Bright Size Life Pat Metheny
BRIGHT SIZE LIFE
As recorded by Pat Metheny
(From the 1975 Album BRIGHT SIZE LIFE)
Music by Pat Metheny
Transcribed by Jordan
This was taken from Guitar World Magazine.
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Head
Moderate Jazz-Rock Q=166
[Gmaj7]
[4/4] Gtr I
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E a Q E E +Q E a E +Q E E E E E E E E E
|-----------7-5---||---------------------5s7-|-(7)----5-3-2h3h5-2h3h5--| |-------7-5-------||o------------------------|-------------------------| |---6-4---------7-||--(7)s9s=7-9-(9)\--------|-------------------------| |-4-------------7-||--(7)s9s=7-9-(9)\--------|-------------------------| |-----------------||o------------------------|-------------------------| |-----------------||-------------------------|-------------------------|
[Bbmaj7] |-3-|[D] [D/C]
W +Q. a E +Q E E E E E E E +E E E E +Q E E +Q Q
|-0--------|-(0)---1s3-(3)----2-0-|-0h2---------------|-------------------| |----------|----------------------|-----3-3-(3)---3---|--------3-(3)------| |----------|----------------------|-------------2---2-|-(2)--2------------| |----------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |----------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------| |----------|----------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
1. 2.
[Bbmaj7]E E E E E E Q [G/A]E E E E E E E E [G/B]E E E E E E E S S [D]W
|------------------|-----------7-5----||-7-5\---3---5-2s1s2-|------| |-3-5---6\---5-3\--|-------7-5-------o||--------------------|------| |------------------|---6-4---------7--||--------------------|------| |------------------|-4-------------7--||--------------------|------| |------------------|-----------------o||--------------------|------| |------------------|------------------||--------------------|------|
[G/A] PM
Q E E E E E a E +E E E E Q E E
|------9-------10s12-|-(12)s10-9s8------9-| |----------7---------|--------------------| |--------7---0-------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------| |--------------------|--------------------|
[F/G] |--3---|
a E E +E E E Q E S S E E Q H
|-10s12s10-(10)-10--------10------|--------------| |------------------13-12-----10s9s|=10-----------| |---------------------------------|--------------| |---------------------------------|--------------| |---------------------------------|--------------| |---------------------------------|--------------|
[G/A] PM[D] [G/A]
Q E E E E E E a Q E E E Q E E E E a E E Q. E E E E E E E E
|------8-8-------|-7s9s=7-5--------|---------10h12---10----|-----------7-5----|| |------------7---|------------8----|----10-----------------|-------7-5--------|| |----------6-----|---------------8-|-11--------------------|---6-4---------7--|| |--------------5-|-----------------|-----------------------|-4-------------7--|| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|------------------|| |----------------|-----------------|-----------------------|------------------||
[Gmaj7]
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
a Q E E +Q E a E +Q E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------5s7-|-(7)----5-3-2h3h5-2h3h5-| |---------------------|------------------------| |-7s9s=7-9-(9)--------|------------------------| |-7s9s=7-9-(9)--------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------|
[Bbmaj7] |-3-|
Q. E +E Q. +Q. a E Q E E E
|-0----------0----|-(0)---1s3-3----2-0--| |------3-(3)------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------| |-----------------|---------------------|
To Coda
[D]E E E E +E E E E [D/C]W [A7]a Q. E Q. E [Dmaj7]E E Q +E S S E E
|-0-2-------------2-|----------|-----------------|---------------------|| |-----3-------3-3-3-|----------|-5---------------|-----3--(3)-0h2-3-0--|| |-------------2-2-2-|----------|-4h6----4--------|-----6--(6)----------|| |-------0-(0)-0-0-0-|----------|----------7----5-|-4-------------------|| |-------------------|-3--------|-----------------|---------------------|| |-------------------|----------|-----------------|---------------------||
Guitar Solo
[Gmaj7]a Q E E a Q E E a Q E E a E E a E E [Bbmaj7] E E E E E E Q
|------3--------5---|------7--------3-------10-|------------------------| |-3s5----5-5s7----7-|-7s8----8-8s10---10s11----|-13s15-15-13\---11-10\--| |-------------------|--------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------|--------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------|--------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
[D] PM[D/C]
|--3--|
E E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E
|-----------------------|----------14-15p14-12-|-10-----10---12-13-10-| |-13s12-11s10s11----11--|-10----10-------------|-----10---------------| |-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------| |-----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
[Bbmaj7] [G/A] [Gmaj7]
|--3--| |-3--| |-3-|
Q Q Q H E E Q E E E E E E a Q E E E a E E E
|---12-10-10----|---12p9--10p7-10-7-----||-7h9p=7---------------| |---------------|-------------------8---||--------10---5h7---3--| |---------------|-----------------------||-----------------4----| |---------------|-----------------------||----------------------| |---------------|-----------------------||----------------------| |---------------|-----------------------||----------------------|
[Bbmaj7]
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
a E E E E E E E E S S S S Q H E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|------------------|------------------------| |-5s7---5-5-3---3-5s|=6s5p3h5p3\-------|---------------3-5-7-8--| |-----7-------4-----|------------------|-----------3-5----------| |-------------------|------------------|-------3-5--------------| |-------------------|------------------|---3-5------------------| |-------------------|------------------|------------------------|
[D]Q Q E E a Q [D/C]Q E E a E E E E
|-5\--5--5-5-5h7--|---------10s12s10-------| |-----------------|------------------12-10-| |-----------------|------11----------------| |-----------------|------------------------| |-----------------|------------------------| |-----------------|------------------------|
[G/B]Q E a E E E Q [D]Q a E E a E E a E E
|------------------|-----------------------| |-8--10-5s7---5----|----------------5s7-10-| |---------------7--|-7--------2s4-7--------| |------------------|----2s4-7--------------| |------------------|-----------------------| |------------------|-----------------------|
[G/A] PM[F/G]
a E E Q E E a E E Q a E E a E E Q a E E Q a E E a E E
|-4s7-10-9----5-5s7-10-|-9--5s7-10-5s7-10-9--|-3s5-8-7--3s5-8-3s5-8-| |----------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|---------------------|----------------------| |----------------------|---------------------|----------------------|
|-3--| [G/A] |-3-|
Q Q S S S S S S S S S Q E E E E Q Q E E E E E E E
|-7----------------------7s|=9-------------|-------------------| |---------------6-7s8h10---|---------------|-------------------| |-----------7-8------------|------9s8s9----|--------------4-6--| |-------8-9----------------|---------------|--------4-6s7------| |--------------------------|---------------|------7------------| |--------------------------|---------------|-------------------|
[D]E E E E a E E E E [G/A]E E E E a E E E E [Gmaj7]a Q E E E E a Q
|-----------------5-|-------5-----------||--------------------| |-------5-5s7s5-7---|-8s7-8---5s7-5---5-||-5s7\----3-3---3s5--| |-7s6-7-------------|---------------7---||-------4-----4------| |-------------------|-------------------||--------------------| |-------------------|-------------------||--------------------| |-------------------|-------------------||--------------------|
[Bbmaj7]
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
+E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|--------------------|----------------|-----------------------3-| |-(5)\---3---5p3-5-5-|-3--------------|-----------------3-5h6---| |------4---4---------|---3s2----------|-----2-----2-3h5---------| |--------------------|------------0-2h|=3h5---3h5---------------| |--------------------|----------4-----|-------------------------| |--------------------|----------------|-------------------------|
[D] [D/C] ~~~~~~~[A7]
a Q E E Q a E E E E a E E +Q. E E Q E E E E S S
|-3s5--5p3-5--5s7-5-|-5---10s12-10-(10)---10-|-9-7--5s3-3s2-2s1s=| |-------------------|---7--------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|------------------------|-------------------| |-------------------|------------------------|-------------------|
[Dmaj7] [Gmaj7]
|-3-| |-3-| |-3--|
Q Q E E E E Q a E E +E E Q Q E E E E E E E E E
|-2-----7p5-7-7-||-5--------------5--|-------------------8-10p=| |---------------||----5s7---------5--|--------------8-10-------| |---------------||--------------7----|----------7-9------------| |---------------||--------9-(9)------|------7-9----------------| |---------------||-------------------|-------------------------| |---------------||-------------------|-------------------------|
[Bbmaj7]
|-3--| |-3-| |-3--| |--3--|
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
|-8-10p8------8----8------------| |--------10-8---11---11-8----11-| |-------------------------10----| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|
[D]
|-3--| |-3--| |-3--| |-3-|
E E E E E E E E E S S S S S Q E E a E E a E E
|----------------------------------|--------------------| |-8-11p8---------------------------|--------------------| |--------10-7----------------------|--------------------| |-------------10-8-----------------|------------------5-| |------------------10-8------------|------------5-5s7---| |-----------------------10s8-6-5-3-|-2--2-2-5s7---------|
a [D/C]E E a E a E E E a E E [Bbmaj7] Q E S S Q Q
|---------------------------10-|---------------------| |------------------10-10s12----|-11--10-11s10s11-----| |-----------7s9-11-------------|---------------------| |-----7-7s9--------------------|---------------------| |-7s9--------------------------|---------------------| |------------------------------|---------------------|
[G/A]Q S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------9h12-9-------10-7------9--| |----10h12--------10h12------8h10----| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|
[Gmaj7]S S S S S S E Q E S S E E E E E E E E [Bbmaj7] Q E E E E E E
|-5-----7-------5--------|--------------6-8-|-10--10-8---8-6s5-| |---7-8---8---7----------|-------7-8-10-----|------------------| |-----------4------7-9s8s|=9-7-9--------7-9-|-10--10-9---9-7s6-| |------------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------|------------------| |------------------------|------------------|------------------|
[D] |-3-|[D/C]
H E E E a E +Q E E E a Q E E E E E E E E E E
|--------6-6-5---|------------5----5-5-|---5s4-5s4-5------| |------------5h7-|-(7)--7-5---5h7--5-8-|---7s6-5s4--------| |--------7-7-----|----------7----------|-----------7s6----| |----------------|---------------------|------------------| |----------------|---------------------|------------------| |----------------|---------------------|------------------|
[G/B]Q E E E E E E [D]Q a E E E E E E [G/A]Q E E +E E E E
|----------------|------------------||-------------------| |-5--5-------3s2-|------------------||-------------------| |-6--4-----------|------------7-7---||-6--6-6-(6)S4---6s=| |------7s6-5-4---|--------7-9-----8-||-7--7-7-(7)S5---7s=| |----------------|----7s9-----------||-------------------| |----------------|------------------||-------------------|
E E Q E E E E [F/G] E E E E Q Q Q E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|------5-5-5-7-5\-| |----------------|----------------|-----------------| |-4-4-4--6s4-4-4-|----4-2-2-------|-----------------| |-5-5-5--7s5-5-5-|-/5-5-3-3-1-----|-----------------| |----------------|----------------|-----------------| |----------------|----------------|-----------------|
[G/A]E E E E Q E E +E E E E +E E a E E [D] +E E E E +Q E E
|-------------9----|----------------0-10h12-10-|-(10)----------------12-14-| |---5-5-5-5/----10-|-(10)----------------------|------10-10-10-(10)--------| |------------------|------9-9-9-(9)------------|---------------------------| |------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------| |------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
[G/A] Q E E Q E E [Gmaj7] Q E E +H E E E E E E E E
|-15--14-12--------12-||-10----------------|------------------------| |-----------15--14----||-----12-12-(12)----|------------------12-15-| |---------------------||-------------------|------------12-14-------| |---------------------||-------------------|---12-11-12-------------| |---------------------||-------------------|------------------------| |---------------------||-------------------|------------------------|
[Bbmaj7] |--3--|
Q. E E E E E E +E E E E Q E E
|-12-------13p12----12----|------------------------| |-------15-------15----15-|-(15)-------------------| |-------------------------|------14s13s14----12-14-| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------| |-------------------------|------------------------|
a [D] Q E E Q a E E
|--------12-12-10------------| |------------------10h12-12--| |-10s11----------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------|
Bass Solo
[D/C] [A7] |-3-|[Dmaj7]
Q a E E Q Q a Q. E E E E +E E E E H. Wx62
|-------------------|----------------------|-------------||---------| |-------------------|-5--------------------|-------------||---------| |----9s11-11-9--7\--|-4h6----4-------------|-----3-------||---------| |-------------------|----------7s6s7-(7)-5-|-4s3---------||---------| |-------------------|----------------------|-------------||---------| |-------------------|----------------------|-------------||---------|
H.=H
D.C. al Cod&
W [D/C]Q E E +E Q E [A7]a Q. E Q. E [Dmaj7]E E Q +Q E E +W
|----------|------------2----|-----------------|-------------0---|--------*| |----------|------3-(3)----3-|-5---------------|-----3--(3)----3-|-(3)----*| |----------|----2------------|-4h6-------------|-----6--(6)------|--------*| |----------|-----------------|--------4--------|-----------------|--------*| |----------|-3---------------|----------7----5-|-4---------------|--------*| |----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------*|
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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