Avantasia – Memory (Bass Tab)
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MEMORY (Bassline)
As recorded by Avantasia
(From the 2002 Album THE METAL OPERA PT.II)
Transcribed by Ivan - ([email protected])
Words and Music by Tobias Sammet
Gtr I (Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Markus Grosskopf (Helloween)'
Intro
Moderately Fast Q=169
4/4
Gtr I
W W W W
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
|----------|----------|----------|------|
W W Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q
|----------|----------|--------------|------------------||
|----------|----------|--------------|------------------||
|----------|----------|-3----5----2--|-(2)-3-(3)--0--2--||
|----------|----------|--------------|------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
1.,2.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|-------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-3----5----2--|-(2)-3-(3)--0--2--o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------|-------------------||
3.
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q Q Q H
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-3----2----3--|-5----------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------|------------||
1st and 2nd Verses
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-3----5----2--|-(2)-3-(3)--0--2--|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. Q. Q +E E +Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-3----5----2--|-(2)-3-(3)--0--2--||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|--------------|------------------||
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|-5--5--5--5--|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5--||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-10-----7-----||
Chorus
$
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
To Coda
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-------5--|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------7-----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E W +W
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5--------|-(5)----|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------|--------|
1. 2.
W +W W E E Q H E E Q Q Q
|----------|------------|----------|--------------||--------7s=12--||
|----------|------------|----------|-------------o||---------------||
|-3--------|-(3)--------|----------|-3-----------o||-3-------------||
|----------|------------|----------|--------------||---------------||
Bass Solo
T T T T T T T T
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--12--16p12-17p-16p12-19p|=12-17p12-16p12-17p12-19p|
||o------------------------|-------------------------|
||o------------------------|-------------------------|
||-------------------------|-------------------------|
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. E +H +H. E E
|-10S==17-(17)----|-(17)------15p12--|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Q. E +H +H. E E
|-------17-(17)----|-(17)------12h14S|
|-13---------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
|------------------|-----------------|
T T T T T T T T
Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-7--11p7-12p11p7-14p|=7-16p7-11p7-12p7-16p--||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|----------------------o||
|--------------------|-----------------------||
Bridge
H. E E Q. E +H H. E E Q. E +H
|-------------|---------------|-------------|---------------|
|-5-----------|-5----5-(5)----|-------------|-5----5-(5)----|
|-----------5-|---------------|-----------3-|---------------|
|-------------|---------------|-1-----------|---------------|
H. E E E E H. W +W
|-------------|-5---5-------||----------|--------|
|-----------5-|---5---------||----------|--------|
|-3-----------|-------------||-6--------|-(6)----|
|-------------|-------------||----------|--------|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|-3--------|-(3)----|
|-6--------|-(6)--------|----------|--------|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-1--------|-(1)----|
W +W W +W
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|----------|------------|----------|--------|
|-3--------|-(3)--------|-1--------|-(1)----|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Guitar Solo - J.Ludwig
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-0-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------2-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-3-5-|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|---2-3-5---------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3---------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------7-5-|-----------------|-------------5-3-|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-----|-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------5-3-2-----|
|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|---2---------2---|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-----------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-3---3---------3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||
D.S. al Coda
Q Q H W W
|------------|----------|-------||
|------------|----------|-------||
|-5----------|-1--------|-3-----||
|------------|----------|-------||
Outro Chorus
&
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E +H Q Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------------o||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-(5)-------5--o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|--------7------||Duration Legend
---------------
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
----------------
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
<n> - 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
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths