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Created: March 14, 2010 at 12:00 AM
Dragon Quest I Overworld Theme(tremolo) Composed by Koichi Sugiyama tabbed by musenji, 2010 Inspired by a request for tremolo pieces, I decided to do my next tab up as a tremolo. It's a classical technique; you hit every bass note with your thumb, and the melody notes with your ring, middle, and pointer fingers, in that order. ..Ridiculously fast, that is. A primer on the technique and a study for the left hand fingering follow the tab. A capo on the 5th fret will give you the original key (Dm), if you prefer. |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |---------555-555-333-333-333-333|-333-333-111-000----------------| |-222-222------------------------|----0-------0----222-222-000----| |----2-------2-------4-------4---|--------2-----------3--------333| |0-------3-------0-------5-------|0---------------0-------3-------| |--------------------------------|----------------------------1---| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |---------000-000----------------|--------------------------------| |-000-------------222-222-222-222|-222-222-222-222-222-222-222-222| |-----222------------2-------2---|----2-------2-------3---2---5---| |----2-------2---0-------4-------|0-------4-------5---------------| |0-------3-----------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-555-555-888-888-777-777-777-777|-777-777-333-----------------333| |--------------------------------|-------------555-444-444-555----| |----5-------5-------4-------4---|----4---0---4-------3-------3---| |0-------7-------0-------5-------|0---------------0-------6-------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000|-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| |----2-------2-------2-------2---|----2-------2-------2-------2---| |--------2---------------2-------|--------2-----------------------| |4---------------5---------------|4---------------2-------4-------| ********* Here is one example of what a full-speed tremolo sounds like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUZQhW10K8w For an idea of what tremolo FEELS like, just finger a C chord and play without any changes in the left hand. Start SLOWLY and work the speed up: |-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000|--------------------------------| |--------------------------------|-111-111-111-111-111-111-111-111| |--------0---------------0-------|--------0---------------0-------| |----2-------2-------2-------2---|----2-------2-------2-------2---| |3---------------3---------------|3---------------3---------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------| Try it with different chords that you know. And remember that it's more important to be able to do it evenly, than to do it fast. It's a mix of relaxation and control. If you need more info, just look up classical guitar tremolo. You shouldn't have any trouble finding a hundred different people teaching it for free. :-) ********* The following study establishes the left hand fingerings. If you remove the repeat notes in the melody, it makes for a non-tremolo version of the piece. Just remember to play all of the bass notes with your thumb. |----------------|----------------| |----5-5-3-3-3-3-|3-3-1-0---------| |2-2-------------|--0---0-2-2-0---| |--2---2---4---4-|----2-----3---3-| |0---3---0---5---|0-------0---3---| |----------------|--------------1-| |----------------|----------------| |----0-0---------|----------------| |0-------2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |--2---------2-2-|--2---2---3-2-5-| |--2---2-0-4-----|0---4---5-------| |0---3-----------|----------------| |----------------|----------------| |5-5-8-8-7-7-7-7-|7-7-3-----------| |----------------|------5-4-4-5-3-| |--5---5---4---4-|--4-0-4---3---3-| |0---7---0---5---|0-------0---6---| |----------------|----------------| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| |----------------|----------------| |----------------|----------------| |--2---2---2---2-|--2---2---2---2-| |----2-------2---|----2-----------| |4-------5-------|4-------2---4---|
@adognamedsally (June 17, 2010 at 5:30 AM)
Hey! i was just thinking, "there should be some tremelo compositions on this site". I like this, but i think i could have been longer. Though i have never actually played this game, it was still fun to play the song.
@musenji (July 19, 2010 at 12:19 PM)
Thanks! Though it couldn't have been longer unless I added music that wasn't part of the actual song.
@thedstring (October 23, 2014 at 11:44 PM)
I like that it's a tremolo version =)