Therion – Grand Finale Postludium (Bass Tab)
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GRAND FINALE/POSTLUDIUM (Bassline)
As recorded by Therion
(From the 1996 Album THELI)
Transcribed by [email protected]
Music by C. Johnsson
Gtr I (G# C# F# B E) - 'Picked Bass'
Gtr II (Db Gb B E Ab Db) - 'Piano'
Pre-Verse
Q=144
4/4
Gtr I
H Q E E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E
|-------------||---------------|--------------|
|-------------||o--------------|--------------|
|-------------||---------------|--------------|
|-----------4-||o-5--5-5--5--1-|-4--4-4--4--0-|
|-------------||---------------|--------------|
Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E
|--------------|-----------------||
|--------------|----------------o||
|--------------|-----------------||
|-1--1-1--1--4-|-0--0-0--0--4---o||
|--------------|-----------------||
Verse
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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
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||
||--0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0---------|-------------------||
||o---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Guitar Break
6/4
Gtr II
E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------------------|
||o----17-19----19-22----20-23----19-22-|
||--16-------18-------19-------18-------|
||--------------------------------------|
||o-------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------|
4/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E W
|--------------------------------------||------|
|----17-19----19-22----20-23----19-22-o||------|
|-16-------18-------19-------18--------||------|
|--------------------------------------||------|
|-------------------------------------o||------|
|--------------------------------------||------|
Interlude
$
Gtr I
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E +E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
|-5----5-7----7-|-8----8-7----7-|-5----5-7----7-|-8----10-8-7-(7)-7-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|
Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E Q. E E E E E
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
|-5----5-7----7-|-8----8-7----7-|-5----5-7----7-|-8----11-10-8-7-8-|
|---------------|---------------|---------------|------------------|
D.S.
Q. Q E Q +H. +E E Q. Q E Q +W
||---------------|----------------|--------------|----------||
||o--------------|----------------|--------------|---------o||
||----------7-6--|-(6)------(6)---|---------7-6--|-(6)------||
||o-5----8-------|--------------3-|-5----8-------|---------o||
||---------------|----------------|--------------|----------||
6/4
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||
||----5-7---7-10-----8-11---7-10-|---5-7---7-10-----8-11---7-10--||
||o-5-----7-------8-------7------|-5-----7-------8-------7------o||
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|||
| Gtr II
| PM-------------------------------------------------------|
| 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||
||----7-9---9-12----10-13---9-12-|---7-9---9-12----10-13---9-12--||
||--7-----9------10-------9------|-7-----9------10-------9-------||
||o------------------------------|------------------------------o||
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
Pre-Verse
4/4
Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
||o--------------|--------------|--------------|--------------o||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
||o-5--5-5--5--1-|-4--4-4--4--0-|-1--1-1--1--4-|-0--0-0--0--4-o||
||---------------|--------------|--------------|---------------||
Verse
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-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-----------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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||
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
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
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|
|---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
H H H H H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-2---------|-----------|-2---------|-----------|
|------2----|-3----5----|------2----|-3----5----|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
H H H H H H H H
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|-4---------|-----------|-4---------|-----------|
|------4----|-5----7----|------4----|-5----7----|
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
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||
||--0-0-0-0---------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0---------|-------------------||
||o---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-|---------0-0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3--o||
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------||
Outro
Q=80
Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 4x
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||--2--4--5--4--|-2--4--5--4--|-2--4--5--4--|-2--4--5--4----||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|---------------||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