Stratosphere Stratovarius backing track and tabs

Stratosphere
By Stratovarius
albumilta "episode"

tabbed by Sami Rikala
emaili=rikala@pp.qnet.fi

Tune ½ down

2x
D#|---12-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-12-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

4X
D#|---12-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-12-13-12-10-------------------10-12-13-12-10-|
A#|------------------------------------------------13-12-10--10-12-13---------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------13-----------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D#|---12-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-12-13-12-10------------------10-12-13-12-10-|
A#|------------------------------------------------13-12-10--10-12-13---------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------13-----------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

2x
D#|---12^9----9-12^9-13^9-12^9----9-12^9-12^9--17^13----13-17^13-18^13-17^13---13-17^|
A#|--------10------------------10--------------------15----------------------15------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D#|^13-17^13--10^7----7-10^7-12^7-10^7---7-10^7-10^7--15^12---12-15^12-17^12-15^12---|
A#|-----------------8------------------8--------------------13--------------------13-|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D#|-12-15^12-15^12--8^5---5-8^5-10^5-8^5---5-8^5-8^5--14^11---11-14^11-15^11-14^11---|
A#|---------------------6----------------6------------------12--------------------12-|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D#|-11-14^11-14^11--19^16----16-19^16-20^16-19^16----16-19^16-19^16-19^16----16-19^16|
A#|-----------------------17-----------------------17----------------------17--------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D#|-20^16-19^16---16-19^16-19\--|
A#|-------------17--------------|
F#|-----------------------------|
C#|-----------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------|

4x
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-10-13-12-10-9-12-10-9-10-13-12-10-9-12-10-9-10-13-12-10-12-15-13-12-13-17-15-13--|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-14-17-15-14-15-18-17-15-14-17-15-14-15-18-17-15-14-17-15-14-15-18-17-15-17-20-18-|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-17-17^18^17^15-------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|----------------17-16-14-13-------------------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

*="Tremolo picking"

* *
D#|-19--16---*-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|---------17--*---*---*------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|------------16--14--13---*--*-----------------------------------------------------|
C#|------------------------14--9--*---*----------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------12--11----*---*-------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------13--10-------------------------------------|

D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-9----10----7---9----5----7---4---5-----------------------------------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------------7~\(bar)------------------------------------|
D#|-12---13---10---12---8---10---7---8---5~\-----------------------------------------|

2x
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-5~----/9----7~---4----------------------------------5~----/9----7~----/12---9~---|
C#|---------------------5-----------7--7~--------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------5---5/7-------------------/7-------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

b 1st time

D#|------------------------------------½---------------------------|--b--------------|
A#|------------------10~----12--13----12~----12----10~----13---12~-|--½--------------|
F#|-9----10~----12-------------------------------------------------|--9--9--7--10--9~|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|

2nd time

b t= tapping
D#|---½-------------------------t-------------|
A#|--17--17--15---18---17~-----24-------------|
F#|-------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------------|

2x
D#|--12---9-----------------------10---7----------------------8---5------------------|
A#|------------10----------------------------8--------------------------6---5--------|
F#|------------------12---10~---------------------10---9~------------------------7~--|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D#|--------------------------------|
A#|--4~---7---4~-------------------|
F#|-------------- 4~----/9~--------|
C#|--------------------------------|
G#|--------------------------------|
D#|--------------------------------|

6x
D#|---12-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-12-13-12-10--------------------10-12-13-12-10-|
A#|------------------------------------------------13-12-10---10-12-13---------------|
F#|---------------------------------------------------------13-----------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D#|---12-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-12-13-12-10--------------------10-12-13-12-10|
A#|-------------------------------------------------13-12-10---10-12-13--------------|
F#|----------------------------------------------------------13----------------------|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

3x
D#|-12-13-12-10--------------------10-12-13-12-10-----|
A#|-------------13-12-10---10-12-13-------------------|
F#|----------------------13---------------------------|
C#|---------------------------------------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------|

D#|----12---13---10---12---8---10----7---8--------7----------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------10--------9---10------------------------|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------------9---10---7---9---5--|
C#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

D#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F#|-7---4---5-------4----------------------------------------------------------------|
C#|-------------7-------6---7---2---3------2-----------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------5-----3---5----2---3----3--------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------------------------------1--------------------|

Loppu Tästä en ole ihan varma

pm-...................................................|
D#|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------^|
A#|--------------------------------------------------------------------------15-17-18|
F#|--------------------------------------------------------14-16-17-14-16-17---------|
C#|--------------------------------------13-14-16-13-14-16---------------------------|
G#|--------------------12-14-15-12-14-15---------------------------------------------|
D#|--11-12-14-11-12-14---------------------------------------------------------------|

D#|-------------------------------|
A#|-17^15-17^15-17-/22------------|
F#|-------------------------------|
C#|-------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------|

************************************

| t Tapping
| b Bend
| / Slide up
| \ Slide down
| ~ Vibrato

************************************

#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#

STRATOSPHERE
As recorded by Stratovarius
(From the 2002 Album 1996)

Transcribed by Bruno Di Giorgi

Music by Stratovarius
Arranged by Stratovarius

Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Timo Tolkki'
Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Timo Tolkki Right'
Gtr III (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Timo Tolkki Left'

Q=160
4/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
||--12-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-5-0-0-0--||
||o----------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------||
||------------------------------------||
||o----------------------------------o||
||------------------------------------||

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--12-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-|
||o----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-13-12-10----------------------10-12-13-12-10--|
|-------------13-12-10----10-12-13-----------------|
|----------------------13--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|-12-13-12-10----------------------10-12-13-12-10--||
|-------------13-12-10----10-12-13----------------o||
|----------------------13--------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
||--12p9----9h12p9h13p9h12p9----9h12p9----|
||o------10------------------10--------10-|
||----------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-17p13----13h17p13h18p13h17p13----13h17p13----|
|-------15----------------------15----------15-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-10p7---7h10p7h12p7h10p7---7h10p7---|
|------8------------------8--------8-|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-15p12----12h15p12h17p12h15p12----12h15p12-----|
|-------13----------------------13----------13--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|----------------------------------------------|
|-13p10----10h13p10h15p10h13p10----10h13p10----|
|-------10----------------------10----------10-|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-14p11----11h14p11h15p11h14p11----11h14p11-----|
|-------12----------------------12----------12--|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-19p16----16h19p16h20p16h19p16----16h19p16----16h|
|-------17----------------------17----------17----|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|-19p16----16h19p16h20p16h19p16----16h19----||
|-------17----------------------17---------o||
|-------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------o||
|-------------------------------------------||

$
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------------------|
||o-10-13-12-10-9-12-10-9-10-13-12-10-9-12-10-9-|
||----------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|----------------10-------8-12-10-8-9-12-10-9--|
|-10-13-12-10-12----13-12----------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10-13-12-10-9-12-10-9-10-13-12-10-9-12-10-9-|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

1.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-10-13-12-10-11-14-12-11-12-13-12-10--------------||
|-------------------------------------13-12-10----o||
|----------------------------------------------13--||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||

2.
D.S.
3/4
TP TP TP
S S S S S S S S H Q Q Q
|-10-13-12-10-11-14-12-11-12----|-19--16--12--|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------|

TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP TP
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-12----------|-------------|-------------|
|-----14--13--|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-14----------|-------------|
|-------------|-----14--12--|-11----------|
|-------------|-------------|-----13--10--|

Q=120 Q=90 Q=60
4/4
Gtr II
H H H H H H H H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-12----13----|-10----12----|--8----10----|--7-------8------|
|
| Gtr III
| \1/ \1/
| H H H H H H H H
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-13----14----|-------13----|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-15----------|-14----15----|-12------14------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|

Q=40 Q=110
Gtr I
>
\7
W Wx3 H. Q
|-----------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|------------|-------------|
|-----------|------------|---------/7--|
|-5---------|------------|-------------|

|-3--|
H. Q H Q Q Q Q E H +E +H. Q
||---------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|
||o--------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|
||-----------/9--|-7-----------|----------------|--------------|
||--10-----------|------9------|-----7-7----(7)-|-(7)----------|
||o--------------|--------10-5-|-/7-------------|----------/7--|
||---------------|-------------|----------------|--------------|

H. Q H. Q W +H. Q
|--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------|
|----------/9--|-7-------/12--|-\9--------|-(9)------/9--|
|-10-----------|--------------|-----------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------|
|--------------|--------------|-----------|--------------|

1.
Gtr III
H. Q H Q Q H +E. S +Q H. Q
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|-/10----12--13--|-12b13=====(12)-12r(12)--|-10-------12b13--|
|-10-------/12--|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|
| Gtr I
| H. Q H Q Q H +E. S +Q H. Q
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|------------10--|-------------------------|-----------------|
|--7--------/9--|-/10----12------|-12b14=====(12)-12r(12)--|-10-------12b14--|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------------------|-----------------|

W +H E E E E W +H. Q
|-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------||
|-12--------|-(12)---------------|----------|--------------o||
|-----------|---------/10-9-7-10-|-9--------|-(9)-----------||
|-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------||
|-----------|--------------------|----------|----------/7--o||
|-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------||
|
| W +H H W W
|-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------||
|-----------|--------------------|----------|--------------o||
|-13--------|-(13)---------------|----------|---------------||
|-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------||
|-----------|--------------------|----------|--------------o||
|-----------|--------------------|----------|---------------||

2.
H. Q W
|-----------------|-----------|
|-10-------12b13--|-12--------|
|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------|
|
| H. Q W
|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------|
|-10--------9b10--|--9--------|
|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------|
|-----------------|-----------|

+H S +S +E E E H. +E E W
|---------12-(12)b13r(12)-10-13-|-12-------(12)--12-|-12----|
|-(12)--------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|
| +H H H. E E W
|-------------------------------|---------------/19-|-19----|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|--(9)--------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------|-------|

Gtr I
Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q W
||--/12--9---------|----------|-/10--7--------|----------|
||o---------10--8--|-6--------|---------8--6--|-5--------|
||-----------------|----------|---------------|----------|
||-----------------|----------|---------------|----------|
||o----------------|----------|---------------|----------|
||-----------------|----------|---------------|----------|

Q Q Q Q W Q Q Q Q W
|-----------------|----------|---------------|-------||
|-/13--10---------|----------|---------------|------o||
|----------10--9--|-7--------|-/8--11--8-----|-9-----||
|-----------------|----------|------------9--|-------||
|-----------------|----------|---------------|------o||
|-----------------|----------|---------------|-------||

Q=160
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--12-0-0-0-8-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-5-0-0-0-|
||o----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|
||o----------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-13-12-10----------------------10-12-13-12-10--|
|-------------13-12-10----10-12-13-----------------|
|----------------------13--------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-12-0-0-0-10-0-0-0-7-0-0-0-4-0-0-0-|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 6x
|-12-13-12-10----------------------10-12-13-12-10--||
|-------------13-12-10----10-12-13----------------o||
|----------------------13--------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||

S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--12-13-12-10----------------------10-12-13-12-10--||
||o-------------13-12-10----10-12-13----------------o||
||-----------------------13--------------------------||
||---------------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------------------------||

Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-12--13--10--12--|-----10----------|
|-----------------|-13------12--13--|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|

Q=120 Q=100 Q=90 Q=70
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
|-10--12------10--|--------------|---------------|-------------|
|---------13------|-9--10--7--9--|-----7---------|-------------|
|-----------------|--------------|-10-----9--10--|-7--9--6--7--|
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|
|-----------------|--------------|---------------|-------------|

Q=60
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q W +W
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-------------|-------------|----------|--------|
|-7--8--5--7--|----5--------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-------------|-8-----7--8--|-1--------|-(1)----|

Q=160
6/4 4/4
|---5---| |---5---| |---5---| |---5---| |---5---| |---5---|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S q H.
|-------------------------------------------------------------|-5--------*|
|-------------------------------------------------1-3-5-1-3-5-|----------*|
|-------------------------------------0-2-4-0-2-4-------------|----------*|
|-------------------------0-2-3-0-2-3-------------------------|----------*|
|-------------0-2-3-0-2-3-------------------------------------|----------*|
|-0-1-3-0-1-3-------------------------------------------------|----------*|

Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths