RIK EMMETT - "fantasy serenade" Tablature
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To: jamesb@animal-farm.nevada.edu
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 10:58:57 -0500
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Message-Id: <93Jan23.105532est.246518-3@descartes.uwaterloo.ca>
The song is called "Fantasy Serenade", it is on "Just a Game" by
Triumph. It's one of those wild and wonderful Rik Emmett acoustic
pieces that make you realize just how tough it can be to play guitar.
There are probably some mistakes in this; it's been years since I
lifted the song so I may have misremembered something :) If someone
has a better way to play some of these parts (either alternate
fingerings, or voicings that are closer to the original) I'd like to
hear about them.
All in all this is a fun song to play... even though after years I
still can't do the party I marked 'nasty' that well.
Enjoy,
Dean
This song is played with the 6th string tuned down to a D.
You probably don't want to use a pick for this.
\
/
\ Indicates that the chord should be strummed from low to high strings.
/ Only chords marked like this should be strummed -- the rest should
\ be fingerpicked.
/
e|-----5--\5--3--2--\3--5--7--\5-------------------------------------|
B|--------/3--------/3--------/3--------3----------------------------|
G|--------\2--------\2--------\2-----2--------2----------------------|
D|--------/0--------/0--------/0-----------4-----4p0-----------------|
A|--------\0--------\0--------\0-------------------------------------|
D|--------/0--------/0--------/0-------------------------------------|
-|-----5--\5--3--2--\3--5--7--\5-------------------------------------|
-|--------/3--------/3--------/2-------------------------------------|
-|--2-----\2--------\2--------\2-----2h4p2p0-------------------------|
-|--------/0--------/0--------/2------------4p2p0--------------------|
-|--------\0--------\0--------\0-----------------4p2p0---------------|
-|--------/0--------/0--------/0-------------------------------------|
-|--5---5--------3p2-----7--------9h10-----5--------2----------------|
-|---------3----------------8-----------------3--------3-------------|
-|------------2----------------7-----------------2-------------------|
-|------0----------------0-----------------0-------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--2-----------2-----3--3p2-----------------------------------------|
-|-----3-----3--------5-------5--3--3--3p2-----3---------------------|
-|--------4-----------4----------2----------2-----2------------------|
-|--------------------2----------2-------------0-----4h7p4p0---------|
-|--2----------------------------0-----------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|-----------------2-----0----------------0-----------0-----2-----2/4|
-|--3--3--------5-----------2-----3p2--------0-----------------------|
-|--------4--------------------2-------2--------1--------1-----2--2/4|
-|-----------4-------------------------------------------------------|
-|-----2-----------------0-------------------------------------------|
-|----------------------------------------2--------2-----------------|
-|-----------------2-----0----------------0--------------0-----------|
-|--3--3--------5-----------2-----3p2--------0-----0-----------------|
-|--------4--------------------2-------2--------1-----1--------------|
-|-----------4-------------------------------------------------------|
-|-----2-----------------0-------------------------------------------|
-|----------------------------------------2-----------------2--------|
-|--5---5--------3p2-----7--------9h10-----5--------2----------------|
-|---------3----------------8-----------------3--------3-------------|
-|------------2----------------7-----------------2-------------------|
-|------0----------------0-----------------0-------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
harmonics
-|--2-----------2-----3--3p2-----------------------------------------|
-|-----3-----3--------5-------5--3--3--3p2-----3-----------(7)-------|
-|--------4-----------4----------2----------2--2-----------(7)-------|
-|--------------------2----------2-------------0-----------(7)-------|
-|--2----------------------------0----------------0------------------|
-|---------------------------------------------------4--0------------|
The synth violins start here. I suggest that you look at the chords that
the notes form, and use whatever natural fingering you would for that
chord.
-|--2--3--5p3p2--3-----0--2--3p2p0--2-----------2--------------------|
-|--3------------5-----2------------3-----3--5-----3--5--3--2h3p2----|
-|--2------------4-----2------------2-----4-----------4------------4-|
-|--0------------2------------------0-----4-----------2--------------|
-|---------------------0------------------2--------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--------------2------2--2--------2--3--------3--0--------0---------|
-|--2------------------------3-----------5-----------2---------------|
-|-----3------------------------2-----------4-----------2------------|
-|--------4---------------0-----------2------------------------------|
-|--4--------4------------------------------------0------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--2--------2--------------------------------------2----------------|
-|-----3--------3--------3--5--------5--2----------------------------|
-|--------2--------4-----------4-----------3-------------------------|
-|--0-----------------4-----2-----2-----------4----------------------|
-|--------------2-----------------------4--------4-------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--2--3--------3--5--------5--5--3--2h3p2-----3--6--9--12-----------|
-|--------5-----------5--------3------------3--2--5--8--11-----------|
-|-----------4-----------6-----2---------------3--6--9--12-----------|
-|-----2-----------7-----------0---------------2--5--8--11-----------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
This part is nasty. It's good pinky exercise though :)
-|--10p7------------10p7------------10p7------------10p7-------------|
-|------10p7------------10p7------------10p7------------10p7---------|
-|----------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7------|
-|-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7---|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
-|--8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5--------------|
-|-----8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-----------|
-|--------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5--------|
-|-----------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-----|
-|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--10p7------------10p7------------10p7------------10p7-------------|
-|------10p7------------10p7------------10p7------------10p7---------|
-|----------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7------|
-|-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7---|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
-|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
-|--8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5--------------|
-|-----8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-----------|
-|--------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5--------|
-|-----------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-----|
-|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|
-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
The rest is just heavy strumming with lots of open strings. You will
have to listen to the song to get the rhythm. I use the top of my
nails, and rake them across the strings. Where I place a 'u' above the
tab I rake just my thumb nail up the strings (high to low). Where I
place a 'd' I rake my middle and ring finger nails down the strings
(low to high). I generally hit the strings really hard here; so the
open low strings should resound through the entire passage even where I
don't explicitly mark them. I'm not sure if this is the right way to
do it; but I'm self-taught and this works for me.
d u d d d d u d d d d u d d
-|--2--2--3--0--2-----5--5--6--5-----5--7--7--8--7-------------------|
-|--3--3--3--3--3-----6--6--6--6-----6--8--8--8--8-------------------|
-|--2--2--2--2--2-----5--5--5--5-----5--7--7--7--7-------------------|
-|--0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0-------------------|
-|--0--0--------------0-----------------0----------------------------|
-|--0-----------------0-----------------0----------------------------|
At this point I pretend I'm holding a pick between my thumb and index
finger, and use the top of the nail to strum the strings. 'u' and 'd'
just represent strumming directions now.
d d u d d d u d d d u d d d d d
-|--10--10--10--10-----8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8---|
-|--11--11--11--11-----8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8---|
-|--10--10--10--10-----9--9--9--9----11--11--11--11--11\9--9--9--9---|
-|--0---0-------0------0--0-----0----0---0-------0---------0--0--0---|
-|--0---0-------0------0--0----------0---0-------0-------------------|
-|--0---0-------0------0--0----------0---0-------0-------------------|
d d u d d d d d d d u d ad lib ududud...
-|--10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10-->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|
-|--10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10-->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|
-|--11--11--11--11--11\9--9--9--9----11--11--11--11-->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|
-|--0---0-------0---------0--0--0----0---0---0---0--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|
-|--0---0-------0--------------------0-------------------------------|
-|--0---0-------0--------------------0-------------------------------|
finish up with heavily accented chords:
d d d
-|--10--10-----------------------------------------------------------|
-|--10--10--5--------------------------------------------------------|
-|--11--11--2--------------------------------------------------------|
-|--0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|
-|--0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|
-|--0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|
This musical interpretation has been removed due to a legal threat from Moses & Singer LLP, representing the National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA) and The Music Publisher's Association of the United States (MPA).
Unfortunately, these threats are fueled by greed and being masked by a "copyright infringement." They claim tab sites are "hurting the songwriters," but it's a known fact that the publishing companies garner most of the revenue. Instead, they would prefer you to purchase the official RIK EMMETT tablature which is an option we've always given our users. And due to the highly error-prone nature of tabs on the internet, many choose to go this route. These companies also do not realize that tablature sites help to promote their artists.
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