'Wisdom Of The Kings' by Rhapsody - Guitar Tutorial

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            Wisdom of the Kings
By Rhapsody
>From Symphony of Enchanted Lands (1998)

Hopefully it is pretty accurate, although some sections were pretty hard to get all of the instruments. 
Top song though. Have fun. Any comments etc, e-mail me.

Transcribed by Stefan Gabriel
e-mail: [email protected]


Legend
~	- vibrato
h 	- hammer on
p 	- pull off
	- repeat last bar 
// 	- tremolo
P.M. 	- palm mute

E tuning (standard)
4 / 4 Time Signature

Intro A
Acoustic Guitar  -  Let ring throughout (as much as possible)
|---------3--------------|-----3-----4-3-1h3p1------|--------------5----3----|
|-------4----3h4---------|---3-----------------4-3--|-------3-4--------------|
|-----5------------------|-0------------------------|-----5------5-----------|
|---5--------------------|-------0---3-1-0-----3-2--|---5--------------------|
|-3----------------------|--------------------------|-3----------------(3)---|
|------------------------|-------3------------------|------------------------|
| Flute (transcribed for guitar)                    |                        |
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|-13-12-13-15-16~--15-13-|-12-----------------------|-13-12-13-15-16~--15-13-|
|------------------------|----14-12~----------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|

|-------------1-------|------3-------3---4---6-3-|-4-1--3---|-------1-----|
|-------1-3-----3---3-|---4----------4-----------|--------4-|-----1-------|
|-3-2-3-----3-----3---|--------------3---1---0---|----------|---2---------|
|---------------------|-1------------------------|-3----1---|-0-----------|
|-1----------------(1)|-----------1--------------|----------|-------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|----------|-------------|
|                     |                          |          |             |
|---------------------|-------------15~--16-18~--|16-15~-15-|-------------|
|-15~-----------------|-16-15-16-18--------------|----------|-18-16-15----|
|-------15~-----------|--------------------------|----------|----------17-|
|---------------------|--------------------------|----------|-------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|----------|-------------|
|---------------------|--------------------------|----------|-------------|

|------------3---||
|----------3---0-||
|--------0-------||
|-----0----------||
|----------------||
|--3-------------||
|                ||
|----------------||
|----------------||
|-16~------------||
|----------------||
|----------------||
|----------------||



Intro B
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|-5------------------------------|--5----------------3------|-8-------------------|
|-5---------------------5--------|--5----------------3------|-8-------------------|
|-3---------------------5--------|--3----------------1------|-6-------------------|
|-----------------------3--------|--------------------------|---------------------|
| Synth Part                     |                          |                     |
|-11-10-11-13-15~-13-11-10--8-6~-|-11--13-15~-13-11-13~-10~-|-11-10-11-13-15--16--|
|-13-11-13-15-16~-15-13-11-10-8~-|-13--15-16~-15-13-15~-11~-|-13-11-13-15-16--18--|
|-------------//-----------------|--------//----------------|-------------//------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------|---------------------|

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|----------5------------------|
|----------5--------------5/-|
|----------3--------------5/-|
|-------------------------3/-|
|                             |
|-18--16--15-13-11-10--8-10~-|
|-20--18--16-15-13-11-10-11~--|
|-//---------//-//-//---------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|

Section 2 Play twice  (muted guitar is played tremolo)
|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--------|3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3-1-1-1-1|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
|-----------------------3-3-3-3|------------------------------|-------------------|
|P.M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .|. . . . . . . . .] |
|11-10-11-13-15~-13-11-10--8-6~|-11-10-11-13-15~-13-11-13~-10~|11-10-11-13-15--16-|
|13-11-13-15-16~-15-13-11-10-8~|-13-11-13-15-16~-15-13-15~-11~|13-11-13-15-16--18-|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------//-----|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|
|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------|

|-----------------------------||
|---------------*2nd time only-||
|-----------------------------||
|-------------------*5~-------||
|-6-6-6-6--3-3-3-3------------||
|-------------------3-3-3-3---||
|P.M. . . . . . . . . . . .]  ||
|-18--16--15-13-11-10--8-10~-||
|-20--18--16-15-13-11-10-11~--||
|-//---------//-//-//---------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||
|-----------------------------||



Riff A
Guitars
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-5-----------------------|-------------------------|-8------------------3----|
|-5-----------------------|-------------------------|-8-----------3-5-6--5----|
|-3-----------------------|-------------------------|-6-----------5-6-8-------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| Synth Part              |                         |                         |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-12----------10----------|-15-13-12----13-12-------|
|-10----12----13----12----|----10----10-------13-12-|----------15-------15-13-|
|----10----10----10----10-|-------10-------10-------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|

|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-10~---------------------|-5-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-5-----------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-3-----------------------|--------------------------|
|--6~---------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|                         |                         |                          |
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-12----------10-----------|
|-15-13-12------12-13-15--|-10----12----13----12----|----10----10-------13-12--|
|----------15-13----------|----10----10----10----10-|-------10-------10--------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|

|-------------------------|----------------||
|-------------------------|----------------||
|-8---------------3-------|-10~------------||
|-8---------3-5-6-5-------|----------------||
|-6---------5-6-8---------|----------------||
|-------------------------|--6~------------||
|                         |                ||
|-------------------------|----------------||
|-------------------------|----------------||
|-15-13-12----13-12-------|----------------||
|----------15-------15-13-|-15~------------||
|-------------------------|----------------||
|-------------------------|----------------||



Riff B
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|-----5---------|-----------------|-----5------8-|-------------|
|-----5-------5-|-3-3-3-5-6-6-5-3-|-----5--5-5---|-3~--5-6-3~--|
|-3-3---3-5-6---|-----------------|-3-3----------|-------------|
| P.M   P.M. . .|. . . . . . ]    | P.M    P.M   |             |
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|-----5---------|-----------------|-----5------8-|-------------|
|-----5-------5-|-3-3-3-5-6-6-5-3-|-----5--5-5---|-3~--5-6-3~--|
|-3-3---3-5-6---|-----------------|-3-3----------|-------------|
  P.M   P.M. . . . . . . . .]       P.M    P.M

|----------|-----------------|---------|--------------||
|----------|-----------------|---------|--------------||
|----------|-----------------|---------|--------------||
|----------|-----------------|-----6-3-|-5~--/5p3-----||
|-1~-3~-5~-|-6-6-6-6-5-5-3-3-|-2~------|----------6p5-||
|----------|-----------------|---------|--------------||
|          | P.M. . . . . . ]|         |              ||
|----------|-----------------|---------|--------------||
|----------|-----------------|---------|--------------||
|----------|-----------------|-----5-2-|-4~-----------||
|-------3~-|-5-5-5-5-3-3-----|---------|-----/5p3-----||
|-5~-6~----|-------------6-6-|-5~------|----------6p5-||
|----------|-----------------|---------|--------------||
             P.M. . . . . . ]



Riff C
|-----------------|---|---|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---|---|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---|-8-|-3----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-|-8-|-3----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---|-6-|-1--1-3-5-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-1-1---------|
|-----------------|---|---|-------------|-----------------|---------3-3-1-1-|
| P.M. . . . . . ]|   |   |     P.M. . .|. . . . . . . . .|. . . . . . . .] |
|-----------------|---|---|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---|---|-------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|---|-8-|-3----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-|-8-|-3----------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|---|-6-|-1--1-3-5-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3-3-1-1---------|
|-----------------|---|---|-------------|-----------------|---------3-3-1-1-|
  P.M. . . . . . ]              P.M. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

|--*picked fast-----|-------------|
|-------------------|-------------|
|-----------------8-|-3-----------|
|-----------------8-|-3-----------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1--1-3-5-1--|
|---------[--*--]---|-------------|
| P.M. . . . . ..]  |             |
|-------------------|-------------|
|-------------------|-------------|
|-----------------8-|-3-----------|
|-----------------8-|-3-----------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|-1--1-3-5-1--|
|---------[--*--]---|-------------|
  P.M. . . . . ..]

|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|-----5---------|-----------------|-----5------8-|-------------|
|-----5-------5-|-3-3-3-5-6-6-5-3-|-----5--5-5---|-3~--5-6-3~--|
|-3-3---3-5-6---|-----------------|-3-3----------|-------------|
| P.M   P.M. . .|. . . . . . ]    | P.M    P.M   |             |
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|---------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------|
|-----5---------|-----------------|-----5------8-|-------------|
|-----5-------5-|-3-3-3-5-6-6-5-3-|-----5--5-5---|-3~--5-6-3~--|
|-3-3---3-5-6---|-----------------|-3-3----------|-------------|
  P.M   P.M. . . . . . . . .]       P.M    P.M

|----------|-----------------|---------|-------------||
|----------|-----------------|---------|-------------||
|----------|-----------------|---------|-------------||
|----------|-----------------|-5-------|-(5)---------||
|-1~-3~-5~-|-6-6-6-6-5-5-3-3-|-5-------|-(5)---------||
|----------|-----------------|-3-------|-(3)---------||
|          | P.M. . . . . . ]|         |             ||
|----------|-----------------|-3-------|-(3)---------||
|----------|-----------------|-3-------|-(3)---------||
|----------|-----------------|-0-------|-(0)---------||
|-------3~-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5h6-|---------|-------------||
|-5~-6~----|-----------------|---------|-------------||
|----------|-----------------|---------|-------------||
             P.M. . . . ]



Interlude
Violins
|------14--------|-----------15--------|15----11----13----15--|13----10----11---13---|
|13----------13--|15----12---------12--|16----13----15----16--|15----11----13----15--|
|---13----13---13|--12----12----12---12|---12----12----12---12|---12----12----12---12|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|Bass            |                     |                      |                      |
|----------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------|-6-----5----3-----1--|-3~----------5-----6--|-5~-------------------|
|4~------3-----1-|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|

|-------------11---------|-------------14-----------|------------------------|------||
|-13----13----------13---|-13----16-----------16----|-18-20-18---------------|------||
|----11----11----11----11|----14----14----14-----17-|-19-21-19-20-19-20-19-17|-19~--||
|------------------------|--------------------------|----------22-21-22-21-19|-21~--||
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|------||
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|------||
|Bass                    |                          |                        |      ||
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|------||
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|------||
|------------------------|--------------------------|------------------------|------||
|--7-----4---------------|--------------------------|------------------------|------||
|--------------6---------|--------------------------|------------------------|-10~--||
|--------------------8---|--5-----7-----8------5----|--7-----8-----10----7---|------||



Chorus
|---|---|---|---|---|---|-----|---------------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|-----|---------------|---|---|---|---|---|---|---||
|---|-5-|---|-5-|-6-|---|-----|---------------|---|-5-|-3-|---|-6-|-8-|---||
|-6-|-5-|-3-|-5-|-6-|-6-|-5-6-|--8-6-5--------|-6-|-5-|-3-|-3-|-6-|-8-|-6-||
|-6-|-3-|-3-|-3-|-4-|-6-|-6-8-|-10-8-6--8-6-5-|-6-|-3-|-1-|-3-|-4-|-6-|-6-||
|-4-|---|-1-|---|---|-4-|-////|-//////-10-8-6-|-4-|---|---|-1-|---|---|-4-||
                          P.M. . . . . //////.]



Solos
Violin? solo
 G#5               G5       G#5               C#           B
|--16-14-----------|-----14---------|-------|----------16-14----------|
|--//----16~-14-16-|-17~----17-16~--|-14-16-|-17-16-14-------17-16-17-|
|*-----------------|-----------//-*-|-------|-------------------------|
|*-----------------|--------------*-|-------|-------------------------|
|------------------|----------------|-------|-------------------------|
|------------------|----------------|-------|-------------------------|

   A         G#       C#           B            G
|-17~-16-15-15~-16~-|-18-16-------------------|-------15-16-18~-|
|-------------------|-------19-17-16-17-16-15-|-16-18-----------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|-------------------------|-----------------|


Guitar Solo
|-14-14-13-14-16-14h16p14-13-16-|-14-14-13-14-16-14h16p14-13-16-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|                               |                               |
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----11-10-11-13----11----10-13-|-11------------------8----9-11-|
|--9----------------------------|-----9--8--9-11----------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|

|-12-12-11-12-14-12h14p12-11-14-|-12-12--9-9-11-11-12-12---|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|                               |                          |
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-------------------------------|--------------------------|
|-----9--8--9-11-----9-----8-11-|--9-----------------------|
|--8----------------------------|----8--6--8--9-11--8-11---|
|-------------------------------|----[*11-11-12-12-14-14*]-|
|-------------------------------|-------*2nd time only-----|

|-11-13----13----13----13-|---13----13----13----13-|-11-13-11----11----------|----|
|-------15----13----11----|10----11----13----15----|----------15----15-13-11-|----|
|*------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|-|
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