"Arc of Space"
(B. Dickinson, Roy Z.)
Guitar transcription by Andrew Seebaran (seebaran@unixg.ubc.ca)
[ This is my attempt at transcribing "Arc of Space" by Bruce Dickinson. ]
[ By no means am I experienced in this sort of thing, so if there are any ]
[ mistakes, please email me. Thanks. ]
[ ]
[ - Andrew Seebaran ]
Intro solo
e-|---------|-----------|----------|----5------|------|
B-|-5---5-6-|-8--6-5----|---5--5-6-|-8----6--5-|---5--|
G-|---------|---------7-|----------|-----------|------|
D-|---------|-----------|-7--------|-----------|-7----|
A-|---------|-----------|----------|-----------|------|
E-|---------|-----------|----------|-----------|------|
Am Am G Dm Am Am G Dm Am Am
e-|---------|----|-----------|----|--------------|---------------------|
B-|---------|----|-------5---|----|-5------------|---------------------|
G-|-7-7-7-4-|-5--|-7-7-7---7-|-5--|---7--5-7-5---|-----5-7-5-----------|
D-|---------|----|-----------|----|------------7-|-5-7-------7-5---5-7-|
A-|---------|----|-----------|----|--------------|---------------7-----|
E-|---------|----|-----------|----|--------------|---------------------|
Dm Am Dm Am G G
Main rhythm guitar:
Shown are the general chords that are played for almost the whole song. I think the
key is pick notes out of each chord, and vary your selections from bar to bar.
----0------------0------0--0----0--0------0-1-3---3----1----1--------------
----0h1----------1------1--0h1--1--1------1-0-0----0---3-----3-------------
----2------------2------2--2----2--2------2-0-0-----0--2---2--2------------
----2------------2------2--2----2--2------2---0--0---0-0--0----0-repeat----
----0------------0------0--0----0--0------0---2-2--------------------------
----------------------------------------------3----------------------------
then,
----2----2h3p2--0-----0-----2----2h3p2--0---0----------2-------------------
----3---3-----3-1------1----3---3-----3-1---1----------3-------------------
----2---2-------2-------2---2---2-------2---0----------2-------------------
----0---0-------2--------2--0---0-------2---2----------0-------------------
----------------0-----------------------0---3------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
intro solo:
--0---0-1-1h3---------------------------0-1-1h3----5-----------------------
--1---1----------6--5-3---3s5-----------1------------6--5----3s5-----------
--2---2-----------------2---------------2------------------2---------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--3--3-3--0-1--------3--3-3s5--0-1---3s5-3---------------------------------
--------------------------------------------5-7p5---------(5)h7-5----------
--------------------------------------------------7----5s7-------7-5---5-7-
---------------------------------------------------------------------7-----
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
chorus:
----0-------0--------0-----0--------0-----0--------0-----------------------
----0h1-------1------0h1-----1------0h1-----1-----1-1----------------------
----2------2----2----0----0----2----2---------2--2---2---------------------
----3------3------------------------2----2------2-----2---repeat-----------
---------------------2--------------0--------------------------------------
---------------------3-----------------------------------------------------
then:
----0-------0--------0-----0--------0-----0-------1---3-----1-----3----0---
----0h1-------1------0h1-----1------0h1-----1-----0----0----1-----1----0---
----2------2----2----0----0----2----2---------2---0-----0---2-----2----1---
----3------3------------------------2----2--------0--2------3-----3----2---
---------------------2--------------0-------------2-3------------------2---
---------------------3----------------------------3--------------------0---
Solo:
-------------------------------------------------------0-1-1h3--3-3-3-1-0-3
-----------------------------------3-5-3--0-1-3-0------1-------------------
------------------4-4s5--7-5s4----5---------------2----2-------------------
-----------7-----7------------5--------------------------------------------
---5s7-7-7------7----------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--7-----------------10-10s12---10p8-8h10-8----8-8s10-10-10-----------------
---8---------------8------------------------10-----------------------------
----9-------------9--------------------------------------------------------
-----10-9-----9-10---------------------------------------------------------
---------10-10-------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
--9s10-12-12s14-12--10-9--10-9--10--12-10-------------------------------7--
--------------------------------------------9h10p9-5-7-6-7-9-7-9-10-9-10---
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
---------here I'm not sure exactly what is---------------------------------
----7-9--being played - I just do a fast run ------------------------------
--10-----up the scale. If you can figure the------------------------------
---------rest out, please let me know.-------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rhythm for lead:
---0---------1-------1-----------------------------------------------------
---0h1-------3-------0-----------------------------------------------------
---2---------2-------0------(listen for strumming)----0------0-------------
---2---------0-------0-------------------------------2-2----0-0--repeat----
---0-----------------2------------------------------3------2---------------
---------------------3-----------------------------------------------------
last time:
--0---------1--------0-----------------------------------------------------
--0h1-------3--------0-----------------------------------------------------
--2---------2--------1-----------------------------------------------------
--2---------0--------2-----------------------------------------------------
--0------------------2-----------------------------------------------------
---------------------0-----------------------------------------------------
then back to chorus.
