Blind Guardian – Mr Sandman (Guitar Tab)
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As recorded by Blind Guardian
(From the 1996 Album THE FORGOTTEN TALES)
Words by Pat Ballrad
Music by Pat Ballard
Arranged by Blind Guardian
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Keyboard 1'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Ac Guitar 1'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Marcus Siepen'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'André Olbrich'
Intro (keys) Q=125 4/4 Gtr I E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q |-------13-17-15-13-------|-------15-18-17------| |----15-------------15----|----16---------------| |-15-------------------15-|-17------------------| |-------------------------|-----------------15--| |-------------------------|---------------------| |-------------------------|---------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E H |-------13-17-15-13-------|-------15-18-17----| |----15-------------15----|----16-------------| |-15-------------------15-|-17----------------| |-------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------------|-------------------| Soft Theme Gtr II ~~~ S S S S S S E S S S S S S S a S |-6-------6---------------------------| |-----6---------10-10-8-10---8---8-10-| |--------------------------x---x------| |---x---x-----------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ +Q Q S S S S S S S S H +Q. S S |-------------------------------|------------------| |-(10)-----10-11-8-10----8------|------------6h7---| |---------------------10---8-10-|-7----(7)---------| |-------------------------------|------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------| |-------------------------------|------------------| ~ ~ W H S S S S S S S a S W |----------|------6-6---6-----------|------| |-8--------|----------8-----8---7-8-|-6----| |----------|------------------------|------| |----------|--------------x---x-----|------| |----------|------------------------|------| |----------|------------------------|------| ~~ S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S H |----------------------------------------|-----------------------------| |-10-11-8-10----8------------------------|-----------------------------| |------------10---8-10-7-8----7----------|-10-11------------10h11-10---| |--------------------------10---8-10-7-8-|-------13-15-10--------------| |----------------------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------------------------------------|-----------------------------| ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~ H S S S S S S S a S +Q Q S S S S S S S S H +Q. S S |----------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------| |------10-10-8-10---8---8-10-|-(10)-----10-11-8-10----8------|------------6h7-| |----------------------------|---------------------10---8-10-|-7----(7)-------| |-----------------x---x------|-------------------------------|----------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------| |----------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------| ~ ~ W H S S S S S S S a S Q S S S S S S S S S S S S |----------|------6-6---6-----------|----6------------------------| |-8--------|----------8-----8---6-8-|-7------7---6---4---3---1----| |----------|------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------|--------------x---x-----|-----------------------------| |----------|------------------------|-----------------------------| |----------|------------------------|-----------------------------| Gtr I W |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------| |----------------------------------|
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| Gtr II
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-6-----------6---8----------------|
|-----6---8-----------6---8---10---|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
Bridge (Keys)
H E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|----------15-13-11-------|
|----------------------------17-19-|-------15----------12----|
|-------------------------20-------|----17----------------13-|
|----------------------------------|-18----------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------||
| S S S S S S S S E E Q W
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-11---------8-8-10-10-11----------|-------------------------|
|------10-10-----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------|
Eb5
E E E E H E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-------------------------|
|----9-13-16-15----|----------15-13-11-------|
|-10---------------|-------15----------12----|
|------------------|----17----------------13-|
|------------------|-18----------------------|
|------------18----|-------------------------||
| Gtr III | W W |------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|--3----------------------| |------------------|--1----------------------| |------------------|-------------------------| |------------------|-------------------------|
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| Gtr IV
| W W
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------------|-------------------------|
Hard Theme
F5 Bb5 Eb5
Gtr II
E E E E H H S S S S S S S a S
|------------------|---------10--10-8-10---8---8-10--|
|----9-13-16-15----|---------------------------------|
|-10---------------|---------------------------------|
|------------------|---------------------x---x-------|
|------------------|---------------------------------|
|------------18----|---------------------------------||
| H H W |------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------|---------------------------------| |--5---------------|-3-------------------------------| |--3---------------|-1-------------------------------| |-------------8----|---------------------------------| |-------------6----|---------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~ | W Q Q +H |------------------|-5b9--6--(6)---------------------| |------------------|------4--(4)---------------------| |------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------|---------------------------------| |------------------|---------------------------------| D5 G5 C5 G5 F#5 ~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ +H S S S S S S S S H Q. S S W |-(10)-----------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------| |----------15-16-13-15----13-------|-------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------15----14-15-|-12----12----15h16-|-17--------------------| |----------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
|
| W W H. S S S S |----------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------| |---2------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------| |---0------------------------------|-------------------|--5--------------------| |----------------------------------|--5----------------|--3--------5-------4---| |----------------------------------|--3----------------|-----------3-------2---|
|
| ~~ | W W H Q Q |---4b8----------------------------|-------------------|-----------9pb15r======| |---2b6----------------------------|--8----------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------------|--0----------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------| |----------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------| F5 Bb5 C5 D5 ~~~ H S S S S S S S a S W |------------------------------------|------------------| |-------16-16----16------------------|------------------| |-------------17----------17---15-17-|-15---------------| |------------------------------------|------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------| |-------------------x--------x-------|------------------|
|
| W H. S S S S |------------------------------------|------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------| |------------------------------------|--------------2---| |------------------------------------|--3-------5---0---| |-3----------------------------------|--1-------3-------| |-1----------------------------------|------------------|
|
| ~~
| H. Q +W
|-8-----------------6pb12r===========|=(6)--------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------|
|------------------------------------|------------------|
Eb5
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-15-16-13-15----13-------------------------------|
|-------------15----14-15-12-14----12-------------|
|-------------------------------15----13-15-12-13-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------||
| W |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--3----------------------------------------------| |--1----------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|
|
| W |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| B5 Bb5 Eb5 S S S S S S S S H H S S S S S S S a S |-------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------15--15-13-15---13---13-15-| |-15-16-------------15h16-15----|-----------------------------------| |-------18-20-15-16-------------|-----------------------------------| |-------------------------------|----------------------x----x-------| |-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| H H W |-------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-----------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-3---------------------------------| |--4-----------------------3----|-1---------------------------------| |--2-----------------------1----|-----------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~
| W Q Q +H
|-------------------------------|-5b9--6--(6)-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|------4--(4)-----------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D5
+Q Q S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-(15)------15-16----15----13---------|
|-----------------17----15----14-15---|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------||
| W |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |---2---------------------------------| |---0---------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------|
|
| W |---4b8-------------------------------| |---2b6-------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| G5 C5 G5 F#5 ~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~ H +Q. S S W |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------15h16-|-17---------------| |-17----(17)---------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------|
|
| W H. S S S S |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|------------------| |--------------------|--5---------------| |--5-----------------|--3-------5---4---| |--3-----------------|----------3---2---|
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| W W
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------------|------------------|
F5
H S S S S S S S a S
|----------------------------------------|
|-----------16-16----16------------------|
|-----------------17----------17---15-17-|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|------------------------x-------x-------||
| W |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |-3--------------------------------------| |-1--------------------------------------|
|
| ~~
| Q H Q
|-6b12--11-------------------------------|
|-------13--------------12b14------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
G#5
Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------|
|-------16----------------------------|
|--16--------16---15---13---12---10---|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------||
| W |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |---6---------------------------------| |---4---------------------------------|
|
| +W |-------------------------------------| |-(12)--------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| Eb5 F5 S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-11-------------11---13------------------| |------11---13-------------11---13---15---| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|
|
| H H |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |--3-------------------5------------------| |--1-------------------3------------------| |-----------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|
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| W
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
Bridge (keys)
Eb5
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S E E Q E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|-16----------13-13-15-15-16------|----------15-13-11-------|
|-------15-15---------------------|-------15----------12----|
|---------------------------------|----17----------------13-|
|---------------------------------|-18----------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------||
| H. Q W
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--3------------------------------|-------------------------|
|--1------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-------------------------|
C5
E E E E H E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|----------11-10----|------8-11-10-8--------|
|-------12----------|----8-----------8------|
|----13-------------|-10---------------10---|
|-15----------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------||
| W W
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|--5--------------------|
|-------------------|--3--------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------------|
Heavy Theme
Bb5 F5 Bb5
Gtr IV
\3/ \3/ \3/ \3/ \3/ \3/
E E E E H Q E E E E E E
|---------------|--------------------------------------------|
|-----6-10-8----|-11-----11-----11---11-----11---11-----11---|
|---7-----------|--------------------------------------------|
|-8-------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------------------------|
|---------------|--------------------------------------------||
| H H E S S S S E S S E S S E |---------------|--------------------------------------------| |---------------|--------------------------------------------| |---------------|--------------------------------------------| |---------------|--3-------------3-----------3-----------3---| |-8--------3----|--1-1-1--1---1--1----1---1--1----1---1--1---| |-6--------1----|--------------------------------------------| A5 B5 C5 C#5 Q Q Q Q |-----------------------------| |-10-----12-----13-----14-----| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------|
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| E S S E S S E S S E S S |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |-----------------------------| |--2------4------5------6-----| |--0-0-0--2-2-2--3-3-3--4-4-4-| |-----------------------------| D5 A5 G#5 Gtr III E S S S S E S S E E E |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |--7-------------7-----------7-------------| |--5-5-5--5---5--5----5---5--5----7----6---| |---------------------------------5----4---|
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| Gtr IV | \3/ \3/ \3/ \3/ \3/ \3/ | Q E E E E E E |------------------------------------------| |-15-----15-----15---15-----15---15---15---| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------| G5 C5 E S S S S E S S E S S E E S S S S E S S E S S E |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|--5------------5-----5-----5---| |--5-----------------5---------5-----5-|--3----3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---| |--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------------------------------|
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| ~~ | S S S S S S S S H W |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-15-16----15----13--------------------|-19b23-------------------------| |-------17----15----14-15--------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------17-----------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------| |--------------------------------------|-------------------------------| F5 G5 A5 Bb5 F5G5A5 E S S S S E S S E E E Q Q H H E E E E |-------------------------------|-------------|-------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------|-------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------|-------------------| |-----------------------------2-|--3----------|----------------2--| |--3------------3-------3--5--0-|--1----------|------------3-5-0--| |--1--1-1--1-1--1--1-1--1--3----|-------------|------------1-3----|
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| E E E E E E E E W +W |-------------------------------|-------------|-------------------| |-18-16---15---13-15---13-11-10-|-11----------|-(11)\-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------|-------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------|-------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------|-------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------|-------------------| Bb5 A5 C5 C#5 E S S S S E S S E S S E E S S S S E S S E E E |------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |-3----------3---------3-----3-|--2-----------------2-----------2----5----6---| |-1-1-1--1-1-1---1---1-1-1-1-1-|--0----0-0--0----0--0----0---0--0----3----4---| |------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
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| \3/ \3/ \3/ \3/ \3/ | Q Q +H Q E E E E E E |------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |-------13-----(13)\-----------|-12b18-------------10---10-----10---10---10---| |------------------------------|-----------12b18------------------------------| |------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------|----------------------------------------------| D5 A5 G#5 E S S S S E S S E E E |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |--7---------------7---------7-----------| |--5----5--5--5-5--5--5----5-5-----7--6--| |----------------------------------5--4--|
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| E. S E E E. S E E |-13b17--------------16b20---------------| |---------15-15---13-----------15-15-13--| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------| G5 D5C#5 C5 D5 E S S S S E S S E E E E S S S S E S S E E E |------------------------------------|------------------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------------------| |--------------------------------2---|----------------------------2-| |--------------------------------0-6-|--5-------------5-----5--5--0-| |--5-----------------5---------5---4-|--3----3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3--3----| |--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----3-3-3-----|------------------------------|
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| ~~ ~~ | S S S S S S S S H Q H E E |-17-18-15-17----15------------------|------------------------20-22-| |-------------18----17-18-15---------|-----------20-----------------| |------------------------------------|-22b28------------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------------------| |------------------------------------|------------------------------| Eb5 E S S S S E S S E S S E |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--3-------------------3-----------3-----------3---| |--1-----1---1--1---1--1----1---1--1----1---1--1---| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
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| \2/ \2/ \2/ \2/ \2/ \2/ \2/ | E E E E E E E E |-22b26-23-----23-----23---23-----23---23-----23---| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| Bb5 E S S S S S S E S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--3-----------------------5----------------------| |--1-----1--1--1--1--1--1--3-----3--3--3--3--3--3-| |-------------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-22----------22----------22----------22----------| |----23----------23----------23----------23-------| |-------24p22-------24p22-------24p22-------24p22-| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| Bb5 C5 E S S S S S S E S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------5----------------------| |--8-----1--1--1--1--1--1--3-----3--3--3--3--3--3-| |--6----------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-22----------22----------22----------22----------| |----23----------23----------23----------23-------| |-------24p22-------24p22-------24p22-------24p22-| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| Bb5 E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--8-----1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-| |--6----------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-22-22-20-20-18-18-17-17-15-15-13-13-11-11-10-10-| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| C5 F5 E S S S S S S E S S S S S S |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |--5----------------------------------| |--3----3-3-3-3-3-3--3----------------| |--------------------1----1-1-1-1-1-1-|
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| H H |-14b18-------------15b21-------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------| Bb5 E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |--3----------------------------------------------| |--1-----1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1-| |-------------------------------------------------|
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| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------13-13-17-17-15-15-13-13-------------| |-------15-15-------------------------15-15-13-13-| |-15-15-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| 2/4 4/4 S S S S S S S S Q Q H |----------------------|-------------*| |----------------------|-------------*| |----------------------|-------------*| |--3-------------------|--3----------*| |--1----1--1--1----1---|--1----------*| |----------------------|-------------*|
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| ~~ | S S S S S S S S H H |-----------------13---|-18----------*| |-11---13-14-15--------|-18----------*| |----------------------|-------------*| |----------------------|-------------*| |----------------------|-------------*| |----------------------|-------------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
<n> - 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
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| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths