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Date: Thu, 26 Mar 1998 16:53:42 -0500
From: antonello pileggi (by way of cal woods)
Subject: tablature for The Rain Song by Led Zeppelin
The following is the correct tuning used by Jimmy Page for the Rain
Song:
6th- C
5th- G
4th- D
3rd- G
2nd- C
1st- D
The chords in the song then become much easier to play.
From: hl27+@andrew.cmu.edu (Haw Juin Lin)
this is what I could figure out by ear....I'm not sure if it is
right...but it sounds right....
beginning..
strum a G5, then a Gmaj7(no3rd) then
-------------------
----6-6-4-3-4------
----4-4-4-4-3------
------------5------
-------------------
--3----------------
strum an Eflat/G a couple of time then
------------------0-0-0-0-7----8-7---------7----8-7---------6\5-
----------------0-0-0-0-0-8-10-8-8-5-10-10-8-10-7-8-5-10-10-7\6-
--------------2-0-0-0-0-0-7--7-7-7-7--7--7-7--7-8-7-7--7--7-5\4-
--------------0-0-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------6\5-
--------------X-X-X-X-X-X---------------------------------------
----------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3---------------------------------------
G9 Gm9 Csus4 C/E C Csus4
It is the spring-time of my loving the second season
C/E C Csus4 Aflat9 G9
I am to know
G9 Gm9 Csus4 C/E C Csus4
You are the sunlight in my growing so little warmth
C/E C C/E Csus4 Aflat9 G9
I felt before
G9 Gm9 Csus4 C/E C Csus4 C/E
It isn't hard to feel me glowing I watched the fire that grew
C C/E Csus4 C/G Gsus2
so low
then play this
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-0-0---0--------------0-0---0--------------0-0---0-------------
-----2---0-2---0---2------2---0-2---0---2------2---0-2--0---2--
-------------2---0-1--------------2---0-2--------------2--0-3----
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------
-----0-------------------3-0-----2---2-------
-0-0---3-0-----------0-------0-3---3---3-----
-----------------0-----0--------------------
-----------3-2-----2--------------------------
---------------3-------------------------2--
----------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------0-0-0-0-3---------------
-3-5-3-5-3--------3-5-3-5-3--------0-0-0-0-0-------------------
-0---------5------0---------5-0-2--0-0-0-0-0-0--------------
-2-----------5----2-------------0--0-0-0-0-0-0---------------------
-0-------------3--0-------------X--X-X-X-X-X-X-----------------
--------------------------------3--3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------
then play the whole thing again from the Gmaj7(no3rd) chord
after that play this
-1-1-1-------3-3-3-------3------------------------3-3-3--------
-1-1-1-------1-1-1-------0------------------------0-0-0--------
-2-2-2-------0-0-0-------0-----0---------0--------0-0-0---------
-3-3-3-------2-2-2-------0-0-2---0-2-0-2---0-2----0-0-0-----------
-3-3-3-----0-3-3-3-3-2-0----------------------2-0-------2-0----
-1-1-1-2-3---------------3------------------------3-3-3-----3----
play that four times
I can't quite remember how the next part goes....but I'm pretty sure
that It's the same as the beginning (where it started at Gmaj7(no 3rd)
but without playing that note...
later
merlin
Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature
From: jay@b30.ingr.com (James Reeves)
Subject: TAB: Rain Song
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Rain Song
from Led Zeppelins "Houses Of The Holy"
(6 string acoustic studio track)
transcribed by Jay Reeves
jay@ffs.b15.ingr.com
Tuning open G (DGDGBD low to high)
INTRO:
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
============================================================================
|-0-----0--0--0--0--0----|-0-----0--0--0--0--0--0-|-------3--3--3--3--3--1-|
|-8-----8--8--8--8--8----|-7-----7--7--7--7--7--7-|-------6--6--4--3--3--4-|
|-0-----0--0--0--0--0----|-0-----0--0--0--0--0--0-|-------4--4--3--3--3--3-|
|-5-----5--5--5--5--5----|-5-----5--5--5--5--5--5-|-------5--5--5--5--5--1-|
|--0----0--0--0--0--0----|--0----0--0--0--0--0--0-|-0----------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
^play strings 1-4 with ^same as last lightly^ ^pluck
lethargic upstroke measure
then accent 5th string
with down stroke
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
============================================================================
|-------1--1--1----------|----2--2----------------|------------------------|
|-------4--4--4--------3-|----3--3-----3--5--1--3-|-X--3--X--3-----3-----3-|
|-------3--3--3--------2-|----4--4-----4--5--2--4-|-X--2--X--5-----4-------|
|-------1--1--1----------|----------------------5-|-X--5--X--5-----5-----1-|
|----------------0--0----|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
============================================================================
|------------------------|------------------------|-------------------7/ 8\|
|-3--3--3-----3--3--3--3-|----3-----3-----3-----3-|----3--3-----3--3--6/ 7\|
|-X--2--2-----2--2--2--4-|----2-----5-----4-------|----2--2-----2--2--4/ 5\|
|-1--1--1-----1--1--1--5-|----5-----5-----5-----1-|----1--1-----1--1--5/ 5\|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
^lightly
VERSE:
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
==============================================================================
|| (7)----7-----7--0--0--0-|----7--7-----7--0--0--5-|----5-----5-----5--5--5-|
|| (6)----6-----6--6--6--6-|----6--6-----6--6--6\ 3-|----3-----3-----3--3--3-|
||.(4)----4-----4--4--4--3-|----3--3-----3--3--3----|------------------------|
||.(5)----5-----5--5--5--5-|----5--5-----5--5--5\ 3-|----2-----5-----5--2--3-|
|| ------------------------|------------------------|----------5-----5-------|
|| ------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
==============================================================================
|----5-----5--5--5--7/ 8\ || repeat last 4 measures |----5-----5--5--5--8\---||
|----3-----3--3--3--6/ 7\ || twice, except on last |----3-----3--3--3--7\ 3-||
|-------------------4/ 5\.|| pass play the follow- |-------------------5\ 2-||
|----2-----5--2--3--5/ 6\.|| ing mesaure instead of |----2-----5--2--3--6\---||
|----------5------------- || measure 4 -> |----------5-------------||
|------------------------ || |------------------------||
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
============================================================================
|------------------------|----------------------2-|----2--2-----2--2-------|
|----3--3-----5--5--3--3-|----3--3-----3--3--3--3-|----3--3-----3--3--3--3-|
|----4--4-----4--4--0--2-|----4--4-----4--4--0--2-|----4--4-----4--4--0--2-|
|-------------------0--1-|----1--1-----1--1--1--2-|----2--2-----2--2--2--3-|
|-------------------0----|------------------------|------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
choke^
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
============================================================================
|------------------------|-5-----5--5--5--5--0--4-|----2--4-----4--0--0----|
|----3--3--5-----3--0--0-|-5-----5--5--5--5--0--3-|----3--3-----3--3--3----|
|----4--4--4-----4--4--0-|-5-----5--5--5--5--0--2-|----2--2-----2--2--2----|
|----3--3--3-----3--3--3-|-5-----5--5--5--5--0----|------------------------|
|------------------------|-5-----5--5--5--5--0----|------------------------|
|------------------------|-5-----5--5--5--5-------|------------------------|
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
================================================================================
|-0--------2--0h2p0--------|-0--------2--0h2p0--------|----2--2-----2--2--2----|
|-1-----------------1------|-1-----------------1----3-|----3--3-----3--3--3----|
|-0-------------------0----|-0-------------------0--2-|----4--4-----4--4--4----|
|-2----------------------0-|-2------------------------|------------------------|
|-2------------------------|-2------------------------|------------------------|
|-0------------------------|-0------------------------|------------------------|
end of verse
In measure 9 of first verse, there's a slight nuance:
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
==========================
|----7--7-----7--0--0--0-|
|----6--6-----6--6--6--6-|
|----4--4-----4--4--4--3-|
|----5--5-----5--5--5--5-|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
Return to INTRO for second time, then VERSE for second time, however, there
is a slight nuance of the second verse, measure 5 which is the same as
the above nuance. Also, measure 8 of the second verse varies slightly:
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
==========================
|-5--5-----5--5--5--7/ 8\|
|-3--3-----3--3--3--6/ 8\|
|-------------------4/ 5\|
|-3--2-----5--2--3--5/ 6\|
|----------5-------------|
|------------------------|
Measure 17 of the second verse changes:
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
============================================================================
|-5-----5--5--5--4--2--4-|-------------4--2--4----|-5-----5--5--4--2--2--7-|
|-5-----5--5--3--3--3--3-|----3--3-----3--3--3--3-|-5-----5--5--3--3--3--7-|
|-5-----5--5--2--2--2--2-|----2--2-----2--2--2--2-|-5-----5--5--2--2--2--7-|
|-5-----5--5-------------|------------------------|-5-----5--5-----------7-|
|-5-----5--5-------------|------------------------|-5-----5--5-----------7-|
|-5-----5--5-------------|------------------------|-5-----5--5-----------7-|
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
============================================================================
|-------------4--2-----5-|-------5--5--4--2--2--4-|----0--0-----0-----4--0-|
|----3--3--3--3--3--3--5-|-------5--5--3--3--3--3-|----3--3-----3-----3--3-|
|----2--2--2--2--2--2--5-|-------5--5--2--2--2--2-|----2--2-----2-----2--2-|
|----------------------5-|-------5--5-------------|------------------------|
|----------------------5-|-------5--5-------------|------------------------|
|----------------------5-|-------5--5-------------|------------------------|
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
================================================================================
|-0--------2--0h2p0--------|-0--------2--0h2p0--------|----2--2-----2--2--2----|
|-1-----------------1------|-1-----------------1----3-|----3--3-----3--3--3----|
|-0-------------------0--0-|-0-------------------0--2-|----4--4-----4--4--4----|
|-2------------------------|-2------------------------|------------------------|
|-2------------------------|-2------------------------|------------------------|
|-0------------------------|-0------------------------|------------------------|
end of second verse
Return to INTRO for third time, however measures 5 thru 9 change:
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
============================================================================
|----2--2--------------9-|-X--7--X-10-----9-------|----7--7-----7--7--7--9-|
|----3--3-----3--5--1--8-|-X--8--X--8-----8-----4/| 5--4--4-----4--4--4--8-|
|----4--4-----4--5--2--7-|-X--7--X--7-----7-----6/| 7--------------------7-|
|------------------------|-X-----X--------------4/| 5--5--5-----5--5--5----|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
===================================================
|-X--7--X-10-----9-------|----7--7-----7--7--7/ 8\|
|-X--8--X--8-----8-----4/| 5--4--4-----4--4--6/ 7\|
|-X--7--X--7-----7-----6/| 7-----------------4/ 5\|
|-X-----X--------------4/| 5--5--5-----5--5--5/ 6\|
|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|
Then the 3rd verse continues, however, the first 4 measures of the verse that
are repeated 3 times in the 1st and 2nd verses, are repeated 4 times in the
3rd verse.
The 24th measure of the 3rd verse starts VERSE PRIME:
VERSE PRIME:
| 1 & 2 & 3 e & a 4 & | 1 & 2 & a 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 e & |
================================================================================
|-0--------2--0h2p0-------|| 5-----5----5-5--0--0--3-|----3--3--3--3--3--3p0---|
|-1-----------------1-----|| 3-----3----3-3--0--0--1-|----1--1--1--1--1--1---1-|
|-0-------------------0---||.0-----0----0-0--0--0--0-|----0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
|-2-----------------------||.0-----0----0-0--0--0--0-|----3--3--3--3--3--3-----|
|-2-----------------------|| 0-----0----0-0--0--0--0-|----0--0--0--0--0--0-----|
|-0-----------------------|| 5-----5----5-5--5--5--3-|----3--3--3--3--3--3-----|
| 1 & 2 & a 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 e & a 4 e & a |
=========================================================
|-5-----5----5-5--------0-|----0--5-----5p0-0-0-0-0-5-0- ||
|-5-----5----5-5--7--5--0-|----3--3-----3---3-5-3-5-3-3- ||
|-5-----5----5-5--0--0--0-|----0--0-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-.||
|-5-----5----5-5--7--5--0-|----0--0-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0-.||
|-5-----5----5-5--------0-|----0--0-----0---0-0-0-0-0-0- ||
|-5-----5----5-5--------5-|----5--5-----5---5-5-5-5-5-5- ||
Repeat the last 4 measures 3 more times, however on the
last repeat, substitute the following for the last measure:
| 1 & a 2 & 3 & 4 & |
===========================
|----5-5-5--0--5--0--7/ 8\|
|----3-3-3--3--3--3--6/ 7\| Then the 4th verse is played, same as the 1st
|--------------------4/ 5\| verse, except the first 4 measures are played
|--------------------5/ 6\| 4 times instead of 3 times as in the 1st verse.
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
Note about the 4th verse: the last 2 measures are left off of the 4th
verse and it goes into the coda:
| 1 & 2 & 3 e & a 4 & | 1 & 2 & a 3 & 4 & |
=======================================================
|-0--------2--0h2p0--------|/9-----9--9-9-9--7--X-----|
|-1-----------------1------|/8-----8--8-8-8--8--8--10-|
|-0-------------------0----|/7-----7--7-7-7--7--7--10-|
|-2------------------------|-----------------------10-|
|-2------------------------|-----------------------10-|
|-0------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & a | 1 & 2 & a 3 & 4 & |
=======================================================
|---------------------------|-------------------------4-|
|----8--8-----8--10-10-8--8-|-8-----8--8--8--8--7-----3-|
|----10-10----10-10-10-10-10|-------------------------2-|
|----10-10-12-10-10-10-10-10|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10---|
|----10-10----10-10-10-10-10|-9-----9--9--9--9--9--9--4-|
|---------------------------|-10----10-10-10-10-10-10---|
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & |
============================================================================
|-------4--2--4--5-----7-|-------7--5--7--8----10-|------10--8-10-12\0-----|
|-------3--3--3--5-----6-|-------6--6--6--8-----9-|-------9--9--9----------|
|-------2--2--2--4-----5-|-------5--5--5--7-----8-|-------8--8--8----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|-------4--4--4--5-----7-|-------7--7--7--8----10-|------10-10-10----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
| 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & | 1 e & 2 & 3 e & 4 & |
==============================================================================
|----------3-----3-----3-|----------3-----3-----3-|-7p5----------------------|
|-------2-----3-----2----|-------2-----3-----2----|-----7-----7--5p3---------|
|----0-------------------|----0-------------------|--------7---------5-----5-|
|------------------------|------------------------|---------------------5----|
|-0----------------------|-0----------------------|-5------------5-----------|
|------------------------|------------------------|--------------------------|
| 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a | 1 e & a 2 e & a 3 e & a 4 e & a |
======================================================================
|-5p3-------3---------3-------2---|-----0-0-0-------0-0-----3-------||
|-----5---5---5---------3-------3-|-------------------------0-------||
|-------5-------5---0-------0-----|---0-----------0---------2-------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------0h4-----||
|-5---------------5-------4-------|-2-----------2-----------0-------||
|---------------------------------|-------------------------0-------||
^
this should be played
flamenco style - start
with fingers curled in
palm of hand, positioned
above the 6th string and
straighten each finger
in succession, starting
with the first, followed
by the second, third, then
forth, striking all 6
strings with each finger.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
tab explaination: 7/9 = slide from 7th fret up to 9th fret
9\7 = slide from 9th fret down to 7th fret
0h2 = open string hammer-on to 2nd fret
2p0 = open string pull-off from 2nd fret
X = muted string
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
From: chris@labtam.labtam.oz.au (Chris Taylor)
Subject: Re: Ten Years Gone Thank You (and Rain Song TAB)
Date: Fri, 26 Mar 1993 01:53:58 GMT
In article <890707p.54.733017180@axe.acadiau.ca>, 890707p@axe.acadiau.ca (GLENN G. PARSONS) writes:
> To whomever posted Ten Years by Zep, thanks for a great post
> That was one hell of a one page post.
What post?
(Well someone overflowed our news area so maybe that's where it went)
Only one page and one hell of a post.
But that song is so long!
I'm curious so would appreciate if anyone could repost or Email me a copy.
chris@labtam.oz.au
By the way heres some tab I did once.
RAIN SONG
=========
As played by me but not necessarily by J.Page.
Done in standard tuning.
The measures shown separate certain phrases (as percieved by me)
and are not necessarily related to any timing measures.
Intro:
======
G5 Gmaj7 Eb/G Gsus2 G
|--3-----2---------------------------------------------|
|--3-----3----------6--6--4--3---4---------------------|
|--0-----0----------4--4--4--4---3----------2---0------|
|--0-----0-----------------------1----------0---0------|
|--X-----X-----------------------X----------X---X------|
|--3-----3---[0]-3---------------3----3-3---3---3------|
! # ! # #
Note2
Gsus2(add Eb)
|---|--------------------------|-----|
|---|---------1-0------3-------|-----|
|---|---0-2-0-0-0------2-------|--%--|
|---|---0-0-0-----2----1-------|-----|
|---|---X---------X----X-------|-----|
|-3-|-3-3====-------3===-------|-----|
? #
Chorus:
=======
Ab9 G9 Gm9 Csus4/F C/E C
|---6-\-5----5---|--(3----3----3)----|-----|
|---7-\-6----3---|---1----1----1-----|-----|
|---5-\-4----3---|---0----0----0-----|--%--|
|---6-\-5----3---|---3----2----2-----|-----|
|------------5---|-------------3-----|-----|
|------------3---|---------------[2]-|-----|
# ! # X
Intrumental:
============
|-------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|-------------------------|----0-----------------|----0-----------------|
|--0-0-0---4-4-2-4-0h2----|--2-0---4-4-2-4-0h2---|--2-0---4-4-2-4-0h2---|
|--0-2-0---------------2--|--1-1---------------2-|--2-2---------------2-|
|--X----------------------|--X-------------------|--X-------------------|
|--3====------------------|--3==-----------------|--3==-----------------|
X X X X X X
Cmaj7 Bm7sus4 Bm7
|-------0--------|--3------3------2------2---|
|---------3-0----|--5-----5-5-----5------3---|
|--2-0--------0--|--4----4---4----2------2---|
|--3-3-----------|--5---5---------4------4---|
|--X-------------|--3--3----------2------2---|
|--3==-----------|---------------------------|
Note1
Am7sus4
|-(0)-----0----------|---|----------------|
|--3--------3h5p3----|---|----------------|
|--0--------------0--|-%-|----2-0---------|
|--2-----------------|---|----0-0---------| (go back to intro)
|-(0)----------------|---|----X-----------|
|--------------------|---|----3==---------|
The up tempo section is just bashing G,F,C chords
=================================================
Played over
"I felt the coldness of my winter,.... I never thought - you would ever go
G F C G
I do this (These chord strokes do NOT match the words)
G G G G (E) F (E) F F (E) F F C C C C (A) G (rest then repeat)
Where chords are:
G = 355455
F = 133211
C = X3555X
(E) = 0XXXXX
(A) = X0XXXX
Ending:
=======
G F Cmaj7 Bm7
|--7-7-7-------5--------5)--3-3-3-2-0---2-----2-2-2--|
|--8-8-8-10-8--6-8---(8-----5-5-5-------3-----3-3-3--|
|--7-7-7-------5---7--------4-4-4-------2-----2-2-2--|
|---------------------------5-5-5-------4-----4-4-4--|
|---------------------------3-3-3-------2-----2-2-2--|
|----------------------------------------------------|
Cmaj7 Dm7 Ebmaj7 Fm7
|----3----5-----5----6----8-------8--11\------------|
|----5----6----6-----8----9------9------\-----------|
|----4----5---5------7----8-----8--------\----------|
|----5----7--7-------8----10--10--------------------|
|----3----5----------6----8-------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|--------1--1--1--|---|--5p3-----3-------------3p1p0---0h1-0------|
|------2--3--2----|---|------6-3----5p3----3---------1-------1----|
|----0------------|-%-|-----------------5-------------------------|
|-----------------|---|------------------5------------------------|
|-----------------|---|-------------------------------------------|
|--3--------------|---|-------------------------------------------|
Gsus2
|------1----------0-------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------3----------3--------3-3---3---3-3--|-----------------------3---------|
|----0----------0----------0---------0------|-----------------------2---------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------0---------|
|--3----------2----------0------------------|-----------------------X---------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------3---------|
(hold down chord shapes) ^ ^ ^ (pregnant pause)
(let notes ring) (Ritard)
Notes:
======
! slow up stroke on chord (i.e 1st to 6th)
# strum softly for a while
() notes within brackets optional (or de-emphisized)
[] notes I use that are definitely not in recording
= let note ring from last chord rather than re-strike
% repeat last measure
X muted
0h2 hammer-on
2p0 pull-off
/ \ slides
^ suggest use of upstroke to pick
? NOT a mistake - striking the mute here sounds more interesting
Note1 This appeggio is what I do but does not match recording
Note2 An easier alternative Eb/G is...
|-------|
|---4---|
|---3---|
|---5---|
|-------|
|-------|
Suggestions:
===========
Use downstrokes for all chords shown on TAB,
except for those marked "!" (upstroke)
and the "#" (alternate up/down strumming or whatever suits).
I use downstrokes for just about all the notes except for those noted "^"
near the end, where the different accent of an upstoke is important to
colour these D notes.
I have used "=" to highlight certain places where I let a note let ring after
a chord rather than re-strike the note. (Because I think re-striking sounds
too strong in these places.)
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