#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# THE WITCHING HOUR (Bassline) As recorded by Symphony X (From the 1996 Album THE DIVINES WINGS OF TRAGEDY) Transcribed by Benjamin del Solar (benja@eudoramail.com) Music by Romeo, Miller, Rullo & Pinella. Gtr I (B E A D G) - 'Untitled' Well, I hate tabs without time nor indications, so I tried to put the most important ones. 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|-10---10-9-10-9--------------9---11-7-----------------------|| |--------------------------------------10-9-------10-9-------|| |------------------7------------------------11-12------12-11-|| |------------------------------------------------------------|| S S S S S S S S |------------------| |------------------| |------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| |------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E Q E E E E E E Q E E |-----------------------------------------------||------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------||------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------||------7---4-----------7-| |-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----||-4------------3--4------| |-----------------------------------------------||------------------------| E E E E 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 |----------||-----------------------------------------------------------| |----------||-----------------------------------------------------------| |---4------||-----------------------------------------------------------| |-------3--||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |----------||-----------------------------------------------------------| Verse (0:44) : E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E 4x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x ||-------------------------------||-||-----------------------------------||-| ||o-----------------------------o||-||o---------------------------------o||-| ||--------3-------------3--------||-||-----------------------------------||-| ||o-0-0-0---5-5---0-0-0---5-5---o||-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-| ||--------------4-------------4--||-||-----------------------------------||-| Ending 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 S S S S S S S |-------------------------------------------------||------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------||------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------||-1-1---1-1---1-1---1-1--| |-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------||------------------------| Verse: S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |-----||-----------------------------------||------------------------------| |-----||o---------------------------------o||------------------------------| |-----||-----------------------------------||------------------------------| |-4-4-||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-o||-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2-2-2-| |-----||-----------------------------------||------------------------------| Ending 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 S S |---------------------------------------------------------------------||----| |---------------------------------------------------------------------||----| |-----------------------------0-0-2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-||----| |-2-2-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-----------------------------------------||----| |---------------------------------------------------------------------||----| Chorus (01:08) 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 S S S S S S S S S ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ||-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6---------------------------------------------------------| ||------------------------------2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-2-2| ||----------------------------------------------6-6-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------------| 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 S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------3-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-----------------| |-2-2-2-2---------------------------------------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-| |---------------------------------------------------------------------------| End Chorus (01:18) 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 S |-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------------||-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||-----------------------------| |-----------------------------------------||-----------------------------| (01:22) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E |-------------------------------||-||----------------------------------||-| |-------------------------------||-||o--------------------------------o||-| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||-||--------6--3-3---------6--3-3-----||-| |-------------------------------||-||o-3-3-3--------2-3-3-3--------2--o||-| |-------------------------------||-||----------------------------------||-| Repeat VERSE with ENDING 1, then: S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 4x S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||-----------------------------------||---------------------------------| ||o---------------------------------o||---------------------------------| ||-----------------------------------||---------------------------------| ||o-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-o||-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-| ||-----------------------------------||---------------------------------| 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 |-----------------------------------------------------------------||---| |-----------------------------------------------------------------||---| |-------------------------3-3-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-||---| |-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-----------------------------------------||---| |-----------------------------------------------------------------||---| (01:53) E E E E E E E E ||-------------------||-| ||-------------------||-| ||-10---10-----------||-| THEN REPEAT WHOLE CHORUS! ||-----------3---3---||-| ||-------------------||-| (02:05) S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E ||-----------------------------------||-||------------------| ||o---------------------------------o||-||o-----------------| ||----------6-5-4-5---------6-5-4-5--||-||----------5-4-3-4-| ||o-3---6-----------3---6-----------o||-||o-2---5-----------| ||-----------------------------------||-||------------------| S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E S S S S E E E E |------------------||-||-----------------------------------|| |-----------------o||-||o---------------------------------o|| |---------5-4-3-4--||-||----------6-5-4-5---------6-5-4-5--|| |-2---5-----------o||-||o-3---6-----------3---6-----------o|| |------------------||-||-----------------------------------|| S S S S E E E E |-||-------------------| |-||o------------------| |-||----------5-4-3-4--| |-||o-2---5------------| |-||-------------------| Guitar solo (02:27) : S S S S E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S Q |------------------||-||----------------------------| |-----------------o||-||o---------------------------| |---------5-4-3-4--||-||----------------------------| |-2---5-----------o||-||o---------------------------| |------------------||-||--3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---4-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |----------------------------------|| |----------------------------------|| |-------------------------0-3-5-6--|| |----------------------------------|| |-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3------------|| S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S S S S S Q 4x ||---------------------------|--------------------||----| ||---------------------------|-------------------o||----| ||---------------------------|--------------------||----| ||---------------------------|-----------------4-o||----| ||-3-3---3-3---3-3---3-3---4-|-3-3---3-3---3-3----||----| Continue guitar solo (02:53) : 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 ||---------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||o-------------------------------------------------------------------o|| ||---------------------------------------------------------------------|| ||o-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---o|| ||---------------------------------------------------------------------|| E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E ||----------------------------------||----| ||o--------------------------------o||----| ||--------8--5-5---------8--5-5-----||----| ||o-5-5-5--------4-5-5-5--------4--o||----| ||----------------------------------||----| 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 ||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-| ||o-----------------------------------------------------------------o||-| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--||-| ||o-----------------------------------------------------------------o||-| ||-------------------------------------------------------------------||-| (03:14) S E S E S S E E E E S E S E S S E E E E S E S E S S E E E E ||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------||-| ||-------------5-5-5-5-|---------------------|-------------3-3-3-3-||-| ||-3---3---3-----------|-2---2---2---3-3-3-3-|-3---3---3-----------||-| ||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------||-| ||---------------------|---------------------|---------------------||-| (03:24) E. E e H E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E 4x ||-----------||-||---------------------------------||-----------------------| ||-----------||-||o-------------------------------o||-----------------------| ||-----------||-||--------6--3-3---------6--3-3----||-Repeat Whole chorus---| ||-4--4-3-2--||-||o-3-3-3--------2-3-3-3--------2-o||-----------------------| ||-----------||-||---------------------------------||-----------------------| (03:49) S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-----| |-----------------------------1-1-| |---------------------------------| 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 |---------------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------| |---------------------------------|---------------------| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-1-1-| |-------------5-5-3-3-3-3-3-3-----|---------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------| |---------------------------------| |---------2-2-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-5-5-| |-1-1-1-1-------------------------| |---------------------------------| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S |---------------------------------|-----------| |---------------------------------|-----------| |-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------|-----------| |---------------------------1-1-1-|-1-1-1-1-1-| |---------------------------------|-----------| Ending, ritard (4:00): S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q Q Q Q Q Q W |-----------------------------------------||------------------| |-----------------------------------------||------------------| |-----------------------------------------||-1---1-----2-1----| |-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-||---1---0-1--------| |-----------------------------------------||------------------| -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 - 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 - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths