Replica Sonata Arctica
As recorded by Sonata Arctica
(From the 2000 Album ECLIPTICA)
Transcribed by Alberto Casanovas
Words by Tony Kakko Music by Sonata Arctica
Arranged by Sonata Arctica
[Dm]x x 0 2 3 1
[F]x x 3 2 1 1
[C]x 3 2 0 1 0
[Bb5]x 1 3 3 x x
[Gm]x x 5 3 3 3
[Gm/F]x x 3 3 3 3
[Gm/E]x x 2 3 3 3
[Eb5]x x 1 3 4 x
[A]x 0 2 2 2 x
CIII
x 3 5 5 5 3
[G]
[3] [5] [5] [4] [3] [3]
[Bb]x 1 3 3 3 x
[D5]x 5 7 7 x x
[E5]x 7 9 9 x x
[F5]x 8 10 10 x x
[G5]3 5 5 x x x
F5I
1 3 3 x x x
E5open
0 2 2 x x x
[A5]5 7 7 x x x
Bb5VI
6 8 8 x x x
[C5]8 10 10 x x x
[C5/G]3 3 5 x x x
C5III
x 3 5 5 x x
A5open
x 0 2 2 x x
G5X
x 10 12 x x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean guitar'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion guitar'
Gtr III (E A D G B E) - 'Distortion Guitar 2'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Keyboard'
Intro
Q=150
[Dm] [F] [C]
[4/4] Gtr I
Wx4 Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|------------||---------1-------|--------1-------|--------0-------| |------------||o----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----| |------------||-------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------0-----0---| |------------||--0--------------|-3------------3-|----------------| |------------||o----------------|----------------|-3------------0-| |------------||-----------------|----------------|----------------|
1. 2. H.=H
[Bb5] [Bb5] ~~~~~~~~~~~
E E E Q E E E Q E E H +W
|-------1---------||--------1----|-(1)----| |----------1-----o||----1--------|--------| |-----3------3----||------3------|--------| |---3----------3--||-------------|--------| |-1--------------o||-1-----------|--------| |-----------------||-------------|--------|
Verse 1
Q=150
[Dm]Q E E E E E E [F]Q E E E E E E [C]Q E E E E E E [Bb5]E E E Q E E E
|--------1-------|--------1-------|--------0-------|-------1--------| |----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|----------1-----| |------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------0-----0---|-----3------3---| |-0--------------|-3------------3-|----------------|---3----------3-| |----------------|----------------|-3------------0-|-1--------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Dm]Q E E E E E E [F]Q E E E E E E [C]Q E E E E E E [Bb5]E E H.
|--------1-------|--------1-------|--------0-------|-----1-----| |----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|-----------| |------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------0-----0---|-----------| |-0--------------|-3------------3-|----------------|---3-------| |----------------|----------------|-3------------0-|-1---------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------|
[Gm]Q Q E E E E [Gm/F]Q Q E E E E [Gm/E]Q Q E E E E [Eb5]E E H.
|-------3-------|-------3-------|-------3-------|-----------| |---------3-----|---------3-----|---------3-----|-----4-----| |----3------3---|----3------3---|----3------3---|---3-------| |-5-----------5-|-3-----------3-|-2-----------2-|-1---------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------| |---------------|---------------|---------------|-----------|
[Dm]Q E E E E E E [F]Q E E E E E E [Dm]Q E E E E E E [C]Q E E E +Q. +W
|--------1-------|--------1-------|--------1-------|--------0-(0)---|-(0)----| |----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|----3-----3---1-|----1-----------|--------| |------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------0---------|--------| |-0--------------|-3------------3-|-0--------------|----------------|--------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|-3--------------|--------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
Verse 2
[Dm]Q E E E E E E [F]Q E E E E E E [C]Q E E E E E E [Bb5]E E E Q [A]E E E
|--------1-------|--------1-------|--------0-------|----------------| |----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|----1-----1-----|-----1----2-----| |------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------0-----0---|-------3----2---| |-0--------------|-3------------3-|----------------|---3----------2-| |----------------|----------------|-3------------0-|-1--------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Dm]Q E E E E E E [F]Q E E E E E E [C]E E E E E E E E [Bb5]E E E E [A]E E E E
|--------1-------|--------1-------|---------0-------|-----------------| |----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|-------1---1---1-|---1-------2-----| |------2-----2---|------2-----2---|-----0-------0---|-----3-------2---| |-0--------------|-3------------3-|---2-------------|-------3-------2-| |----------------|----------------|-3---------------|-1-------0-------| |----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[Gm]E E E E [Gm/F]E E E E [Gm/E]E E E E [Eb5]E E Q
|---3-------3-----|---3------------| |-----3-------3---|-----3-------4--| |-------3-------3-|-------3---3----| |-5-------3-------|-2-------1------| |-----------------|----------------| |-----------------|----------------|
[Dm]Q E E E E E E [F]Q E E E E E E [Gm]E E E E [Gm/F]E E E E
|--------1-------|--------1-------|---3-------3-----| |----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|-----3-------3---| |------2-----2---|------2-----2---|-------3-------3-| |-0--------------|-3------------3-|-5-------3-------| |----------------|----------------|-----------------| |----------------|----------------|-----------------|
[Gm/E]E E E E E E Q [Dm]Q E E E E E E [C]Q E E Q +Q +W
|---3------------|--------1-------|--------0--(0)--|-(0)----| |-----3-------4--|----3-----3---1-|----1-----------|--------| |-------3---3----|------2-----2---|------0---------|--------| |-2-------1------|-0--------------|----------------|--------| |----------------|----------------|-3--------------|--------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|--------|
Chorus 1
[Dm]Q Q Q E E [F]Q Q Q E E
||--1-----1--1-1-|-1-----1--1-1-| ||o-3-----3--3-3-|-1-----1--1-1-| ||--2--2--2--2-2-|-2--2--2--2-2-| ||--0--0--0--0-0-|-3--3--3--3-3-| ||o--------------|--------------| ||---------------|--------------|
CIII G
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E
|--------------|---------------|| |-5-----5--5-5-|--------------o|| |-5-----5--5-5-|-4-----4--4-4--|| |-5--5--5--5-5-|-5-----5--5-5--|| |-3--3--3--3-3-|-5--5--5--5-5-o|| |--------------|-3--3--3--3-3--||
Guitar solo
[Bb]Gtr I[Bb] [Dm] [F]
W +W Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|----------|----------------|---------1-------|----------1-------| |-3--------|-(3)------------|-----3-----3---1-|-----1------1-----| |-3--------|-(3)------------|-------2-----2---|-------2------2---| |-3--------|-(3)------------|-0---------------|-3--------------3-| |-1--------|-(1)------------|-----------------|------------------| |----------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| W H E E E E H. E E E Q Q. E E
|----------|----------------|-----------------|------------------| |----------|----------------|-----------------|-5-6--------------| |----------|--------------5s|=7-----------5---|-------5------5---| |----------|----------5-7---|---------------7-|----------------7-| |----------|--------7-------|-----------------|------------------| |----------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|
[C]Q E E E E E E [Bb5] E E E Q [A]E E E
|--------0-----------|--------------------| |----1-----1---------|-------1----2-------| |------0-----0-------|---------3------2---| |--------------------|-----3------------2-| |-3---------------0--|--1-----------------| |--------------------|--------------------|
|
| Q Q E E E +E +E E H Q
|--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------/10---| |-5--5---5---7b9r(7)-|-(7)-5--------------| |----------7---------|-------7------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------|
[Dm] Q E E E E E E [F] Q E E E E E E
|------------1-----------------|---------------1----------| |--------3-----3---------1-----|----------1------1--------| |----------2------2------------|-------------2-----2------| |--0---------------------------|--3--------------------3--| |------------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------------|--------------------------|
|
| ~~
| H. E E Q E H +E
|------------------------------|--------------------------| |-13b15----------13pb15-13pb15-|-13pb15r=10-13-------(13)-| |------------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------------|--------------------------|
[C]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|--------------------0-------------------| |-----------------1--------1--------1----| |-----------2--------------------0-------| |-----2----------------------------------| |--3-------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|
|
| E S S S S E S S S S E S S
|-13-10----------------------------------| |-------13-10----13-10----------10-------| |-------------12-------12-10-------12-10-| |----------------------------12----------| |----------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------|
[Bb5] [A] [G]
E E E E E E E E [2/4] E Q.
|---------------------------------|---------| |--------1------------------2-----|---------| |--------------3--------------2---|---------| |--------------------3----------2-|----5----| |--1----------------------0-------|----5----| |---------------------------------|----3----|
|
| ~~ ~~~
| S S S S S S S S H E Q.
|---------------------------------|---------| |---------------------------------|---------| |----------------------9s10-------|---12----| |-12-10----------10h12------------|---------| |-------12-10h12------------------|---------| |---------------------------------|---------|
Verse 3
Q=150 1.
[4/4] Gtr II
PM-----| PM-----| PM-----| PM---|
Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E E Q
||--------1------|-------1------|-------0------|-------1---------|| ||o---------3----|---------1----|----1----1----|---------1-!2---o|| ||-----2------2--|----2------2--|-----------0--|----3------!2----|| ||--0------------|-3------------|--------------|----3------!2----|| ||o--------------|--------------|-3------------|-1--------------o|| ||---------------|--------------|--------------|-----------------||
2.
Bb5 A G5 F5I E5open Eb5 D5 E5 F5
Gtr III
W H H H H H. Q W
| | | | | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
Gtr II
~~ ~~
H H Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E H. Q W
|-----------|---------------------|---------------11-|------------|-------| |-----------|-----11--------11----|----11------11----|------------|-------| |-3----2----|-12-----12-10-----10-|-9-----9-8--------|-7-------9--|-10----| |-3----2----|---------------------|------------------|------------|-------| |-1----0----|---------------------|------------------|------------|-------| |-----------|---------------------|------------------|------------|-------|
G5 F5I E5open Eb5
[B]| [B]| [B]| [B]|
[/] [/] [/] [/]
Q E E Q E E Q E E Q E E
|---------------------|---------------11-| |-----11--------11----|----11------11----| |-12-----12-10-----10-|-9-----9-8--------| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------| |---------------------|------------------|
A5 Bb5VI C5 C5
H H W +W
| | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
H H W +W
|--------------|--------------|------------| |-/10----11----|-11b13--------|-(11)b13----| |--------------|--------------|------------| |--------------|--------------|------------| |--------------|--------------|------------| |--------------|--------------|------------|
Chorus 2
D5 E5opeF5I C5/G G5
H +Q Q W W W
||---------------|----------|----------|-------|| ||o--------------|----------|----------|------o|| ||---------------|----------|----------|-------|| ||--7----(7)--2--|-3--------|-5--------|-5-----|| ||o-5----(5)--2--|-3--------|-3--------|-5----o|| ||------------0--|-1--------|-3--------|-3-----||
Bridge
Bb5 F5I C5III Bb5 D5 D5 D5 C5IIIBb5
PM----|
W H H W q q q Q W
|----------|-----------|----------|-------------|------| |----------|-----------|----------|-------------|------| |----------|-----------|----------|-------------|------| |-3--------|------5----|-3--------|-7--7--7--5--|-3----| |-1--------|-3----3----|-1--------|-5--5--5--3--|-1----| |----------|-1---------|----------|-------------|------|
F5I C5III Bb5 Bb5 Bb5 Bb5
H H E E Q E E Q E E Q E E Q
|-----------|---------------|----------------| |-----------|---------------|----------------| |-----------|---------------|----------------| |------5----|-----3------3--|-----3------3\--| |-3----3----|-0-0-1--0-0-1--|-0-0-1--0-0-1\--| |-1---------|---------------|----------------|
N.C.
~~~~~~~~~
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [B] [+E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [B] [+E]
||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------|| ||o-----6-----6-----|-5-----3----(3)-|---6-6---6-6---5-|---3---3----(3)--o|| ||------7-----5-----|-5-----4----(4)-|---7-7---5-5---5-|---5---3----(3)---|| ||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0----------|-0-----0-----0---|-0---0------------|| ||o-----------------|----------------|-----------------|-----------------o|| ||------------------|----------------|-----------------|------------------||
Guitar Solo 2
Q=150
Bb5 F5I C5III Bb5 D5 C5III
Gtr III
W H H W H. Q
| | | | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
Gtr II
H E E E E H H H E E E E +E Q Q E Q
|-----------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------------| |---------9-10-12-|-12b14----12----|-----------9-10-12-|-(12)-10--9--10-9tr10--| |------12---------|----------------|-/12----12---------|-----------------------| |-----------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------------| |-----------------|----------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
Bb5 F5I C5III
W H H
| | |
[/] [/] [/]
~~
H E E E E Q. E H
|------------------|------------------| |------------------|---------13-------| |----------9-10-12-|-12b14------12----| |-12----12---------|------------------| |------------------|------------------| |------------------|------------------|
[Bb5] [Bb5]
[B]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]|
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |-3--|
S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E
|-17-13----13----------------------------------------------| |-------15----15----15-------------------------------------| |----------------14----14----14----------------------------| |-------------------------15----15-12---15-12----12--------| |---------------------------------------------13----13-8---| |----------------------------------------------------------|
A5open
[E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]| [E]|
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
|--3---| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------10-| |--------------------------10-11-13-11-10----------10-11-13----| |------------------9-10-12----------------12-10-12-------------| |----------8-10-12---------------------------------------------| |-8--10-12-----------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| H. E E
|--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------10----| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------|
Keyboard solo
[D5]Gtr III[F5]
Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
Gtr II
+W W
|-(10)-------------------|----------------------| |------------------------|----------------------| |------------------------|----------------------| |------------------------|----------------------| |------------------------|----------------------| |------------------------|----------------------|
|
| Gtr IV
| Q E H E Q E H E
|--10---12-13------------|-10--12-13------------| |---------------------10-|-------------------10-| |------------------------|----------------------| |------------------------|----------------------| |------------------------|----------------------| |------------------------|----------------------|
C5III Bb5
Gtr III
Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
Gtr IV
Q E Q Q. E S S E E E E E E
|-10--12-13-----15------|-17-15-17-15------------------| |-----------------------|-------------18-17---15-13----| |-----------------------|---------------------------15-| |-----------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------------| |-----------------------|------------------------------|
[D5] Q Q S S E E E [F5] Q Q S S E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
|-----3-----|
H +E E E E H Q Q Q
|------------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------| |-14-----(14)---12-14-15-|-15b17r===========12---14---| |------------------------|-----------15---------------| |------------------------|----------------------------| |------------------------|----------------------------|
C5III Bb5
Q Q S S E E E Q Q S S E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
[/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/] [/]
Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S Q Q
|------------------------------|----------------------| |------------------------------|----------------------| |-14-----12-14-12--------10-12-|-10-----7-8-7---------| |------------------------------|------------------8---| |------------------------------|----------------------| |------------------------------|----------------------|
Bridge 2
G5X F5 E5 Eb5 D5 E5 F5
Gtr II
PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H. Q W
|---------------------|-----------------|------------|-------| |---------------------|-----------------|------------|-------| |---------------------|-----------------|------------|-------| |-12------------------|-----------------|-7-------9--|-10----| |-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|-5-------7--|--8----| |---------------------|-----------------|------------|-------|
G5X F5 E5 Eb5
PM------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W W
|---------------------|-----------------|----------|------| |---------------------|-----------------|----------|------| |---------------------|-----------------|----------|------| |-12------------------|-----------------|----------|------| |-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-6-6-6-6-|----------|------| |---------------------|-----------------|----------|------|
Pre-Chorus
[Dm]Gtr I[F] [C] [Bb5]
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
|--------1-------|--------1-------|--------0-------|-------1--------| |----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|----1-----1---1-|----------1-----| |------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------0-----0---|-----3------3---| |-0--------------|-3------------3-|----------------|---3----------3-| |----------------|----------------|-3--------------|-1--------------| |----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Dm F C5III G5
Gtr II
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E W W
|--------1-------|--------1-------|----------|------| |----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|----------|------| |------2-----2---|------2-----2---|----------|------| |-0--------------|-3------------3-|-5--------|------| |----------------|----------------|-3--------|-5----| |----------------|----------------|----------|-3----|
Chorus 3
H Q Q H H H H H H 7x
||-------------|-----------|-----------|------------|| ||o------------|-----------|-----------|-----------o|| ||-------------|-----------|-----------|------------|| ||--7----7-----|-----------|-5----5----|------------|| ||o-5----5--2--|-3----3----|-3----3----|-5----5----o|| ||----------0--|-1----1----|-3----3----|-3----3-----||
H.=H
H Q Q H H W W +W
|------------|-----------|----------|----------|--------| |------------|-----------|----------|----------|--------| |------------|-----------|----------|----------|--------| |-7----7-----|-----------|-5--------|----------|--------| |-5----5--2--|-3----3----|-3--------|-5--------|-(5)----| |---------0--|-1----1----|-3--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
Outro
Q=120
Gtr I
Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E Q E E E
||---------1-------|--------1-------|--------0-------|-------1----------|| ||o----3-----3---1-|----1-----1-----|----1-----1---1-|----------1------o|| ||-------2-----2---|------2-----2---|------0-----0---|-----3------3-----|| ||--0--------------|-3------------3-|----------------|---3----------3---|| ||o----------------|----------------|-3--------------|-1---------------o|| ||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
H.=H
Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E H. +W
|-------3-------|-------3-------|-------3-------|-------------|--------*| |---------3-----|---------3-----|---------3-----|-----4-------|-(4)----*| |----3------3---|----3------3---|----3------3---|---3---------|--------*| |-5-----------5-|-3-----------3-|-2-----------2-|-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
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