Dry Land

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 From Yaman Aksu                        Jun 20 '94 at 1:55 pm -240 
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                         DRY LAND (GUITAR SOLO) 
  
 The following is my transcription to the guitar solo in the 
 song Dry Land by Marillion as it appears in the 1991 album 
 Holidays in Eden. 
  
                                                 Yaman Aksu 
                                  yaman1@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu 
  
 Notations: 
  
 h       hammer on 
  
 p       pull off 
  
 b       bend (i.e. bend the note up until you hit the exact note 
               following the "b" sign) 
  
 r       release (i.e. release the note down to the note following 
                  the "r" sign) 
  
 s       slide (i.e. pluck the note to the left of the sign "s" and 
                slide your finger to the note to the right of the 
                sign "s". Do not pluck the note you are sliding to.) 
    
 The solo is in D minor. The accompanying chords are Dm, Bb, and C. 
 These will be indicated at the appropriate places. Also, 4/4 is used. 
  
  
  Dm                 Bb          C 
 -----------------------------------------10-----10-13-12------------- 
 -10--11-10h11p10----10-------10------------13b15--------13-13p10----- 
 ----------------12-----10------12---12b14-----------------------12--- 
 -------------------------12------------------------------------------ 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 (You may wish to hammer to 11 from 10 [the very first two notes]  
  instead of plucking 11 separately.)  
  
  
     Dm                  Bb               C  
 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 -13-10---11-10h11p10----10--------13b15r13----------------10-13------ 
 --------------------12-----10---------------------10-12b14------9---- 
 -----------------------------12-----------------12------------------- 
 ----------------------------------------------12--------------------- 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  
  
               Dm                    Bb                    C  
 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 ---------------------------------------------------------10--13------ 
 -10-9h10p9---------------------------10-10-10----10-12b14--10--9----- 
 ----------10-12--------------------12----------12-------------------- 
 -------------------10s12------10s12---------------------------------- 
 ------------------------10------------------------------------------- 
  
  
                            Dm                  Bb 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 -13-13s15--------------13-13b15-15----15--15--------15-17b18r17------ 
 ---------12-12----12-14-----------------14--14-17b19----------------- 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
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                                                  C 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
 -13-10h13p10--10-------------13--10---------------------------------- 
 ------------12--12b14-12---12--10--10-9--10p9----------------10b12-10 
 ---------------------------------------10----10--10--10b12-10-------- 
 -----------------------------------------------12--12---------------- 
 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 
  
  
              Dm 
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 -13b15-13----15------------------------------------------------------ 
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 (You may wish to release the last three bends instead of plucking the  
  note following the bends.) 
  
 Well, there it is... 
  
 Yaman Aksu 
 The Johns Hopkins University 
 The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 
 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 
  
 yaman1@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu