Alpha Tab
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This is an arrangement for a solo acoustic guitar. It is not a transcription, but I tried to retain the essential elements. A lot of barre is used in the final part.Was this info helpful?
| Difficulty: | intermediate |
|---|---|
| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Key: | Em |
| Capo: | no capo |
Title: Alpha
Composed by: Vangelis
Arranged and tabulated by: A. Zadorin
2019
The tabulature is supposed to be played on a western acoustic guitar with steel strings. It
includes string bends, bend-like vibrato, and barre at position IX. If you play it on the
classical guitar, change position, when it is possible to avoid barre at high frets. If you
play it on the electric guitar, you may attempt to do a 1.5 bend and a full bend in measures
43 and 45, respectively (so, play directly 7b10r and 8b10r, respectively).
There is a lot of modulation in this (master)piece of music. As a result, the tabulature
uses a lot of barre.
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Andante (Q = 80 bpm)
4/4 S S Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E S S
e|--3-2-|--0---------------3-----------3---|--5---------------3-----------3-2-|
B|------|----------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0-------|
G|------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|------|--2-------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
A|------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
p . . . . . . . .
3
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E S S Q Q Q E E
e|--0---------------3-----------3---|--5---------------3-----------3-2-|--0---------------0-----------3---|
B|----------1---------------1-------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------5---------------5-------|----------2---------------2-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|--3-------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
6
Q Q Q E S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E S S
e|--5---------------2-----------3-2-|--0---------------3---------------|------------------3-----------3-2-|
B|----------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0-------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|--2-------------------------------|--2-------------------------------|
A|--2-------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
. . . . . . . . . . . .
9
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E S S
e|--0---------------3-----------3---|--5---------------3-----------3-2-|
B|----------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0-------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|--2-------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
11
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E S S Q Q Q E E
e|--0---------------3-----------3---|--5---------------3-----------3-2-|--0---------------0-----------3---|
B|----------1---------------1-------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|----------5---------------5-------|----------2---------------2-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|--3-------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
14
Q Q Q E S S Q Q Q Q Q Q Q E S S
e|--5---------------2-----------3-2-|--0---------------3---------------|------------------3-----------3-2-|
B|----------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0-------|
G|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|--2-------------------------------|--2-------------------------------|
A|--2-------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|--L-------------------------------|
17
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E S S
e||--0---------------3-----------3---|--5---------------3-----------3-2-|
B||--0-------0---------------0-------|--3-------0---------------0-------|
G||*-0-------------------------------|--2-------------------------------|
D||*-2-------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
A||----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E||--0-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
mp
19
Q Q Q E E Q Q Q E S S Q Q Q E E
e|--0---------------3-----------3---|--5---------------3-----------3-2-|--0---------------0-----------3---|
B|--1-------1---------------1-------|----------------------------------|--1-------------------------------|
G|--0-------------------------------|--5-------5---------------5-------|--2-------2---------------2-------|
D|--2-------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|--2-------------------------------|
A|--3-------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
22
Q Q Q E S S Q Q Q Q
e|--5---------------2-----------3-2-|--0---------------3---------------|
B|--0-------0---------------0-------|--0-------0---------------0-------|
G|----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|--2-------------------------------|
A|--2-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
24
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T Q E S S
e|-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]--3------------------------3-----2-----||
B|----------------------------------0-----------------------------------------------0--------------------||
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
D|--2---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|--L----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
25 |---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E S S
e||--0---------------0-----[12]--------------3---|--5---------------3-----------3-2-|
B||--------------0-----[12]-----[5]--L---0-------|--3-------0---------------0-------|
G||*---------------------------------------------|--2-------------------------------|
D||*---------2-----------------------------------|--0-------------------------------|
A||------2---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E||--0-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
f mp
27 |---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E S S
e|--0-------------------3-----3[15]-L-------3---|--5---------------3-----------3-2-|
B|------------------1-----1[13]---------0-------|----------------------------------|
G|--------------0-------------------------------|--5-------5---------------5-------|
D|----------------------------------------------|--5-------------------------------|
A|--3-------3-----------------------------------|--3-------------------------------|
E|------3---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
f mp
29 |---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q E S S
e|--0-------------------0---5-0[12]-L-------3---|--5---------------2-----------3-2-|
B|--------------------------------------0-------|--0-------0---------------0-------|
G|------------------2---------------------------|----------------------------------|
D|--------------2-------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|--0-------0-----------------------------------|--2-------------------------------|
E|------0---------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
f mp
31 |---3---| |---3---| |---3---|
E E E E E E E E E Q
e|--0---------------0-----[12]-[5]--L-----------|
B|--------------0-----[12]--------------0-------|
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------2-----------------------------------|
A|------2---------------------------------------|
E|--0-------------------------------------------|
f mp
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32 |1. |
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T Q E S S
e|-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]-[5]--3------------------------3-----2-----||
B|----------------------------------0-----------------------------------------------0--------------------||
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
D|--2---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------*||
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------||
________________________________
33 |2.
H Q E E
e|----------------------------------|
B|--------------------------8---7---|
G|----------------------------------|
D|--2-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|
E|-----------------/7-------L-------|
f
34
E S S Q E S S E E E S S Q E S S E S S
e||--0-------0---------------0---3---|--5-------5---------------5---3-2-|
B||--0-------0---------------0-------|--3-------3---------------3-------|
G||*-0-------0---------------0-------|--2-------2---------------2-------|
D||*---------2---------------2-------|--0---0-0-0-------0---0-0-0-------|
A||----------2---------------2-------|----------------------------------|
E||--0---0-0---------0---0-0---------|----------------------------------|
(play weak beats by strumming, here and in similar places)
36
E S S Q E S S E E E S S Q E S S E S S
e|--0-------0---------------0---3---|--5-------5---------------5---3-2-|
B|--1-------1---------------1-------|----------x---------------x-------|
G|--0-------0---------------0-------|--5-------5---------------5-------|
D|----------2---------------2-------|--5-------5---------------5-------|
A|--3---3-3---------3---3-3---------|--3---3-3---------3---3-3---------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
38
E S S Q E S S E E E S S Q E S S E S S
e|--0-------0---------------0---3---|--5-------5---------------5---3-2-|
B|--1-------1---------------1-------|--0-------0---------------0-------|
G|--2-------2---------------2-------|----------4---------------4-------|
D|----------2---------------2-------|----------4---------------4-------|
A|--0---0-0---------0---0-0---------|--2---2-2---------2---2-2---------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
40
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
e|--0-------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0---3-2-||
B|----------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0-------||
G|----------0-------0---0-0-0-------|----------0-------0---0-0-0------*||
D|----------2---------------2-------|----------2---------------2------*||
A|----------2---2-2---------2---2-2-|----------2---2-2---------2-------||
E|--0---0-0-------------------------|--0---0-0-------------------------||
42
E S S Q E S S E E E S S Q E S S E S S
e|--0-------7---------------7---7---|9b10r-----7---------------7-------|
B|----------8---------------8-------|--------------------------x---8-7-|
G|----------9---------------9-------|--------------------------7-------|
D|----------------------------------|--0---0-0-0-------0---0-0-0-------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|--0---0-0---------0---0-0---------|----------------------------------|
44
E S S Q E S S E E E S S Q E S S E S S
e|--0-------8---------------8---8---|9b10r-----8---------------8-------|
B|----------8---------------8-------|--------------------------8---8-7-|
G|----------9---------------9-------|--------------------------9-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|--8---8-8---------8---8-8---------|--8---8-8-8-------8---8-8---------|
(fret with the thumb) (fret with the thumb)
46
E S S Q E S S E E E S S Q E S S E S S
e|--0-------5---------------5---5---|--7-------7---------------7-------|
B|----------5---------------5-------|----------7---------------7---8-7-|
G|----------5---------------5-------|----------8---------------8-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|--0---0-0---------0---0-0---------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--7---7-7---------7---7-7---------|
48
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
e|--0-------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0---3-2-|
B|----------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0-------|
G|----------0-------0---0-0-0-------|----------0-------0---0-0-0-------|
D|----------2---------------2-------|----------2---------------2-------|
A|----------2---2-2---------2---2-2-|----------2---2-2---------2-------|
E|--0---0-0-------------------------|--0---0-0-------------------------|
50
E S S Q E S S E E E S S Q E S S E S S
e|--0-------7---------------7---7---|9b10r-----7---------------7-------|
B|----------8---------------8-------|--------------------------x---8-7-|
G|----------9---------------9-------|--------------------------7-------|
D|----------------------------------|--0---0-0-0-------0---0-0-0-------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|--0---0-0---------0---0-0---------|----------------------------------|
52
E S S Q E S S E E E S S Q E S S E S S
e|--0-------8---------------8---8---|9b10r-----8---------------8-------|
B|----------8---------------8-------|--------------------------8---8-7-|
G|----------9---------------9-------|--------------------------9-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|--8---8-8---------8---8-8---------|--8---8-8-8-------8---8-8---------|
(fret with the thumb) (fret with the thumb)
54
E S S Q E S S E E E S S Q E S S E S S
e|--0-------5~~~~~~~~~~~~---5---5---|--7~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~---7-------|
B|--------------------------5-------|--------------------------7---8-7-|
G|--------------------------5-------|--------------------------8-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|--0---0-0-0-------0---0-0---------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--7---7-7-7-------7---7-7---------|
(fret with the thumb)
56
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 E S S
e|--0-------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0---3-2-|
B|----------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0-------|
G|----------0-------0-0-0-0-0-------|----------0-------0-0-0-0-0-------|
D|----------2---------------2-------|----------2---------------2-------|
A|----------2-2-2-2---------2-2-2-2-|----------2-2-2-2---------2-------|
E|--0-0-0-0-------------------------|--0-0-0-0-------------------------|
58
E S S Q E S S E E E S S Q E S S E S S
e|--0-------7~~~~~~~~~~~----7---7---|9b10r-----7---------------7-------|
B|--------------------------8-------|--------------------------x---8-7-|
G|--------------------------9-------|--------------------------7-------|
D|----------------------------------|--0---0-0-0-------0---0-0-0-------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|--0---0-0-0-------0---0-0---------|----------------------------------|
60
E S S Q E S S E E E S S Q E S S E S S
e|--0-------8~~~~~~~~~~~----8---8---|9b10r-----8---------------8-------|
B|--------------------------8-------|--------------------------8---8-10|
G|--------------------------9-------|--------------------------9-------|
D|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|--8---8-8-8-------8---8-8---------|--8---8-8-8-------8---8-8---------|
(fret with the thumb) (fret with the thumb)
62
E S S Q E S S E E E S S Q E S S E S S
e|--7-------7---------------7--10---|--5-------5---------------5---5-7-|
B|--0-------0---------------0-------|--7-------7---------------7-------|
G|--0-------0---------------0-------|--7-------7---------------7-------|
D|----------0---------------0-------|----------7---------------7-------|
A|----------------------------------|--5---5-5---------5---5-5---------|
E|--3---3-3---------3---3-3---------|----------------------------------|
64
E S S Q E S S E E E S S Q E S S S S S S
e|--8-------8---------------8--12---|-12------12--------------12-------|
B|--8-------8---------------8-------|-12------12--------------12-------|
G|--9-------9---------------9-------|-12------12--------------12-------|
D|---------10--------------10-------|----------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|--8---8-8---------8---8-8---------|--0---0-0---------0---0-0-0-0-0-0-|
66
E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q
e|--3---------------0---------------|--------------------------0-------|
B|--1---------------1---------------|----------------------------------|
G|--0---------------0---------------|--0-------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------|--2-------------------------------|
A|--3---3-3-3-------3---3-3-3-------|--3---3-3-3-------3---3-3-3-------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
68
E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|--3---------------0---------------|----------------------------------|
G|--0---------------0---------------|--0-----------------------2-------|
D|--0---------------0---------------|--0-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|--3---3-3-3-------3---3-3-3-------|--3---3-3-3-------3---3-3-3-------|
70
E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q
e|----------------------------------|--------------------------2-------|
B|------------------3---------------|--------------------------3-------|
G|------------------4---------------|--4-----------------------4-------|
D|--4---------------4---------------|--4-------------------------------|
A|--2---2-2-2-------2---2-2-2-------|--2---2-2-2-------2---2-2-2-------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
72
E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q
e|--4-------------------------------|--------------------------4-------|
B|--6---------------6---------------|------------------6-------6-------|
G|--6---------------6---------------|--6---------------6-------6-------|
D|------------------6---------------|--6---------------6---------------|
A|--4---4-4-4-------4---4-4-4-------|--4---4-4-4-------4---4-4-4-------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
74
E S S E E E S S E E E S S Q E S S S S S S
e|------------------6---------------|-11-----------------------------------------------|
B|--8---------------8-----------8---|-11-----------------------------------------------|
G|--8-----------8---8---------------|-12-----------------------------------------------|
D|--8-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|--6---6-6-6-------6---6-6-6-------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|-11----11-11-11----------11----11-11-11-11-11-11--|
cresc.
76
E S S Q E S S Q E S S Q E S S E E
e|--9-------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--9-------------------------------|-13----------------------------------11-----------|
G|-10-------------------------------|-13----------------------------------------13-----|
D|----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|-11----11-11-11----------11----11-11-11-----------|
E|--9---9-9-9-------9---9-9-9-------|--------------------------------------------------|
ff
78
E S S Q E S S Q
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|-11-----------------------------------------------|
G|-12-----------------------------------------------|
D|-13-----------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------|
E|-11----11-11-11----------11----11-11-11-----------|
79
E S S Q E S S E E E S S Q E S S Q
e|--9-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--9----------------------13----------11-----------|-11-----------------------------------------------|
G|-10----------------------13----------------13-----|-12-----------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|-13-----------------------------------------------|
A|--9-----9--9--9----------11----11-11-11-----------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|-11----11-11-11----------11----11-11--/11---------|
81
E S S Q E S S E E E S S E E E S S Q
e|--9-----------------------------------------------|-------------------11-----------------------------|
B|--9----------------------13----------11-----------|-11-----------------------------------------------|
G|-10----------------------13----------------13-----|-12-----------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|-13----------13-----------------------------------|
A|--9-----9--9--9----------11----11-11-11-----------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|-11----11-11-11----------11----11-11--/11---------|
83
E S S E E E S S E E E S S Q E S S Q
e|--9-----------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|
B|--9----------13----11----13----------11-----------|-11-----------------------------------------------|
G|-10----------------------13----------------13-----|-12-----------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------|-13----------------------13-----------------------|
A|--9-----9--9--9----------11----11-11-11-----------|--------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|-11----11-11-11----------11----11-11-11-----------|
85
E S S E E E S S E E E S S Q E S S S S S S
e|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
B|--2-------1-------1---------------|--------------------------4-------|
G|--1-----------3---1-------3---1---|--3-------------------------------|
D|------------------1---------------|--1---1-1-1-------1---1-1-1-1-1-1-|
A|--4---4-4-4-----------------------|--1-------------------------------|
E|------------------4---4-4-4-------|----------------------------------|
87
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
e|--1-------1-----------------------|--3-------3-----------------------|
B|--1---------------1---------------|--3---------------3---------------|
G|--2-----------------------2-------|--4-----------------------4-------|
D|--3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-|--5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
89
E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S E S S
e|--5-------5-----------------------|--7---------------7---------------|
B|--5---------------5---------------|--7-----------7-7-7-----------7-7-|
G|--6-----------------------6-------|--8-----------8-8-8-----------8-8-|
D|--7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-|--9---9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-|
A|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
91
E S S E S S E S S E S S W
e|--7---------------7---------------|--7-------------------------------|
B|--7-----------7-7-7-----------7-7-|--7-------------------------------|
G|--8-----------8-8-8-----------8-8-|--8-------------------------------|
D|--9---9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-9---9-9-|--9-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------|--9-------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|--7-------------------------------|
sf
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Notation
Above the staff:
n - measure number n
x/y - time signature
W - whole note
H - half note
Q - quarter note
E - eighth note
S - 16th note
T - 32nd note
|-3-| - triplet
___
|n. | - volta alternative
On the staff:
||* *|| - repeat
b - bend: NbM - bend the string on fret N to get the note indicated by fret M
r - release a bend (just before the next note in that voice)
L - tied note (where it is not obvious)
[N] - natural harmonic at fret N
N[M] - artificial harmonic fretted at fret N with vibration stopped at fret M
0[N] - natural harmonic on fret M played with the artificial harmonic technique
x - dead note
/ - upward glissando (slide up)
~ - vibrato (wide, like on the electric guitar)
Below the staff:
p,mp,f,ff,sf - dynamics (volume)
. - staccato
cresc. - crescendo (progressively increase the volume)
X×
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