Ritual Dance

As Transcribed (at least attempted) 
by Rob McAlister

This is meant as a guide as the 
strummings are difficult to write 
out.

TUNING: DADGCC, low to high (The two
 C's are the same pitch.)

SYMBOLS:
^ = Harmonic
h = hammer
s = slide
p = pull off
S = knock side (left hand)
T = knock top (right hand)


Intro:
       S T                          
S T
C||-^3---------------------------^5---------------------------|
C||-^3---------------------------^5---------------------------|
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G||-----------------------------------------------------------|
D||--------h3-3s5-5-5-5-12p0-0-0--------h3-3-3-3s5-5-5-5p0-0--|
A||--------h3-3s5-5-5-5-12p0-0-0--------h3-3-3-3s5-5-5-5p0-0--|
D||--------h3-3s5-5-5-5-12p0-0-0--------h3-3-3-3s5-5-5-5p0-0--|
     | |_| |  |_| | |_|  |_|_|_|  | 
|_|_|  |_|_|_| |_|_|_| |


     S T                      T   T

|-^9---------------------------
|-^9---------------------------
|------------------------------
|--------h3-3-3-3s5-5-5-5p0-0--
|--------h3-3-3-3s5-5-5-5p0-0--
|--------h3-3-3-3s5-5-5-5p0-0--

||^12-----------------------------| 
||^12-----------------------------| 
||--------------------------------| 
||-------h3-3-3-3s5-5-/-12--0-----| 
||-------h3-3-3-3s5-5-/-12--0-----| 
||-------h3-3-3-3s5-5-/-12--0-----| 

   | |_|_|  |_|_|_| |_|_|_| | |_|_| 
   | |_|_|_| |    |  |

fig. A
|-2-/5-5-7-0-------------------2-
|-2-/5-5-7-0-------------------2-
|--------------------------------
|------------h3--3-3s5-5-5--0----
|------------h3--3-3s5-5-5--0----
|------------h3--3-3s5-5-5--0----

||/5-5-7-0--------------------| 
||/5-5-7-0--------------------| 
||----------------------------| 
||---------h3-3-3s5-5-5--0----| 
||---------h3-3-3s5-5-5--0----| 
||---------h3-3-3s5-5-5--0----| 

  |  |_|_|_|  |  | |_| |_|  |  |  
|_|_|_|  | | |_| |_|  |


                         fig. b    
|-9----12-0-2-4----------0-0-2---
|---10------------------------0h3
|----------------2-2-2-2s0-------
|----------------0-0-0-0-0-1-----
|--------------------------------
       |-9----12-0-2-4----------0-0-
||0-0-2--------2--5-5-7-0------------------------------------------| 
||----------------------------2p0--0-------------------------------| 
||-------0--0-------------h3-3-s-5-5--0----------------------------| 
||-------0--0-------------h3-3-s-5-5--0----------------------------| 
||--0----0--0-------------h3-3-s-5-5--0----------------------------| 


|-2--5-5-7-0-----------------9----
|-2--5-5-7-0-----------------9----
|----------------2p0--0--------10-
|------------h3-3-s-5-5--0--------
|------------h3-3-s-5-5--0--------
|------------h3-3-s-5-5--0--------

||12-0-2-4---------0-0-2---0-0-2--| 
||12-0-2-4---------0-0-2---0-0-2--| 
||----------------------0h3-------| 
||---------2-2-2-2s0--------------| 
||---------0-0-0-0-0-1------------| 
||---------------------------0----| 


fig. c (play twice)
||------5-4-2-0-------------------------------------------5-4-2-0------------|
||------5-4-2-0-------------------------------------------5-4-2-0------------|
||-------------0-2-2-2-2-0---0-2-2-2-2-0----2-2-2----------------0-2-2-2-2-0-|
||-0--0--------3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--2-3-3-3-3-2-0-0--------3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||-0--0--------3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--0-3-3-3-------0--------3-3-3-3-3-3-|
||-0--0--------3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--0-3-3-3-------0--------3-3-3-3-3-3-|


                              fig.
|---------------------0--2--||----
|---------------------0--2--||----
|-0-2-2-2-0----2-2-2--------||----
|-3-3-3-3-3--2-3-3-3--2--0--||-h1-
|-3-3-3-3-3--0-3-3-3--------||-h1-
|-3-3-3-3-3--0-3-3-3--------||-h1-
   d (not quite right but similar)
||------------------0------------
||------------------0------------
||--------------------4-0--------
||1-1-1s3-3-3-3s5-5-------h1-1-1-
||1-1-1s3-3-3-3s5-5-------h1-1-1-
||1-1-1s3-3-3-3s5-5-------h1-1-1-

||------------| 
||------------| 
||------------| 
||1s3-3-3-3s5-| 
||1s3-3-3-3s5-| 
||1s3-3-3-3s5-| 


|---0---------------------------0-
|---0---------------------------0-
|-----4-0-------------------------
|-5--------h1-1-1-1s3-3-3-3s5-5---
|-5--------h1-1-1-1s3-3-3-3s5-5---
|-5--------h1-1-1-1s3-3-3-3s5-5---

||-----h7-7-7-------7-7-7-----------
||-----h7-7-7-------7-7-7-----------
||4-0--h7-7-7-------9-9-9-----------
||-----h7-7---7-7-7--------0-0------
||-----h7-7---7-7-7--------0-0------
||-----h7-7-- 7-7-7--------0-0------

After playing up to this point, 
play: fig. a, fig.c, fig. d (change 
the last
three strums of C-C from 7th to 
9th), fig. b (play the part starting
 at
the 9th fret twice), then the 
ending:

|---------0-0--2-2---------------
|---------0-0--2-2---------------
|--------------------------------
|-h3-3-3s5-5--0------0-0-0-0h3-3-
|-h3-3-3s5-5--0------0-0-0-0h3-3-
|-h3-3-3s5-5--0------0-0-0-0h3-3-

||---0-0--2-2-----------------------
||---0-0--2-2-----------------------
||----------------------------------
||3s5-5--0------0-0-0-0h3-3-3s5-5-5-
||3s5-5--0------0-0-0-0h3-3-3s5-5-5-
||3s5-5--0------0-0-0-0h3-3-3s5-5-5-

---------| 
---------| 
---------| 
5--0-0-0-| 
5--0-0-0-| 
5--0-0-0-| 


     S T                             S T

|-^3------------------------------
|-^3------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|--------h3-3-3-3s5-5-5-5p0-0-0-0-
|--------h3-3-3-3s5-5-5-5p0-0-0-0-
|--------h3-3-3-3s5-5-5-5p0-0-0-0-

||^5-------------------------------|
||^5-------------------------------|
||---------------------------------|
||--------h3-3-3-3s5-5-5-5p0-0-0-0-|
||--------h3-3-3-3s5-5-5-5p0-0-0-0-|
||--------h3-3-3-3s5-5-5-5p0-0-0-0-|


     S T                          T   T

|-^9------------------------------
|-^9------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|--------h3-3-3-3s5-5-5-5p0-0-0-0-
|--------h3-3-3-3s5-5-5-5p0-0-0-0-
|--------h3-3-3-3s5-5-5-5p0-0-0-0-

||-^12-----------------x--|| 
||-^12-----------------x--|| 
||---------------------x--|| 
||--------h3--3-3s5-5--x--|| 
||--------h3--3-3s5-5--x--|| 
||--------h3--3-3s5-5--x--||