#----------------------------------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. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# BENEATH (Bassline) As recorded by Meshuggah (From the 1995 Album DESTROY, ERASE, IMPROVE) Transcribed by Olie NcLean Words by Tomas Haake Music by Fredrik Thordendal Gtr I (Bb Eb Ab Db Gb) - 'Untitled' Quiet Intro Main Intro H=155 Q.=177 Bsus4add9 Badd9b5 Badd9 12/8 Gtr I Wx16 Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q. E E E |-----------------||----------------------------|---------------------------| |-----------------||o-(11)---------------(11)---|-------------(11)----------| |-----------------||---(7)----------------(8)---|--------------(9)----------| |-----------------||o---7------------------7----|---------------7-----------| |-----------------||-----------0-0---0-0--------|---0-0---0-0----------0-0--| Main riff exposition Badd9b5N.C. N.C. 6/8 PM--| PM--| PM--| PM E E E Q. E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |---------------------------||-||--------------|-------------|--------------| |-------(11)---------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|--------------| |--------(8)----------------||-||--------------|-------------|--------------| |---------7----------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|--------------| |---0-0--------5S4-1-5S4-1--||-||--5S4-1-1-1-5S|=4-1-1-1-5S4-|-1-1-1-5S4-1--| PM| PM----| PM--| PM--| PM--| PM--| 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 E E E E E E 4x |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o|| |-1-1-5S4-1-1-|-1-5S4-1-1-1-|-5S4-1-1-1-5S|=4-1-1-1-5-4-|-1-1-1-5S4-1--|| Verse 1 N.C. PM--| PM--| PM--| PM----| PM----| 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 E E E E E E ||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| ||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| ||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| ||o-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| ||--5s4-1-1-1-5s|=4-1-1-1-5s4-|-1-1-1-5s4-1-|-1-1-5s4-1-1-|-1-5s4-1-1-1--| Post-verse N.C. PM--| PM--| PM--| PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E Q E E E E |-------------|-------------|--------------||-||--------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|--------------||-||--------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------| |-5s4-1-1-1-5s|=4-1-1-1-5-4-|-1-1-1-5s4-1--||-||--0-2-0-3-0-4-|----0-6-0-3--| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q |-------------|-------------|------------| |-------------|-------------|------------| |-------------|-------------|------------| |-------------|-------------|------------| |-0-4-----5s6-|-0-3s4-0-5s6-|-0-3-0-4----| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------|-------------|--------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------o|| |-------------|-------------|--------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------o|| |-0-3-0-6-0-4-|---3s2-0-3s2-|-4s3-7-0-4s3--|| Tommy bit (Pre-chorus) Aadd9bN.C.(D) PM------------------------------------------| Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x ||--4--4------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| ||o-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------o|| ||--6--6------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| ||o-5--5------|-------------|-------------|-------------o|| ||--------3-4-|-3-3-4-3-3-4-|-3-3-4-5-4-2-|-2-3-4-3-3-4--|| Chorus Aadd9b5 N.C. D D# Q. +Q E E E E Q. +Q E E E E E Q +Q. 8x ||--4----(4)----|------------|--------------|-------------|| ||o-------------|------------|--------------|------------o|| ||--6----(6)----|------------|--------------|-------------|| ||o-5----(5)----|------------|--------------|------------o|| ||------------3-|---5---3----|-(3)----3---3-|---4--(4)----|| Riff and Verse 2 N.C. 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-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| ||--5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|-1---1-5s4-1-|---1-5s4-1---|-1-5s4-1---1--| 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-------------|--------------| |-------------|-------------|--------------||-||--------------|--------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|--------------| |-5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|-1---1-5s4-1--||-||--5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4--| 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 |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| |-1---1-5s4-1-|---1-5s4-1---|-1-5s4-1---1-|-5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-| Solo 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-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |--------------||-||--------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------| |-1---1-5s4-1--||-||--5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|-1---1-5s4-1-|---1-5s4-1----| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------o|| |-1-5s4-1---1-|-5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|-1---1-5s4-1--|| Post Verse 2 N.C. E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q ||--------------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| ||o-------------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| ||--------------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| ||o-------------|------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| ||--0-2-0-3-0-4-|----0-6-0-3-|-0-4-----5s6-|-0-3s4-0-5s6-|-0-3-0-4-----| Re-capitulation Bsus4add9 Badd9b5 12/8 E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q. E E E E E E Q. |-------------|-------------|--------------||-||-----------------------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-(11)---------------(11)----| |-------------|-------------|--------------||-||---(7)----------------(8)----| |-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o---7------------------7-----| |-0-3-0-6-0-4-|---3s2-0-3s2-|-4s3-7-0-4s3--||-||-----------0-0---0-0---------| Badd9 E E E E E E Q. E E E |--------------------------| |-------------(11)---------| |--------------(9)---------| |---------------7----------| |---0-0---0-0----------0-0-| Badd9b5 Cadd9b5 9/8 E E E Q. E E E E E E Q Q E E E E E 7x |---------------------------||-||----------------------|| |-------(11)---------------o||-||o-12--12-------------o|| |--------(8)----------------||-||---9---9--------------|| |---------7----------------o||-||o--8---8-------------o|| |---0-0--------5S4-1-5S4-1--||-||----------1-1---1-1---|| Rhythm Bit N.C.(B°) 12/8 E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E Q |-------------------||------------------------| |-------------------||o-----------------------| |-------------------||------------------------| |-------------------||o-----------------------| |---1-1-1---1-1-1---||--0----0-0-----0-0-0----| E E E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E E E |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |-0-0-----0-0----0-0-0---|---0-0-----0-0----0-0-0-| Q E E Q E E E E E E 4x E Q E E E E E E E E E |------------------------||------------------------| |-----------------------o||------------------------| |------------------------||------------------------| |-----------------------o||------------------------| |----0-0----0-0-----0-0--||-0----0-0-----0-0-0---1-| Verse 3 N.C. 6/8 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-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------| ||--5s4-1---1-5s|=4-1---1-5s4-|-1---1-5s4-1-|---1-5s4-1---|-1-5s4-1---1-| Post-verse 3 N.C. PM--| PM--| PM--| PM E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E Q E E E E |-------------|-------------|--------------||-||--------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|--------------||-||--------------|-------------| |-------------|-------------|-------------o||-||o-------------|-------------| |-5s4-1-1-1-5s|=4-1-1-1-5-4-|-1-1-1-5s4-1--||-||--0-2-0-3-0-4-|----0-6-0-3--| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q |-------------|-------------|------------| |-------------|-------------|------------| |-------------|-------------|------------| |-------------|-------------|------------| |-0-4-----5s6-|-0-3s4-0-5s6-|-0-3-0-4----| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-------------|-------------|--------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------o|| |-------------|-------------|--------------|| |-------------|-------------|-------------o|| |-0-3-0-6-0-4-|---3s2-0-3s2-|-4s3-7-0-4s3--|| Chorus 2 Aadd9b5 N.C. D D# Q. +Q E E E E Q. +Q E E E E E Q +Q. 8x ||--4----(4)----|------------|--------------|-------------|| ||o-------------|------------|--------------|------------o|| ||--6----(6)----|------------|--------------|-------------|| ||o-5----(5)----|------------|--------------|------------o|| ||------------3-|---5---3----|-(3)----3---3-|---4--(4)----|| Tommy bit (outro) 1.,2.,3. Aadd9bN.C. PM------------------------------------------| Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x ||--4--4------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| ||o-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------o|| ||--6--6------|-------------|-------------|--------------|| ||o-5--5------|-------------|-------------|-------------o|| ||--------3-4-|-3-3-4-3-3-4-|-3-3-4-5-4-2-|-2-3-4-3-3-4--|| 4. PM----------------------| E E E E E E E E E E E E W W |-------------|-------------||--------|------*| |-------------|-------------||--------|------*| |-------------|-------------||--------|------*| |-------------|-------------||--------|------*| |-3-3-4-5-4-2-|-2-3-4-3-x-4-||--------|------*| 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 / - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip - 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