Stratosphere Stratovarius
As recorded by Stratovarius
(From the 2002 Album 1996)
Transcribed by Bruno Di Giorgi
Music by Stratovarius
Arranged by Stratovarius
Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Timo Tolkki'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Timo Tolkki Right'
Gtr III (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Timo Tolkki Left'
Q=160
[4/4] Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||--12-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-5-0-0-0--|| ||o----------------------------------o|| ||------------------------------------|| ||------------------------------------|| ||o----------------------------------o|| ||------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--12-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-| ||o----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-13-12-10----------------------10-12-13-12-10--| |-------------13-12-10----10-12-13-----------------| |----------------------13--------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|-12-13-12-10----------------------10-12-13-12-10--|| |-------------13-12-10----10-12-13----------------o|| |----------------------13--------------------------|| |--------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------o|| |--------------------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||--12p9----9h12p9h13p9h12p9----9h12p9----| ||o------10------------------10--------10-| ||----------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-17p13----13h17p13h18p13h17p13----13h17p13----| |-------15----------------------15----------15-| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-10p7---7h10p7h12p7h10p7---7h10p7---| |------8------------------8--------8-| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------| |------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-15p12----12h15p12h17p12h15p12----12h15p12-----| |-------13----------------------13----------13--| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------------| |-13p10----10h13p10h15p10h13p10----10h13p10----| |-------10----------------------10----------10-| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-14p11----11h14p11h15p11h14p11----11h14p11-----| |-------12----------------------12----------12--| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-19p16----16h19p16h20p16h19p16----16h19p16----16h| |-------17----------------------17----------17----| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-19p16----16h19p16h20p16h19p16----16h19----|| |-------17----------------------17---------o|| |-------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------------o|| |-------------------------------------------||
$
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------------------| ||o-10-13-12-10-9-12-10-9-10-13-12-10-9-12-10-9-| ||----------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------------------| ||----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------10-------8-12-10-8-9-12-10-9--| |-10-13-12-10-12----13-12----------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10-13-12-10-9-12-10-9-10-13-12-10-9-12-10-9-| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------|
1.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10-13-12-10-11-14-12-11-12-13-12-10--------------|| |-------------------------------------13-12-10----o|| |----------------------------------------------13--|| |--------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------o|| |--------------------------------------------------||
2.
D.S.
[3/4] TP TP TP
S S S S S S S S H Q Q Q
|-10-13-12-10-11-14-12-11-12----|-19--16--12--| |-------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------| |-------------------------------|-------------|
TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-12----------|-------------|-------------| |-----14--13--|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-14----------|-------------| |-------------|-----14--12--|-11----------| |-------------|-------------|-----13--10--|
Q=120 Q=90 Q=60
[4/4] Gtr II
[B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B] [B]
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |-12----13----|-10----12----|--8----10----|--7-------8------|
|
| Gtr III
| \1/ \1/
| H H H H H H H H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |-13----14----|-------13----|-------------|-----------------| |-------------|-15----------|-14----15----|-12------14------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
Q=40 Q=110
Gtr I
>
\7
W Wx3 H. Q
|-----------|------------|-------------| |-----------|------------|-------------| |-----------|------------|-------------| |-----------|------------|-------------| |-----------|------------|---------/7--| |-5---------|------------|-------------|
|-3--|
H. Q H Q Q Q Q E H +E +H. Q
||---------------|-------------|----------------|--------------| ||o--------------|-------------|----------------|--------------| ||-----------/9--|-7-----------|----------------|--------------| ||--10-----------|------9------|-----7-7----(7)-|-(7)----------| ||o--------------|--------10-5-|-/7-------------|----------/7--| ||---------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|
H. Q H. Q W +H. Q
|--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------| |--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------| |----------/9--|-7-------/12--|-\9--------|-(9)------/9--| |-10-----------|--------------|-----------|--------------| |--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------| |--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------|
1.
Gtr III
H. Q H Q Q H +E. S +Q H. Q
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------| |---------------|-/10----12--13--|-12b13=====(12)-12r(12)--|-10-------12b13--| |-10-------/12--|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------| |---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------| |---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------| |---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr I
| H. Q H Q Q H +E. S +Q H. Q
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------| |---------------|------------10--|-------------------------|-----------------| |--7--------/9--|-/10----12------|-12b14=====(12)-12r(12)--|-10-------12b14--| |---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------| |---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------| |---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
W +H E E E E W +H. Q
|-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------|| |-12--------|-(12)---------------|----------|--------------o|| |-----------|---------/10-9-7-10-|-9--------|-(9)-----------|| |-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------|| |-----------|--------------------|----------|----------/7--o|| |-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------||
|
| W +H H W W
|-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------|| |-----------|--------------------|----------|--------------o|| |-13--------|-(13)---------------|----------|---------------|| |-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------|| |-----------|--------------------|----------|--------------o|| |-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------||
2.
H. Q W
|-----------------|-----------| |-10-------12b13--|-12--------| |-----------------|-----------| |-----------------|-----------| |-----------------|-----------| |-----------------|-----------|
|
| H. Q W
|-----------------|-----------| |-----------------|-----------| |-10--------9b10--|--9--------| |-----------------|-----------| |-----------------|-----------| |-----------------|-----------|
+H S +S +E E E H. +E E W
|---------12-(12)b13r(12)-10-13-|-12-------(12)--12-|-12----| |-(12)--------------------------|-------------------|-------| |-------------------------------|-------------------|-------| |-------------------------------|-------------------|-------| |-------------------------------|-------------------|-------| |-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|
| +H H H. E E W
|-------------------------------|---------------/19-|-19----| |-------------------------------|-------------------|-------| |--(9)--------------------------|-------------------|-------| |-------------------------------|-------------------|-------| |-------------------------------|-------------------|-------| |-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
Gtr I
Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q W
||--/12--9---------|----------|-/10--7--------|----------| ||o---------10--8--|-6--------|---------8--6--|-5--------| ||-----------------|----------|---------------|----------| ||-----------------|----------|---------------|----------| ||o----------------|----------|---------------|----------| ||-----------------|----------|---------------|----------|
Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q W
|-----------------|----------|---------------|-------|| |-/13--10---------|----------|---------------|------o|| |----------10--9--|-7--------|-/8--11--8-----|-9-----|| |-----------------|----------|------------9--|-------|| |-----------------|----------|---------------|------o|| |-----------------|----------|---------------|-------||
Q=160
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--12-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-| ||o----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------| ||o----------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-13-12-10----------------------10-12-13-12-10--| |-------------13-12-10----10-12-13-----------------| |----------------------13--------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 6x
|-12-13-12-10----------------------10-12-13-12-10--|| |-------------13-12-10----10-12-13----------------o|| |----------------------13--------------------------|| |--------------------------------------------------|| |-------------------------------------------------o|| |--------------------------------------------------||
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--12-13-12-10----------------------10-12-13-12-10--|| ||o-------------13-12-10----10-12-13----------------o|| ||-----------------------13--------------------------|| ||---------------------------------------------------|| ||o-------------------------------------------------o|| ||---------------------------------------------------||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-12--13--10--12--|-----10----------| |-----------------|-13------12--13--| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|
Q=120 Q=100 Q=90 Q=70
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------| |-10--12------10--|--------------|---------------|-------------| |---------13------|-9--10--7--9--|-----7---------|-------------| |-----------------|--------------|-10-----9--10--|-7--9--6--7--| |-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------| |-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
Q=60
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W +W
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------| |-------------|-------------|----------|--------| |-------------|-------------|----------|--------| |-------------|-------------|----------|--------| |-7--8--5--7--|----5--------|-3--------|-(3)----| |-------------|-8-----7--8--|-1--------|-(1)----|
Q=160
[6/4] [4/4]
|---5---| |---5---| |---5---| |---5---| |---5---| |---5---|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S q H.
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-5--------*| |-------------------------------------------------1-3-5-1-3-5-|----------*| |-------------------------------------0-2-4-0-2-4-------------|----------*| |-------------------------0-2-3-0-2-3-------------------------|----------*| |-------------0-2-3-0-2-3-------------------------------------|----------*| |-0-1-3-0-1-3-------------------------------------------------|----------*|
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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