Julian Lage
"Opal" · Julian Lage || Guitar + Bass || Tabs + Sheet Music + Chords
"Opal" · Julian Lage || Guitar + Bass || Tabs + Sheet Music + Chords
Including pdf files:
• Electric Guitar: tab + sheet music + chords
• Double Bass: tab + sheet music + chords
• Acoustic Piano: sheet music
Digital audio files: midi + xml + mp3
Also, check out my album collections:
• Speak to Me (album collection)
• The Layers (album collection)
• View with a Room (album collection)
• Squint (album collection)
• Love Hurts (album collection)
• Modern Lore (album collection)
• Arclight (album collection)
• World's Fair (album collection)
song: Opal
artist: Julian Lage
album: Scenes from Above (2026)
composer: Julian Lage
electric guitar: Julian Lage
double bass: Jorge Roeder
acoustic piano: John Medeski
(drums: Kenny Wolleson)
(organ: John Medeski)
(steel-string acoustic guitar: Julian Lage)
This is a transcription of the lead guitar and the bass part on “Opal”, and I added the acoustic piano part as well – if can be of use to anyone (for me, it was a fun treasure hunt for notes at least).
In the promotion text, Julian Lage presents this album’s songs as “musical poems”, and I believe that this composition is a beautiful example of this, as the tune does not move forward in 4-bar patterns but rather following the stanza-like phrases. With the rondo form and the organ playing simple but busy chord progressions, the arrangement attains a Baroque-era and church-like atmosphere. This is reinforced by the choice of not featuring a guitar solo, but merely giving the lead a song-like melody! This also makes it relatively easy to play along to. Enjoy!
