Symphony X – Incantations Of The Apprentice (Bass Tab)
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INCANTATIONS OF THE APPRENTICE (Bassline)
As recorded by Symphony X
(From the 2002 Album THE ODYSSEY)
Transcribed by Linus "Mr.Gul" Abrahamson
Words by Allen Music by Romeo
Gtr I (D G C F) - 'Bass'
Intro
Q=115
4/4
Gtr I
E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S E S S S S S S 5x
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||----3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3-|---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--||
Instrumental Chorus
3/4 4/4
S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------|------------------------------------|
||o-5h7-----------------------|-5h7--------------------------------|
||------0-0-(0)-0-1-0-1-0-1h4-|-----0-0-(0)-0-8p7-0-7p6-0-6p5-5S4--|
1.
|-3-|
S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|------------------------------------o||
|-5h7-------------------------------|-8p7---7p5---12p11---11p8---7h8p7-6-o||
|-----0-0-(0)-0-1-0-1-0-1h4-0-4h7-0-|-----0-----0-------0------0----------||
2.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-8p7---7p5---5p3---3p2-----------|-8p7---7p5---5p3---3p2-----------||
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7p6-6S5-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7p6-6S5-||
Break
7/8
S e S H. S e S H. Wx4
|---------------|---------------||--------||
|---------------|---------------||--------||
|---------------|---------------||--------||
|-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0---------||--------||
Riffs
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 9x S S S S S S S S S S S S S E.
||-------------------------------||-|-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------o||-|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------1p0-----o||-|---------------------1p0-1-----||
||--3p0-3p0-0-5p0-5p0-0-----3p0--||-|-3p0-3p0-0-5p0-5p0-0-------0---||
Verse
$
E S S +Q H S E S E S S +S S E S S S S E S S +Q H
||------------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|---------------------5-5-5-5-|-----------------|
||--4-2-4-(4)-------|-4-4-2-5-2-4-(4)-2-5---------|-4-2-4-(4)-------||----6----|
S E S E S S +S S E S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------6-4-3-------|
|-4-4-2-5-2-4-(4)-2-5-------5-4-2-|
E S S +Q H S E S E S S +S S E S S S S
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|------------------------------|
|-----------------|---------------------5-5-5-5--|
|-4-2-4-(4)-------|-4-4-2-5-2-4-(4)-2-5----------|
1.
|-3-|
E S S +Q H S S S E +S S S S S e S E E
|-----------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------|-7p6p4-6-(6)-4-6-4-----------o||
|-----------------|-------------------5S4-4-3---o||
|-4-2-4-(4)-------|---------------------------5--||
2.
|-3-|
E S S +Q Q S S S S S
|-|--------------------------||
|-|--------------------------||
|-|---------------3h4p3------||
|-|-4-2-4-(4)-----------5-4--||
Pre-Chorus
7/8
E E S e S E E E E E S e S E E E E E S e e S E E
||------------------|------------------||-||-------------------||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-||o-----------------o||
||o-----------------|-----------------o||-||o-----------------o||
||--2-2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2--||-||--2-2-2-2-2-x-2-2--||4/4
|----6----|
E E S e e S E E Q. S S S S S S S E. +H. S S S S S S
|-----------------|-----------------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|------------------7-6--|-(6)------7p6p4-------||
|-----------------|----------4-3-7-6------|----------------7p6p4-||
|-2-2-2-2-2-x-2-2-|-4----5-4--------------|----------------------||
Chorus
$$
3/4 4/4
S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------|-----------------------------------|
||o-5h7-----------------------|-5h7-------------------------------|
||------0-0-(0)-0-1-0-1-0-1h4-|-----0-0-(0)-0-8p7-0-7p6-0-6p5-5S4-|1.
|--3--|
S S S S +S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E
|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------------o||
|-5h7-------------------------------|-8p7---7p5---12p11---11p8---------------o||
|-----0-0-(0)-0-1-0-1-0-1h4-0-4h7-0-|-----0-----0-------0------0-12h13p12-11--||
2.
To Coda D.S.
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------||
|-8p7---7p5---5p3---3p2-----------|-8p7---7p5---5p3---3p2-----------||
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7p6-6S5-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7p6-6S5-||
Guitar Solo 1
~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||----------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-4h6-----------------------------|-4h6------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------4h6-|----------------------------o||
||------4-4---4-7-4---4-7-4-4-4-----|-----4-4---4-7-4---4-7-4-5---||
Melody
~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||----------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-2h4-----------------------------|-2h4-------------------------o||
||o-----------------------------2h4-|-----------------------------o||
||------2-2---2-5-2---2-5-2-2-2-----|-----2-2---2-5-2---2-5-2-3----||
Guitar Solo 2
D.S.S. al Coda
7/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------|------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------|-----------------------------o||
||o-----------4---4-----5p4-----|-----------4---4-----5p4-----o||
||--7p4-7p4-4---4---4-4-----7p4-|-7p4-7p4-4---4---4-4-----7p4--||
&
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-8p7---7p5---5p3---3p2-----------|-8p7---7p5---5p3---3p2------------|
|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7p6-6S5-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7p6-6S5--|
4/4
E. S +E E +H +W S e S H.
|-------------------|------------|-------------*|
|-------------------|------------|-------------*|
|-7--5-(5)----------|------------|-------------*|
|----------6-(6)----|-(6)--------|-0-0-0-------*|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
----------------
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