Letter From Home by Pat Metheny
Q=103
Bbadd2 F Ab Gm
4/4 3/4 4/4
Gtr I
Q. E Q. E Q Q Q Q. E H
||----------------|----------|-------------|
||o---------------|-------1--|-4----3------|
||----------------|----2-----|--------3----|
||--3----3-3----3-|-3--------|-------------|
||o---------------|----------|-------------|
||----------------|----------|-------------|
Eb Gb F
+H +Q. E Q. E Q Q Q Q Q Q Q H.
|----------------|-3----3-3--5--|-6-----------|----------|
|----------------|--------------|----6--4--3--|-6--------|
|-(3)----(3)---3-|--------------|-------------|----5-----|
|----------------|--------------|-------------|----------|
|----------------|--------------|-------------|----------|
|----------------|--------------|-------------|----------|
Am Bbm6 F/C Bb/Db C/E F Dbmaj7
+Q. E E E E E Q. E Q. E Q. E H Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|--------6----5-|-------------|-----8----8----8-----|
|-------6-5-6-----|---------------|-6------8----|----10----9----9-----|
|-(5)-------------|-2----3--------|------7------|-------10---10---10--|
|-------------3-5-|---------------|-------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------------|---------------------|
|-----------------|---------------|-------------|---------------------|
Q E E E E E E
Eb/Ab Gm7/C Db Bb F Db
Q Q Q. E Q. S S E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-6---6---6---------|----------6-------|------8----8----8----|
|-8---8---6-----9-8-|-6----8-9---6-4---|-----10----9----9----|
|---8---8----7------|----------------7-|--------10---10---10-|
|-------------------|------------------|-10------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|
|-------------------|------------------|---------------------|
E E E E E Q S S Q E E E E E E
Eb/Ab Gm7/C Db Ebsus4Eb Ab Fm
Q Q Q. E W Q. E Q. S S
|-6---6---6---------|----------------8-9-|-11-----11-11------9-8-|
|-8---8---6-----9-8-|-6----8-9-11--------|-11---9-----8----------|
|---8---8----7------|--------------------|----------------10-----|
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
E E E E E Q S S Q. S S Q. S S Q Q Q Q
EbsuEb Fm Ab7/EBb/Db Fm/C Bb7 Dbadd2
Q. E +H W W
|-9-----11-(11)-----|----8-7--------|------8-7--------|
|-9---8------8---7--|-6------9-6----|-(6)------9-6----|
|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
|-------------------|---------------|-----------------|
q Q Q Q Q E E E H +Q E E E H
|-3-| |-3-|
1. 2.
Bbm7 Eb7sus4 Fm Ab
7/8
W H H W E E E E E E E
|------8-7--------4-|-4---------------|-4---------||-8----------------|
|-(6)------9-6------|-------------7-8-|----------o||---9-11-8-9-------|
|-------------------|-----------5-----|-----------||------------10-8--|
|-------------------|-3---3-5-6-------|-----------||------------------|
|-------------------|---3-------------|----------o||------------------|
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------||------------------|
+Q E E E Q. E E E E E E E E E W
|-3-|
Ab
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x E E E E E E E E W
||--8---------------|-8----------------||-8------------------|-^4----*|
||o---9-11-8-9------|---9-11-8-9------o||---9-11-8-9------11-|-^4----*|
||-------------10-8-|------------10-8--||------------10-8----|-^5----*|
||------------------|------------------||--------------------|-^6----*|
||o-----------------|-----------------o||--------------------|-^6----*|
||------------------|------------------||--------------------|-^4----*|
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Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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
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