Biffy Clyro – Convex Concave (Bass Tab)

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CONVEX CONCAVE (Bassline) As recorded by Biffy Clyro (From the 2002 Album BLACKENED SKY) Transcribed by Bungshal Words and Music by Biffy Clyro Arranged by Adam Hutchison
 Intro
  E=255
 7/8                               1/4  3/4      7/8       6/8
  Gtr I
  W         W         E E E q  q    Q    W        W         E E E q  e
|---------|---------|-------------|----|--------|---------|--------------|
|---------|---------|-------------|----|--------|---------|--------------|
|---------|---------|-------------|----|--------|---------|--------------|
|---------|---------|-------3--3--|----|--------|---------|-------3--3---|

   Pre Verse + Verse
    Q=128
    $
   4/4
    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    E E E E E E Q    3x
||-----------------|----------------|----------------|------------------||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||o----------------|----------------|----------------|-----------------o||
||--0-7-0-3-3-3----|-0-7-0-3-3-3----|-0-7-0-3-3-3----|-0-7-0-3-3-3------||

 Bridge
                                                     D.S.
  Wx6           E E E E E E E E   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------|------------------|-------------------------|
|------------|-/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9S11-11-11-11-11-11-11--|

   E E E E E E E E   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|------------------|--------------------------|
|-/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-9S11-11-11-11-11-11-11---|

   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||
||o-------5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-------|-------5-5-5-5---|------------------o||
||--7-0-0-----------|-----------0-0-0-|-7-0-0---------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
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||--0-0-0-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

            1.,2.,3.
  E S E S E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E  4x
|-----------------------|--------------------------||
|-----------------------|-------------------------o||
|-----------------------|-------------------------o||
|-3-x-2-x-0-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--||

 Verse
  4.
  Wx2            H    +Q   +E  E   H    +Q   +E  E    H     +Q    +E   E
|------------||------------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|------------||o-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|------------||o-----------------|-----------------|---------------------|
|------------||--8----(8)--(8)-8-|-8----(8)--(8)-8-|-10----(10)--(10)-10-|

                       1.,2.,3.
   H     +Q    +E   E   H    +Q   +E  E   H    +Q   +E  E    4x
|---------------------|-----------------|--------------------||
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------o||
|-10----(10)--(10)-10-|-0----(0)--(0)-0-|-0----(0)--(0)-0----||

 Interlude
  4.
  E Q  +E  +T  Q  +E..   E Q  +E  +T  Q  +E..
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------5--(5)--|--------------5--(5)--|
|-0-0--(0)-(0)---------|-0-0--(0)-(0)---------|

  E Q  +E  +T  Q  +E..   E Q  +E  +T  Q  +E..
|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|
|--------------7--(7)--|--------------7--(7)--|
|-0-0--(0)-(0)---------|-0-0--(0)-(0)---------|

  E Q  +E  +T  Q  +E..   E Q  +E  +T  Q  +E..   E Q  +E  +T  Q  +E..   W
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|------|
|--------------3--(3)--|--------------3--(3)--|--------------1--(1)--|------|
|-0-0--(0)-(0)---------|-0-0--(0)-(0)---------|-0-0--(0)-(0)---------|-0----|

  E +S  E S E H      E +S  E S E H      E +S  E S E H      E +S  E S E H
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-------------5----|-------------5----|-------------7----|-------------7----|
|-0-(0)-0-0-0------|-0-(0)-0-0-0------|-0-(0)-0-0-0------|-0-(0)-0-0-0------|

                                    >
  E +S  E S E E  Q  E   E +S  E S E Q  +Q
|---------------------|---------------------|
|---------------------|---------------------|
|-3-(3)-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
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-----------------|-------------------|
|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---|

   Outro
    Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q  E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o--------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o----5----3----|-0----1-------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-----0----0-|----0----0-0--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|

  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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|

    Q  Q  E Q  E   Q  E Q  E Q    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||---------------|--------------|-----------------|-------------------||
||o--------------|--------------|-----------------|------------------o||
||o----5----3----|-0----1-------|-----------------|------------------o||
||--0-----0----0-|----0----0-0--|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7---||

  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|

   E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E    E  E  E  E  E  E  E  E
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-|

  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 Q
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------*|
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-|-7---7-7-7-7----*|
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