Alone In The Dark

Testament

Composição de: Eric Stanley Peterson / Alexander Nathan Skolnick / Stephen Souza

Tom:

Afinação:

Transcribed by: Ray Eicher
Tabbed out by:  Jason Becker
Email:  FeC* (Jason Becker)

Tuning: D (D, G, C, F, A, D)

. - palm mute                      ph - pinched harmonic
X - percussion mute                ah - artificial harmonic
/ - slide up to                    \ - slide down to
th - tap harmonic                  hr - natural harmonic
~ - vibrato                        "- tremolo picking
h - hammer on                      p - pull off
b - bend                           rb - raise bend    lb - lower bend
f - full bend                      h - half bend
t - tap with finger                tb - tap at hieght of bend
p - pick when bent                 d - don't pick start of bend
> - accented note                  () - ghost note, sustained note
p - pre-bend                       w - use bar
hold - hold the bend,
       and don't bring it back down


||o
||o  - repeat


Author's notes:

   As most will notice I am missing some of the sweep picking parts
and a few of the small little over dubed parts, but over all I'd
say this is a solid tab.  Honestly I think it's the best one when
it comes to the Main Riff.  Just for reference i put the begining
of each lyric under the tab.  The lyrics will not match up with the 
music
you play like in an official tab book.  They are just there for 
reference.
If you have any comments, correction or pieces that i'm missing
please feel free to let me know. ESPECIALLY if its for the solo...god 
thats hard.

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  {INTRO}

  Rhythme (Guitar 1)

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|-4-----------------(4)--------------------(4)---------------------
|-2-----------------(2)--------------------(2)---------------------
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| Lead  (Guitar 2)                                                     
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-12~--14--15--14_15_14_12--11/12-----12~--14--15--14_15_14_12--11/12-
|----------------h--p--p-----------------------------h--p--p----------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|----------------------------4----------------------(4)---------------
|-5---------------------(5)--2----------------------(2)---------------
|-3---------------------(3)-------------------------------------------
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||------|            
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||(4)---|            
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|---------------------------------19-14-------------------------
|-17fb~--17--15--14~---------12~--------15----------------------
|--------------------14--11----------------16-------------------
|---------------------------------------------(? about 10 notes 
|---------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------
||------------| 
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||missing ?)--| 
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-7----------------------------(7)------------------------------------
|-5----------------------------(5)-4--------------------------(4)-----
|----------------------------------2--------------------------(2)-5---
|-----------------------------------------------------------------3---
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|----------------------------------17fb~--17fb~-17--17fb~-21hb-19-
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
|---------9-11-12-11-9---------9~---------------------------------
|-9-10-12--------------12-10-9------------------------------------
|-----------------------------------------------------------------
||----------| 
||17hb(hold)| 
||----------| 
||----------| 
||----------| 
||----------| 

|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------7-------------------------------------
|--------------4------------(4)-5-----------------------------4--6--7-
|----------(5)-2------------(2)-------------------------------2--4--5-
|----------(3)--------------------------------------------------------
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||------| 
||------| 
||------| 
||------| 
||------| 
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      | 

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|----------------12-------------------14-15-17-19-15--21-17---19-21-
|-17hb-15-17--/12--14---12-12-------15--------------17-----19-------
|--------------------14------14---16--------------------------------
|-------------------------------17----------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
||21fb----| 
||-----20~| 
||--------| 
||--------| 
||--------| 
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  {MAIN RIFF}
  Guitar 1 (plays through riff once while solo fades out)

|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------5-------------------------------5------------------| 
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7--| 
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5--| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------3-----| 

                                                             ^=guitar 2
 comes
                                                               in here.
  Guitar 1 & 2

|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------5-------------------------------5------------------| 
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4------------7--| 
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2---------5--5--| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------3-----| 

||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o---------------5-------------------------------5-------------------o||
||o--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---o||
||---2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5----||
||-------------------------------------------------------------3-------||
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|| Guitar 3                                                            
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||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||o-16-------14--12--11------9--7---5-5----5-5-7-5---4----------------o||
||--14-------12--10--9-------7--5---3-3----3-3-5-3---2-----------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||

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|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------| 
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---| 
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5---| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------| 

|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------| 
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4------------7---| 
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2---------5--5---| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------| 

   VERSE: 1

|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------| 
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---| 
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5---| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------| 

   When I was but..


|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------| 
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---| 
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5---| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------| 

   The master of the...




    CHORUS: 1

||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o---------------5-------------------------------5-------------------o||
||o--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---o||
||---2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5----||
||-------------------------------------------------------------3-------||
||   Alone in the...

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||
||   The dark passages...                                              
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|| Guitar 3                                                            
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||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||o-16-------14--12--11------9--7---5-5----5-5-7-5---4----------------o||
||--14-------12--10--9-------7--5---3-3----3-3-5-3---2-----------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||


   Segue into next part

|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|--9--------12-----7---| 
|--7--------10-----5---| 
|----------------------| 

   Guitar 1

||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------9~--||
||o------------------------------------------------------------------7-10----o||
||o---------------------------------6--7-------------------------6-9---------o||
||--6--6---6--6--6---6--6--6--6--6--4--5--6--6---6--6--6--6--5-8--------------||
||--4--4---4--4--4---4--4--4--4--4--------4--4---4--4--4--4-------------------||
||  Armies of...                                                       
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||  The high priest..                                                  
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||  Guitar 2                                                           
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||------------------------------------------------------------------------10~-||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------9-12-----||
||o--------------------------------------------------------------7-10--------o||

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||o---------------------------------6--7---------------------6-9-------------o||
||--6--6---6--6--6---6--6--6--6--6--4--5--6--6---6--6--6--6-------------------||
||--4--4---4--4--4---4--4--4--4--4--------4--4---4--4--4--4-------------------||




   VERSE: 2                                                           X
 4

|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|-------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------5-------------------------------5--------------------| 
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7----| 
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5----| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------3-------| 

   Slaughter of the...
   The hissing of...
   My terror has...
   I fight off...



 CHORUS: 2

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||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o---------------5-------------------------------5-------------------o||
||o--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---o||
||---2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5----||
||-------------------------------------------------------------3-------||
||   Alone in the...                                                   
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||   The dark passages...                                              
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|| Guitar 3                                                            
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||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||o-16-------14--12--11------9--7---5-5----5-5-7-5---4----------------o||
||--14-------12--10--9-------7--5---3-3----3-3-5-3---2-----------------||

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||---------------------------------------------------------------------||


  Segue

|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|--9--------12-----7---| 
|--7--------10-----5---| 
|----------------------| 

   Guitar 1

||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------9~--||
||o------------------------------------------------------------------7-10----o||
||o---------------------------------6--7-------------------------6-9---------o||
||--6--6---6--6--6---6--6--6--6--6--4--5--6--6---6--6--6--6--5-8--------------||
||--4--4---4--4--4---4--4--4--4--4--------4--4---4--4--4--4-------------------||
||  Faustus prepares...                                                
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||  Aimlessly people...                                                
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||  Guitar 2                                                           
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||                                                                     
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||------------------------------------------------------------------------10~-||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------9-12-----||
||o--------------------------------------------------------------7-10--------o||
||o---------------------------------6--7---------------------6-9-------------o||
||--6--6---6--6--6---6--6--6--6--6--4--5--6--6---6--6--6--6-------------------||
||--4--4---4--4--4---4--4--4--4--4--------4--4---4--4--4--4-------------------||




   VERSE: 3

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|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------5-------------------------------5----------------------
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7------
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5------
|-----------------------------------------------------------3---------

   I fall in my...


|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------5-------------------------------5----------------------
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4------------7------
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2---------5--5------
|-----------------------------------------------------------3---------

   I fight until...




   Guitar 1

|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|-------------------------------------------7-------------------------
|-4-----------------------------4-----------5-------------------------
|-2---------------5-------------2-------------------------------------
|-----------------3---------------------------------------------------
|                                                                     
||------| 
||------| 
||------| 
||------| 
||------| 
||------| 
      | 

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| Guitar 2                                                             
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|-----------------------------------------------------10--7~----------
|-7~-----8--7-------------------7--------7-----10--7------------------
|--------------9--6----------------7--------9-------------------------
|--------------------7----------------9-------------------------------
|-----------------------9~-10~----------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                            ^= Guitar 1
 starts
                                                               next 
riff here.



|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---4-3-2---4-3-2-------2-----5----4-3-2---4-3-2-------2-----5--------
|-2-------2-------2-4-5---2-2-3--2-------2-------2-4-5---2-2-3--------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--------
|---4-3-2---4-3-2-------2-----5--5-----5-----5---5-----5-----5--------
|-2-------2-------2-4-5---2-2-3----2-2---2-2---2---2-2---2-2---2------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

   SOLO RHYTHM:

                                                                Repeat 4 times
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|o-----------------7--X--7--X--7-----------------------5--------------
|o--4--X--4--X--4--5--X--5--X--5-----------------------5--------------
|---2--X--2--X--2-----------------4--X--4--X--4--2--2-----5--4--------
|---------------------------------2--X--2--X--2-----------3--2--------
||------| 
||------| 
||-----o| 
||-----o| 
||------| 
||------|

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  Fermata this line
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-----------
|---5----7----9--9--|--5----7----9--9--|--5----7----9--9--|--5----7---
|---3----5----7--7--|--3----5----7--7--|--3----5----7--7--|--3----5---
||------| 
||------| 
||------| 
||------| 
||-4--4-| 
||-2--2-| 

    SOLO:  Played in D major or B natural minor

|-14_15_14----14-14_15_14---------------------------------------------
|---h--p---17------h--p---17-15-14------------------------------------
|----------------------------------16-14------------------------------
|----------------------------------------17-16~-----------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

                                                  ^insert crazy fast 
part....



|------------------------------------9--9_10_9--7---------------------
|-------------------------------7-10-----h--p-----10~-----------------
|-------------------------6-7-9---------------------------------------
|-----------------------9---------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

   ...still crazy fast^                                 ^missing fast 
section



|-14_12_10------------------------------------------------------------
|---p--p---14_12_10---------------------------------------------------
|------------p--p---------------------------9fb-7-9~--9fb-7-6---------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------

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                     ^missing section......^


  ^huge hole which i apologize for but i'm not that 
good....................^



|------17--------------------------14-15-17-19-21-22---------17fb--17-
|-17rb-----(17)lb-15-14----14------"--"--"--"--"--"--22fb-------------
|-----------------------16----14~-------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------
||15-14-| 
||------| 
||------| 
||------| 
||------| 
||------| 

|-15-------------14-19-14-------------------------------------------
|----17-15----15----------15----------------------------------------
|----------16----------------16-------------------------------------
|-------------------------------17-16-14-16----14----------------14-
|-------------------------------------------17----16-17-14-16-17----
|-------------------------------------------------------------------
||--------| 
||--------| 
||------16| 
||16-17---| 
||--------| 
||--------| 

|----------------|                                        
|-14-15-17-17fb--|                                        
|----------------|     Solo fades out as main riff begins 
|----------------|                                        
|----------------|                                        
|----------------|                                        

|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------| 
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---| 
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5---| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------|

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|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------| 
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4------------7---| 
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2---------5--5---| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------| 

    VERSE: 4

|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------| 
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---| 
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5---| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------| 

   When I was but..


|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------| 
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---| 
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5---| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------| 

   The master of the...




    CHORUS: 3

||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o---------------5-------------------------------5-------------------o||
||o--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---o||
||---2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5----||
||-------------------------------------------------------------3-------||
||   Alone in the...                                                   
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||   The dark passages...                                              
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|| Guitar 3                                                            
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||                                                                     
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||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------------------------------o||
||o-16-------14--12--11------9--7---5-5----5-5-7-5---4----------------o||
||--14-------12--10--9-------7--5---3-3----3-3-5-3---2-----------------||
||---------------------------------------------------------------------||


  Segue

|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|----------------------| 
|--9--------12-----7---| 
|--7--------10-----5---| 
|----------------------| 

   Guitar 1

||----------------------------------------------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------------------------------------------9~--||
||o------------------------------------------------------------------7-10----o||
||o---------------------------------6--7-------------------------6-9---------o||
||--6--6---6--6--6---6--6--6--6--6--4--5--6--6---6--6--6--6--5-8--------------||
||--4--4---4--4--4---4--4--4--4--4--------4--4---4--4--4--4-------------------||
||  Armies of...                                                       
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||  The high priest..                                                  
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||                                                                     
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||  Guitar 2                                                           
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||                                                                     
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||------------------------------------------------------------------------10~-||
||-------------------------------------------------------------------9-12-----||
||o--------------------------------------------------------------7-10--------o||
||o---------------------------------6--7---------------------6-9-------------o||
||--6--6---6--6--6---6--6--6--6--6--4--5--6--6---6--6--6--6-------------------||
||--4--4---4--4--4---4--4--4--4--4--------4--4---4--4--4--4-------------------||

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|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|------------------------------------------------------------------| 
|--------------5-------------------------------5-------------------| 
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--X--X------7---| 
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--X--X---5--5---| 
|-----------------------------------------------------------3------| 

|----------------------------------------------------|            
|----------------------------------------------------|            
|--------------5-------------------------------5-----|            
|-4--X--4--X---3--4--X--4--X---5--4--X--4--X---3--4--|    THE END 
|-2--X--2--X------2--X--2--X---3--2--X--2--X------2--|            
|----------------------------------------------------|            

Questions, Comments, corrections?  Please send all of them
to Jason Becker at FeC*

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