'Solitude' by Iced Earth - Guitar Tutorial

            Iced Earth:  Solitude

transcribed by:  Russ Elton (vicelton@yahoo.com)
     edited by:  FRIENDLY DEMON  verstraete_kenny@hotmail.com

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Date last modified:  10/30/01
  
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Tuning: Eb

Riff 1                             x2
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------0-------0---|
Db|-----5-------5-----4---4---4---4-|
Ab|---7---7---7---7-5-------5-------|
Eb|-0-------0-----------------------|


Riff 2
Guitar 1                           x2
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|-----0---------------0-----------|
Gb|---5---5---5---5---4---4---4---4-|
Db|-7-------7---7---5-------5---5---|
Ab|---------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|

eb|-------------0---------------0---|
Bb|-----0---------------0-----------|
Gb|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|
Db|-3-------3-------3-------3-------|
Ab|---------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|

eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|-----0-------7-------0-------7---|
Gb|---4---4---4---4---4---4---4---4-|
Db|-5-------5-------5-------5-------|
Ab|---------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|

Guitar 2                           x2
eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|-7-------7---7---5-------5---5---|
Ab|---------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|

eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|-3-------3------3-3-------3----3-|
Ab|---------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|

eb|---------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------|
Gb|---------------------------------|
Db|-5-------5------5-5-------5----5-|
Ab|---------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------------|


Repeat Riffs 1 and 2 until very end, then play:
eb|------0--|
Bb|------0--|
Gb|------0--|
Db|------5--|
Ab|---7--7--|
Eb|-0-------|



Solo
Guitar 1                  x2
eb|------------------------|
Bb|----8-7-------------7-8-|
Gb|-9------9-----7-7-9-----|
Db|------------------------|
Ab|------------------------|
Eb|------------------------|
                                 x2
eb|-------------------------7h8-7-|
Bb|----8-7-8-10-------8-7-8-------|
Gb|-7--------------7--------------|
Db|-------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------|

eb|------------------------------------------------|
Bb|------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7----------------------------------------------|
Db|---10-9-7----------7-9---10-9-7---------------7-|
Ab|------------8-8-10--------------10---7-7-8-10---|
Eb|------------------------------------------------|


Guitar 2                     x2
eb|---------------------------|
Bb|-8-12-10-8---------8-10-12-|
Gb|-------------11-11---------|
Db|---------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------|

eb|------------8---------------10h12-10-|
Bb|-8-12-10-12------8-12-10-12----------|
Gb|-------------------------------------|
Db|-------------------------------------|
Ab|-------------------------------------|
Eb|-------------------------------------|

eb|-------------------------------------------------|
Bb|-------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-10-9-7--------------7----9-7--------------------|
Db|--------10--7-7-9-10----------10-9--------7-9-10-|
Ab|------------------------------------10-10--------|
Eb|-------------------------------------------------|



Repeat the above lead until end, then play:
Guitar 1
eb|-----------|
Bb|----8-7----|
Gb|-9------9--|
Db|-----------|
Ab|-----------|
Eb|-----------|

Guitar 2
eb|------------|
Bb|-8-12-10-8--|
Gb|------------|
Db|------------|
Ab|------------|
Eb|------------|


notation:
^   =  bend [ ^ = half, ^^ = whole, etc. ]
^r  =  bend and release
x   =  mute with fret-hand
*   =  mute with palm-hand
X =  pick slide
h   =  hammer-on
p   =  pull-off
~   =  vibrato
t   =  tap-on
/   =  slide up
   =  slide down
h.  =  harmonics
ah  =  artificial harmonic
(9) =  ghost note
tm  =  trem picking
tr  =  trill