Medusa Bay

Title: Medusa Bay
Game: Ecco the Dolphin
Composed by: S. Nilsen, B. Coburn, A. Magyari
Arranged and tabulated by: A. Zadorin
2020

(The attached ZIP-file contains this tablature, a sheet music, and the
GNU LilyPond source file for the sheet music.)

This arrangement is for a solo guitar with the standard tuning.

You should play the accented chords at the bridge to invoke more dissonance by exciting
higher harmonics. The chord with 'sf' should be played instead very close to the fretting
fingers by a strong downstroke with the thumb. The goal is again to invoke more dissonance
but avoiding too much drum-like sound (tambour) when the same is done at the bridge.
Play wide electric guitar-like vibratos where possible, again to increase dissonances.

A meaningless observation: the chord progression is the same as in the beginnig of 'The
Show Must Go On'.

The rythmic structur of the tablature is very approximate, hence 'ad libitum'.

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    (play this chord near the fretting fingers        (play at the bridge,
     with your thumb to get a very rough sound)        accent on C)
Ad libitum
4/4 CpV-----------------------------|    2/4       4/4
    S                                                   >
    W                 W                  Q   Q      Q   H       Q      Q.          Q
e|--5~~~~~~~~~~~~--|--L---------------|------L---|------0-----------|--L---------------|
B|--5~~~~~~~~~~~~--|--L---------------|------L---|------1~~~~~~-----|--L---------------|
G|--x--------------|------------------|----------|------2~~~~~~-----|--L---------------|
D|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~--|--L---------------|------L---|--2-----------3---|--2---------------|
A|-----------------|--0---------------|--L---0---|------------------|--------------0---|
E|-----------------|------------------|----------|------------------|------------------|
    sf                mf

       (play at the bridge,                  (play at the bridge,
        accent on B)                          accent on D)
6       >                                      >
    Q   H.              H       Q   Q      Q   H.             E Q.    Q   Q
e|------0-----------|---------------L---|------0-----------|--------------L---|
B|------0-----------|---------------L---|------3~~~~~~~~~--|--------------L---|
G|------2~~~~~~~~~~-|-0h2-------0-------|------2~~~~~~~~~--|--------------L---|
D|--0---------------|---------------2---|--L---------------|------------------|
A|------------------|-------------------|------------------|--3-2-------------|
E|------------------|-------------------|------------------|----------3---0---|

                                                                (strum at the
       (play at the bridge,                                      fretboard to get
        accent on C)                                            a softer sound)
       CpV--------------------------------------------------------------------|
10      >
    Q   H.              Q   Q   Q   Q      W        W         Q.  T T T T H
e|------5~~~~~~~~~~-|---L---8---7-------|--------|--5------|--L---L-------5----||
B|------5~~~~~~~~~~-|---L-----------8---|--5-----|---------|------------5------||
G|------5~~~~~~~~~~-|---L---------------|--L-----|---------|----------7-------*||
D|------------------|-------------------|--------|--7------|--L---L-7---------*||
A|------------------|-------------------|--------|--0------|--L---L------------||
E|--L---------------|---L---------------|--L-----|---------|-------------------||


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Notation

Above the staff:
n              - measure number n
x/y            - time signature
W              - whole note
H              - half note
Q              - quarter note
E              - eighth note
T              - 32th note
N.             - dotted note
S              - arpeggio (strum)
>              - accented note
CpN            - partial barre at fret N

On the staff:
L              - tied note (when it is not obvious otherwise)
h              - upwadr legato (hammer-on)
~              - vibrato (wide as on electric guitar, whenewer possible)
x              - dead note (completely mutted)
||* *||        - repeat

Below the staff:
sf             - suddenly loudly
mf             - normal volume