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--------------------------------------------------------
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--------------------------------------------------------
