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EPISODE

As recorded by Stratovarius

(From the 1996 Album EPISODE)

Transcribed by an unregistered user

Music by Timo Tolkki

Gtr I (C# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Jens Johannson (Synth)'

Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Timo Tolkki'

Gtr III (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Jens Johannson (Strings)'

Q=95

6/8

Gtr I

E E E E E E E E E E E E

||--------------------|-------------------|

||o----------20-------|----------20-------|

||--------21----21----|-------21----21----|

||-----21----------21-|----21----------21-|

||o-19----------------|-19----------------|

||--------------------|-------------------|

Bsus4/F# B

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------|--------------------||

|----------19-------|----------19-------o||

|-------21----21----|-------20----20-----||

|----21----------21-|----21----------21--||

|-21----------------|-------------------o||

|-------------------|-21-----------------||

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------17-------|----------17-------|

|-------17----17----|-------17----17----|

|----17----------17-|----17----------17-|

|-19----------------|-19----------------|

|-------------------|-------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------19-------|----------19-------|

|-------19----19----|-------19----19----|

|----20----------20-|----20----------20-|

|-21----------------|-21----------------|

|-------------------|-------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------17-------|----------17-------|

|-------17----17----|-------17----17----|

|----17----------17-|----17----------17-|

|-19----------------|-19----------------|

|-------------------|-------------------|

B B7

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------19-------|----------17-------||

|-------19----19----|-------19----19----||

|----20----------20-|----20----------20-||

|-21----------------|-21----------------||

|-------------------|-------------------||

6/8

Gtr I

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-----------20------------|-----------20------------|

|--------21-----21--------|--------21-----21--------|

|-----21-----------21-----|-----21---------------21-|

|-19----------------------|-19----------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| Gtr II

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| |-3-| |-3-|

| Q. +Q S S S Q. +E S S S E

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-/8--------(8)-----7h8p7-|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|--9--------(9)--7h9p7--5-|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Bsus4/F# B

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------------|-----------------------|

|-----------19--------|-------------19--------|

|--------21-----21----|----------20-----20----|

|-----21-----------21-|-------21-----------21-|

|-21------------------|-----------------------|

|---------------------|---21------------------|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q. +E E E a Q. +E Q

|---------------------|-----------------------|

|--4--------(4)--5----|-----------------------|

|-------------------7-|-7s=9--------(9)-------|

|---------------------|-----------------------|

6/8

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-----------20------------|-----------20------------|

|--------21-----21--------|--------21-----21--------|

|-----21-----------21-----|-----21---------------21-|

|-19----------------------|-19----------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| |-3-| |-3-|

| Q. +Q S S S Q. +E S S S E

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-/8--------(8)-----7h8p7-|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|--9--------(9)--7h9p7s=5-|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|

Bsus4/F# B

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|---------------------|----------------------||

|-----------19--------|-------------19-------||

|--------21-----21----|----------20----20----||

|-----21-----------21-|-------21----------21-||

|-21------------------|----------------------||

|---------------------|---21-----------------||

| ~~~

| Q. +E E E a H.

|---------------------|----------------------||

|--4--------(4)--5----|----------------------||

|-------------------7-|-7s=9-----------------||

|---------------------|----------------------||

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------17--------|-----------17---------|

|--------17-----17----|--------17------17----|

|-----17-----------17-|-----17------------17-|

|-19------------------|-19-------------------|

|---------------------|----------------------|

| ~~~

| Q. +Q E Q. +E E E

|---------------------|----------------------|

|--5--------(5)h====7-|--9--------(9)--7p=5p|

|---------------------|----------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------19--------|-------------19---------|

|--------19-----19----|----------19-----19-----|

|-----20-----------20-|-------20-----------20--|

|-21------------------|---21-------------------|

|---------------------|------------------------|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q. +E E E a Q. +E Q

|---------------------|------------------------|

|--4--------(4)--5----|------------------------|

|-------------------7-|-7s=9--------(9)--------|

|---------------------|------------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------17--------|-----------17---------|

|--------17-----17----|--------17------17----|

|-----17-----------17-|-----17------------17-|

|-19------------------|-19-------------------|

|---------------------|----------------------|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~

| Q. +Q E Q. +E E E

|---------------------|----------------------|

|-/5--------(5)-----7-|--9--------(9)--7--5-|

|---------------------|----------------------|

B B7

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------19-------|-----------17--------||

|--------19----19----|--------19-----19----||

|-----20----------20-|-----20-----------20-||

|-21-----------------|-21------------------||

|--------------------|---------------------||

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| H. Q. +Q E

|--------------------|---------------------||

|--------------------|-/7--------(7)-------||

|--4-----------------|---------------------||

|--------------------|---------------------||

6/8

Gtr I

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------------------|----------------------------|

|-------------20--------------|------------20--------------|

|---------21------21----------|--------21------21----------|

|------21------------21-------|-----21------------------21-|

|--19-------------------------|-19-------------------------|

|-----------------------------|----------------------------|

| Gtr II

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| |--3--| |--3--|

| Q. +Q S S S Q. +E S S S E

|-/15--------(15)----14h15p14-|----------------------------|

|-----------------------------|-17--------(17)-15h17p15-13-|

|-----------------------------|----------------------------|

| Gtr III

| H. H.

|-----------------------------|-19-------------------------|

|--20-------------------------|----------------------------|

|--21-------------------------|-21-------------------------|

|--19-------------------------|-19-------------------------|

|-----------------------------|----------------------------|

Bsus4/F# B

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------------------|-----------------------|

|------------19--------|------------19---------|

|--------21------21----|--------20------20-----|

|-----21------------21-|-----21------------21--|

|-21-------------------|-----------------------|

|----------------------|-21--------------------|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q. +E E E Q. +E Q

|----------------------|-----------------------|

|-12--------(12)-13----|-12--------(12)--------|

|-------------------14-|-----------------------|

|----------------------|-----------------------|

| H. H.

|----------------------|-----------------------|

|-22-------------------|-22--------------------|

|-21-------------------|-20--------------------|

|-21-------------------|-21--------------------|

|----------------------|-----------------------|

6/8

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|

|---------------20------------------|------------20--------------|

|-----------21-------21-------------|--------21------21----------|

|--------21---------------------21--|-----21------------------21-|

|-19--------------------------------|-19-------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|

| |--3--|

| Q. +Q a +E Q. +E S S S E

|-14b15========(14)r----14pb15r(14)-|-12--------(12)-------------|

|-----------------------------------|----------------15h17p15s13-|

|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|

| H. H.

|-----------------------------------|-19-------------------------|

|-20--------------------------------|----------------------------|

|-21--------------------------------|-21-------------------------|

|-19--------------------------------|-19-------------------------|

|-----------------------------------|----------------------------|

Bsus4/F# B

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------------------|--------------------------||

|------------19--------|---------------19---------||

|--------21------21----|-----------20------20-----||

|-----21------------21-|--------21------------21--||

|-21-------------------|--------------------------||

|----------------------|----21--------------------||

| Q. +E E E a Q. +E Q

|----------------------|--------------------------||

|-12--------(12)-13----|--------------------------||

|-------------------14-|-14s16--------(16)--------||

|----------------------|--------------------------||

| H. H.

|----------------------|--------------------------||

|-22-------------------|----22--------------------||

|-21-------------------|----20--------------------||

|-21-------------------|----21--------------------||

|----------------------|--------------------------||

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------15-------|------------15--------|

|---------15----15----|--------15------15----|

|------16----------16-|-----16------------16-|

|---------------------|----------------------|

|--17-----------------|-17-------------------|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| H. Q. +E E E

|---------------------|----------------------|

|-/15-----------------|-15--------(15)-13-12-|

|---------------------|----------------------|

| H. H.

|--19-----------------|-19-------------------|

|--20-----------------|-20-------------------|

|--19-----------------|-19-------------------|

|--17-----------------|-17-------------------|

|---------------------|----------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------14--------|-----------14-------|

|--------15------15----|--------15----15----|

|-----14------------14-|-----14----------14-|

|----------------------|--------------------|

|-12-------------------|-12-----------------|

| ~~~

| Q. +E E E H.

|----------------------|--------------------|

|----------------12----|--------------------|

|-14--------(14)----12-|-14-----------------|

|----------------------|--------------------|

| H. H.

|-17-------------------|-17-----------------|

|-20-------------------|-19-----------------|

|-19-------------------|-19-----------------|

|----------------------|--------------------|

|-17-------------------|-17-----------------|

|----------------------|--------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------------------|-----------------------------------|

|------------17--------|---------------17------------------|

|--------16------16----|-----------16---------------16-----|

|-----17------------17-|--------17----------------------17-|

|----------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-14-------------------|-14--------------------------------|

| Q. +Q E Q. +E a +E E

|----------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-12--------(12)----14-|-14b16========(14)r-14pb16r(14)-12-|

|----------------------|-----------------------------------|

| H. H.

|----------------------|-----------------------------------|

|-22-------------------|-20--------------------------------|

|-21-------------------|-21--------------------------------|

|-19-------------------|-19--------------------------------|

|----------------------|-----------------------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------------------|-------------------------||

|------------15--------|---------------15--------||

|--------16------16----|-----------16------16----||

|-----16------------16-|--------16------------16-||

|-14-------------------|----14-------------------||

|----------------------|-------------------------||

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q. +E E E a Q. +E Q

|----------------------|-------------------------||

|-11--------(11)-12----|-------------------------||

|-------------------14-|-14s16--------(16)-------||

|----------------------|-------------------------||

| H. H.

|-14-------------------|----14-------------------||

|-17-------------------|----15-------------------||

|-16-------------------|----16-------------------||

|----------------------|-------------------------||

|-14-------------------|----14-------------------||

|----------------------|-------------------------||

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|-----------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------17--------|------------17-----------|

|---------17------17----|--------17------17-------|

|------17------------17-|-----17---------------17-|

|--15-------------------|-15----------------------|

|-----------------------|-------------------------|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q. +Q E Q. +E S S E

|-----------------------|-------------------14-15-|

|--------------------15-|-17--------(17)-17-------|

|-/17--------(17)-------|-------------------------|

|-----------------------|-------------------------|

| H. H.

|-----------------------|-------------------------|

|--19-------------------|-17----------------------|

|--17-------------------|-17----------------------|

|--15-------------------|-15----------------------|

|-----------------------|-------------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|------------15--------|------------15-----------------|

|--------15------15----|--------15------15-------------|

|-----16------------16-|-----16----------------16------|

|----------------------|-------------------------------|

|-17-------------------|-17----------------------------|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q. +E Q Q. +E E. +S

|----------------------|-15--------(15)-17pb19r===(17)-|

|----------------15----|-------------------------------|

|-16--------(16)-------|-------------------------------|

|----------------------|-------------------------------|

| Q. +E Q H.

|----------------15----|-15----------------------------|

|-15--------(15)-15----|-15----------------------------|

|-16--------(16)-17----|-16----------------------------|

|-17--------(17)-------|-------------------------------|

|----------------------|-------------------------------|

|-15--------(15)-15----|-15----------------------------|

Bsus4

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------------------|-------------------------|

|------------17--------|------------17-----------|

|--------16------16----|--------16---------16----|

|-----16------------16-|-----16---------------16-|

|-14-------------------|-14----------------------|

|----------------------|-------------------------|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q. +E Q Q. +E a Q

|-14--------(14)-15----|-17--------(17)-17s19----|

|----------------------|-------------------------|

| H. Q. +E Q

|-14-------------------|-14--------(14)----14----|

|-17-------------------|-17--------(17)----17----|

|-16-------------------|-16--------(16)----16----|

|----------------------|-------------------------|

|-14-------------------|-14--------(14)----14----|

|----------------------|-------------------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|----------------------|-------------------------------||

|------------16--------|------------16-----------------||

|--------16------16----|--------16------16-------------||

|-----16------------16-|-----16----------------16------||

|-14-------------------|-14----------------------------||

|----------------------|-------------------------------||

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| Q. +E Q Q. +E E. +S

|-20--------(20)-23----|-24--------(24)-24pb26r===(24)-||

|----------------------|-------------------------------||

| Q. +E Q H.

|-14--------(14)-19----|-19----------------------------||

|-16--------(16)-19----|-19----------------------------||

|-16--------(16)-20----|-20----------------------------||

|----------------------|-------------------------------||

|-14--------(14)-------|-------------------------------||

|----------------19----|-19----------------------------||

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|--------------------|---------------------|

|-----------16-------|-----------16--------|

|--------16----16----|--------16-----16----|

|-----16----------16-|-----16-----------16-|

|-14-----------------|-14------------------|

|--------------------|---------------------|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| H. H.

|-19-----------------|-19------------------|

|--------------------|---------------------|

| H. Q. Q.

|--------------------|---------------------|

|-16-----------------|-17--------19--------|

|-19-----------------|-19--------21--------|

|-19-----------------|-19--------19--------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|--------------------|--------------------|

|-----------16-------|-----------16-------|

|--------16----16----|--------16----16----|

|-----16----------16-|-----16----------16-|

|-14-----------------|-14-----------------|

|--------------------|--------------------|

|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| H. H.

|-19-----------------|-19-----------------|

|--------------------|--------------------|

| H. H.

|--------------------|--------------------|

|-16-----------------|-16-----------------|

|-19-----------------|-18-----------------|

|-19-----------------|-19-----------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|--------------------|--------------------|

|-----------16-------|-----------16-------|

|--------16----16----|--------16----16----|

|-----16----------16-|-----16----------16-|

|-14-----------------|-14-----------------|

|--------------------|--------------------|

| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| H. H.

|-19-----------------|-19-----------------|

|--------------------|--------------------|

| H. H.

|--------------------|--------------------|

|-16-----------------|-19-----------------|

|-19-----------------|-21-----------------|

|-19-----------------|-19-----------------|

E E E E E E E E E E E E

|--------------------|--------------------*|

|-----------16-------|-----------16-------*|

|--------16----16----|--------16----16----*|

|-----16----------16-|-----16----------16-*|

|-14-----------------|-14-----------------*|

|--------------------|--------------------*|

|~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

| H. H.

|-19-----------------|-19-----------------*|

|--------------------|--------------------*|

| H. H.

|--------------------|--------------------*|

|-16-----------------|-16-----------------*|

|-19-----------------|-18-----------------*|

|-19-----------------|-19-----------------*|

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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