Porcupine Tree – Signify (Bass Tab)
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SIGNIFY (Bassline)
As recorded by Porcupine Tree
(From the 1996 Album SIGNIFY)
Transcribed by Johannes Zetterberg L.
Music by Steven Wilson
Arranged by Porcupine Tree
Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Fretless'
Intro Main Riff #1
Q=160
4/4
Gtr I
Wx15 H Q S E. E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 4x
|-------------|------------------||------------------|-----------------||
|-------------|------------------||o-----------------|----------------o||
|-------------|------------------||o-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6--o||
|-------------|---------10s(17)\-||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----||
Main Riff #1 Alteration
5/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S a S Q E E E E E E E E
||------------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6---(x)-(x)-6--|-----6-----6-----|
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0----------------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|
5/4 4/4 5/4
E E E E E E E S a S Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------------------|-----------------|-----------------------||
|----------------------------|-----------------|----------------------o||
|-6-----6-----6---(x)-(x)-6--|-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----5--------o||
|---0-0---0-0----------------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-3---0-6-3---||
Main Riff #2/Solo-melodies
4/4
E E Q H Wx3 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q 22x
|-------------|------------||------------------|-----------------||
|-------------|------------||o-----------------|----------------o||
|-------------|------------||o-5-6-7-----7-----|-7-----7-----7--o||
|-0-----------|------------||--------0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----||
Main Riff #1 Alter./Bridge
5/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S a S Q E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------------------||-----------------|
||o-----------------|----------------------------o||-----------------|
||o-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6---(x)-(x)-6--o||-----6-----6-----|
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----------------||-0-0---0-0---0-0-|
5/4 6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------|-------------------------|
|---------------------|-----4-----------7-------|
|-6-----6-----5-------|-0-3---0-6-3-0-6---0-9-6-|
|---0-0---0-3---0-6-3-|-------------------------|
Main Riff #3/Solo-melodies
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E 16x
||------------------|-----------------||
||o-----------------|------------0---o||
||o-----7-----6-----|-5-----0--2-----o||
||--0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0--------3--||
Main Riff #1 Alter./Outro
5/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S a S Q
|-----------------|-----------------------------
|-----------------|-----------------------------
|-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6---(x)-(x)-6---
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0-----------------
4/4 5/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S a S Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|----------------------------|-----------------|
|-----6-----6-----|-6-----6-----6---(x)-(x)-6--|-----6-----6-----|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0---0-0----------------|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|
Q=150 H.=H Q=138
5/4 6/4 4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E H H
|---------------------|-------------------------|-----------*|
|---------------------|-----4-----------7-------|-----------*|
|-6-----6-----5-------|-0-3---0-6-3-0-6---0-9-6-|-----------*|
|---0-0---0-3---0-6-3-|-------------------------|-0---------*|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
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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
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| - 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