Fantasy Serenade

The song is called "Fantasy Serenade", it is on "Just a Game" by

Triumph. It's one of those wild and wonderful Rik Emmett acoustic

pieces that make you realize just how tough it can be to play guitar.

There are probably some mistakes in this; it's been years since I

lifted the song so I may have misremembered something :) If someone

has a better way to play some of these parts (either alternate

fingerings, or voicings that are closer to the original) I'd like to

hear about them.

All in all this is a fun song to play... even though after years I

still can't do the party I marked 'nasty' that well.

Enjoy,

Dean

This song is played with the 6th string tuned down to a D.

You probably don't want to use a pick for this.

\

/

\ Indicates that the chord should be strummed from low to high strings.

/ Only chords marked like this should be strummed -- the rest should

\ be fingerpicked.

/

e|-----5--\5--3--2--\3--5--7--\5-------------------------------------|

B|--------/3--------/3--------/3--------3----------------------------|

G|--------\2--------\2--------\2-----2--------2----------------------|

D|--------/0--------/0--------/0-----------4-----4p0-----------------|

A|--------\0--------\0--------\0-------------------------------------|

D|--------/0--------/0--------/0-------------------------------------|

-|-----5--\5--3--2--\3--5--7--\5-------------------------------------|

-|--------/3--------/3--------/2-------------------------------------|

-|--2-----\2--------\2--------\2-----2h4p2p0-------------------------|

-|--------/0--------/0--------/2------------4p2p0--------------------|

-|--------\0--------\0--------\0-----------------4p2p0---------------|

-|--------/0--------/0--------/0-------------------------------------|

-|--5---5--------3p2-----7--------9h10-----5--------2----------------|

-|---------3----------------8-----------------3--------3-------------|

-|------------2----------------7-----------------2-------------------|

-|------0----------------0-----------------0-------------------------|

-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

-|--2-----------2-----3--3p2-----------------------------------------|

-|-----3-----3--------5-------5--3--3--3p2-----3---------------------|

-|--------4-----------4----------2----------2-----2------------------|

-|--------------------2----------2-------------0-----4h7p4p0---------|

-|--2----------------------------0-----------------------------------|

-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

-|-----------------2-----0----------------0-----------0-----2-----2/4|

-|--3--3--------5-----------2-----3p2--------0-----------------------|

-|--------4--------------------2-------2--------1--------1-----2--2/4|

-|-----------4-------------------------------------------------------|

-|-----2-----------------0-------------------------------------------|

-|----------------------------------------2--------2-----------------|

-|-----------------2-----0----------------0--------------0-----------|

-|--3--3--------5-----------2-----3p2--------0-----0-----------------|

-|--------4--------------------2-------2--------1-----1--------------|

-|-----------4-------------------------------------------------------|

-|-----2-----------------0-------------------------------------------|

-|----------------------------------------2-----------------2--------|

-|--5---5--------3p2-----7--------9h10-----5--------2----------------|

-|---------3----------------8-----------------3--------3-------------|

-|------------2----------------7-----------------2-------------------|

-|------0----------------0-----------------0-------------------------|

-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

harmonics

-|--2-----------2-----3--3p2-----------------------------------------|

-|-----3-----3--------5-------5--3--3--3p2-----3-----------(7)-------|

-|--------4-----------4----------2----------2--2-----------(7)-------|

-|--------------------2----------2-------------0-----------(7)-------|

-|--2----------------------------0----------------0------------------|

-|---------------------------------------------------4--0------------|

The synth violins start here. I suggest that you look at the chords that

the notes form, and use whatever natural fingering you would for that

chord.

-|--2--3--5p3p2--3-----0--2--3p2p0--2-----------2--------------------|

-|--3------------5-----2------------3-----3--5-----3--5--3--2h3p2----|

-|--2------------4-----2------------2-----4-----------4------------4-|

-|--0------------2------------------0-----4-----------2--------------|

-|---------------------0------------------2--------------------------|

-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

-|--------------2------2--2--------2--3--------3--0--------0---------|

-|--2------------------------3-----------5-----------2---------------|

-|-----3------------------------2-----------4-----------2------------|

-|--------4---------------0-----------2------------------------------|

-|--4--------4------------------------------------0------------------|

-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

-|--2--------2--------------------------------------2----------------|

-|-----3--------3--------3--5--------5--2----------------------------|

-|--------2--------4-----------4-----------3-------------------------|

-|--0-----------------4-----2-----2-----------4----------------------|

-|--------------2-----------------------4--------4-------------------|

-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

-|--2--3--------3--5--------5--5--3--2h3p2-----3--6--9--12-----------|

-|--------5-----------5--------3------------3--2--5--8--11-----------|

-|-----------4-----------6-----2---------------3--6--9--12-----------|

-|-----2-----------7-----------0---------------2--5--8--11-----------|

-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

This part is nasty. It's good pinky exercise though :)

-|--10p7------------10p7------------10p7------------10p7-------------|

-|------10p7------------10p7------------10p7------------10p7---------|

-|----------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7------|

-|-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7---|

-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

-|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|

-|--8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5--------------|

-|-----8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-----------|

-|--------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5--------|

-|-----------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-----|

-|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|

-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

-|--10p7------------10p7------------10p7------------10p7-------------|

-|------10p7------------10p7------------10p7------------10p7---------|

-|----------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7------|

-|-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7-------------9p7---|

-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

-|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|

-|--8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5--------------|

-|-----8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-------------8p5-----------|

-|--------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5--------|

-|-----------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-------------7p5-----|

-|--0---------------0---------------0---------------0----------------|

-|-------------------------------------------------------------------|

The rest is just heavy strumming with lots of open strings. You will

have to listen to the song to get the rhythm. I use the top of my

nails, and rake them across the strings. Where I place a 'u' above the

tab I rake just my thumb nail up the strings (high to low). Where I

place a 'd' I rake my middle and ring finger nails down the strings

(low to high). I generally hit the strings really hard here; so the

open low strings should resound through the entire passage even where I

don't explicitly mark them. I'm not sure if this is the right way to

do it; but I'm self-taught and this works for me.

d u d d d d u d d d d u d d

-|--2--2--3--0--2-----5--5--6--5-----5--7--7--8--7-------------------|

-|--3--3--3--3--3-----6--6--6--6-----6--8--8--8--8-------------------|

-|--2--2--2--2--2-----5--5--5--5-----5--7--7--7--7-------------------|

-|--0--0-----0--0-----0--0--0--0-----0--0--0--0--0-------------------|

-|--0--0--------------0-----------------0----------------------------|

-|--0-----------------0-----------------0----------------------------|

At this point I pretend I'm holding a pick between my thumb and index

finger, and use the top of the nail to strum the strings. 'u' and 'd'

just represent strumming directions now.

d d u d d d u d d d u d d d d d

-|--10--10--10--10-----8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8---|

-|--11--11--11--11-----8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8---|

-|--10--10--10--10-----9--9--9--9----11--11--11--11--11\9--9--9--9---|

-|--0---0-------0------0--0-----0----0---0-------0---------0--0--0---|

-|--0---0-------0------0--0----------0---0-------0-------------------|

-|--0---0-------0------0--0----------0---0-------0-------------------|

d d u d d d d d d d u d ad lib ududud...

-|--10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10-->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|

-|--10--10--10--10--10\8--8--8--8----10--10--10--10-->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|

-|--11--11--11--11--11\9--9--9--9----11--11--11--11-->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|

-|--0---0-------0---------0--0--0----0---0---0---0--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>--|

-|--0---0-------0--------------------0-------------------------------|

-|--0---0-------0--------------------0-------------------------------|

finish up with heavily accented chords:

d d d

-|--10--10-----------------------------------------------------------|

-|--10--10--5--------------------------------------------------------|

-|--11--11--2--------------------------------------------------------|

-|--0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|

-|--0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|

-|--0---0---0--------------------------------------------------------|