Rush: Hemispheres - Cygnus - Bringer of Balance From the album Hemispheres (Mercury Records) Copyright 1978 Core Music Publishing Music by Lee and Lifeson Lyrics by Peart Originally transcribed by Bryan McDonald Corrected, abridged & submitted by Chris Luongo on 8/29/00 Comments/corrections to Chris Luongo (luongo2112@aol.com) 82 H e e w H w h e e w e e q e e H e e e e e s s s s s s C4 |Bar |----C-|7 C---|C-------|C-----------|C-----------------------| T4 |Rest|------|4 ----|----6F6F|----7F7F8F8F|----4F--5-5-6-6-7-7-8-8-| K | |----X-| X---|X-------|X-----------|X-----------------------| Q e e e e e e e q s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s C C-----------------| C-------------------------------| H ------------------| --X-O-O-+-X-O-O-X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-| S6 --F-------------F-|4 --------X---------------X-------| T4 ------6---6---6---|4 --------------------------------| K X---P---P---P-----| X---------------X---------------| 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 s s s s H X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-|X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-| S --------X---------------X-------|--------X---------------X-------| K X---X-------X---X---X-----------|X---X-------X-------X-------X---| s s s s s s s s s s s s s s e s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s s C ----------------------------C-|| --------------------------------| H X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-+-------------||.X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-X-X-O-O-+-X-O-O-| S --------X-------X-X-----------||.--------X---------------X-------| T --------------------4-4-5-5---|| --------------------------------| K ----X-----------------------X- ----X-----------X---------------| <- Repeat These Bars - 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- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -> Q q s s q q q Q e e e q q q e e e e e e q q q 1 H C || C-------|C-C---|C-------|C-C-C- ||T-----------| | |C-C-C-| |C-| S ||.----X-X-|------|--F-X-X-|------.||X-X-X-X-X-X-| | |------|Bar |--| T ||.--------|------|--------|------.||8-8-8-8-8-8-|./.|./.|------|Rest|--| K || X-------|X-X---|X-------|X-X-X- ||X-----X-----| | |X-X-X-| |X-| <- Repeat These Bars - - - - -> <- Retard - -> tttt tttt tttt tttt tttt tttt tttt tttt w C4 ----------------------------------------| |G-| T4 8888-8888-8888-8888-8888-8888-8888-8888-|./.|--| K X-O--X-O--X-O--X-O--X-O--X-O--X-O--X-O--| |--| <- Soft & Gradually Louder - - - - - - - -> G = Gong The Notes: w=whole W=dotted whole h=half H=dotted half q=quarter Q=dotted quarter e=eighth E=dotted eighth s=sixteenth S=dotted sixteenth t=thirty second T=dotted thirty second The Lines: C=Cymbal Line where C=Crash, K=choKed crash, R=Ride cymbal, B=Bell of ride, S=Splash cymbal, & T=Trash or china type. H=Hi-hat Line where O=Open hit, X=closed hit, & H=Half open hit. S=Snare Line where X=normal hit, R=Rimshot, F=Flam, & S=Stick on rim. P=Percussion Line where T=Timbale, & F=Flam on timbale. A-E=cow bells A(high)-E(low), & 1-5=blocks 1(high)-5(low). X=Other miscellaneous Percussion as noted. T=Tom Line where 1=6", 2=8", 3=10", 4=12", 5=13", 6=14", 7=15", 8=18" (Floor Tom). F after a number=Flam on that tom. (These reflect my 8 Tom set-up. Substitute your own as required.) K=Kick Line where X=primary foot, & O=secondary foot & P=hi-hat Pedal.