H
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------||
|-19----20-19-17----15-17-|-19-------(19)-19-20-|-22----17----||
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------||
|-16----17-16-14----12-14-|-16-------(16)-16-17-|-19----14----||
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------||
|
| H H W H H
|-^2----------^0----------|-^2------------------|-^3----^0----||
|-^3----------^2----------|-^3------------------|-^3----^2----||
|-^2----------^2----------|-^4------------------|-^0----^2----||
|-^0----------^2----------|-^4------------------|-^0----^2----||
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------||
|-------------------------|---------------------|-------------||
Breakdown
D Em F#m
Gtr III
S S Q Q Q E S S Q q q E S S Q. E Q S S H H
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|------7-----7--7-|--5h7h9--9--9--9-|--7-9-11----11-11--11-11-|--11----------||
|--7-9------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|
| >
| W W W +W
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|-15--------------|-17--------------|-19----------------------|-(19)---------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|-12--------------|-14--------------|-16----------------------|-(16)---------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|
| Gtr II
| >
| W W W +W
|-^2--------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|-^3--------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|-^2--------------|--9--------------|-11----------------------|-(11)---------||
|-^0--------------|--9--------------|-11----------------------|-(11)---------||
|-----------------|--7--------------|--9----------------------|--(9)---------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
Strings Section 2
Bm/F# D
Gtr II
< > <
W +H +H W
|-10--------|-(10)----(10)----|-5--------|
|-12--------|-(12)----(12)----|-7--------|
|-11--------|-(11)----(11)----|-7--------|
|-----------|-----------------|----------|
|-----------|-----------------|----------|
|-----------|-----------------|----------|
|
| W W W
|-----------|-----------------|----------|
|-----------|-----------------|----------|
|-----------|-----------------|----------|
|-----------|-----------------|----------|
|-----------|-----------------|----------|
|-----------|-----------------|----------|
G5
> < >
+H +H W W
|-(5)----(5)----|----------------------|--------||
|-(7)----(7)----|----------------------|--------||
|-(7)----(7)----|--12------------------|--------||
|---------------|--12------------------|-12-----||
|---------------|--10------------------|-12-----||
|---------------|----------------------|--------||
|
| >
| W Q Q E. Q +S +W
|---------------|----------------------|--------||
|---------------|----------------------|--------||
|---------------|-(12)--12--11--9--(9)-|-(9)----||
|---------------|----------------------|--------||
|---------------|----------------------|--------||
|---------------|----------------------|--------||
Section 2
Q=105
D A Bm G A
Gtr V
Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----7---7-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|-----7---7-----|-----7---7-----|-----9---9-----|----5---7------|
|---------------|-----7---7-----|-----9---9-----|----5---7------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q
|----10--10-----|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|----10--10-----|----10--10-----|----12--12-----|----8--10------|
|---------------|-----9---9-----|----11--11-----|----7---9------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
D A Bm G A
Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q Q q
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-----7---7-----|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|-----7---7-----|-----7---7-----|-----9---9-----|----5------7---||
|---------------|-----7---7-----|-----9---9-----|----5------7---||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|
| Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q Q q
|----10--10-----|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|----10--10-----|----10--10-----|----12--12-----|----8-----10---||
|---------------|-----9---9-----|----11--11-----|----7------9---||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------||
Bm
Gtr I
S E. S E. e S Q S e H e e e
|------------------------|-7----------------|
|-------7------7---------|------------7--10-|
|-7----------7-----------|---------7--------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| < > < >
| TP TP TP TP
| H. +Q H. +Q
|-2----------------(2)---|-2---------(2)----|
|-3----------------(3)---|-3---------(3)----|
|-4----------------(4)---|-4---------(4)----|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------|------------------|
D E5
e E e E e E e E e H..
|-10---------10----------|-12-------------------------||
|-------10---------10----|----------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| < > < >
| TP TP TP TP
| H. +Q H. +Q
|-10--------------(10)---|-12------------------(12)---||
|--8---------------(8)---|-10------------------(10)---||
|--7---------------(7)---|--9-------------------(9)---||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|
| W H S S Q.
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------17-19-20---------||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------|-----------14-16-19---------||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
|------------------------|----------------------------||
Bm
Gtr II
S S Q. Q. S S H. E S S
|-------------------14-17-|-19---------19-21-|
|-15-17-19----22----------|------------------|
|-------------------11-14-|-16---------16-18-|
|-12-14-16----19----------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|
| W W
|-^2----------------------|-^2---------------|
|-^3----------------------|-^3---------------|
|-^4----------------------|-^4---------------|
|-^4----------------------|-^4---------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
|-------------------------|------------------|
G Bm A D
Q. Q. Q Q. S S Q. S S q q H
|-22----21----17--|-14----15-14-12----14-12-|-10--10-------||
|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|-19----18----14--|-11----12-11--9----11--9-|--7---7-------||
|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|
| W H H q q H
|-^3--------------|-^2----------^0----------|--------------||
|-^3--------------|-^3----------^2----------|--3---3-------||
|-^0--------------|-^4----------^2----------|--2---2-------||
|-^0--------------|-^4----------^2----------|--0---0-------||
|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-------------------------|--------------||
Fiddle Repeat
D A
Gtr III
S S E Q E S E S S S T T S E E Q Q E
|-------14--------14-------14---|-17h19p17-------------------|
|-15-17-------------------------|----------17-15-17----------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W W
|-^2----------------------------|-^0-------------------------|
|-^3----------------------------|-^2-------------------------|
|-^2----------------------------|-^2-------------------------|
|-^0----------------------------|-^2-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| Q q q Q Q q q Q
|----------10--10---------------|----------------------------|
|----------10--10---------------|-------------10----10-------|
|-------------------------------|--------------9-----9-------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
Bm G A
S S E E Q S E. S S E Q S S E Q S S
|--5-7-9----9----10------7---|--------5-----------2---|
|----------------------------|--7----------5----------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|
| W H H
|-^2-------------------------|-^3---------^0----------|
|-^3-------------------------|-^3---------^2----------|
|-^4-------------------------|-^0---------^2----------|
|-^4-------------------------|-^0---------^2----------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|
| Q q q Q Q q Q q
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|--------12---12-------------|------8----------10-----|
|--------11---11-------------|------7-----------9-----|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------------|------------------------|
D A Bm G A
e E E Q. E E E H.. W W
|--------------------|-9----------------|---------------|---------------||
|--3----3-------7-10-|------------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
|
| e E E E H W W W
|--2----2------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
|--3----3------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
|--2----2------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
|
| e E e E H Q q q Q Q q q Q Q q Q q
|-10---10------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
|-10---10------------|-------10--10-----|----12--12-----|----8-----10---||
|--------------------|--------9---9-----|----11--11-----|----7------9---||
|--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
|--------------------|------------------|---------------|---------------||
Outro
Q=80
D
Gtr I
S S Q Q Q T T S H Q Q
|-------------------------|----------------|
|----5-7--10-----7--5h7p5-|--------7---10--|
|--7----------------------|--7-------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|
| < > < >
| H +H H +H
|-^2---------(2)----------|-^2----(2)------|
|-^3---------(3)----------|-^3----(3)------|
|-^2---------(2)----------|-^2----(2)------|
|-^0---------(0)----------|-^0----(0)------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
G
~~
H E. E +S E Q. S S H
|--7----10--9-(9)----|-----------------|
|-----------------10-|--7----8p7--5----|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|
| < > < <
| H +H H H
|-^3----(3)----------|-^2--------^0----|
|-^3----(3)----------|-^3--------^2----|
|-^0----(0)----------|-^2--------^2----|
|--------------------|-^0--------^2----|
|--------------------|-----------^0----|
|--------------------|-----------------|
D
S S Q Q Q T T S H Q Q
|-------------------------|----------------|
|----5-7--10-----7--5h7p5-|--------7---10--|
|--7----------------------|--7-------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|
| < > < >
| H +H H +H
|-^2---------(2)----------|-^2----(2)------|
|-^3---------(3)----------|-^3----(3)------|
|-^2---------(2)----------|-^2----(2)------|
|-^0---------(0)----------|-^0----(0)------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
|-------------------------|----------------|
H.=H
G Bm A
Q. Q. Q H Q. +S +T T a
|--7----5----------|-------------------------|
|---------------7--|--7-----5----(5)-(5)-3-5-|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|
| < > < <
| H +H H H
|-^3-------(3)-----|-^2----^0----------------|
|-^3-------(3)-----|-^3----^2----------------|
|-^0-------(0)-----|-^4----^2----------------|
|-^0-------(0)-----|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
D
W +W +W
|-----------|------------|--------*|
|--3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*|
|-----------|------------|--------*|
|-----------|------------|--------*|
|-----------|------------|--------*|
|-----------|------------|--------*|
|
| W +W +W
|-^2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-^3--------|-(3)--------|-(3)----*|
|-^2--------|-(2)--------|-(2)----*|
|-^0--------|-(0)--------|-(0)----*|
|-----------|------------|--------*|
|-----------|------------|--------*|
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
/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
- 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
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