Meshuggah – Obsidian (Guitar Tab)

Auto-scroll

Chords

------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OBSIDIAN (Extended Version) - Meshuggah ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Dane Weber Email: [email protected] Five-string bass in B-standard just plays the root notes. In distorted parts, drums hit the bass drum and hi-hat in the same rhythm as the rhythm guitars. Very simple. If you have guitar pro, I uploaded a .gp4 version of this. Q - quarter note E - eighth note S - sixteenth note E. - dotted eighth H. - dotted half X - dead note, a percussive sound Tempo: 88bpm, slow.

Clean intro: x8
Tuning: 7-string B standard
Phaser throughout, and ring modulation on fading feedback.
Time signatures: 7/8 x8, then 1/4 x1 for one play-through. Let ring.
e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
g|:----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|:----0---0-|-----0---0-|-----0---0-|-----0---0-|
A|:--5---5---|---5---5---|---5---5---|---5---5---|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
B|-3---------|-7---------|-6---------|-7---------|
   Q E Q E E   Q E Q E E   Q E Q E E   Q E Q E E

e|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---|
B|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---|
g|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--:|
D|-----0---0-|-----0---0-|-----0---0-|-----0---0-|--:|
A|---5---5---|---5---5---|---5---5---|---5---5---|--:|
E|-----------|-----------|-----------|-7---------|---|
B|-3---------|-7---------|-6---------|-----------|-7-|
   Q E Q E E   Q E Q E E   Q E Q E E   Q E Q E E   Q

Rhythm: x14, until the end. Tuning: 8-string, down a whole step; then drop-D: below normal bass range.

Time signatures: (13/16, 15/16)x4, then 16/16. Fits over 8 bars of 4/4. For the
2b1, pre-bend a 1 up to 2, and release.
d|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------|
a|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------|
f|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------|
C|:----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--------:|
G|:----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|--------:|
D|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------|
A|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|---------|
D|-0-X-|-0---|-0-X-|-0---|-0-X-|-0---|-0-X-|-0---|-0-X-2b1-|
   H.S   H.+E. H.S   H.+E. H.S   H.+E. H.S   H.+E. H.S E.

Dissonance 1: x7 Tuning: same as above.

Time signatures: same as above.
R is a rest.
Second guitar doubles up with an 8 instead of the 7, to form a minor second.
d|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
a|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
f|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
C|:-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
G|:-R-7-7-7-7-|-R-7-7-7-7-|-R-7-7-7-7-|-R-7-7-7-7-|
D|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
A|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
D|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
    E.E.E.S E.  E.E.E.E.E.  E.E.E.S E.  E.E.E.E.E.

d|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
a|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
f|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
C|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------:|
G|--R-7-7-7-7-|-R-7-7-7-7-|-R-7-7-7-7-|-R-7-7-7-7-|-R-7-7-7-7-R-:|
D|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
A|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
D|------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|--------------|
    E.E.E.S E.  E.E.E.E.E.  E.E.E.S E.  E.E.E.E.E.  E.E.E.S E.E.

Dissonance 2: x7 Everything: same as above. For the remainder of the song, the above dissonance is down an octave, so guitar 1 plays 5 on the low A string, and guitar 2 plays 6 on the low A string. Except: for the first bar of 13/16, guitar one plays 7 on the G string, while guitar 2 drops down an octave to play 6 on the low A string, to have a single bar of a major seventh. The first guitar then drops down an octave to form a minor second again until the abrupt end with no fadeout.