Symphony X – Incantations Of The Apprentice (Guitar Tab)
D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
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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 A D) - 'Rhythm'
Gtr II (D G C F A D) - 'Lead'
Gtr III (D G C F A D) - 'Harmony'
Gtr IV (D G C F A D) - 'Keyboard'
Intro
Q=115
G5 G5
4/4
Gtr I
PM--------| PM--------| PM--------| PM--------|
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---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-|---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5-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)-0-8S7-0-7S6-0-6\-5-5\-4--| 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-------------------------------||-8S7---7S5---12S11---11S8---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 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |-8S7---7S5---5S3---3S2-----------|-8S7---7S5---5S3---3S2-----------|| |-----0-----0-----0-----0-7S6-6S5-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7S6-6S5-||
Break
E5 E5
7/8
Gtr IV
PM--| PM--|
S e S H. S e S H. S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x
|---------------|---------------||--------------------------------||
|---------------|---------------||o------------------------------o||
|---------------|---------------||--------------------------------||
|---------------|---------------||--------------------------------||
|-2-2-2---------|-2-2-2---------||o------------------------------o||
|-0-0-0---------|-0-0-0---------||--3-0-3-0-0-5-0-5-0-0-6-5-3-0---||
Riffs
E5 Eb5 A5 Eb5 A5 Eb5 E5 Eb5
Gtr I
|-3-|
e E +S e S +E S S S S e E S E. S S S S S S S
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
||o-12-12-(12)-11-11-(11)-10h11--10h11--|-12-12-x-11-----------------o||
||---9--9--(9)--9--9--(9)--9-(9)--9-(9)-|--9--9-x--9--7h9p7-----------||
||--------------------------------------|-------------------8-7-------||
||o-------------------------------------|-----------------------10-7-o||
||--------------------------------------|-----------------------------||
4/4
~~~
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 5x S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
||-------------------------------||-|-------------------------------||
||o-----------------------------o||-|-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------||-|-------------------------------||
||-------------------------------||-|-------------------------------||
||o---------------------1p0-----o||-|---------------------1-0-[1]---||
||--3p0-3p0-0-5p0-5p0-0-----3p0--||-|-3p0-3p0-0-5p0-5p0-0-----------||Verse
$
~~~~~~~~~ PM| PM----| ~~~~~~
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)-------| PM| PM--------| |----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-|
~~~~~~ PM| PM----|
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. D5C#5 C5A5 ~~~~~~ ~~~~~~ |-3-| E S S +Q H S S S E +S S S S S e S E E |-----------------|------------------------------|| |-----------------|-----------------------------o|| |-----------------|------------------------------|| |-----------------|-7p6p4-6-(6)-4-6-4-7S6-6-5----|| |-----------------|-------------------5S4-4-3-7-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
F#5 F#5 F#5
7/8
PM------------------------------|
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-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4---4-4-o||-||o-4-4-4-4-4-x-4-4-o|| ||--2-2-2-2-2---2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2---2-2--||-||--2-2-2-2-2-x-2-2--||
F#5
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-------|| |-4-4-4-4-4-x-4-4-|----------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)-0-8S7-0-7S6-0-6\-5-5\-4-| 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-------------------------------||-8S7---7S5---12S11---11S8---7h8p7-6-o|| |-----0-0-(0)-0-1-0-1-0-1h4-0-4h7-0-||-----0-----0-------0------0----------|| 2. D.S. 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 |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|| |-8S7---7S5---5S3---3S2-----------|-8S7---7S5---5S3---3S2-----------|| |-----0-----0-----0-----0-7S6-6S5-|-----0-----0-----0-----0-7S6-6S5-|| Guitar Solo 1 Gtr II ~~~ E. T T T T T T T T S +Q +S S S S |-------------------------------------------------| |-7b9======7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-(7)-------(7)r-4-7-6-| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr I | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------| |-4h===6------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------4h6-| |--------4-4-------4---7---4-----4-7-4--4---4-----|
~~~~~
|--3--|
+Q. S S S S S S S S S S S |------------------------------------------| |-(6)b7-----------4h6p==4------------------| |-------------------------7-6-4------------| |-------------------------------6-4-6------| |-------------------------------------5-4--| |------------------------------------------|
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| ~
| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|--4h===6----------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|---------4-4---4-7---4-----4-7-4-5--------|
T T T
S S S S S S S T T S S T T T T T T T T T T T T
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-6-----6---6---------------------------6h7h9h10-|
|---5-4---5---5-4h5-4-----------5h6h8h9----------|
|---------------------7-4h5h7h8------------------||
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |-4h6--------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------4h==6----| |-----4-4---4-7-4-----4-7---4---4---4------------|
T T T T T ~~~~~~
|--------7--------|
T T T T T T T T S S S S S S S S S T T S +Q |----------------------9h11s12p9----------------------------|| |-----------9h10h12h13--------------------------------------|| |-7h8h10h11----------------------11-10p==9p8h9p8p7h8-(8)----|| |-----------------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------------------||
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| ~~~ | S S S S S S S S S S S S Q |-----------------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------------------|| |-4h===6----------------------------------------------------|| |-----------------------------------------------------------|| |-----------4-----4----------4----7----4-----4-7---4--5-----|| Melody F#° D#° B#° A° Gtr III ~~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~ Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S H |-/17-----------16-17-14------------13-14-|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|-16-----------15-16-13----------| |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| Gtr II | ~~~~ ~~~ ~~~ ~~ | Q. S S Q. S S Q. S S H |-/14-----------13-14-11------------10-11-|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|-13-----------12-13-10----------| |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
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| Gtr I | ~ | 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 |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------| |---2h4-----------------------------------|--2h4---------------------------| |------------------------------------2h=4-|--------------------------------| |-------2-2---2--5--2-----2-5-2-2-2-------|------2-2---2--5--2----2-5-5-3--| Q +S S S S e S S S S S S |------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------14------14-12----| |-14\-------(14)--10-11-13-14------14---------14-| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------|
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| E. S +S S S S e S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|--------14-(14)\--------------------------------|
|-11--------------------10-11---14-11---14-13-11-|
|-----------------11-13--------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------||
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |--2h4-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------2h=4-| |------2--2--------2--5--2----2--5--2-2--2-------| S e S e S S S S S S Q |----------------------------------------|| |---------14------14-12----------12------|| |-13-14------14---------14-13-14----12\--|| |----------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------||
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| S e S e S S S S S S E.S |----------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------|| |-10-11---14-11---14-13-11-10-11-13------|| |----------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------|| |------------------------------------2s7-||
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| ~~~ | S S S S S S S S S S S S Q |----------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------|| |--2h=4----------------------------------|| |----------------------------------------|| |-------2--2----2--5--2-----2--5--5--3---||
Guitar Solo 2
G#m
7/8
Gtr II
T
T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T T
|----------------------------------------------------14h16h19h23p19p16p14-| |-------------9------------9h12s16p12----------12h16----------------------| |-----------8---8--------8------------13----13----------------------------| |-------6h9-------9----9-----------------13-------------------------------| |-----6-------------11----------------------------------------------------| |-4h7---------------------------------------------------------------------|
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| Gtr I
| PM PM PM---|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------4---------4-----------------5p====4----------------| |-7p==4---7p==4---4--------4-----------4-----4-----------------7p====4----| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~ Q +E E +Q. |-22b23========(22)r==22b23====(22)r------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|
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| PM PM PM--| | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-------------------4--------4---------5p4------| |--7p====4-7p4---4-----4---------4---4-----7p4--|
~~~~~~
|------4:3------|
Q +Q +E E E E |-24b26========(24)r======(24)---19---16--------| |-----------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------19---| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------|
|
| PM PM PM-|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------4---4-----------5p=4--------|
|--7p====4-7p4---4----4-----4--4---------7p===4-|
D.S.S. al Coda
\7
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
|4:3-|
E Q. +Q +Q
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|-18---16----------(16)-------(16)------||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------|||
| PM PM PM| | S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|| |---------------------------------------|| |----------------4------4-------5p4-----|| |--7p4-----7p4-4-----4----4-4-------7p4-|| & 4/4 Gtr I S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-8S7---7S5---5S3---3S2-----------| |-----0-----0-----0-----0-7S6-6S5-| E5 D5 Bb5 Bb5 E5 E. S +E E +H +W S e S H. |-------------------|------------|-------------*| |-------------------|------------|-------------*| |-------------------|------------|-------------*| |-9--7-(7)----------|------------|-------------*| |-7--5-(5)-8-(8)----|-(8)--------|-2-2-2-------*| |----------6-(6)----|-(6)--------|-0-0-0-------*|
Duration Legend
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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