'The Minstrel' by Blind Guardian - Guitar Tutorial

            Title: The Minstrel 
Album: Nightfall In Middle-Earth
Transcribed by: Mihon Rуавснiкоff and Vitaly Niкiтin (a.к.a. Arthur)


Legend:

~ - vibrato
h - hammer
sl. - slide


  Intro (playing 2 times)
 Acoustic
E-------------------!--------------!------------!----------------------]
B-------------------!--------------!------------!----------------------]
G*-10---8-----------!-----------10-!-8----------!-----------10~--------]
D*--------11-10-8~--!---8-10-11----!---11-10-8~-!---8-10-11------------]
A-------------------!--------------!------------!----------------------]
E-------------------!--------------!------------!----------------------]

Rhytm
E---6---------------!---(6)--------!--(6)-------!------------6---------]
B---6---------------!---(6)--------!--(6)-------!------------6---------]
G*--6---------------!---(6)--------!--(6)-------!------------6---------]
D*--8---------------!---(8)--------!--(8)-------!------------8---------]
A---8---------------!---(8)--------!--(8)-------!------------8---------]
E---6---------------!---(6)--------!--(6)-------!------------6---------]

Acoustic     end of the Intro
E-----------]
B----9------]
G------10~-*]
D-11-------*]
A-----------]
E-----------]

Rythm        end of the Intro
E-(6)-------]
B-(6)-------]
G-(6)------*]
D-(8)------*]
A-(8)-------]
E-(6)-------]

Main riff    Rythm
E--6---------9------4------------2------6------9-----4--------------]
B--6---------9------4------------2------6------9-----4--------------]
G--6--------10------5------------3------6-----10-----5--------------]
D--8--------11------6------------4------8-----11-----6--------------]
A--8--------11------6------------4------8-----11-----6--------------]
E--6---------9------4------------2------6------9-----4--------------]
So I stand still in front of the crowd excited faces what will be

Main riff    Acoustic
E-------------------------------------------------------------------]
B--11---------------------------------------------------------------]
G10----13---10-----------------h--------------8-10-------------h----]
D----------------11-13----15-13-15-10---10-11------11-10--11-11-13--]
A-------------------------------------------------------------------]
E-------------------------------------------------------------------]

Rythm                                                  end of Main riff
E--2----------6-----------9------2---------------6-----------9------2------------]
B--2----------6-----------9------2---------------6-----------9------2------------]
G--3----------6----------10------3---------------6----------10------3------------]
D--4----------8----------11------4---------------8----------11------4------------]
A--4----------8----------11------4---------------8----------11------4------------]
E--2----------6-----------9------2---------------6-----------9------2------------]
  next      I still don't have a clue          I still don't have a clue

Acoustic                                               end of Main riff
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
G--------------------------------sl.--------------------------------sl.----------]
D--10-------10-11---10----8--11-8/10-10-11-10--10-11---10----8--11-8/10-10-11-10-]
A--------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------]



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