Fantasy Serenade

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. dudddduddddudd - --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. dduddduddduddddd - --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: ddd - --10--10----------------------------------------------------------- - --10--10--5-------------------------------------------------------- - --11--11--2-------------------------------------------------------- - --0---0---0-------------------------------------------------------- - --0---0---0-------------------------------------------------------- - --0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------